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23rd August Those who had played the previous evening against the Jags got a day off, those not involved took part in quite a strenuous training session. Sometimes, it seemed that we were being punished for something we had done…or even hadn’t done, as the case may be. Although I had not taken part in …
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28th August The main headline concerning the forthcoming Old Firm clash was about Rangers new left winger from Dundee United – Persson Doubtful ‘Two days before the vital Celtic-Rangers League Cup tie at Celtic Park on Wednesday, Rangers Swedish outside-left Orjan Persson spent today at home nursing a sore throat. If he is still suffering …
31st August The football press was a little divided in its opinions the day following our 3-1 win over Rangers. Granted, the reporters gave us great praise for the manner in which we came back from a one-goal deficit to take full points but there was more than one comment to suggest that they also …
4th September A good morning at training. With both the first team and the reserve side having won their weekend fixtures, the atmosphere was great and the training consisted mainly of the short stuff which everyone loved, followed by everybody’s favourite – shooting practice! It was a very happy bunch of players who made …
6th September 1967 The papers were in full flood, raving about our performance against Penarol the previous evening. The headline writer was especially effusive – On Top of the World ‘Roque Maspoli, manager of 1966 World Club Champions Penarol of Uruguay, eased his 6 feet plus frame into a comfortable position on a chair …
11th September On the Monday morning after the 3-0 league victory over Clyde, the papers were fairly unanimous in their headlines and comments – Who Can Stop This Stein Machine? ‘The 3-0 scoreline in Celtic’s favour bore no resemblance to the difference between the sides’. To be honest, as I watched at the action …
Read more “13th September 1967: Celtic v Ayr United – League Cup QF 1st Leg”
14th September Like the manager, or so I was led to believe since I was not in the dressing room after the match, the press on the day following the League Cup quarter-final against Clyde was only reasonably enthusiastic about Celtic’s performance. This headline perhaps summed up the evening – Comfortable Celtic Win Despite …
17th September I had been in on the Sunday for a work-out and some treatment and was able to give the Boss some good news; at least I hope it was good news. The info was to the effect that my leg felt much better, the cut was now healing over and I could run …
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21st September In the press on the day following the Kiev match, we got a doing in the coverage. Most of it was quite justified. We had not played well and probably, in spite of all the effort we put in, particularly in the second half, did not deserve to win the match. However, at …
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25th September After two defeats and one draw in the previous seven days, I had anticipated a fairly strenuous session on the Monday following but I could not have been more wrong. The Boss spoke to us before leaving for training, quite calmly pointing out that while it had been a bad week as far …
Read more “27th September 1967: Ayr United v Celtic – League Cup QF 2nd Leg”