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18th April 1968 Everyone I met, or perhaps I should say, every Celtic fan I met, whether it was at the paper shop, the bank (which in those pre-ATM and pre-email days you to visit more often) was euphoric about the situation. Our future was in our hand again. As one fan said in all …
After the penultimate matches in the league campaign on the Saturday, the papers had large headlines about the run-in – Lennox’s Dramatic Winner Keeps Celtic on Top Rangers Scramble to Victory From the reports of the match at Rugby Park, it would appear that the Light Blues had not been too impressive in their display …
Two days before the Scottish Cup Final, Hearts have freed 9 players and retained 14 for next season. The shock free is left-winger Bobby Kerr, who was signed from St Johnstone for a fee of £8000 in December 1966. The press was hardly magnanimous in its appraisal of Manchester United’s performance against Real Madrid ‘At …
Read more “26th April 1968: Build-up to the final league match of the season”
Morning of the Matches Two big games in Scotland on the same day and Celtic not involved in either of them? What an unusual situation. However, there was not much chance of our squad enjoying itself as we were told to report on the Saturday morning for a light work-out and we all duly did. …
Read more “27th April 1968: Scottish Cup Final at Hampden and Rangers v Aberdeen at Ibrox”
28th April My parents’ house in Cardonald was only about half-a-mile from our local church, Our Lady of Lourdes, so we normally just walked the short distance. That Sunday morning, though, was a special walk. The church was at the bottom of a drive and the whole way down the avenue, people were coming up …
1st May 1968 The atmosphere on the bus back to Parkhead the previous evening – after the match against Dunfermline at East End Park – was amazing. All the way from the Pars’ ground, along the main roads (no motorways in those days), right up to the door of Celtic Park, the fans were out …
7th May 1968 The guys were in training today in preparation for the match against Queen of the South on the morrow. Although I was not involved myself, I found this out by dropping into the park. My new practice was in Shettleston, not too far to the east of the stadium and I could …
9th May 1968 The players apparently had the day off for training. I was at work at the dental practice and then, in late afternoon, when everyone else was at their dinner, I did a bit of running in the park near my parents’ house. I wasn’t killing myself but it felt quite good. …
12th May 1968 I dropped into the park around lunchtime and found the guys just winding down after training. Had a chat with Jinky, who, like me, was going to miss the tour to North America and Mexico. Instead, he was organising a motoring holiday for himself and his wife Agnes on the Costa Brava. …
27th May 1968 The day after the initial match against AC Milan was spent in New York, with the boys out and about sight-seeing and generally enjoying the atmosphere in this most fascinating of cities. 28th May 1968 The Celtic party headed for the airport and caught a flight to Toronto, where they booked …