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MARTIN O’NEILL introduced Bobo Balde to Celtic in July 2001 when the towering, powerfully-built centre-back joined from Toulouse. The defender quickly became a cult hero with the Hoops support who put together a little ditty to terrify the opposition that went along the lines of “Bobo’s gonnae get ye.” Balde made his debut in a [...]
Celtic earned lots of credit for their 3-0 first leg Champions League qualifier win over LASK, but Hibernian’s 0-0 draw away to Gent in the Conference’ playoff was in its own way equally impressive. There remains a lot of work to do in the return leg next week, and it is Hibs after all, but [...]
NEW Celtic boss Liam Brady believed he had signed the perfect striker to lead the attack when he paid £1.1million to Aston Villa for Tony Cascarino in July 1991. The legendary Republic of Ireland midfielder, who had just replaced Billy McNeill in the Hoops hot seat, had swooped for his nation’s current frontman to take [...]
It was a Champions League qualifier that had it all. Credit to LASK, from the opening moments of game it was clear why they are Austrian champions. Both the visitors two strikers peeled off Cameron Carter-Vickers early on, one would have scored a contender for goal of the game had he not been offside, the [...]
CELTIC hammered Hibs 3-0 in the Scottish Cup Final on May 26 2001 to seal the treble. Henrik Larsson turned in a Man of the Match performance with a double after Jackie McNamara had opened the scoring in the first-half. The defeated Easter Road players trudged off the Hampden pitch following a 90-minute pummelling in [...]
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It has been nine years since we came through the Champions League qualification rounds successfully. After a bizarre first leg against Astana in 2017, which Celtic won 5-0 having only three attempts on target, they lost the return game by a single goal and progressed with little fuss. So it is understandable that you have [...]
TEENAGE midfielder Kundai Benyu quit Ipswich for Celtic in a four-year deal in the summer of 2017. The highly-rated playmaker immediately joined the Hoops’ treble-winners at their training camp in Austria. Benyu said: “It’s a massive honour to sign for the Scottish champions and one of the world’s great clubs. “It’s a great opportunity for [...]
LASK arrived in Glasgow yesterday looking for their first European win since March 2022. Since then, they have recorded four draws and eight defeats across single campaigns in the Europa and Conference Leagues, while they failed to qualify for Europe last season, or in 2022-23. They shocked the established norm to take their second Austrian [...]
CAMERON CARTER-VICKERS was involved in both legs of Celtic’s humiliating Champions League exit against Kazakhstan minnows Kairat Almaty a year ago. The USA international centre-back played his role in making sure the back door was closed, but, unfortunately, his team-mates further up the pitch didn’t possess the threat to score a solitary goal in three-and-a-half [...]
CAMILO DURAN scored in three consecutive pre-season games against Sporting Lisbon, Middlesbrough and AC Milan as he hit the ground running after his £6million arrival from Qarabag. However, the Colombian hitman fired blanks in the two opening Premiership outings of the season following the £11million-plus recruitment of Kasper Hogh from Bodo/Glimt. The Dane went straight into [...]
MARTIN O’NEILL has admitted he cannot make promises to £4.5million misfit Michel-Ange Balikwisha with the season barely underway. The DR Congo international winger arrived at the champions from Belgian outfit Royal Antwerp just under 12 months ago on a five-year contract. Balikwisha has failed to feature in the three wins over Dundee (1-0), Kilmarnock (5-1) and [...]
MARTIN O’NEILL has offered Reo Hatate a way back at Celtic. The Japanese playmaker has yet to feature in the first team this season and failed to make the matchday squads for the crucial last two encounters of the previous campaign. Hatate was in the stand on both occasions when the Hoops sealed the title with [...]