In what was possibly a telling indictment of just how piss-easy it was to win it this year, Celtic manager Neil Lennon sidled over to the crowd and gladly handed his SPL winner's medal to a young girl as The Bhoys paraded the trophy around Celtic Park following their final home game of the season against St Johnstone (they won 4-0) yesterday.
See? He's not all bad. Without hesitation, Celtic manager Neil Lennon has promised to donate
bone marrow to cancer-stricken former teammate Stiliyan Petrov if tests show that he's a suitable
donor after doctor's failed to find a 'match' from within Petrov's immediate family.
Scottish giants Celtic made it to the Champions League group stages for the first time in four
years after comfortably finishing off Helsingborgs at Celtic Park last night.
Taking a two-goal advantage with them into the second leg of his Champions League qualifier, the
home side were rarely threatened by the Swedes.
The next two spots in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals will be decided today when Paris St. Germain take on Valencia (2:45pm, Fox Soccer Channel) and Juventus faces Celtic (2:45pm, Fox Soccer Plus/MSG Plus).
Juventus has one foot in the quarters after romping at Celtic Park in the first leg, and their 3-0 advantage from the first leg is looking like an impossible hurdle for the Scottish champions to climb.
Sebastian Giovinco of Juventus-Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images
Celtic FC have already climbed one massive hurdle in the 2012-13 Champions League by finishing second in their very tough group and qualifying for the knock-out phase. Their excellent group stage performance was, of course, highlighted by a stunning 2-1 victory over Catalan giants Barcelona at Celtic Park.
Alejandro Bedoya got the start on a tough night for Helsingborg in the playoff stage of the UEFA
Champions League. Celtic opened the scoring in the 2nd minute and doubled their lead in the 75th at
Olympic Stadium. They now carry that advantage back to Celtic Park for the second leg. "The job is
only half done," Celtic manager Neil Lennon said.
Scott Brown of Celtic (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
If I were to tell you that today at Celtic Park, the home team had in the first-half alone 76 percent of possession of the ball, made Juventus Gianluigi Buffon save six times against just one for the Celtic keeper, Fraser Forster, and had twice as many on target shots, you would almost say the Hoops were having an incredible night at the packed stadium in Glasgow.
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The first four participants in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 will take the field today as Celtic face Italian champions Juventus and Valencia take on big-spending Paris St. Germain.
Celtic will enter the first leg at Celtic Park confident of their chances after beating Barcelona in the group stages to help book their place in the Round of 16.
Celtic provided the story of the night last night as they beat Barcelona 2-1 at a rocking Celtic Park, while Bayern Munich and Juventus notched big wins and Manchester United sealed their place in the round of 16.
The warning signs were there for Barcelona ahead of the match in Glasgow, as it took a last-minute goal from Jordi Alba to beat Celtic at the Camp Nou a fortnight ago.
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A foreign bloke in branded leisurewear having a smoke outside Glasgow's Radisson can only mean one thing.
There's a football team in town and one of the coaches is plotting the downfall of some of our brave boys while looking as effortlessly cool as it's possible to look while indulging in a pastime that runs the very real risk of setting his Adidas training gear alight.
Match just over at Celtic Park Scottish Premier League Home Team Celtic Goals & Scorers 59′:
Mikael Lustig;10′: Mikael Lustig; Keeper Fraser Forster Midfield Mikael Lustig; Victor Wanyama;
Pat McCourt; Gary Hooper; Forwards James Forrest; Anthony Watt; Defense Adam Matthews; Kelvin
Wilson; Filip Twardzik; Emilio Izaguirre; Subs [.
After they both enjoyed SPL wins last Saturday the week rather diverged for Celtic and Hibs.
Celtic progressed to the Champions League group stage, that promised land where the streets are
paved with gold and the couches upholstered with £50 notes.
24 hours earlier Hibs were dumped out of the League Cup by Queen of the South in a display that
seems to have flitted between pathetic and miserable.
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BELOW) Final score and result:- Celtic vs Helsingborg 2-0 ( Hooper, Wanyama) Agg Celtic 4 HIF 0
Celtic Park, Glasgow- 29 August, 2012- Champions [.
Match just over at Celtic Park Champions League Home Team Celtic Goals & Scorers 88′: Victor
Wanyama;30′: Gary Hooper; Keeper Midfield Forwards Defense Subs Away Team Helsingborg Goals &
Scorers Keeper Midfield Forwards [...]
The SPL is back. Games have been played, points have been won. Hibs fans have been depressed all
over again.
Robbie Devine takes a look at the weekend:
Saturday August 4 2012 saw the start of a new experiment in world football, the kick off for a top
tier championship in which the race for the runner-up spot is the main aim for the majority of
sides rather than the mounting of a championship challenge.
Celtic hosting Rangers and Hibs continuing their long, frustrating struggle to shake off relegation
rivals Dunfermline against St Mirren. Two games that might normally have the Betfair football
betting experts scratching their heads.
Today's match at Celtic Park is both essentially meaningless and yet crammed full of meaning.
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Rangers VIDEO BELOW) Final score and result:- Celtic vs Rangers 3-0 ( Mulgrew, Commons, Hooper)
Celtic Park- 29 April, 2012- Sunday- 1245 BST- [.
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Has there ever been a season quite like it in Scottish football? By November 5thCeltic trailed
Old Firm rivals Rangers by 15 points and Neil Lennon was left considering his future.
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Celtic v Rangers 2011 ( Celtic Rangers video below) Final
score and result:- Celtic vs Rangers 1-0 ( Ledley) Celtic Park, Glasgow- 28th December, 2011-
Wednesday- 19.
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Final score and result:- Celtic vs Kilmarnock 2-1 ( Giorgios Samaras*2/ Racchi) Celtic Park,
Glasgow- 24 December, 2011 Greek forward Samaras scores a brace [.
Agog today for the SPL's biggest game since the last big game.
Motherwell v Celtic.
If you'd said in July that third placed Celtic would need a November win to move ahead of second
placed Motherwell on goal difference we probably wouldn't have believed you.
But such seismic events often only need the collision of one or two factors.
With Rangers banished from the SPL, poor old Celtic must be feeling rather lonely in the top
tier of Scottish football. However, the Champions League does offer Neil Lennon's side a chance to
go face to face with some of Europe's big-boys, should they make it through the tricky
qualifiers.
The Old Firm derby didn't go the way of the Americans on Wednesday, with Celtic taking the lead in
the Scottish Premier League. Joe Ledley was the goal scorer, converting in the 52nd minute at
Celtic Park. Frasier Foster got the shutout in a game where Rangers only put two shots on target.
However, replays showed that a sixth minute header from Lee Wallace crossed the goal line and
should've counted.
It's estimated that by 2031 100,000 people living in Scotland will suffer from dementia. Alzheimer
Scotland exists to help dementia sufferers and their carers. A bit of help - whatever you can
manage - can help them do that massively important work.
Thanks to @sliderulepass and @mightjustget for combining to get this one started.
Celtic edged Aberdeen, Hearts blanked St Johnstone, and three other matches ended in draws in
the Scottish Premier League on August 4, 2012.
Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen
The defending SPL champions started the season on a high note with a victory at Celtic Park. The
lone goal of the match, scored by Kris Commons, was a bit lucky as it fumbled by the goalkeeper and
should have been saved.
Celtic v Inverness Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds SPL 11 February 2012 - The
90th Minute Soccer Blog
Celtic have not lost a league match since early October as they host 10th place Inverness in the
Scottish Premier League. The match will take place at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday,
February 11, 2012.
If you have trouble finding Kickette Island, Carlos, resort to your GPS. We're useless when it
comes to giving and following directions. Images: Getty Images, football365.com.
Rangers have a meeting with the league winners at Celtic Park on Sunday, which makes the news of
striker Kyle Lafferty's two week suspension after a reported bust up with manager Ally McCoist all
the more intriguing.
Things that girls know that boys have apparently failed to embrace #32: It is never acceptable to
wipe one's nose on one's blouse. Not even when you've consumed a container ship's worth of
champagne and couldn't locate your nose with a map. Image:Â MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP/Getty Images.
A title that truly embody's the spirit of this post.
Alejandro Bedoya got the start as Helsingborg exited the Champions League at Celtic Park. Already
leading 3-0, Celtic continued their shutout with goals from Gary Hooper (30th) and Victor Wanyama
(88th). Also on Wednesday, Everton beat Leyton Orient 5-0 in the League Cup. Tim Howard was on the
bench for Everton.
Got to admit overseas countries do it better, fan singing, whole stadium involvement.
Think Japan in June when the Aussies go there - the singing will be non-stop.
And of course Celtic Park - the fans, all of them, know how to sing.
Melbourne Victory do a great gig - down one end, the Cove never let you down, but no club has been
able to create an anthem and get the whole club behind it.
Former Celtic hero Shunsuke Nakamura proved his set-piece talent has not diminished since leaving
Celtic Park by performing this TV stunt in his native Japan. The 34-year-old, currently playing for
Yokohama F Marinos, was tasked with firing a free-kick into a moving bus. The midfielder was
positioned in a side-street and watched the bus approaching [.
This should have been up the other day, my bad. Don't fault Jacob...At this stage in the
competition you would have every reason to believe that some dead rubbers would be played. Yet the
"Look at Me!" nature of international youth soccer forbids such a thing.For instance, Celtic
welcomed Marseille to Celtic Park with nothing tangible to play for.
Apparently, Kofi Sarkodie and Will Bruin are not the only members of the Houston Dynamo across
the pond these days. Take a close look at that picture yesterday from Celtic's 1-0 win over Hearts
of Midlothian at Celtic Park. Reeeaalllll....Clooooosseeee.
See it? No? Well, then, check out this link right here.
