Celtic banter 3

10 Oct 2026 10:50:22
I can’t say I’m looking forward to the match tomorrow because anything can happen after International duty.
The full squad only started training together yesterday.

I was surprised to notice that Motherwell have only beaten Dundee United ( twice ) in their last 8 home league games since the end of February.

Hearts next away league game is at Celtic Park and they haven’t won a league match outside Edinburgh since winning at Tannadice at the end of January.
Played 11 away games,
Won 2 at Easter Road
Drawn 3
Lost 6.

10 Oct 2026 12:33:41
Scrappy 1-0, win win do me but like you buzz not confident.

10 Oct 2026 07:49:14
Nearly into November and the young lb still not fit you couldn't make it up.

10 Oct 2026 08:58:40
He starts training on Monday.

09 Oct 2026 22:39:47
Did Van Der Berg train today?

09 Oct 2026 22:05:34
MoN, Legend, but let's not forget a good pal of the Irish Oligarch DD. Now a Board apologist imho. Amazing what £s will do. since time began I'm afraid.

10 Oct 2026 09:21:24
Does anyone ever ask themselves, why ex managers, players, captains, people connected with club are not all very vocal about dd, are we assuming there All apologists and all just friends and as you put it amazing what £s will do,

Imho people or fellow fans like u make me sick, an honest opinion given on the forum after mon dared say he didn’t like the protest and to him it wasn’t Celtic ……and here you are stating legend is only saying it for money, he’s a board apologist, jog on.

10 Oct 2026 14:12:02
I was 100% certain you would reply in that vein. It seems to be your MO. You obviously missed the imho bit. Also, if something as trivial as my opinion makes you sick I think you had better take a long hard look at yourself.

You're entitled to your opinion and I am to mine. Unlike you, it would appear, I don't need everyone else's opinion to agree with mine. "Jog on". How puerile.

10 Oct 2026 17:46:11
I'd seriously question the "good pal" part of your opinion. O'Neill even said himself he was offered the temp job last year and had an hour to take it then don't speak to DD again until we won the league.

O'Neill left and came back again in the interim.
Imho O'Neill just wants the best conditions for the players we have to win games. I have no problem with protest but not, imho, to the detriment of us winning 3 points.

09 Oct 2026 16:28:14
Our manager will need to be careful

In these press conferences by defending DD he is losing all the goodwill he had built up from the Celtic fans.

09 Oct 2026 16:46:03
Our fans should follow the GB and pull out of the home ticket scheme.
We also pulled out before this season started.

09 Oct 2026 17:42:50
I pulled out last year, it makes sense, but I wouldn’t then criticise those who buy my tickets to their team, lots will, board apologists, happy clappers they might be called,

For me the opinion shouldn’t be “fans should pull out “ it should be “unhappy fans should pull out” those who don’t should t be criticised either imo, same as not buying strips.

09 Oct 2026 17:58:53
He's just backing up his mate.

09 Oct 2026 20:15:19
I pulled out last year.

Season ticket and that’s it for me until there’s significant change.

The frustration for me is I believe we weren’t far away from calming the situation down.

A defensive midfielder, a younger top quality goalkeeper and resigning Sarrachi and I think most would have been happy.

09 Oct 2026 20:31:35
I’d add two centre backs to that list North.

09 Oct 2026 12:57:25
The last time Celtic played on this date was back in 1993 probably due to International games at this time of year.

Frank Connor took temporary charge taking over from Liam Brady.
Celtic won our first home league match of the season at the 6th attempt by beating Dundee 2-1.

Frank Connor stayed in charge for 4 games and remained unbeaten with 3 wins and 1 Draw.
Celtic 2 Dundee 1
Hibs 1 Celtic 1
Celtic 1 Sporting Lisbon 0
Rangers 1 Celtic 2

New Manager Lou Macari was in the dugout for our injury time winner at Ibrox but Frank Connor took the team that day.

Danny McGrain received the only Red Card of his career on this date in 1982.
Andrew Waddell controversially sent him off and Billy McNeill was also sent to the stand for protesting.

09 Oct 2026 11:10:31
Back to League football AT LAST

But only thing is Sevco could not have hand picked a better game to come back to with all the ex sevvies in charge of Kilmarnock guaranteed 3 sevvie points

Meanwhile we are facing a good Motherwell team on their home turf, we will need to work hard for our 3 points.

09 Oct 2026 12:18:49
Sevco will be top on sat night can our players handle the pressure and beat Motherwell who we usually struggle against.

09 Oct 2026 12:26:19
Last season after the International breaks Sevco had -
Home - Hearts
Home - Dundee Utd
Home - Livingston
Home - Dundee United again.
Now Home - Kilmarnock
Celtic 5 away games and remember the International schedule is confirmed before the SPFL fixtures.
Super computer working it’s magic.

09 Oct 2026 08:26:48
Just win on Sunday any win will do me, another Loss and we're in Nancy territory and sevco could be top 😭.

09 Oct 2026 09:37:41
We celebrate winning the league whilst they will celebrate being top of the league.

09 Oct 2026 09:37:56
Last season Celtic struggled after all 4 International breaks with most of our players travelling all over the World
The vast majority of the Motherwell players will have spent the last 3 weeks training together fully focused on the Celtic game.

I’m not expecting a good performance but I still feel we can sneak full points with our typical hard fought Martin victory.

09 Oct 2026 10:17:32
After the last 3 games I'm expecting a good performance!

09 Oct 2026 11:02:48
After the last 3 games I'm sh! ttin myself!

09 Oct 2026 11:13:18
Hopefully O'Neil picks Calmac Ox and Bauer for the midfield on sunday.

09 Oct 2026 14:03:55
Hope MON doesn’t pick McGregor 🙏.

09 Oct 2026 15:23:16
Mally Rodgers territory no where near Nancy yet.

10 Oct 2026 07:45:08
When did Rodgers lose 4 games in a row anno Nancy did.

10 Oct 2026 09:01:09
I think it was mentioned in the Dundee United Commentary that Nancy was the first Celtic Manager to lose 4 consecutive games in about 50 years.

08 Oct 2026 23:26:52
Our first ever European tie was against The Fairs Cup Holders Valencia in 1962/ 63.
Valencia defeated Barcelona 7-3 over 2 legs in the 1962 Final the previous season.
Celtic lost 4-2 in Spain and then had a 2-2 Draw in Glasgow which was a decent first attempt.

Celtic would’ve played Jock Stein’s Dunfermline in the next round who defeated Everton 2-1 on Aggregate.
Dunfermline and Valencia then had a 6-6 Draw on Aggregate but The Pars lost 1-0 in a playoff match held in Lisbon.

Valencia completed the Scottish hat trick by defeating Hibs 6-2 on Aggregate in the Quarter Finals.
Valencia then completed their 2nd consecutive Fairs Cup by defeating Dinamo Zagreb both home and away in the Final.

Valencia almost completed a Fairs Cup hat trick but lost the 1964 final to Real Zaragoza in a one off match in Barcelona 2-1.

*The Lisbon stadium belonged to Belenenses who played regular European football back then.
Pope John Paul 2 once celebrated a mass in that stadium to over 100,000 people.

09 Oct 2026 05:21:33
Our 2nd leg home match against Valencia was the same night of Everton V Dunfermline 1st leg which Everton won 1-0.
Dunfermline won 2-0 the following week to Qualify.
So maybe Qualified Valencia were Drawn against the winners of the Battle of Britain after they beat Celtic.

I’m guessing if Celtic Qualified maybe they would’ve got another club because the 2nd Round seems too early for clubs to be paired together from the same Country.
Or maybe it would’ve been Celtic v Jock Stein and Dunfermline.

08 Oct 2026 20:58:50
Hope ever Celtic fan attending Fir Park on Sunday has as many tennis balls as they can carry!

09 Oct 2026 08:25:34
Not for me don't think it helps the players one bit, by all means protest but not that.

09 Oct 2026 09:14:57
Yeah that’s a clever idea😩.

09 Oct 2026 09:39:33
It seems to be the only thing to get a reaction. Maybe need to show up at all his other businesses dressed as tennis players with raquets, limbering up. Just for the sheer hell of it, because for some obscure reason he is hell bent on destroying this club and the pathetic spineless minions on the board aren’t capable of standing up to him.

09 Oct 2026 09:51:02
This time last year after the 1st International break we protested with objects thrown on to the pitch at Dens Park.

It was Top against Bottom but yet we lost 2-0 and our first defeat at Dens Park in nearly 40 years and our defeat was pathetically blamed on the protest.

It is a pain for the players due to the stop/ start we can’t give the Celtic players and Management team any more excuses for another shocking performance.
I would rather we didn’t disrupt the game on Sunday.

Get in and get out with the 3 points after a long week for most of our players.
Disrupt the match in Lisbon to get full exposure and maybe stop the flow of Benfica.

09 Oct 2026 13:01:22
Don't disagree with anything that's been said about our Board. But the flip side is I can't think of a club that's kicked on after a change of ownership. I detest our Board like the next person but there's no financial knight in shining armour.
Tongue in cheek here but imagine CP being called the Dermot Desmond stadium. Sorry all, I'm losing the plot.

09 Oct 2026 15:31:28
Same 9iar, I can only see instability, niaive or inexperienced decisions when clubs change ownership,

I’m for meaningful change, others absolute change, neither happens overnight …… the movement for absolute could scupper anything meaningful on horizon.

I’ve always advocated as long as it doesn’t affect team and performance, when fan actions starts doing that ( hasn’t yet) but if or when it does, pot kettle comes to mind.

08 Oct 2026 15:57:42
It was mad how Celtic conceded 41 league goals in 38 league matches last season and still Won the league.

Only once since 1999/ 00 ( 38 conceded in 36 league games )
Did we concede more goals than league games played and that was under Tony Mowbray in 2009/ 10 when we conceded 39 goals in 38 league games.

You have to go back to 1992/ 93 and 1991/ 92 seasons for Celtic to concede as many league goals.
1992/ 93 - Also 41 conceded but in 44 league games.
1991/ 92 - 42 conceded but also in 44 league games.