MATCH 1574 - Saturday, 27 September 2014

SEASON:  2014/15
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue:  BLOOMFIELD ROAD

BLACKPOOL    1    NORWICH CITY    3

Scorers:  Delfouneso; O.G. (Daniels), Grabban, Murphy

Second bottom v Second top!

Third occasion watching Norwich since 2009 and their third win. After two 1-0 victories over Carlisle and Celtic this was a much better game and performance.  This one was achieved the hard way as they needed to come from behind after missing a number of good first half chances

With this victory Norwich went top of the league.
And Blackpool are now bottom!

Personal note:  10th Blackpool game since 1981, 8 of which at Bloomfield Road.

MATCH 1573 - Wednesday, 24 September 2014

SEASON:  2014/15
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP - 3rd ROUND
Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC    3    HEARTS    0

Scorers: Guidetti, Commons, O.G.

John Guidetti scored his first goal for Celtic against Championship Hearts.  Hearts missed a penalty at 1-0 and blew their chance to put Celtic under real pressure.

This was the 5th time I've attended this fixture in the League Cup and only the second win recorded by Celtic.

My previous ties between the sides:

1990 - Hearts 2 Celtic 2 (Celtic won on pens.)

1997 - Hearts 1 Celtic 0

2007 - Celtic 0 Hearts 2

2009 - Celtic 0 Hearts 1

MATCH 1572 - Sunday, 21 September 2014

SEASON: 2014/15
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC    1    MOTHERWELL    1

Scorer:  Commons;  Sutton.

Celtic fans sing "we don't care if we win, lose or draw" but they do care when their team produce bad performances. Celtic are struggling badly at the moment and their stop start season continued with another disappointing display in their 6th SPL match of the season.  This time at home to a Motherwell side which has also had a poor start to their campaign.

A smartly taken goal by Chris Sutton's younger brother, John gave Motherwell the lead which they held until conceding a penalty midway through the second half.


Personal note:  12th match of the season, 112th Motherwell match overall.

MATCH 1571 - Saturday, 13 September 2014

SEASON:  2014/15
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC    2    ABERDEEN    1

Scorers:  Denayer, Commons;  Goodwillie

Three new Celts made their debuts - Aleksandar Tonev (Bulgaria) and Stefan Scepovic (Serbia) started the match while John Guidetti (Sweden) came on as a second half sub.
I thought Aberdeen would have been a bigger threat than proved to be the case.  It was until they were 2-0 down that they wakened up.
It was a small step in the right direction for Ronny Deila's side.



Personel note:  113th Match I've attended between the sides