MATCH 1646 - Sunday, 24 April 2016

Season: 2015/16
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC    1    ROSS COUNTY    1
Scorers:  Griffiths;  Murdoch

My 40th match of the season

MATCH 1645 - Sunday, 17 April 2016

SEASON 2015/16
SCOTTISH CUP SEMI FINAL
Venue: HAMPDEN PARK

CELTIC    2    RANGERS*    2

Scorers: Sviatchenko, Rogic;  Miller, Mckay

For the second time this season Celtic fail to get past the semi final stage of a domestic cup.

39th match of season.

MATCH 1644 - Sunday, 10 April 2016

Season:  2015/16
ENGLISH FA PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  STADIUM OF LIGHT (25)

The mark of champions

SUNDERLAND    0    LEICESTER CITY    2

Scorers:  Vardy(2)

The remarkable story of Leicester City's march to being the Champions of England continued at the Stadium of Light with a performance worthy of champions.  Going to a difficult venue and playing a team fighting for their lives they controlled the match from first to last touch of the ball, when Vardy rolled in the second in the fifth minute of injury time.

This was our first visit of the season to the Stadium of Light. We drove down and thankfully the Sunday morning traffic was kind to us with no hold UPS on M74 or A69.  We arrived at 11.15am and parked in the waste ground behind the east of the stadium, at no cost.

This was our 25th visit to SOL and it's always a great occasion watching Premier League football at Sunderland.  They continue to offer the best value of all Premier League clubs to watch top league football - from £25 for most matches - therefore it will be a shame if they lose their top flight club status.  Unfortunately on the field they are not so great, struggling to score goals and are currently in the relegation zone with only five game remaining.

Only my second time watching Leicester, the first was 32 years ago at Ibrox of all places when Gary Lineker was in their team!  Hopefully they can complete their fairytale story with three more wins.

THE TEAMS ENTER THE ARENA

FULL STADIUM AT KICK OFF

EMPTY STADIUM AT FULL TIME

LEICESTER FANS LIVING THE DREAM

BUS CONVOY FROM LEICESTER

MATCH 1643 - Saturday, 2 April 2016

Season:  2015/16
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC    3    HEARTS    1

Scorers: Mackay-Steven, Roberts(2);  Walker

This was the first home match in four weeks so everyone was up for it.  Hearts took the initiative early on and managed to get in front with a cracking strike from outside the box. 

However before half time Celtic had fought back to turn the match around with two excellent strikes the first from Gary Mackay-Steven and then Patrick Roberts scored his first ever competitive goal.

Early in the second half Roberts completed the scoring to send Celtic seven points clear in title race.

Personal note:  32nd Celtic match of the season including 3 against Hearts.