MATCH 1917 - Saturday 29 April 2023

SEASON 2022/23

ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION 2

Venue:  BRUNTON PARK 

CARLISLE UNITED  2  SALFORD CITY  3

Scorers:  Garner, Dennis; Hendry, Bolton(2)

A crowd of just under 11,000 including ex-Manchester United stars Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs who have invested in Salford City watched this exciting encounter as both sides looked to confirm their place the end of season Play-offs to gain promotion to League One.

Ticket price £21.00 for a place in the Paddock terrace.

Personal note:

• 23rd seeing Carlisle with 21 at Brunton Park and two away.
• 1st time seeing Salford City
• 204th match outside of Bonnie Scotland

MATCH 1916 - Saturday 22 April 2023

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  1  MOTHERWELL  1

Scorers:  McGregor; van Veen

On the fourth anniversary of Billy McNeill's death, Celtic are at home but give a less than inspiring performance against a Motherwell side determined to disrupt play as often as they could.  Despite having seven extra minutes Celtic are unable to break the deadlock following a well taken equaliser early in the second half.        

The fine Billy McNeill statue on The Celtic Way

Personal note:

• 33rd Celtic match of the season
• 5th time seeing Motherwell this season, making it 132 overall putting them in 4th place of clubs I've seen.
• 122nd attending this fixture

MATCH 1915 - Thursday 13 April 2023

 SEASON: 2022/23

Quarter Final First Leg

Venue: OLD TRAFFORD

MANCHESTER UNITED  2  SEVILLA  2

Scorers:  Sabitzer(2); Own goals(2)

11 am bus from Glasgow and arrived in Manchester for 4pm.  Walked to the ground from city centre, about a 2.5 miles.  Got an old favourite for dinner - a meat & potato pie (£4.20) in the ground.

The game was a good Euro tie with Man United not taking full advantage when they were well on top.  This allowed Sevilla to grow into the game and indeed the tie.  In the first half United went two up but despite a number of good chances, a third home goal didn't materialise.

In the final stages of the game Sevilla got a break, an own goal after some slack defending.   

This was the boost of confidence they needed and they took full advantage of United's injury problems losing both of the centre halves and ending with only nine outfield players, to equalise in time added on.

Personal note:

• 55th Old Trafford match
• 3rd time seeing Sevilla (Celtic Friendly and Espanyol in UEF 2007 at Hampden)
• 17th United game in Europe

MATCH 1914 - Saturday 8 April 2023

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  3  RANGERS  2

Scorers:  Kyogo(2), Jota;  Tavernier(2)

Celtic won a scrappy encounter which was littered with mistakes and fouls throughout the 90 plus minutes.

There were no away fans which was very evident when Tavernier equalised just before half time with an expertly taken free kick that was met with absolute silence.

Chances came for both sides.  Morelos missed but Kyogo didn't and that was the difference.

You'll Never Walk Alone (pre-match)

Personal note:

• My 3rd Celtic-RangersII match of the season
• 20th time seeing the new Rangers club (19 v Celtic; 1 v Dundee United)
• 32nd Celtic match of the season

MATCH 1913 - Sunday 2 April 2023

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  VICTORIA PARK

ROSS COUNTY  0  CELTIC  2

Scorers:  Jota, Bernabei

The match will be best remembered for Alexandro Bernabei becoming the first player from Argentina to score for Celtic, with his lovely strike sealing victory just before the end of the match.

Personal note:

• 6th visit to Victoria Park, Dingwall
• 24th time attending this fixture overall
• 25th time seeing Ross County including their League Cup Final win over Hibernian