MATCH 1990 - Sunday 29 December 2024

SEASON 2024/24

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  4  ST JOHNSTONE  0

Scorers:  Kuhn, Kyogo(2), Maeda

Celtic ended their 2024 schedule of fixtures at home to St Johnstone by fielding a starting XI with no Scottish players in the side, due to club captain, Callum McGregor getting a well earned and rare rest.

The starting XI was made up from the following nations:

Denmark

Canada USA Ireland Spain

Portugal Japan Belguim

Germany Japan South Korea 

Callum, Luke McCowan and Anthony Ralston did come on as second half substitutes to give the Celtic team some Scottish representation on the field.

Match report: LINK

Personal note: 

• 2nd time attending this fixture this season
• 58th time attending this fixture in the league
• Overall the 65th time seeing this fixture since 1983
• Milestone match - 1700th time seeing Celtic - breakdown: League 1159 + League Cup 127 + Scottish Cup 149 + UEFA competitions 164 + Other matches 101

MATCH 1989 - Thursday 26 December 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  4  MOTHERWELL  0

Scorers: Engels, Maeda, Kuhn, Hatate

Engels 1st goalscorer

A home Boxing Day fixture for Celtic.  They took the lead on the stroke of half time through a penalty and then scored a further three second half goals to comfortably win the match.

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 2nd time seeing this fixture this season both in League
• 112th time attending fixture in League
• Overall the 126th time attending the fixture since 1982

MATCH 1988 - Sunday 22 December 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: TANNADICE PARK (38)

Front row in the "Shed"

DUNDEE UNITED  0  CELTIC  0

Attendance: 13,662

Stalemate at Tannadice as Dundee Utd defend well for 90+ minutes to earn a point.

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 38th visit to Tannadice (36 with Celtic)
• 101st time seeing this fixture in the Scottish Premier League
• Overall 120th time seeing this fixture at 4 different venues - Celtic Park, Tannadice, Hampden Park and Ibrox Stadium 

MATCH 1987 - Sunday 15 December 2024

Daizen Maeda - Star man from Japan

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP FINAL 

Venue: HAMPDEN PARK

CELTIC  3  RANGERS*  3

(Celtic won 5-4 on penalties)

Scorers:  Taylor, Maeda, Kuhn; Bajrami, Diomande, Danilo

Cup final with six goals, extra time, penalty kicks and when the drama was all over the League Cup headed to Celtic Park.

Rangers* opened the scoring on the stroke of half time.  Celtic responded well with two early second half goals only to be quickly pegged back.  In the final five minutes there were two more goals. Celtic thought they had won it with a few minutes to play after a fine move but Rangers* instantly equalised with a great cross and solid header.

Not much happened in extra time so the drama continued onto penalty kicks.  Celtic's five kicks were perfect and Kasper Schmeichel made the vital save to quickly become a Celtic hero.

Match Video: 

Match report:  LINK

Personal note:  

• The 22nd Scottish League Cup Final I've attended since December 1982 - 20 involving Celtic 
• The 3rd final attended between these clubs
• 127th Celtic match attended in the Scottish League Cup
• The 5th match I've attended in the competition this season

MATCH 1986 - Saturday 7 December

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PRMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

Matchday official programme

CELTIC  3  HIBERNIAN  0

Scorers:  Engels, OG, Kyogo

Three goals and three points however keeper Kasper Schmeichel wins man of the match with a hard earned clean sheet.  Unlike in previous home matches he is very much involved from the start and continued to make a series of saves throughout the 90 minutes.

Pre-match on the Celtic Way

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 3rd time attending this fixture this season
• 110th meeting in the league I've attended
• 127th match between I've attended between the clubs

MATCH 1985 - Saturday 30 November 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  5  ROSS COUNTY  0

Scorers:  Scales, McCowan, Bernardo, McGregor, Idah

Celtic produced a high quality performance, scoring five first half goals to comfortably beat their modest Highland opponents.  All five goals were scored by five different players including four players who have not been regular starters recently.

Match reports: LINK

Personal note:

• The 27th time seeing this fixture
• The 24th time in the Scottish Premier League
• 19th match at Celtic Park

MATCH 1984 - Thursday 28 November 2024

 SEASON 2024/25

Group Stage

MANCHESTER UNITED  3 BODO/GLIMT  2

Scorers: Garnacho, Hojlund(2); Evjen, Zinckernagel

Manchester United welcomed their new head coach, Ruben Amorim to Old Trafford for the first time so it was a good time to go to my first United match of the season.

My day got off to a slow start as the 10.30 bus from Glasgow was late and then developed technical problems which meant a change of coach half an hour into the journey.  As a result I arrived in Manchester at 5:30pm (two hours late) so I headed straight to Old Trafford. 

With nothing to eat all day my first stop was Lou Macari's chip shop for a tasty pre-match bite. I entered the ground just after 7 and the extended away end was already full and full of colour.

The game was full of interest from the first minute with United taking the lead in the first minute, then a remarkable turnaround with the clinical Norwegians scoring two quick fire and quality goals. However just before half-time United were level through Rasmus Hojlund who also grabbed the fifth goal of the night and ultimately the winning goal early in the second half.  They had many chances afterwards to make the game safe but continuely failed to hit the target.

My e-ticket

Very nice historic scarf for sale

View from seat

The Yellow section

Pre-match

The end of a five goal thriller!

One last picture before leaving

Match report:  LINK

Personal note:

• My 60th match attended at Old Trafford
• 18th time seeing Man United in Europe
• 2nd time seeing Bodo/Glimt

MATCH 1983 - Wednesday 27 November 2024

SEASON 2024/25

Group Stage

CELTIC  1  BRUGGE  1

Scorers:  Maeda;  OG

Back to back Champions League matches for with no other games attended inbetween Leipzig on the 5th and this one.

Celtic couldn't quite get going in this one but the biggest frustration was giving Brugge the break of the first goal from an avoidable own goal in the first half.

Celtic equalised early in the second but still couldn't't find any momentum to go on and win the match. A draw the right result although it took a VAR intervention to stop Brugge going 2-1 ahead.

Match report:  LINK

Personal notes:

• First time seeing Brugge and the fourth different Belgium club I've seen Celtic play in Europe.
• My 99th match in UEFA's premier club tournament -European Cup/Champions League.

MATCH 1982 - Tuesday 5 November 2024

SEASON 2024/25

Group Stage

CELTIC  3  RB LEIPZIG  1

Scorers:  Kuhn(2), Hatate;  Baumgartner

Celtic came back from being one goal behind to record an impressiven win over their German opponents.  And it was their German winger, Kuhn who scored twice before half time to put the Bhoys in front.  They never looked like losing the lead and to confirm victory Hatate scored the 3rd in the second half.

Match report:  LINK

Persnal not:

• 3rd time seeing RB Leipzig
• 13rd time seeing Celtic take on Germany opponents at Celtic in UEFA competition 

 

MATCH 1981 - Saturday 2 November 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP 

Semi Final

Venue:  HAMPDEN PARK

CELTIC  6  ABERDEEN  0

Scorers: Carter-Vickers, Kyogo, Maeda(3), Kuhn

attendance: 47,544

Celtic reached the Scottish League Cup final by putting on the style at Hampden scoring three goals in each half to record an empathic victory over Aberdeen, who are currently the second best team in Scotland.  Daizen Maeda notched an excellent Hampden hat trick.

Sitting in the second back row of the East Stand way behind the goal however it gave a good overview of the full pitch.

Hampden light show for 17:30 kick off

View from back of the East Stand

View over to the North Stand

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 11th time I've seen these club face each other in the Scottish League Cup
• 16th time seeing these sides meet at Hampden since 1983
• 2nd time seeing Aberdeen in League Cup this season and my 3rd Celtic match in the competition.

MATCH 1980 - Wednesday 30 October 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

View from my seat

CELTIC  2  DUNDEE  0

Scorers:  Johnston, Engels

Celtic make multiple changes and give a slow, ponderous performance until a few of the rested players come on as second half substitutes.  Alister Johnston makes an immediate impact with the first goal.

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 70th time attending this fixture
• 64th time seen in the league

MATCH 1979 - Sunday 27 October 2024

SEASON 202/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: FIR PARK

MOTHERWELL  0  CELTIC  3

Scorers:  McCowan, Johnston, Idah

A straightforward away win for Celtic at Fir Park without the dramas of last season.  The first time seeing Luke McCowan score for Celtic who notched his second since joining recently from Dundee.

A great view from the first row of the away stand.

Match report:  LINK

Personal note:

• My 48th visit to Fir Park with Celtic (Overall 55th visit)
• The 111th time seeing this fixture in the league
• Overall the 125th time attending the fixture

MATCH 1978 - Saturday 26 October 2024

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH CUP 2nd Round

Venue:  OLIVEBANK STADIUM

MUSSELBURGH ATHLETIC  2  CALEDONIAN BRAVES  1

Scorers: Barker, Court;  Murray

A fine second round Scottish Cup tie between East of Scotland (6th tier) side Musselburgh and top of the Lowland League (tier 5) side Caledonian Braves. Braves took the lead in the first half and the decisive moment of the tie seemed to have come very early in the second half when the home side were reduced to ten men.

Incredibly the ten men picked themselves up and recorded an unlikely victory and cup shock!

Match stats:  LINK

Personal note:

• New ground - number 122nd
• New club - Musselburgh - the 254th different club seen; 2nd time seeing Caledonian Braves
• The 163rd Scottish Cup tie seen including 14 not involving Celtic.
• 293rd non-Celtic game.