MATCH 1997 - Thursday 23rd January 2025

 SEASON 2024/25

         Group Match

MANCHESTER UNITED  2  RANGERS*  1

Scorers: OG, Fernandes;  Dessers

In a match United should've won comfortably they had to settle for a last gasp goal give them a narrow victory over a depleted Ibrox side.  Just as the away fans thought they had achieved a memorable away European result Bruno Fernandes snatched it away from them with the last meaningful kick of the game to spark interesting scenes around the ground.

Unfortunately United are way short of the great United sides of the past, so it was two very ordinary teams that took to the field however at least they provided an exciting ending.

Rangers* sporting their true colour playing to the  lowest 

United celebrate the first - a gift
from Butland

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 19th Manchester United match attended in European competition 
• 61st match seen at Old Trafford

MATCH 1996 - Wednesday 22 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

Group Stage

CELTIC  1  YOUNG BOYS BERNE  0

Scorer:  OG

Celtic facing the team at the botton of the new UEFA Champions League format were expected to win comfortably however a combination of very good goalkeeping and VAR kept the scoreline at 0-0 until the final 5 minutes of the match when it was decided by an Own Goal.

Marvin Keller (YB) made a series of saves throughout the game including a first half penalty and Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic made a very important double save in the second half.

In the first half Celtic had the ball in the net three times only for VAR to rule all of them out.

History repeated itself as the match produced the same scoreline and "scorer" as the match between the clubs in 1993.

A fantastic touch (below) from Young Boys fans to a small Celtic fan at the end of the game:

Match report: LINK

Personal note: 

• 2nd time attending this fixture - the previous one was a UEFA Cup tie in season 1993/94. 
• I've seen Celtic play 5 different Swiss clubs over the years in European competition (the other clubs are Basel, Neuchatel Xamax, Sion and Zurich)
• My 165th Celtic match attended in UEFA competion since 1982

MATCH 1995 - Saturday 18 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH CUP 4th Round

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  2  KILMARNOCK  1

Scorers:  McGregor, Maeda;  Wales

Celtic created chances after chance but had only one goal in each half to show for all their efforts on goal.  While Kilmarnock scored with their only effort inside the box at the end of the first half that kept the cup tie alive right to the end of the match.

Celtic Park outside pre-match

View from my seat

Match report: LINK

Personal Note:

•  Second time attending this fixture this season - both at Celtic Park
• 4th time seeing this tie in the Scottish Cup
• Overall the 88th match attended between these sides

MATCH 1994 - Tuesday 14 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  DENS PARK

DUNDEE  3  CELTIC  3

Scorers: Adewumi, OG, Donnelly;  McCowan, Yang, Engels

An injury time penalty rescued a point in the City of Discovery for Celtic.  After twice equallising Dundee took a 3-2 lead into the dying moments of the game and looked all set for a rare win however conceded the very late penalty.

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 2nd time seeing this fixture this season
• 65th time seeing this fixture in the league
• Overall th 71st time attending this fixture - 18 at Dens Park

MATCH 1993 - Saturday 11 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  VICTORIA PARK STADIUM

ROSS COUNTY  1  CELTIC  4

Scorers: White;  Kyogo(2), Engels, McCowan

My 7th trip to Dingwall for Ross County away fixture.  One of the coldest football matches I've ever been too. Very surprising that the early kick off (12:30pm) was never in doubt despite tempertures of -10c. Thankfully the game was good and warmed us up a little.

The trip was off to a bad start on Friday evening when the bus from Perth to Inverness was 90 minutes late.  No problems with the train to Dingwall on Saturday morning and although small delays to both train and bus on the way back home, the return journey was fairly straightforward.

Close to the action today - row 2

Kasper

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• 2nd time attending this fixture this season
• 25th time attending fixture in the league - 7 at County and 18 at Celtic Park
• 28th time seeing this fixture overall

MATCH 1992 - Wednesday 8 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: CELTIC PARK

Under the lights (flood lights and disco....)

CELTIC  2  DUNDEE UNITED  0

Scorers: Maeda, Hatate

On a bitterly cold night which badly affected the attendance Celtic's Japanese players once again are the main difference with both goals courtesy of Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate. 

Match Report: LINK

Personal note:

• 2nd time attending this fixture this season
• 102nd league match attended between these clubs
• Overall the 121st time seeing this fixture since my first season 1980/81

MATCH 1991 - Sunday 5 January 2025

SEASON 2024/25

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  3  ST MIRREN  0

Scorers: Kuhn(2), Trusty

Celtic's first win of 2025 and after the first goal scored in the 33rd minute and a second quickly added before halftime.

The game survived a major power cut in the Parkhead area which begin early in the second half and continued for the rest of the match.

Match report: LINK

Personal note:

• First time attending this fixture this season
• 67th time seeing this fixture in the league 
• Overall the 77th time seeing the fixture