MATCH 1884 - Sunday 21 August 2022

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  2  HEARTS  0

Scorers:  Kyogo, Giakoumakis

Celtic lack inspiration today although playing some nice football at times never quite get going.  Even after taking the lead early in the first half it doesn't spark a surge of energy through the team and it takes until injury time when Hearts are reduced to 10, then nine men for the game to be sealed with a second home goal.

Remembering John Hughes who passed away recently.

Personal stuff:

• My 116th match between the sides; 99 in the league.
• 121st Hearts match overall including 100 in the league (99 v Celtic, 1 v Hibernian)

Match 1883 - Saturday 6 August 2022

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:  VICTORIA PARK STADIUM

ROSS COUNTY  1  CELTIC  3

Scorers: Iacovitti;  Kyogo, Jenz, Abada

All the action in the second half with four goals and a contender for save of the season from Joe Hart when the match was in the balance at 1-1.

Personal note:

• 5th visit to Ross County's Victoria Park Stadium in Dingwall.
• Overall 22nd time attending this fixture - 19 in the league.

MATCH 1882 - Sunday 31 July 2022

SEASON 2022/23

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE 

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  2  ABERDEEN  0

Scorers: Welsh, Jota

Flag day at Celtic Park as Celtic receive the Championship flag in recognition of last seasons' title triumph.  Aberdeen are the opposition for the first match of the league campaign.

Celtic get off to a quick fire start with a goal inside three minutes.  The game drifts into abit of a lull for much of the second half until Jota scores a wonder goal on the 75th minute mark.

Personal stuff:

• My 107th league fixture between these rivals and 129 overall
• Since my 1st Celtic-Aberdeen match in March 1981 I've only missed one of the games played outside of Pittodrie Stadium between the sides which was in October 1999 (a 7-0 home win).  Not counting the fan-less Covid season it's a run of 94 games out of 95.
• Celtic league match no. 1,096
• Aberdeen overall match no. 134

Match Report:  LINK

MATCH 1881 - Saturday 23 July 2022

SEASON 2022/23

FRIENDLY

Venue: CELTIC PARK

CELTIC  2  NORWICH CITY  0

Scorers: Maeda, Turnbull

Another pre-season friendly and this time a chance to see Norwich City.   The two sides wear their traditional kits which is very pleasing on the eye as they look terrific gracing the Celtic Park pitch.

Huddle pre-match

This is the 4th time seeing Norwich but they are unable to keep up their 100% win record having won the previous three at Carlisle(2009), Celtic (2012) and Blackpool (2014).

Milestone - FIR PARK - 50th match

 

Motherwell v Sligo Rovers was by 50th visit to Fir Park, home of Motherwell FC.  My first visit was in 1983 for a reserve match.  Although most of the matches have been Motherwell v Celtic in the league I've managed to attend a number of different fixtures in Europe, cup ties and friendlies.

Teams seen are Motherwell, Motherwell Reserves, Gretna and Scotland U-21 as home sides with the following teams providing the opposition - Celtic 38, Aberdeen 2, Hearts, Dundee United Reserves, Iceland U-21, Italy U-21, Liverpool, Man Utd XI, Borussia Dortmund, Nancy, Derry City and Sligo Rovers.

Total goals seen 133.

Fir Park is the only ground I've went to hospitality having won a competiton in the Metro free newspaper on it's Glasgow launch in 1999.  Motherwell beating Celtic 3-2 in a Sunday evening kick off on 28 November 1999.

The worse day on a personal level was 7 Jan 1984.

The highlight was Gretna v Derry City in 2006.

DATE	COMPETITION	HOME TEAM	HS	AWAY TEAM	AS
19-Aug-83	RESERVE MATCH	MOTHERWELL Res.	1	DUNDEE UNITED Res.	1
17-Sep-83	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	3
07-Jan-84	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	2
17-Mar-84	SCOTTISH CUP	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	6
16-Oct-84	U21 INTERNATIONAL	SCOTLAND U-21	1	ICELAND U-21	0
19-Oct-85	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	2
30-Apr-86	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	0
13-Aug-86	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	4
03-Nov-86	FRIENDLY	MOTHERWELL	1	LIVERPOOL	1
13-Dec-86	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
17-Nov-87	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	2
23-Jan-88	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	ABERDEEN	1
30-Apr-88	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	1
03-Dec-88	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	3
12-Apr-89	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	2
25-Nov-89	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	0
28-Apr-90	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
25-Aug-90	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	0
30-Jan-91	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
08-Oct-91	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	2
11-Jan-92	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	0
07-Aug-93	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	2
11-Jan-94	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	1
29-Jan-94	SCOTTISH CUP	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	0
28-Sep-94	EUROPE	MOTHERWELL	0	BORUSSIA DORTMUND	2
01-Oct-94	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
04-Feb-95	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	0
04-Nov-95	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	2
23-Mar-96	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	0
07-Dec-96	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	1
22-Feb-97	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	1
13-Sep-97	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	3
28-Nov-99	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	3	CELTIC	2
19-Mar-02	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	4
10-Sep-02	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	1
12-May-04	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
30-Oct-04	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	3
22-May-05	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	1
30-Jul-05	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	4	CELTIC	4
2-Sep-05	U21 INTERNATIONAL	SCOTLAND U-21	2	ITALY U-21	2
10-Aug-06	EUROPE	GRETNA	1	DERRY CITY	5
30-Dec-06	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	1	CELTIC	1
07-Oct-07	LEAGUE	GRETNA	1	CELTIC	2
22-Jan-08	SCOTTISH CUP	MOTHERWELL	1	HEARTS	0
02-Oct-08	EUROPE	MOTHERWELL	0	AS NANCY	2
06-Sep-09	FRIENDLY	MOTHERWELL	1	MANCHESTER UNITED XI	0
27-Feb-11	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	2	CELTIC	0
22-Apr-12	LEAGUE	MOTHERWELL	0	CELTIC	3
21-Sep-17	LEAGUE CUP	MOTHERWELL	3	ABERDEEN	0
21-Jul-22	EUROPE	MOTHERWELL	0	SLIGO ROVERS	1