Celtic defender Alistair Johnston reckons that the Hoops are hungry for more success this weekend at Hampden after celebrating yet another Scottish Premiership title win at Paradise on Saturday afternoon. Attention within the Celtic camp will turn from tomorrow morning to the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden against Aberdeen where Celtic have the chance to wrap up a ninth Treble for the club.
League Cup was won in December, Premiership trophy lifted at weekend
The Hoops lifted the Premier Sports League Cup back in mid-December, beating Philippe Clement’s theRangers in the final. The Scottish Premiership title was secured a few weeks ago at Tannadice with the Celtic players led by Callum McGregor collecting the trophy and medals at the weekend in a match that will go down in Celtic history as extra special the goal, the manner in which it was scored and it’s significance to James Forrest and the entire Celtic family throughout the world.
The roar for James Forrest’s goal was magical
The roar at Celtic Park on Saturday when James Forrest scored with pretty much the last kick of the campaign told its own story.
The Canadian defender has grown to appreciate everything that is uniquely special about Celtic, where he reckons the passion in unrivalled anywhere in football, as he explained post in his pitch side interview with Sky Sports on Saturday afternoon.
🤣 “It was a fairytale moment… we’re shouting, ‘Just shoot, James! Just shoot!’”
Alistair Johnston on James Forrest’s special moment and winning the title 🏆 pic.twitter.com/L7pFHMHMoH
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) May 17, 2025
Now his attention and that of his teammates, turns to Hampden on Saturday afternoon as the third and final instalment of the ninth Celtic treble is chased down, with Aberdeen standing in their way.
“We are in a position to do a domestic clean sweep, so let’s go and take that chance,” Johnston said, as reported by Scottish Sun. “Saturday was great but the hunger is still there in the squad. Look at James Forrest and Callum McGregor, they have won 50 trophies between them and are the two hungriest guys around.
“If you can’t get up for finals, there is probably something wrong with you.”
“How can you, as a younger player with a lot less medals than them, ever say, ‘Oh, it’s just another one’? We want to win every piece of silverware and we all have that desire and desperation to do it again on Saturday.
“If you can’t get up for finals, there is probably something wrong with you.
“We expect Aberdeen to come out full throttle and leave it all on the line. We will be ready for that too. Whether it’s 90 or 120 minutes, we will be ready for it.
“We’ve had some great cup finals at Hampden and it doesn’t matter who you play, it’s going to be difficult. You can feel the sense of occasion and we are going to be ready for it.
“We will train hard this week and it will be a privilege to extend our season — and hopefully we can lift that third trophy.”
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Sorry, but I don’t think half a dozen players from the academy, in ten years, is much of a return.