OUTSTANDING feature today from the Archives of Irish broadcaster RTÉ when they visit Glasgow, the ‘Dirty Old Town’ in 1980, film Celtic training at Celtic Park ahead of a home game against Morton, and interview manager Billy McNeill and players including Bobby Lennox, Tommy Burns and Johnny Doyle.
The footage is remarkable and this is well worth a watch.
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A visit to Paradise, the home of Celtic Football Club in Glasgow
WATCH: ‘Let’s Go’ broadcast #OnThisDay 40 years ago https://t.co/ELQLzu8uIP pic.twitter.com/jRS4XmxzOo— RTÉ Archives (@RTEArchives) March 4, 2020
In case you are wondering Celtic won that match – a Scottish Cup 5th round tie, by 2-0 with the goals coming from Jim Casey and George McCluskey. The Celtic team was Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Casey, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, McCluskey, Lennox, MacLeod and Doyle. The Subs were Davidson and Nicholas and as is explained in the video, Tommy Burns was working his way back to fitness after picking up an injury. Roy Aitken was suspended for this game, thus Casey got a start.
Here’s a match report from one of the papers, with the headline writers obviously pretty disappointed that Celtic had won. This game was the weekend after the midweek before when Celtic had beaten the mighty Real Madrid by 2-0 in the quarter finals of the European Cup and what a goal Johnny Doyle scored that night.
Frank McGarvey would be signed the next week from Liverpool for a club record transfer fee of £250,000. Money well spent it was too!
Also on The Celtic Star today…
David Potter on Bobby Evans – Celtic’s Forgotten Hero…
The Celtic Star of the Decade – 1950-1959, Bobby Evans, @CelticFC Forgotten Hero…https://t.co/QVVcYZmujE @Boola_vogue
— The Celtic Star Editor (@CelticStarMag) March 4, 2020
More exclusive photographs of Celtic Park reconstruction in early 1995…
Exclusive – Tom Grant's Celtic Park Photographs, Building Fergus McCann's Dream Stadium | The Celtic Star https://t.co/w910sSWUrr
— The Celtic Star Editor (@CelticStarMag) March 4, 2020
Go see the loving tribute to Steve Chalmers from his family…
Visit the new Stevie Chalmers Bench at Troon Beach…https://t.co/zNL37tWiFf @joydivision61_h
— The Celtic Star Editor (@CelticStarMag) March 4, 2020
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