CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 38…
CELTIC 2-0 MOTHERWELL – HAMPDEN, 19 MAY 2018 – In glorious sunshine, Celtic today completed their second treble in a row with a clinical defeat of a Motherwell side who were, by no means, a poor side.
This was the day of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and the Celtic fans sang a few songs about that which were not featured on the BBC. More respectable praise and acclamation was bestowed on the two fine goals scored by Callum McGregor and Olivier Ntcham, and indeed an accomplished performance by a very good Celtic team.
David Potter
The Celtic team: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Ajer (Simunovic), Tierney, Ntcham, Brown, Forrest (Sinclair), Rogic (Armstrong), McGregor, Dembele. Scorers: McGregor, Ntcham.
Motherwell: Carson, Kipre, Aldred, Dunne, Cadden, Campbell (Frearat 78 mins), McHugh (Bigirimanaat 56 mins), Grimshaw, Tait, Main, Bowman
Celtic complete the Domestic Treble, and make history with first ever back-to-back treble; an historic day for the club…
Battle of the two Irish managers in the 2018 Scottish Cup Final with first cup winners medals for Ajer, Ntcham, Bain and Kouassi.
Celtic celebrate with an open top bus to Celtic Park, previously not done. Celtic defeated theRangers in the semi-finals 4-0 and Motherwell defeated Aberdeen in same round 3-0 to get here. Meanwhile theRangers striker Michael O’Halloran said sorry to the new club after found sitting with Celtic fans at Hampden.
Boxing’s legendary announcer Michael Buffer opened the game by calling out the teams with his signature “LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE….”
Scott Brown and Brendan Rodgers awarded Premiership Player and Manager of the Year while Kristoffer Ajer signs new four-year deal with Celtic. Tom Rogic signs new five year deal. Musonda has his 18 month loan terminated early after just 5 months.
Dedryck Boyata is hoping to sign a new deal with Celtic after opening talks with the Parkhead club. The Belgian has just one-year left on his current deal but he insists he’s not in a rush to go anywhere else.
