Barry scored with his first touch of the ball after singing, when he climbed off of the bench in the Granite City to score a beautiful free-kick against Aberdeen in a 5-1 rout; showcasing his undoubted ability from a dead ball situation. He also remarkably went on to score against Barcelona in the 3-2 loss at Celtic Park in the UEFA Champions League knockouts, where we gave as good a game as any against the Catalan side that year.
Two dramatic wins against Rangers in April 2008
However, it was really the League where Robson would make his mark at Celtic in 2008, along with the rest of his teammates, as we came back in dramatic fashion to beat Rangers in the last two Old Firm matches of the season. The two matches at Paradise are legendary and Robson’s part in them written into Celtic folklore. His challenge on Christian Daily in the opening few seconds of the first encounter under the lights set the tone and endeared Robson to the masses even more.
‘We were good footballers by the way’
Likewise, his gutsy performance in the second match on a sunny day in Glasgow’s East End culminated in him blasting home a penalty to secure the points in a 3-2 win for the Hoops. Those moments are forever etched in the mind of the Celtic support and Robson recalled the team he played in with affection, saying in an interview with Derek McGregor of the Scottish Sun: “I think people would think of myself or Paul (Hartley) – but we were good football players by the way.
“See when you see these boys and you think ‘go and win it.’ We could pass the ball forward. We could run. We could score goals – like Paul Hartley. People tend to forget that. They just think ‘oh that Celtic team back then.’ But we had the likes of Nakamura and Scott Brown, we had Aiden McGeady – who was unbelievable. Jan Venegoor of Hesselink, who had over 20 caps for Holland. We had Georgious Samaras. We had Andy Hinkel, who had over 20 caps for Germany. Boruc – who could have gone for any amount of money.”
The Celtic star of 2008 said: “We could play by the way. Don’t be fooled by that. We were a side that could play, and we could win. We’ll mix it too. If you wanted to go and play football, we could play football. If you want to go and mix it, away at Motherwell, wherever you’re going. Come on then, let’s have it out. We could do it all.”
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