Our Foundation – The Celtic Way, Celtic’s greatest team: Pre-World War 2 – the story so far…
With all the nomination for the defensive positions now published, it’s great to see the first combinations of our unique Willie Maley Celtic XI coming through. I asked my colleagues at the @celticparkevents Stadium Tours team for their thoughts on who would occupy the goalkeeping and ‘back three’ positions if they were picking that team today and it is noticeable that 10 of the 14 Tour Guides who have responded so far have chosen a unique set of four men, whilst the four others agreed on who should make up Willie Maley’s defence.
Perhaps that shows just how competitive this selection process is going to be.
Here is the story so far from the perspective of the Celtic Park Stadium Tours team, with some of those making selections named and others remaining anonymous.
Selection 1 (from Ken Ross) – Davie Adams; Alec McNair, Willie Loney & Joe Dodds.
Selection 2 (from @ManusGOK) – “What a difficult choice, Matt. I’m going for… John Thomson; Alec McNair, Jimmy McStay & Joe Dodds.”
Selection 3 (from Alan Shields) – Johnny Thomson; Alec McNair, James Kelly & Jimmy Hay.
Selection 4 (from @Martingorman7) – “Tough choice having to pick between Sunny Jim and Alec McNair! Defence would have to be McNair, McStay and Dodds with Charlie Shaw in goals of course. Got to have the Holy Trinity in defence!” Charlie Shaw; Alec McNair, Jimmy McStay & Joe Dodds.
Selection 5 – “Shaw, McNair, Dodds and Loney for me, Matt. Would have seriously thought about Sunny Jim but I can’t leave out McNair!”
Charlie Shaw; Alec McNair, Willie Loney & Joe Dodds.”
Selection 6 –
“Impossible to leave John out.”
John Thomson; Alec McNair, Jimmy McStay & Joe Dodds.
Selection 7 –
“Difficult to leave Thomson and McNair out.”
John Thomson; Alec McNair, Jimmy McStay & Joe Dodds.
Selection 8 (from @McLaughlin_1888) –
“Some real big names among those lists, Matt. Very tough choice.
John Thomson; Alec McNair, James Kelly & Joe Dodds.
Selection 9 – Dan McArthur; Alec McNair, Willie Loney & Dan Doyle.
Selection 10 – Charlie Shaw; Alec McNair, ‘Sunny Jim’ Young & Joe Dodds.
Selection 11 – John Thomson; Alec McNair, Jimmy McStay & Joe Dodds.
Selection 12 – Dan McArthur; Barney Battles, James Kelly & Jimmy Hay.
Selection 13 – John Thomson; Alec McNair, James Kelly & Willie McStay.
Central defender – James Kelly, Willie Loney, Peter Johnstone, Jimmy McStay, Willie Lyon
Left-sided defender – Dan Doyle, Willie Orr, Jimmy ‘Dun’ Hay, Joe Dodds, Willie ‘Peter’ McGonagle Jock Morrison
Our Foundation – The Celtic Way will be THEmost uniqueCeltic event of 2024. It’s an excellent way to get through an international weekend with a Celtic fix, have yourself and your company a load of fun whilst raising money for the wonderful work carried out in our name by Celtic FC Foundation.
You can pick up your tickets now at the link below. Please note that ticket sales will end on Monday, 4 March, so snap them up whilst you can!
Having retired from his day job Matt Corr can usually be found working as a Tour Guide at Celtic Park, or if there is a Marathon on anywhere in the world from as far away as Tokyo or New York, Matt will be running for the Celtic Foundation. On a European away-day, he's there writing his Diary for The Celtic Star and he's currently completing his first Celtic book with another two planned.
