The Celtic Legends defeated their Manchester United equivalents at Old Trafford yesterday, winning a penalty shoot-out by 5-4, after an entertaining match ended honours even with a 1-1 draw.
There was as you would expect a huge travelling Celtic support of around 4000 inside the Theatre of Dreams and they certainly made themselves heard throughout the proceedings.
Wayne Rooney gave United the lead shortly before the interval with a trademark free kick while Gary Hooper got the Celtic equaliser with just over an hour on the clock.
The Celtic team was as follows: Boruc, Wilson, Mulgrew, McManus, Lustig, Hayes, Ledley, Petrov, Samaras, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Hooper. Subs: Zaluska, Ambrose, Donnelly, Robson, O’Dea
The Man Utd team was as follows: van der Gouw, Bardsley, Johnsen, Siverstre, Simpson, Carrick, Djemba-Djemba, Fletcher, Valencia, Berbatov, Rooney
Subs: Lindegaard, Pilkington, Butt, Pugh, Chadwick, Scholes, Webber, Eagles, Campbell
There are a few videos below that show the action and capture the brilliant atmosphere at Old Trafford yesterday, then we’ve something rather special after that…
It was a fantastic day for all at Old Trafford, the legends loved being out there again and while it was great that Celtic won the match , the real winners were of course the Celtic FC Foundation and the Manchester Utd Foundation.
The Celtic Star asked Vagelis Georgariou to go to Old Trafford to capture the best of the action and the atmosphere. Here are his images in a photo special on The Celtic Star…
The Celtic Star’s – Manchester United v Celtic Legends Photo Special begin on the next page, hope you enjoy!
Why play our best players in unimportant kick about games and risk them getting an injury like whatever has happened to Alastair Johnston??