St Mirren bottling it today, but theRangers back at their rightful place…
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The onus was on St Mirren today to try and keep the pressure on Celtic after the Champions stretched their lead to seven points clear at the top on Saturday afternoon. They failed dismally and in the end were convincingly beaten by theRangers, albeit the buddies had to play the majority of the match with a man less.
This is the sort of game the Paisley Saints had to win to be taken seriously in their pursuit of a top two finish. They had a chance to go six clear in second place against an Ibrox side who were easily beaten by Aberdeen at Ibrox last week and humiliated by Cypriot minnows Aris Limassol on Thursday night.
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But the buddies supporters will be extremely disappointed that their side didn’t take advantage of a side low on confidence, and who had also played an energy sapping game in the searing heat at a Cyprus holiday resort just 72 hours earlier.
The two sides looked devoid of quality and on this evidence if these are our two closet challengers we should stroll to the title. theRangers however will have different ideas and are looking to take on the world under the leadership of Steven Davis and Alex Rae.
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Today they declared that they were back, no not from the dead, but back to their rightful place, which is of course second best and forever in Celtic’s shadow.
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Come and join The Celtic Star live at the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park during the International break…
John Hartson will be just one of many special guests at a huge and unique Celtic Star event to be held in the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park on Thursday, 19 October 2023. Tables for 10 at £180 or individual tickets priced just £20 for this special evening can be purchased now via Celtic Star Books.
Meanwhile here’s Matt Corr talking about his latest Celtic Star book on The Celtic Exchange Podcast…
Majic, Stan and the King of Japan is out in Friday 20 October and is available to order now HERE.
The Celtic Star presents a night with John Hartson and Stephen McManus at the Kerrydale on Thursday 19 October…
There’s no Celtic action for a few weeks due the latest international break, but you can still come along to Celtic Park on Thursday 19 October – on the anniversary of Hampden in the Sun, Celtic 7 Rangers 1…to join The Celtic Star team live in the Kerrydale with special guests John Hartson and Stephen McManus as we launch Matt Corr’s new book ‘Majic, Stan and the King of Japan’ which tells the story of Gordon Strachan’s first season at Celtic and we’ll have the trophies Celtic won that season there too!
There’s live music from the wonderful Boolavogue and many more Celtic guests coming along which we’ll start to announce tomorrow. Tickets are selling fast so get yours now, just click on the image below and we’ll see you in the Kerrydale. it’s going to be some night and a great Celtic fix during the international break!
Join The Celtic Star at the Kerrydale on Thursday 19 October when we celebrate the launch of Matt Corr’s new book Majic, Stan and the King of Japan which tells the story of Gordon Strachan’s first season as Celtic manager. We’ll have the trophies that the Celtic team won that season plus well delighted welcome our special guests John Hartson and Stephen McManus, both stars of that Celtic team.
And we have other guests to be announced later this week plus there’s live music from the wonderful Boolavogue. Tickets are selling fast for what is sure to be a wonderful night of Celtic conversation and music and you can order below…