Celtic return to league play this weekend against Dundee United at Tannadice after winning the Scottish Cup last weekend by handily humping the huns in extra time, 2-0. The 10:00 A.M. match gives Celtic the opportunity to gain the necessary momentum in the final 10 games of the season to bring a second piece of hardware home.
The last time Celtic played a league game was on the 4th of March, defeating Kilmarnock 2-1. Dundee United’s last league match was a 2-1 defeat to Motherwell on the 14th of March. The last time these two teams faced off was on January 3rd, ending in a 2-2 draw with Georgios Samaras’ double being wasted in a second half collapse.
Celtic are continuing to top the table with 63 points from 28 matches while Dundee United reside in 5th place with 43 points from 29 matches.
For those interested in the team that loves to finish 2nd, scum F.C. faces off on Saturday at Ipox against Hearts. As always in cases like this, cheering for the meteor would be the best option. Until that happens, I’ll favor the Jambos.
I hope to see everyone there this Sunday!
OK, nothing but reporting the facts this time. Coming off of a performance that could only be described as “really, really bad” last weekend that crashed Celtic out of the League Cup, Celtic now face off at Hampden in the CIS Cup Final against the huns.
Sunday’s match begins at 11:00 due to the time change here that has not made it across the Atlantic as of yet. As this is a huns match AND a cup final I think everyone knows to be in attendance.
Celtic and Nike have agreed to continue their 5 million pounds a year deal kicking in after the 2010 season. Since for all intents and purposes Celtic is debt free it might be interesting to see where this money goes.
The latest injury news has Robson, Maloney, McCourt and Mizuno out with Naylor and Mark Wilson as possibles. On the ugly side of the ledger, Nacho Novo and Lee McCulloch may be fit enough to play.
Any info anyone else wants to add, please feel free.
And welcome back to the top, Celtic.
Celtic face off against St. Mirren for the second weekend in a row this Saturday in FA Cup action. On the previous Saturday Celtic dismantled St. Mirren with a 7-0 outpouring of goals. This match is at St. Mirren this time around but one can only hope for a similar result.
As for the league, Celtic sit atop the league with 63 points from 28 games after a 2-1 win over Kilmarnock Wednesday afternoon paired with a 1-0 huns loss to ICT on an injury time penalty (properly) called against David Weir. St. Mirren lie in 10th with 29 points from the same 28 games and drew with Aberdeen 1-1.
I have confirmed with Tom that they WILL be open for business at this ungodly early hour. Cup action against a team we just spanked at the earliest time we will face all year? Of course you’ll be there! Why not?
Ahem.
I miss my first weekend match this season, and this is what happens. More goals scored in one game than in the past 6 (nearly 7) weeks.
If they play poorly on Wednesday I believe everyone will end up blaming me.
BUT! Celtic face off against 9th place Kilmarnock at Rugby Park this Wednesday at 2:45 P.M. Celtic are, of course, much closer to the huns today than they were going into the match on Saturday. The Bhoys reside in second place by a 4 goal difference with 60 points from 27 matches. Celtic are coming off of a 7-0 demolition of St. Mirren who reside one position behind Kilmarnock while Killie are coming off of an awe inspiring 0-0 draw with Aberdeen.
At the same time on Wednesday the huns will be facing off against Inverness Caley Thistle at the pig dome. Hopefully some good news will come our way at the same time we play Killie.
As this is a weekday match I don’t expect to see a whole lot of people there, but I’ll be present again and hope to see as many as possible!
