Celtic banter 7

08 Oct 2026 23:26:52
Our first ever European tie was against The Fairs Cup Holders Valencia in 1962/ 63.
Valencia defeated Barcelona 7-3 over 2 legs in the 1962 Final the previous season.
Celtic lost 4-2 in Spain and then had a 2-2 Draw in Glasgow which was a decent first attempt.

Celtic would’ve played Jock Stein’s Dunfermline in the next round who defeated Everton 2-1 on Aggregate.
Dunfermline and Valencia then had a 6-6 Draw on Aggregate but The Pars lost 1-0 in a playoff match held in Lisbon.

Valencia completed the Scottish hat trick by defeating Hibs 6-2 on Aggregate in the Quarter Finals.
Valencia then completed their 2nd consecutive Fairs Cup by defeating Dinamo Zagreb both home and away in the Final.

Valencia almost completed a Fairs Cup hat trick but lost the 1964 final to Real Zaragoza in a one off match in Barcelona 2-1.

*The Lisbon stadium belonged to Belenenses who played regular European football back then.
Pope John Paul 2 once celebrated a mass in that stadium to over 100,000 people.

09 Oct 2026 05:21:33
Our 2nd leg home match against Valencia was the same night of Everton V Dunfermline 1st leg which Everton won 1-0.
Dunfermline won 2-0 the following week to Qualify.
So maybe Qualified Valencia were Drawn against the winners of the Battle of Britain after they beat Celtic.

I’m guessing if Celtic Qualified maybe they would’ve got another club because the 2nd Round seems too early for clubs to be paired together from the same Country.
Or maybe it would’ve been Celtic v Jock Stein and Dunfermline.

08 Oct 2026 20:58:50
Hope ever Celtic fan attending Fir Park on Sunday has as many tennis balls as they can carry!

09 Oct 2026 08:25:34
Not for me don't think it helps the players one bit, by all means protest but not that.

09 Oct 2026 09:14:57
Yeah that’s a clever idea😩.

09 Oct 2026 09:39:33
It seems to be the only thing to get a reaction. Maybe need to show up at all his other businesses dressed as tennis players with raquets, limbering up. Just for the sheer hell of it, because for some obscure reason he is hell bent on destroying this club and the pathetic spineless minions on the board aren’t capable of standing up to him.

09 Oct 2026 09:51:02
This time last year after the 1st International break we protested with objects thrown on to the pitch at Dens Park.

It was Top against Bottom but yet we lost 2-0 and our first defeat at Dens Park in nearly 40 years and our defeat was pathetically blamed on the protest.

It is a pain for the players due to the stop/ start we can’t give the Celtic players and Management team any more excuses for another shocking performance.
I would rather we didn’t disrupt the game on Sunday.

Get in and get out with the 3 points after a long week for most of our players.
Disrupt the match in Lisbon to get full exposure and maybe stop the flow of Benfica.

09 Oct 2026 13:01:22
Don't disagree with anything that's been said about our Board. But the flip side is I can't think of a club that's kicked on after a change of ownership. I detest our Board like the next person but there's no financial knight in shining armour.
Tongue in cheek here but imagine CP being called the Dermot Desmond stadium. Sorry all, I'm losing the plot.

09 Oct 2026 15:31:28
Same 9iar, I can only see instability, niaive or inexperienced decisions when clubs change ownership,

I’m for meaningful change, others absolute change, neither happens overnight …… the movement for absolute could scupper anything meaningful on horizon.

I’ve always advocated as long as it doesn’t affect team and performance, when fan actions starts doing that ( hasn’t yet) but if or when it does, pot kettle comes to mind.

08 Oct 2026 15:57:42
It was mad how Celtic conceded 41 league goals in 38 league matches last season and still Won the league.

Only once since 1999/ 00 ( 38 conceded in 36 league games )
Did we concede more goals than league games played and that was under Tony Mowbray in 2009/ 10 when we conceded 39 goals in 38 league games.

You have to go back to 1992/ 93 and 1991/ 92 seasons for Celtic to concede as many league goals.
1992/ 93 - Also 41 conceded but in 44 league games.
1991/ 92 - 42 conceded but also in 44 league games.

08 Oct 2026 14:37:14
On this date in 1966,
Celtic won a high scoring game 5-3 at Easter Road with Joe McBride scoring 4 goals against Hibs.

I always thought that Joe McBride was the Top Goalscorer in our famous season even although his Christmas Eve injury put him out for the rest of the season.
But records show that Stevie Chalmers scored 36 goals in the 4 major competitions and Joe McBride scored 35 to 36 goals.
There’s a discrepancy in Joe’s goals total who only played 26 games that season.

Joe never got a regular game for Celtic after his awful injury and he was transferred to Hibs.
McBride then scored 8 goals in his first 3 Hibs games.
He scored against Rangers on his debut and then a European Hat Trick followed by another 4 league goals.
Joe ended up Hibs Top Goalscorer for the 2 seasons he was there.

I don’t know if Joe was impatient for more game time or Celtic could’ve been more patient after his bad injury.

Joe McBride was born only 200 yards from Ibrox Stadium.
He played alongside the older boys for his Primary school which included former Celtic Chairman Brian Quinn.

08 Oct 2026 18:24:49
He used to come and watch us playing football when I was younger in bishopbriggs, always came across as a gentleman.

08 Oct 2026 12:34:03
Just watched some of the sixes tournament and we should be getting big Charlie signed up 🤣.

08 Oct 2026 16:00:52
I don’t know if they had a player of the tournament but Michael Stewart was recommending Johnny Hayes.
Mulgrew, McGeady and Hooper also stood out.

08 Oct 2026 21:25:23
Jeez is that how far our ambition has got? We are in a seriously worse place than I thought.

07 Oct 2026 15:32:54
Not a big podcast or live chat fan, most of them are full of people who love the sound of their own voice but a mate told me I had to listen to the Baws and Bovril podcast. I had previously listened to a Celtic podcast before, not sure the one and it put me off with the content they were talking about.

Yours on the other hand, brilliant guests and really down to earth analysis of the absolute sh*t show going on at our Club just now and Welshy is an absolute hoot! It's absolutely brilliant Mark, you've now got a subscriber and a big fan!

{Ed007's Note - Thanks very much Rab mate, that's really appreciated 👍🍀
We'll get them fired up again now the international break has finished.}

07 Oct 2026 17:09:16
I started listening on holiday as radio snyde would make your ears bleed nowadays. A great listen and a laugh.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks Steff 👍🏻🍀

07 Oct 2026 23:32:45
I join whenever I can as it's open, honest and talks about what real Celtic fans feel.
Well put together and no BS.

{Ed007's Note - Thanks TT mate 👍🏻🍀

07 Oct 2026 14:13:18
The oldest competitive opponent Celtic now have in the top 4 leagues is Clyde.
It previously was Albion Rovers before they dropped out of the 4th tier.

Clyde won 1-0 in that 1888/ 89 Scottish Cup tie but a replay was ordered due to the Clyde players wearing illegal footwear and they were also late which meant the game finished in the dark.
Celtic won the rearranged match 9-2.

It was our first ever major competition and we beat 7 opponents before losing to Third Lanark 2-1 in the Final.

07 Oct 2026 06:15:23
I think the only person who benefitted from this loong international break was our manager MON

I think the two weeks has helped him relax and recharge

So come on Martin get our Bhoys playing again

HH.

07 Oct 2026 10:47:47
Good shout Tim be nice to get aj and jota back what a difference that would make as long as its the old jota.

07 Oct 2026 11:04:03
I think if anything it will benefit our new signings. 6 of them came in the last couple days of the window.

07 Oct 2026 12:21:25
The only outfield players training from those 6 signings would be Sorensen and Lotomba.
2 are injured,1 keeper and the Chelsea striker was on International duty with England U21s.

07 Oct 2026 14:52:37
Although I remain of the belief tthat MON should have left basking in the glory of our unlikely double (all things considered) . I reckon the only thing that gave me any crumb of comfort during that horrendous week, was that it came in September.

The manager, players and support must use this past fortnight to regroup and come again. Unfortunately, I do worry about the spector of our self-harming Board and the mutual toxicity yet again causing distraction and disharmony.

06 Oct 2026 21:49:31
Utter guff from Scoatland!
Becoming like a circus tumbler troupe act- rolling around, taking dives, begging ref for fouls.
Didnt take young Curtis long to pick up the art of diving -suppose its in the crumbledome coaching manual, sad for a player so young with talent.

06 Oct 2026 22:31:26
Thank feck this international break is over! It's felt like months! Mcburnie and Co are rotten.

07 Oct 2026 07:39:23
There is another one in November 🤬.

07 Oct 2026 08:36:08
At least it’s only 2 International breaks this season and we are away after this break but have a home match after the November break.

Last season was a joke having 4 International breaks and Celtic came home to an away match in all 4 which meant our rivals had 4 home games.

07 Oct 2026 08:37:48
I meant to add it’s made worse due to the International dates are confirmed before our domestic fixture list is confirmed - so why 4 out of 4.

07 Oct 2026 09:13:40
Aye it wasn't pretty.

06 Oct 2026 19:46:02
Mon Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

06 Oct 2026 21:14:37
Seen some posts suggesting Binks might be an option for us. Just watching the game just now, he makes Jack Hendry look decent…. Absolutely bang average.

07 Oct 2026 09:14:22
Don't think there was pass marks for any of them to be fair.

07 Oct 2026 13:36:18
Those players only look good when they are playing with better players. Out of their domestic teams, they look what they are, bang average.

07 Oct 2026 14:36:58
Hendry is like our centre halves complete scare and they cause the players around them to look worse.

Binks might not be great but with Hendry beside him it’s enough to make any player look bad.

I thought Ferguson was minging in every game and only player worse than him bar Hendry was McBurnie.

06 Oct 2026 15:29:48
Afternoon troops. Heading to Corralejo Fuertaventura next week and was wondering if anyone can recommend any good bars to watch our game's. 👍.

06 Oct 2026 16:53:27
You'll love it Jenny, been there three times and they won't be my last - always a breeze blowing which can be welcomed. Try O'Neill's Irish bar or McCarthys.

06 Oct 2026 18:30:37
Going on the 21st 2nd time great resort.

06 Oct 2026 22:42:12
Do yourself a favour and stay away from the telly. You'll enjoy your holiday more if you're not watching us get cuffed 🤣🤣.

07 Oct 2026 17:13:51
We went to Caleta De Fuste for 6 years before my wife passed, it's a great place and a bit quieter than Corralejo with a great Irish bar.
If you want to miss the breeze best going late October, it's still really hot but not as windy, the sea temperature is at the highest around that time of year.

07 Oct 2026 20:30:33
Thanks for all your suggestions guys. Much appreciated. Sorry for your loss Jonbhoy 71.🙏.