Friendlies

September 10th, 2009

Celtic 1-Cork City 0

By: Matt | Comments No Comments

In a friendly created to help Cork City with their financial problems, a Celtic XI defeated the Cork men 1-0 today. The only goal of the game came in the eleventh minute from Paddy McCourt. McCourt took a short corner from Graham Carey, ran at a Cork full-back and juked into space inside [...]

Category Category: Celtic, Friendlies


September 3rd, 2009

Benfica 3-Celtic 1: One for the Youngsters

By: Matt | Comments 4 Comments

Celtic took on Benfica last night in a friendly in the Great White North. The Benfica squad saw numerous first teamers, while the Celtic squad was mostly youngsters, and it showed as Benfica defeated Celtic 3-1. Here are some quick thoughts about the youngsters.
-Despite being one of the few veterans last night, Andreas [...]

Category Category: Friendlies
July 24th, 2009

Celtic Debut Bumblebee in Style

By: Matt | Comments 4 Comments

Celtic wore their new “Bumblebee Kit” today and they did the famous kit justice by easing their way to a 5-0 victory over Egyptian side Al-Ahly today in the opening match of the Wembley Cup. Massimo Donati started the rout shortly after the half-hour mark for Celtic, before Shaun Maloney, Chris Killen and a [...]

Category Category: Friendlies
July 22nd, 2009

Celtic 0-Cardiff City 0: Pre-season Finishing

By: Matt | Comments 4 Comments

Celtic and Cardiff City finished today’s match with a scoreless draw. Celtic put forth a strong starting XI for the first half, though with some obvious Italian midfielder exceptions, and were able to create some attractive football and some good chances. Unfortunately, Celtic were not able to capitalize on this pressure in the [...]

Category Category: Friendlies
July 12th, 2009

Unexpected Stars Shine in First Friendly *Now With Highlights!*

By: Matt | Comments 3 Comments

Two goals by Chris Killen and another by Koki Mizuno, along with a good performance by Paddy McCourt and *gasp* Lee Naylor led Celtic to a 3-0 victory in their first friendly of the season against the A-League’s Brisbane Roar. Questions about Artur Boruc’s fitness and whether or not he’d remain with Celtic were [...]

Category Category: Friendlies


July 9th, 2009

Interview with the Enemy: Brisbane Roar

By: Matt | Comments 5 Comments

As Celtic continue their second week of camp, operations will move over to Oz, as Celtic prepare for their first pre-season friendly against the Brisbane Roar this Sunday, and old pal Bob Malcolm. In a feature that I hope to use a lot this upcoming season, I talked to the Roar’s blogger on the [...]

Category Category: Friendlies
March 26th, 2009

Celtic Summer Plans Taking Shape

By: Matt | Comments 5 Comments

Blah, internationals week. As someone who isn’t really into international football, this week is both boring and full of dread. All I really hope is that no Celtic players injure themselves playing for their respected countries and are not to fatigued after long travel and two games with their respective countries. Players [...]

Category Category: Friendlies
August 6th, 2008

Celtic 1-Man City 1: End of the Friendlies, Huzzah!

By: Matt | Comments 3 Comments

Celtic and Man City tied today at Celtic Park 1-1 in Celtic’s last friendly before the start of the regular season. Celtic’s only goal came from Paul McGowan put the biscuit in the basket. McGowan had a chance to put Celtic ahead in the late stages of the game after my player of [...]

August 3rd, 2008

It was the best of friendlies, it was the worst of friendlies

By: Matt | Comments 1 Comment

Celtic get back on the winning track today after a 3-1 defeat of Feyenoord in Rotterdam. Celtic got off to a flying start in the first half scoring three unanswered goals before the forty five minutes were up. Gordon Strachan continued to play mad scientist in the pre-season as he ran out a [...]

Category Category: Celtic, Friendlies
August 1st, 2008

Dutch Oven

By: Matt | Comments 2 Comments

Celtic really stunk it up tonight in the Netherlands, losing their first game of the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament against Tottenham 2-0. Spurs saw goals by Bent and Bentley, both somewhat the result of poor defensive play. Celtic did not see much offensive chances either, with only 1 shot by Massimo Donati in the [...]

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