Celtic player you wish you'd seen wearing the Hoops

[_Neil_]

Would have loved to have seen Bobby Lennox zipping up the wing. You can't really appreciate the sheer speed and beautiful control from the telly.

I saw the last season or two of Bobby Lennox. Even then, he could run tear up the wing like a cheetah.

 

[_Neil_]

To give another mention to Ian Wright, I wish I had seen him play for Celtic... rather than not playing for Celtic.

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

I think I recall Radio Clyde running a competition for the first to 30 goals in a season back then and Charlie Nicholas having it wrapped up by about Christmas. Now he's just a charlie.

Charlie really was unplayable at that time.

I also remember him stepping up and scoring a penalty against us for Aberdeen in the cup final shoot-out. Everyone knew he was re-signing for us but he was professional enough to score,knowing that if he missed it he'd be ridiculed forever for doing a screwjob on the mutton molestors (obviously the ridicule followed later for his farcical behaviour). I was gutted but also admired him for having the balls the score the pen.

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

To give another mention to Ian Wright, I wish I had seen him play for Celtic... rather than not playing for Celtic.

It was after Wright scored for us I first heard the phrase "beware the badge kissers". Played up to the fans but nothing behind it.

 

[BILLCOWIE1958]

I think I recall Radio Clyde running a competition for the first to 30 goals in a season back then and Charlie Nicholas having it wrapped up by about Christmas. Now he's just a charlie.

And snorted plenty of it AS well

HH?

 

[_Neil_]

Charlie really was unplayable at that time.

I also remember him stepping up and scoring a penalty against us for Aberdeen in the cup final shoot-out. Everyone knew he was re-signing for us but he was professional enough to score,knowing that if he missed it he'd be ridiculed forever for doing a screwjob on the mutton molestors (obviously the ridicule followed later for his farcical behaviour). I was gutted but also admired him for having the balls the score the pen.

I remember him being substituted in a game against the mutton molestors (hahaha,,, great name for them) when he played for them and the Celtic fans were chanting "Charlie! Charlie!! (in a good way) because we needed someone who could score for us at that time.

 

[The Galway shawl]

Would loved to have seen Bobby Murdoch in his prime, Could put a 'ba oan a tanner, after that the mercruial George Connelly. Just too young to see both of them.

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

Would loved to have seen Bobby Murdoch in his prime, Could put a 'ba oan a tanner, after that the mercruial George Connelly. Just too young to see both of them.

I can just remember Connelly and he was brilliant. In today's YouTube generation he would be worshipped and worth a fortune.

 

[michael duffy]

johnny thomson
patsy gallagher
jimmy mcgrory
charlie tully
jimmy delaney

 

[The Galway shawl]

johnny thomson
patsy gallagher
jimmy mcgrory
charlie tully
jimmy delaney

The last player was my mate's mother's cousin. Celland man l think?

 

[michael duffy]

The last player was my mate's mother's cousin. Celland man l think?

genius of a player,read about him, had a strange career,think he played internationally fur everybody,also played for partick thistle when they best us in the scottish cup final,yer genes are good Galway! oh, and roscommon are playin tyrone at 5 o'clock, mon the connacht champions! up the ros's!!!!!

 

[The Galway shawl]

genius of a player,read about him, had a strange career,think he played internationally fur everybody,also played for partick thistle when they best us in the scottish cup final,yer genes are good Galway! oh, and roscommon are playin tyrone at 5 o'clock, mon the connacht champions! up the ros's!!!!!

Mon the Rossies! P.s it's my mate's mother's cousin.?

 

[michael duffy]

Would loved to have seen Bobby Murdoch in his prime, Could put a 'ba oan a tanner, after that the mercruial George Connelly. Just too young to see both of them.

nae luck young fella!!!!!!

 

[michael duffy]

Mon the Rossies! P.s it's my mate's mother's cousin.?

oops!!!!!!

 

[boab1916]

genius of a player,read about him, had a strange career,think he played internationally fur everybody,also played for partick thistle when they best us in the scottish cup final,yer genes are good Galway! oh, and roscommon are playin tyrone at 5 o'clock, mon the connacht champions! up the ros's!!!!!

Funny how the years roll by MD soon the new generation will be wishing they had seen McStay, Nicholas,McAvennie, in the flesh to name but a few. I could never adjust to the black and white footage of the old troops 7-1 etc, and now my kids cannot adjust to the square colour images of 80,90s football they identify with HD, what will be the future when their kids struggle with their HD of old.

 

[michael duffy]

when a look at the old black and white footage,it always gets me how slow they looked,when in real life the speed of movement, passing wiz feckin electric! bobby lennox, ffs!!!!

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

johnny thomson
patsy gallagher
jimmy mcgrory
charlie tully
jimmy delaney

Did you not see these bhoys play, MD? But seriously, an amazing set of legends.

 

[The Galway shawl]

Mon the Rossies! P.s it's my mate's mother's cousin.?

Won three different FA cups in his career CELTIC (1937) Man utd(1948) Derry city (1954) and a runner up with Cork (1956) first three always reminded of by the Mucker! ?

 

[boab1916]

when a look at the old black and white footage,it always gets me how slow they looked,when in real life the speed of movement, passing wiz feckin electric! bobby lennox, ffs!!!!

Stanley Mathews

 

[michael duffy]

Did you not see these bhoys play, MD? But seriously, an amazing set of legends.

cheeky sod!!!!! but naw BB,old footage and the way they were written aboot,the books a read when a wiz a wee bhoy, the stories ma da, ma uncles, ma grandfather told me ah wee bhoys imagination ran riot,tae me, at the time, they were giants HH