Gutted that they left...

[Docco]

Which Celtic players over the years when they left the club either by retirement or a transfer, did you genuinely feel gutted about not seeing them in the hoops anymore?
Are there any current players you would feel the same way about given Ange's "players will leave" comment?

For me, the earliest gutter was when Charlie Nicholas left.
As a 11 year old just getting into football, he was the absolute business!!
Larsson was the biggest tear jerker of them all and then I'd say after that, it was Broony (obv).
No other leaving Celtic player has ever bothered me and I don't think that if any of the current team left, it would bother me much

Yerselfs?

 

[John Hughes]

Kenny Dalglish. Was about fifteen when he left. Was absolutely scunnered.

 

[tictastic]

Paddy Crerand for me, mad as fk at Celtic for years after.

 

[50 Shades of Green]

Kenny Dalglish. Was about fifteen when he left. Was absolutely scunnered.

Yea Dalglish was the one that got me... Ripped awe his posters aff my wa in disgust..

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

My hero was King Kenny but I was too young to really be gutted when he left.

Charlie Nick was a sore loss and like everyone else was astonished that he chose Arsenal rather than Liverpool which would have really suited his style. So instead of being revered as one of the best footballers of the 1980s he strutted about London quaffing champers with bimbos (OK, I can see the attraction in this) and wasted so much of his talent.

I think the biggest slap in the puss for me was when Brendan Rodgers quit us for fecking Leicester City! But he wasn't a player so this probably doesn't count.

 

[POD]

Heartbroken when Davie Hay went to Chelsea. Still love him though.

 

[lennono]

Kenny Dalglish.....I was at his last game against Dunfermline.......I thought at the time....No way you gonny replace him

 

[kelly]

King Kenny and Henrik you knew with them in the team you'd get goals and some crackers at that
couldn't stand Nicolas ,Arsenal summed him up for me just a pound shop prima donna

 

[Spherical Planet]

My Old Da' used to lament about the premature loss to football that was George Connolly. Personally, and like many of you, I was gutted when Charlie Nicholas left first time around. Didn't shed a whole load of tears when he departed the scene the second time, right enough

 

[tictastic]

Henrik? Fs!! I nearly broke doon when he got his leg broken.

 

[Winter]

Henrik? Fs!! I nearly broke doon when he got his leg broken.

Aw man that photieof his leg snapped is still fresh in my head.
Incredible he was playing within 6 months or so not soon enough for Barnes though

 

[The Shamrock]

Henrik, without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[Magnificent 7]

Kenny Dalglish. Was about fifteen when he left. Was absolutely scunnered.

Same for me John I was 15 at the time as well. Could never get used to seeing Kenny in that Liverpool strip and at £440,000 they stole him from us. I was absolutely inconsolable at the time.

In terms of Charlie Nicholas he spoiled any admiration I had for him early doors...I met him on a few occasions and I can say hand on heart say he was a complete knob who was full of it and no where near as good as he thought he was.
Henrik gave us everything and more ...so whilst it was emotional when he left we couldn't ask for any more.
The next time I feel like this might just be when Ange leaves hopefully that's not anytime soon.

 

[Shottsghirl]

Which Celtic players over the years when they left the club either by retirement or a transfer, did you genuinely feel gutted about not seeing them in the hoops anymore?
Are there any current players you would feel the same way about given Ange's "players will leave" comment?

For me, the earliest gutter was when Charlie Nicholas left.
As a 11 year old just getting into football, he was the absolute business!!
Larsson was the biggest tear jerker of them all and then I'd say after that, it was Broony (obv).
No other leaving Celtic player has ever bothered me and I don't think that if any of the current team left, it would bother me much

Yerselfs?

Oh yeah Henke for me as well Big time

 

[Shottsghirl]

Henrik? Fs!! I nearly broke doon when he got his leg broken.

Me too I was howling when the tv panned into his leg

 

[Marky1956]

Kenny Dalglish, Davy Hay , George Connolly , Lou Macari ,thank god Bobby Lennox never left I'd have thrown myself off a tall building , looking at the players you can guess my favourite era

 

[breadbhoy]

jimmy Johnston . Was gutted when Stein showed him the door. Jinky went to Sheffield United. All the lions when their time came to an end. What great servants they all were.

 

[Winter]

Which Celtic players over the years when they left the club either by retirement or a transfer, did you genuinely feel gutted about not seeing them in the hoops anymore?
Are there any current players you would feel the same way about given Ange's "players will leave" comment?

For me, the earliest gutter was when Charlie Nicholas left.
As a 11 year old just getting into football, he was the absolute business!!
Larsson was the biggest tear jerker of them all and then I'd say after that, it was Broony (obv).
No other leaving Celtic player has ever bothered me and I don't think that if any of the current team left, it would bother me much

Yerselfs?

Must be about same age Docco was chick nick for me as well.
I remember my brothers taking me to the game ( rangers end) came home with a CN poster was soaked and ruined by time I got home.

The biggest gut wrench was Henrik but so different a sensation.

I understood the situation with Henrik, how he couldve left us for any club in the world at any time but stayed.

Nicholas at the time , my age, I couldn't understand, too young.

Leave Celtic?
Who in their right mind would ever do that this is the pinnacle ( my 10 yr old brain was saying).

He was a knob, an extremely talented knob yes I mind a goal for Scotland, think it mightve been v Switzerland or at a tournament he keeping uppied it for a sec then shot from about 40 yards and scored , sensational.

Henrik was and still is respected by all as a person first and world class player he was , my first memory of him was the Sweden WC side at USA that side went to the semis and 3rd/4th place play off V a brilliant Bulgarian side.
Couldn't believe it when we signed him.

Lastly the BR episode, by far the worst as bridie said though he definately counts in my book.

I've never seen a club go from here to here so quickly, it shattered us all in more ways than one.

 

[Winter]

Ah , here is that goal so I was 10 Yr old at time

 

[According to Saul]

Kenny Dalglish, Davy Hay , George Connolly , Lou Macari ,thank god Bobby Lennox never left I'd have thrown myself off a tall building , looking at the players you can guess my favourite era

I would agree with you except Macari, he started to feign injury and was always on the treatment table at the end. His heart wasn’t in the club and wanted away because he had large gambling debts