BILLCOWIE1958
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With Motherwell equalising against Livingston, in the 3rd minute of added on time yesterday, thus cementing their place in the 'Post Split Top Six', it has negated the possibility, remote though it may have been, of Celtic being required to make a 3rd visit this season to the Tony Macaroni stadium, and having to play again on possibly the worst surface in Scottish senior football.
Allied with the fact that Livingston have for the past 20 odd years been a bit of a bogey team for us, especially at The West Lothian Courier Stadium, The City Stadium, Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Almondvale, The Energy Assets Arena, Tony Macaroni Arena aka 'The Spaghettiheads', or whatever other guise it ever adopted, this was a welcome result.
Coupled with the fact that the stadium capacity is a piddling 9500, it's artificial surface does little to inspire good football.
Celtic having already played twice at both Ibrokes and Tynecastle in the league, this season, with mixed fortunes, we will also head up to Tannadice, where we have also played twice already this season, once in the league and once in the Scottish Cup, and have fared better against Dundee United at their 'bit' than we have at Celtic Park, having won twice up there, with 6 goals scored for none conceeded, as opposed to 1 'Squeaky Bumtime' win and a draw at home, with 2 goals scored with 1 conceded.
Having played Motherwell twice already at Fir Park this season, with a 100% success record with 6 goals scored for none conceded, we'll host the Steelmen, who will no doubt remember their narrow 1-0 defeat to a Tom Rogic goal on their last visit to CP.
Having already entertained Ross County twice at Parkhead this season, attaining maximum points, and in the process scoring 7 goals while keeping 2 clean sheets, we'll head to Victoria Park in Dingwall, where Anthony Ralston heroically grabbed a 7th minute of 'added on time' winner back in December, which required a few media outlets, including the BBC, to adjust the League Table, after prematurely surmising we'd dropped 2 points! Oh how we enjoyed that ocassion, both the result and the squirming embarrassment of our National Broadcaster having to eat Humble Pie and admit they were a bit previous in calling the result.
Depending on the sequence of games, if we play the Huns in our first post split game and beat them, if they fail to take maximum points v St Mirren at lunchtime today, with our vastly superior goal difference, we'd only require 2 points from a possible 12 to wrest the Title back from across the city and have normal service resumed!
HH
Allied with the fact that Livingston have for the past 20 odd years been a bit of a bogey team for us, especially at The West Lothian Courier Stadium, The City Stadium, Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Almondvale, The Energy Assets Arena, Tony Macaroni Arena aka 'The Spaghettiheads', or whatever other guise it ever adopted, this was a welcome result.
Coupled with the fact that the stadium capacity is a piddling 9500, it's artificial surface does little to inspire good football.
Celtic having already played twice at both Ibrokes and Tynecastle in the league, this season, with mixed fortunes, we will also head up to Tannadice, where we have also played twice already this season, once in the league and once in the Scottish Cup, and have fared better against Dundee United at their 'bit' than we have at Celtic Park, having won twice up there, with 6 goals scored for none conceeded, as opposed to 1 'Squeaky Bumtime' win and a draw at home, with 2 goals scored with 1 conceded.
Having played Motherwell twice already at Fir Park this season, with a 100% success record with 6 goals scored for none conceded, we'll host the Steelmen, who will no doubt remember their narrow 1-0 defeat to a Tom Rogic goal on their last visit to CP.
Having already entertained Ross County twice at Parkhead this season, attaining maximum points, and in the process scoring 7 goals while keeping 2 clean sheets, we'll head to Victoria Park in Dingwall, where Anthony Ralston heroically grabbed a 7th minute of 'added on time' winner back in December, which required a few media outlets, including the BBC, to adjust the League Table, after prematurely surmising we'd dropped 2 points! Oh how we enjoyed that ocassion, both the result and the squirming embarrassment of our National Broadcaster having to eat Humble Pie and admit they were a bit previous in calling the result.
Depending on the sequence of games, if we play the Huns in our first post split game and beat them, if they fail to take maximum points v St Mirren at lunchtime today, with our vastly superior goal difference, we'd only require 2 points from a possible 12 to wrest the Title back from across the city and have normal service resumed!
HH
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