Remembering Johnny Doyle

[Winning Captains]

Remembering Johnny Doyle – A sad farewell to another darling Johnny, article by Matt Corr​

Remembering Johnny Doyle – A sad farewell to another darling Johnny | The Celtic Star

There was no Italian Job hangover for Celtic on the first Saturday of October 1981 up at Dens Park, George McCluskey with a brace and Frank McGarvey on target in a comfortable 3-1 victory, as the cham

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[Bridie Bhoy]

A wonderful tribute to a true Celt. 39 years - wow!

 

[Clay]

A fabulous tribute... what a man and what player he was, i was fortunate i got to meet him a few times through his sister ann marie..guaranteed we'd never got beat on Saturday if he was in the team...HH Johnny Bhoy..and thanks for the memories.

 

[Starrynight]

I remember him when he was a wee lad, spent the School holidays staying with his aunty May who was a neighbour of ours.
Everytime his name mentioned I still see images of him kicking a ball up
and down the drive I lived in.
Terrible tragedy.

 

[Steviebhoy67]

Remembering Johnny Doyle – A sad farewell to another darling Johnny, article by Matt Corr​

Remembering Johnny Doyle – A sad farewell to another darling Johnny | The Celtic Star

There was no Italian Job hangover for Celtic on the first Saturday of October 1981 up at Dens Park, George McCluskey with a brace and Frank McGarvey on target in a comfortable 3-1 victory, as the cham

thecelticstar.com

I was a ballbhoy on the night we beat the old ranjurs 4-2 and wee Johnny got sent off. He was distrought. If some of our present players had the heart of the wee man we'd be outa sight. God bless Johnny

 

[Steviebhoy67]

A fabulous tribute... what a man and what player he was, i was fortunate i got to meet him a few times through his sister ann marie..guaranteed we'd never got beat on Saturday if he was in the team...HH Johnny Bhoy..and thanks for the memories.

And they call you a hun? Well said pal

 

[boab1916]

Before the day is out another wee guy who was part of a ten and a wee winner with the courage of a lion.

 

[Starrynight]

And they call you a hun? Well said pal

 

[Starrynight]

Stevie I too remember his sister I was trying to remember if she was his
twin.? Just knew them from a few weeks during the Summer.

 

[Clay]

Stevie I too remember his sister I was trying to remember if she was his
twin.? Just knew them from a few weeks during the Summer.

No starrynight she wasn't his twin but she was his spittin' image.

 

[POD]

Hard to believe it is 39 years ago. Loved him to bits. RIP. Johnny.

 

[Clay]

I was a ballbhoy on the night we beat the old ranjurs 4-2 and wee Johnny got sent off. He was distrought. If some of our present players had the heart of the wee man we'd be outa sight. God bless Johnny

Steiviebhoy..I was also at that game now known as "the night ten men won the league" the night we beat the huns 4-2.. it was one of the best nights of my life..I remember wee Johnny getting sent off just after half time and running up the tunnel distraught thinking he'd blown the title..jeez little did he or any of us think what was going to happen later during that game.

I swear there must have been at least 80,000 in Celtic park that night..I've been to many brilliant European nights at Celtic park and the Leeds game at hampden, but that night for me was the best ever..the team was..latchford, Mcgrain and lynch, Aitken Mcadam and Edvalsson, Provan, Conroy, Mcluskey, McLeod and the brilliant Johnny Doyle..what fabulous memories I have of that game.

 

[JamSam67]

HH Johnny Doyle thanks fir the memories
Legend.
RIP

HH

 

[BertieBhoy]

At the start of every home game he would run straight to the jungle blowing kisses, I've named 3 of my dogs after him Doyle of course.

RIP Johnny

 

[Richybhoy]

There are very few Scotsmen who have scored against Real Madrid, Johnny Doyle is one of them.
The young Englishman playing for RM that night died at a young age too, Laurie Cunningham.

 

[Starrynight]

No starrynight she wasn't his twin but she was his spittin' image.

 

[Starrynight]

Yes Stevie she was,I it was the early Sixties and I can remember they both had curly hair.

 

[Bellshill bhoy]

Yes Stevie she was,I it was the early Sixties and I can remember they both had curly hair.

Aye, eating your crust’s aff the bread was a thing back then

 

[Starrynight]

Aye, eating your crust’s aff the bread was a thing back then

it was indeed .Seriously though just goes to show remembering someone who passed in such tragic circumstances can jolt
childhood memories.
I only knew them for one Summer,but that memory has never left me.




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[Clay]

And they call you a hun? Well said pal

Stevie thanks for the support but i really don't care what the people on here think of me but thanks for the support buddy..one day maybe I'll tell you a story about the time my mate, me and a couple of Lisbon lions were playing at golf.

I was playing with the brilliant gentleman Bobby Murdoch (who was at one time the best midfielder in the world) and wee Jinky trying to kill an hour before a business a meeting.

Because i was the member of the local course i had to sign them in and therefore was responsible for any misdemeanors that happened on the course during the round

what happened next was fkn hilarious..it was brilliant.

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