The Begining
Rookie Manager Mark Paterson Has Bee Appointed The New Manager Of Glasgow Celtic. Although Bein Assistant To Ex-Boss Tony Mowbary, Paterson Was Given This Fantastic Oppourtunity To Stand On His Own 2 Feet And Take Control Of The Club. Chairman Dr.John Reid Has Given Paterson The Expectations Of The Football Club:
Clydesdale Bank Permier League - Winners
Scottish Cup/Scottish League Cup - Winners
Champions Cup - Group Stage
Mark Paterson, A Life-Long Celtic Fan, Is Now Ready To Get Going And Has A Few Players In Mind He Would Like To Sign In The Current Transfer Window But He Also Has A Few Players In Mind He Would Like To Offload To Make More Funds And Wages Available For Better Quality Players. He Has A Budget Of £8.5m To Make His Current Side Stronger And Also Has Aisian Young Player Of The Year Ki Seung Yung Joining The Club In January.
In His First Press Conference When Asked On How He Would Go Abput Signing Players,
Paterson Said "I Will Be Looking For Bargains And Free Agents"
Pre Season Celtic Have Already Had An Offer Accepted From Leeds For Wonder Striker Jermaine Beckford In The Region Of £675,000 And Have Also Offered A Contract To Current L.A Galaxy Midfielder Landon Donovan Who Is Out Of Contract In January.
New Manager Mark Paterson Tested Out His New Side Against The Reserve Team At Celtic Winning 6-2 In The Proccess. This Game Saw Players Like Milan Misun, Marc Crosas, Pat McCourt And Josh Thompson Make An Appearance. Paterson Is Keen To Bring In Young Talent Through The Celtic Ranks With Players Like Misun And Thompson But Must Balance It Out With The More Experienced Players Llike Andreas Hinkel And Gary Caldwell.
Celtic Signed Neil Lennon As Assistant Manager, Promoting Him From A Coach. Mark Paterson Released The Follwing Statement "I Am Glad Lenny Has Accept The Offer Of Assistant Manager Here At The Club. He Has Been Here A Long Time And Has Captained The Club As A Player, So I Have No Doubt That He Will Be Able To Help Me And Mark Venus Guide The Team To Great Things."
Celtic Have Managed To Capture The Signature Of Ex Leeds United Star Jermain Beckford. The Agent Of Beckford Released This Statement "He Is Delighted To Have Sign For Such A Big Club And Hopes He Can Repay The Faith Shown To Him By The Celtic Manager."
Manager Mark Paterson Has Looked Through The Free Agents And Has Came Out With A Gem In Stephen Appiah. The Former Juventus Midfielder Is Out Of Contract After His Spell At Fenerbache And Will Cost The Glasgow Side No Money. Celtic Have Also Looked Into Signing Brazilian Centre Back Glauber Who Made Only One Appearance Last Season For Man City. Mark Paterson Is Hopeful Both Player Will Sign On The Dotted Line For Celtic.Celtic Lost Out On The Signature Of Landon Donovan Who Sign For Turkish Side Fenerbache.
On The Note Of Celtic Looking To Sell Players To Make Extra Wages Available, Defender Glenn Loovens Is Attracting Intrested From Panathinikos Who Offered £925,000 For The Player. Celtic Rejected The Offer And Paterson Had This To Say "Glenn Will Not Be Going Anywhere In The Near Future As He Will Be A Big Part Of This Squad."
Celtic Lost Out On The Signature Of Glauber Who Signed For Greek Side Olympiakos Much To The Celtic Managers Dissappointment. They Also Lost Out On Stephen Appiah Who Signed For Premiership Side Blackburn Rovers.
Celtic Have Got A Tricky 3rd Round Qualifier For The Champions Cup Against Czech Republic Outfit Sparta Prague And Have Got Their First Game Of The Season Away At Pittodrie Against Aberdeen. The Celtic Manager Believes He Has Not Given Up On Trying To Sign New Players In Order To Strengthen For Europe. When Asked Will Any New Faces Come In, He Replied "Watch This Space."
The Celtic Boss Managed To Back Up His Words And Signed 17 Year Old Strike Simone Dell'Agnello From Inter Milan. The Celtic Boss Said "This Is A Great Oppourtunity For The Young Man To Get A Taste Of First Team Football And Hopefully He Can Develop Into And Incredable Player At This Club."
Celtics Pre Season Has Ended And All Went Well Winning 5 Games And Rawing 1 Out Of The 6 Games They Played In And Dominated. The Season Now Begins With Back To Back Qualifiers With Sparta Prague. The Celtic Boos Hopes To Tighten Up In Defense And Bring In A Few More Faces Before The End Of The Transfer Window.
Unlucky on going out of the Champions Cup and really bad luck on missing out on all those players. Good Luck with the season tho, haven't seen many Celtic Stories
Just Got The Game Lol Plus I'm Happy With The Old Update . Its What It Was When The Game Came Out
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July 2009 - November 2009 - July & August 2009
Celtic Have Made A £5m Offer For Getafe Centre Back Cata Diaz Who Has Been Reportedly Transfer Listed By The Club. Sttugart And Fiorentina Are Also Wanting This Players To Add To Their Squads.
Celtic Took On Sparta Prague At Celtic Park For There First Home Game Under The New Manager Mark Paterson And Their Fnas Watched In Horror As Their Side Went Down 3-1 To The Czech Outfit. 2 Goals From Vaclav Kadlec And 1 From Vladamir Bartos Where Enough To Help Sparta Pague Have 1 Foot In The Door To The Next Round Of The Competition. Marc Antoine Fortune Scored Celtic Only Goal.
8 Changes From The Side That Lost 3-1 Last Week At Celtic Park. It Was A Bold Move By Celtic Boss Mark Paterson, But It Worked. Celtic Ran Out 6-0 Winners In Prague, Winning The Tie 7-3 On Aggregate With A Shaun Maloney Hat Trick, A Goal Each For New Bhoys Beckford And Dell'Agnello And A Goal For Landry N'Guemo Which Led Celtic Into The Next Round Of The The Qualifying Phase Where They Will Face Sporting Lisbon From Portugal
Celtic Have Manager To Sign Leanardo From Debrecen For A Deal Worth £500,000. The 27 Year Old Is "Looking Forward To Working With Celtic And His New Team Mates" Says His Agent.Celtic Have Got 18 Year Old Centre Back Vincent Sasso On Loan From French Club NantesAnd Have Signed Levan Kobiashvlli For £1m From German Side Schalke. Celtic Are Starting To Look Busy In The Transfer Window With Lee Naylor Leaving The Club For Swansea For A Fee Of £1m. Celtic Lost Out On Yet Another Player. Cata Diaz From Getafe Rejected Both Celtic And Stuttgart And Moved To Fiorentina For £3.5m
Celtic Kicked Off The League Season At With A 4-2 Win At Pittodrie Over Aberdeen. 2 Goals From Jermain Becford,1 From Captain Scott Brown And Another From Australian International Scott McDonald Gave Celtic All 3 Points. Beckford Was Highlighted As The Star Man During This Game By Manager Mark Paterson. Celtic Have A Tough Test Away To Sporting Lisbon In The Play-Off Qualifier For The Champions League.
Celtic Went The The Jose Avalade Stadium Knowing Any Draw Of Some Sort Would Help Them Due To The Away Goal. Despite Going Down 4-2 They 2 Goals Are Cruial In The Tie And Could Possibly Help Celtic Into The Next Phase Of The Champions League. Yannick Djalo, A Celtic Target Was Man Of The Match Scoring 2 Goals For His Side.
It Was Back To League Action For Celtic t The Weekend Against Newly Promoted Side St Johnstone At Celtic Park. New Boys St Johnstone Put Up A Really Good Fight Against The Glasgow Giants But Lost 2-1 With Goals From Marc Antoine Fortune And A Last Minute Strike By Aiden McGeady. Ex Hibs Player John Rankin Kept Up His Habit Of Scoring Against Celtic By Scoring The Saints Only Goal.
Its The Return Of The Qualifiers And Another European Night At Celtic Park And Celtic Didnt Dissappoint. Celtic Cruised To A 4-1 Victory To Qualify For The Champions League Group Stage. Goals From Marc Antonie Fortune, Shaun Maloney, Glenn Loovens And Captain Scott Brown Spurred Celtic On To Victory.
Celtic Have Been Handed The Group Of Death In The Champions League. They Have Been Drawn Against Arsenal, Real Madrid And Russian Champions Rubin Kazan.
Back To League Business And Easter Road Was The Venue Was Easter Road Where Both Sets Of Fans Where Entertained To A 4-4 Draw. Goals At Both Ends Provided An Entertaining Game. A Scott McDonald Hat Trick And A Goal From Marc Antoine Fortune Help Celtic Claw Back A 3-1 Defecit.
Here Is A Look Back On How Celtic Have Got On Since Mark Paterson Has Taken Over: Transfers
7.7.2009 - Tony Mowbary Resigns
7.7.2009 - Mark Paterson Appointed New Celtic Manager
10.7.2009 - Jermain Beckford Signs For Celtic From Leeds
11.7.2009 - Scott Fox Leaves Celtic For Ipswich Town
25.7.2009 - Simone Dell'Agnello Signs For Celtic From Inter
8.8.2009 - Ryan Conroy Leaves Celtic For Partick Thistle
12.8.2009 - Leanardo Signs For Celtic From Debrecen
12.8.2009 - Vincent Sasso Joins Celtic On Loan From F.C Nantes
12.8.2009 - Levan Kobashvili Joins Celtic From Schalke
14.8.2009 - Lee Naylor Leaves Celtic For Swansea City
23.8.2009 - Paul Caddis Leaves Celtic For Reading
July 2009 - November 2009 (Continued) - September 2009 Its The Beginning Of August And Celtic Are Sitting In 3rd Place In The League On The Same Amount Of Points As Dundee United, Rangers And Falkrik Who Are 4th. Celtic Look Too Keep Momentum Going With A Win Over Dundee United In The Next League Game Before Looking Ahead To The First Champions League Group Game Against Ruben Kazan.
Celtic Vs Dundee United Celtic Come Into This Game Unbeaten In 3 League Games Along With Dundee United. Celtic Are Without Captain Scott Brown And Influencial Winger Aiden McGeady Who Are Ruled Out Through Injury. This Will Make Way For Leanardo And Northen Irish Internation Niall McGinn. Hopefully These Players Can Impress And Hopefully Tie Down A Place In The Squad With A Good Performance. The Game Was 21 Minutes Old When The Deadlock Was Broken. A High Back Pass, Which Goalkeeper Artur Boruc Failed To Control Lead To Untied Striker Danny Cadamarteri Nicking The Ball And Running Around Boruc To Score Into An Empty Net. Half Time Scoreline Celtic 0-1 Dundee United.
Celtic Had Chances To Win The Game But The First Half Goal Proved Decisive For United Who Won The Game Deservingly.
Mark Paterson Said After The Game "Yes I Felt As If We Missed The Drive And Determination Of Scott And The Creativity Of Aiden, But We Can't Fault The Players Who Came In As The Played Well And Have Given Me A Bit Of Desicion Making To Do. We Can Onli Look Forward And We Hope We Can Kick Off Again Against Rubin Mid-Week."
Rubin Kazan Vs Celtic Celtic Will Be Without Midfielder Landry N'Guemo Who Is Serving A 1 Game Suspension After Picking Up 2 Yellow Card Over The Qualifying Stages. This Will Allow Marc Crosas To Come In. Brown Again Is Ruled Out By Injury. Leanardo Is Ineligable For Selection So This Will Allow McGinn To Play In His Preffered Position Of Wide Left And Allow Jermain Beckford Join The Strike Force Of Marc Antoine Fortune And Scott McDonald. A Shuffle At The Back With McManus Dropping To The Bench And Allowing Gary Caldwell To Come In And Danny Fox Dropping Out For Kobashvilli. Lets Hope These Changes Work And Get The Ball Rolling In The Group Stages.
The First Half Ended As We Were At 0-0. Hopefully The Second Half Can Only Get Better.
The Second Half Got Better, Chances Were Created And It Took Celtic A Double Substition To Provide The Entertainment. McGeady Came On For Fortune, With Dell'Agnello Coming On For Scott McDonald. Celtic Went Back To There 4-1-2-1-2 Formation And How It Worked. Celtic Took The Lead Through Aiden McGeady, Marking His Return From Injury With A Goal 1-0 Celtic. A Classic Coutner Attacking Goal By Celtic Made It 2-0 When A Poor Corner From Rubin Let Celtic Attackin Through Maloney Who Picked Out A Great Pass For The Other Substitute Dell'Agnello Who Slotted The Ball Home To Make It 2-0 To Celtic.
Mark Paterson Said After The Game "We Didn't Want To Run The Risk Of Losing Aiden During The Game And Thats Why We Didnt Start Him, He Was The Impact Player That We Had On The Bench And It Paid Off." Celtic Vs Hearts
Celtic Host Hearts At Celtic Park In The SPL. Celtic Lost There Last Game 1-0 At Home To Dundee United But Bounced Back With A Fantastic 2-0 Win Over Rubin Kazan In The Champions League. Hearts Boss Csaba LasloHas Played Down Celtics Chances Of Winning The SPL This Season By Saying "Paterson Is Very Unexperienced And It WIll Take Alot Of Determination To Win The Championship". Hearts Currently Lie In 10th Place In The Table. Celtic Were Dealt Great News Before The Game That Aiden McGeady Made a 100% Recovory From His Thigh Strain And Will Feature In The Game On Saturday, However Celtic Captain Scott Brown Is Still A Bit Off From Recovering From His Knee Ligament Damage.
There Are 3 Changes From The Starting 11 That Started In Rubin. Aiden McGeady Replaces Niall McGinn, Simone Dell'Agnello Replaces Jermaine Beckford And Zheng Zhi Replaces Scott McDonald. Celtic Managed To Get A 1-1 Draw With Hearts Through Substitute Jermain Beckford Celtic Vs Queen Of The South
Its The League Cup Now For Celtic And The Chance To Play A Weaker Side Agaisnt Queen Of The South. Celtic Manager Mark Paterson Told His Team At A Press Conference But He Also Said "We Must Respect Queen Of The South. They Are A Decent Side And Will Be Looking To Try And Cause An Upset So We Must Try And Stay Focussed And Do What We Do Best."
Celtic Named 11 Changes From The Weekend To Try And Let Fringe Players Got Some First Team Action.
The Game Began And Celtic Came Out All Guns Blazing. First Half Goals From Niall McGinn And Giorgios Samaras Gave Celtic A 2-0 Lead At Half Time. The Second Half Began And Celtic Again Scored Another Goal Through Zheng Zhi Who Made It 3-0 To Celtic And Secured Their Place In The Quater Final.
Cetlic Have Sold Defender Glenn Loovens To Dutch Side FC Groningen For A Fee Of £1.5million. The Dutch Defender Is Happily Returning To Holland On The Back Of A Happy Career At Celtic. The Deal Will Go Through On The 1.1.2010. Celtic Have Also Been Busy In The Market Trying To Strengthen In The Middle Of The Park. Celtic Are Believed To Be Keeping Tabs On Martin Petrov And David Odonkor But This Is Speculation. The Celtic Manager Refused To Comment.
St Mirren Vs Celtic
Celtic Return To League Action This Week After A Good Result In The League Cup On Wednesday Night. When Asked The Question On Team Selection, Mark Paterson Replied "I Have A Sore Head Right Now. The Players That Played During The Week Were Fantastic But So Are The Players That Dropped Out. We Have A Good Squad Here So We Can Afford To Change Although It WOuld Upset Team Chemestry."
Celtic Have Made 9 Changes From Midweek, With Full Backs Hinkel And Fox Keeping There Place. Boruc, Caldwell, McManus, Crosas, N'Guemo, McGeady, Maloney, Beckford And McDonald All Return To The Starting Line Up.
Again Another Dissmal First Half Performance By Celtic Lead To 0-0 At Half Time. In The Second Half The Game Turned And Celtic Went Up Through Aiden McGeady And This Proved To Be Crucial As The Game Ended 1-0 To Celtic.
Celtic Now Look Forward To Midweek In The Champions League As They Face Real Madrid.
Celtic Vs Real Madrid
Celtic Go Into This Game As Extreme Underdogs. "Its A Great Challenge For Us And Im Sure The Lads Will Put Up A Great Fight. It Will Be Much Tighter From Us As We Don't Want To Get Embarrassed By The Quality Real Madrid Show So it Will Be Tough."
Celtic Have No Fresh Injury Worries From The Weekend So A Full Team Selection, With The Exception Of Scott Brown Is A Good Sign For Mark Paterson.
Celtic Go Into The Game Top Of Their Group 2 Points Ahead Of Real Madrid And It Will Be Intresting What Kind Of Approach Celtic Take.
Celtic Have Changed To A 5-2-2-1 Formation With McDonald Dropping Out For Loovens And Beckford Dropping Out For Fortune. A Bold Tactic From The Celtic Manager But On That May Pay Off.
Unfortunatly It Didn't And Celtic Lost 3-1. Goals For Benzema And Gago Helped Real Madrid Secure The Win. Glenn Loovens Was The Scorer For Celtic. "We Were Simply Outclassed By A Great Team And I Expect Them To Go And Win The Tournement" Said Paterson.
Results In September
12.9.2009 Celtic 0-1 Dundee United 16.9.2009 Rubin Kazan 0-2 Celtic
19.9.2009 Celtic 1-1 Hearts
23.9.2009 Celtic 3-0 Queen Of The South
26.9.2009 St Mirren 0-1 Celtic
29.9.2009 Celtic 1-3 Real Madrid
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July 2009 - November 2009(Continued) - October 2009 Rangers Vs Celtic Its The First Old Firm Game Of The Season And Both Managers Will Be Looking To Get One Up On Each Other. This Is Patersons First Old Firm Game, Were Walter Smith Has Had Experience Of Old Firm Games, This Being His 23rd. Both Teams Are Even On Points So A Win For Either Team Will Help Them Get Some Breathing Space.
Celtic WIll Go To A 4-5-1 Formation. Barry Robson Replaces Glenn Loovens To Provide The Dig That Celtic Need In Midfield In The Absence Of Scott Brown And Mark Wilson Replacing Danny Fox At Left Back.
Celtic Were 1-0 Down After A Corner From The Right Found Bougherra Unmarked At The Near Post. An Instant Reply From Celtic, Again On The Right A Great Ball In From Maloney Found The Head Of Fortune To Make It 1-1. Celtic Were Behind Again And Another Corner From Rangers Found Madjid Bougherra Again To Make It 2-1 To Rangers. A Few Mintues Later Marc Antonie Fortune Found Himself 1 On 1 With Allan McGregor Thanks To Perfectly Weighted Pass From Barry Robson And Fortune Slotted The Ball Home. Just Before Half Time Celtic Made It 3-2 Thanks To A Spectacular Freekick From Shaun Maloney.
The Second Half Began And Celtic Were 4-2 Up And Again It Was Fortune With The Goal To Complete His Hat-Trick. A Great Performance By The Frenchman.
The Game Ended 4-2 To Celtic. A Great Way To Bounce Back From A Heavy Defeat In Midweek. "The Boys Done Themselves Proud Today Im Happy For Them All." Said Paterson After The Game.
Celtic Vs Motherwell
Celtic Host Motherwell In The SPL. Celtic Coming Of The Back Of A Big Old Firm Win At Ibrox Last Sunday, Are Looking To Keep The Pressure On League Leaders Dundee United Who Are At Home To Bottom Team Hamilton. Celtic Will Keep The Same Team That Defeated Rangers Last Week Meaning No Room For Scott McDonald Or Glenn Loovens. Celtic Need A Victory To Keep Confidence High For The Trip To The Emirates Against Arsenal. The First Half Ended And Again For So Much Of Celtics Season Another 0-0 Was The Scoreline. The Second Half Provided A Goal And It Was Celtic Who Broke The Deadlock. Midfielder Barry Robson Hit The Back Of The Net With A 20 Yard Strike Beating The Motherwell Goalkeeper. This Goal Proved To Be Crucial As Celtic Ran Out 1-0 Winners. A Tight Game But The Better Team Won On The Day.
Celtic Manager Mark Paterson Was Pleased But Had This To Say, "I Don't Know What It Is. We Seem To Only Turn Up In The Second Half. Hopefully This Will Change Midweek And Hopefully Get The Vital 3 Points Against Arsenal And Keep Our Champions League Hopes Alive." That Win Against Motherwell Put Celtic To Top Of The SPL As Dundee United Drew 1-1 With Hamilton. That Is Hamiltons First Point Of The Season.
FACT - Since Joining Celtic Paterson's Team Has Scored 36 Goals In 15 Games.
Arsenal Vs Celtic Celtic Have A Fresh Injury Worry. Marc Crosas Picked Up A Bruised Rib In The 1-0 Win Over Motherwell And Will Not Feature In The Game At The Emirates. This Will Allow Either Scott McDonald Or Giorgios Samaras To Come In To Provide The Experience Needed In The Champions League. Celtic Will Go 4-2-2-2 Against Arsenal.
Mark Paterson Had This To Say "We Are Very Dissappionted About The Injury To Marc But We Have Strength And Depth In This Squad And We Have Players Capable Of Coming In And Doing A Job." Celtic Fell Behind In The 35th Minute When Arsenal Made It 1-0 Through Robin Van Persie. After The Break Celtic Were 2-0 Down After Cesc Fabregas Doubled Arsenals Lead. Another Goal From Van Persie Put The Game Beyond Doubt For Celtic, 3-0 Arsenal. Celtic Wer Later Given A Penalty Which Barry Robson Missed. A Late Freekick From Shaun Maloney Gave Celtic A Consolation Goal 3-1 To Arsenal. Artur Boruc Was Celtics Man Of The Match. If He Wasnt In Goals It Wouldve Been Alot Worse. "Artur Was Outstanding Tonight, Its Ashame I Cant Say That For The Rest Of My Team. We Need To Get On With It And Try And Get As Many Points On The Board As We Can" Said Paterson.
Hamilton Vs Celtic
Its Top Versus Bottom This Week In The SPL. Celtic Have Been Going On A Great Run Recently And Hamilton Have Been Very Poor. With Scott Brown Getting Back To Full Fitness He Will Make An Appearance On The Bench Along With Marc Crosas, Who Missed The Tie Midweek With A Rib Injury. "Scott Brown Is On His Way Back To Fitness And We Hope He Will Be 100% And Ready To Go." Said Paterson.
A Change Of Formation For Celtic It Will Be Going Back To The Familiar 4-1-2-1-2 Formation Which The Played At The Start Of The Season. Samaras Will Make Way For McDonald Upfront With Marc Antoine Fortune. Again For Much Of This Season Celtic Are Playing Poorly In The First Half. Hopefully Celtic Can Kick This Habit And Score Goals. The Second Half Wasnt Much Better And It Finished 0-0
Mark Paterson Never Commented On The Game
Celtic Vs Motherwell
Its League Cup Action Again And Celtic Host Motherwell At Celtic Park. Celtic Beat Motherwell 1-0 Only 2 Weeks Ago. Can Celtic Have A Repat Result To Cruise Into The Semi FInals ? Captain Scott Brown Will Make His Return After Being Out For 10 Weeks Through Injury. He Will Replace Barry Robson In Midfield. In Transfer News Before The Game Rumours Have Been Flying About That Ex Celtic Striker Henrik Larsson Will Be Making A Return To Celtic.When Paterson Was Asked This He Said "This Is 100% Correct." Celtic Have Managed To Break Their Duck And Score In The First Half A Brace From Scott McDonald And A Goal From Marc Antoine Fortune Give Celtic A 3-0 Lead At Half Time. A Goal In The Second Half From Motherwell Midfielder Neil McCann Brought The Scoreline To 3-1. Celtic Won The Game 3-1 And Are Into The Semi Final Of The League Cup. "It Was A Good Result For Us Today. Hopefully We Can Kick On And Go On A Good Run Of Game" Said Paterson.
Celtic Drew Hibernian In The Semi Final Of The League Cup.
Celtic Vs Kilmarnock
No Injury Worries For Celtic As The Look To Grasp The SPL And Go On A Good Run of Games. The Rumours Of Legend Henrik Larsson Returning Are True As The Players Agent Confirms Celtic Have Approached Him. "This Is A Signing Which Will Benefit The Team On A Whole. He Still Has A Few Years Left In Him And Will Provide Experience For Every Player At The Club, He Will Also Provide Heart As He Knows What Celtic Are All About." Celtic Name An Unchanged Side That Beat Motherwell In The League Cup.
Celtic Went 1-0 Up In 30 Minutes After Pascali Brought Down Aiden McGeady In The Box. Scott McDonald Stepped Up To Put The Bhoys Ahead. 1-0 At The Break. In The Second Half Celtic Went 2-0 Up And It Was The Skipper Scott Brown Who Grabbed The Goal From An Aiden McGeady Cross Into The Area. Marc Antonie Fortune Added A 3rd 2 Mintues From Time TO Secure The 3 Points For Celtic.
Results In October
4.10.2009 Rangers 2-4 Celtic
17.10.2009 Celtic 1-0 Motherwell
20.10.2009 Arsenal 3-1 Celtic
25.10.2009 Hamilton 0-0 Celtic 28.10.2009 Celtic 3-1 Motherwell
31.10.2009 Celtic 3-0 Kilmarnock
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July 2009 - November 2009 (Continued) - Novermber 2009 Celtic Vs Arsenal On The Back Of A Few Good Results In The League Celtic Will Be Looking To Try And Qualify For The Knockout Stage Of The Champions League Or The Last 32 Of The Europa League. In Doing So They Must Get A Win Against Arsenal. Mark Paterson Said "We Need Solid Performances If We Want To Progress And I Think We Are Coming Onto A Game Now." Celtic Will Name An Unchangd Side That Won 3-0 At The Weekend. An Early Goal From Arsenals Robin Van Persie Has Knocked The Wind Out Of Celtic. The Goal Came In 43 Seconds And Celtic Are 1-0 Down. 1-0 At Half Time. Second Half Began And Another Goal From Van Persie Secured The 3 Points For Arsenal And Qualification To The Knockout Stages. Scott McDonald Made It 2-1 But 5 Mins Later Nikolas Bendtner Made It 3-1 And Game Set And Match For Arsenal. Mark Paterson Said After the Game "That Was Hard To Take But The Next Game Is A Must Win Against Rubin. We Win We Are In The Europa League After Christmas!"
Former Celtic Player Henrik Larsson Has Re Joined The Club Up Until May 2010 Celtic Have Also Had There Transfer Budget Increased To £14million
Falkirk Vs Celtic Celtic Have No Changes To The Squad That Lost 3-1 To Arsenal. Celtic Will Be Looking To Get Back To Winning Ways And Try And Stop Ontop Until The Transfer Window. Falkirk Draw First Blood From Celtic Through Carl Finnigan. A Great Through Ball From Midfield Set The Big Striker And He Hammered It Low Out Of The Scrambling Borucs Reach. 1-0 Falkirk And Thats The Score Until Half Time. At Half Time Celtic Bring On Dell'Agnello For Scott McDonald. As Soon As The Second Half Starts An Own Goal Is Scored By Gary Caldwell To Put The Bairnes 2-0 Ahead. Celtic Have Fallen To Pieces Now And A 3rd Goal Has Went In. This Is Embarrasing From Celtic. To Add To The Punishment, Ex Celtic Striker Karl Finbogasson Scores To Make It 4-0. In The Interview After The Game Paterson Has This To Say "Players At This Club Need To Give Thselves A Shake, I Let Rip In That Dressing Room At Full Time. If That Doesnt Work And Players Don't Start To Perform Most Of These Players Can Find Themselves A New Club At The Earliest Oppourtunity!
Deportivo Manager Miguel Angel Lotina And Cagliari Manager Massimallino Allegri Have Been Sacked From There Clubs And Bothe Club Are Turning Towards Mark Paterson To Replace The. Paterson Had This To Say "I'm Not Interested In Moving To Another Club. My Heart Is At Celtic For Now"
Celtic Will Also Sign Tottenham Midfielder Tom Huddlestone On January 1st 2010 For A Fee Of £8million.
Celtic Will Be Without Goalkeeper Arture Boruc After He Twisted His Knee During Training. He Will Be Out Of Action For 2 Months.
Dundee Utd Vs Celtic 4 Changes From The Team That Lost Last Week At Falkirkk. Hinkel, Crosas, Maloney And McGeady Drop Out. Robson McCourt Fox And N'Guemo Step In. Zaluska Replaces The Injured Artur Boruc. "We Are Dissappointed To Have Lost Artur, He Has Kept Us In So Many Games This Season, But Lukasz Is His Understudy So Hopefully He Will Do Well. I Had To Change The Outfield 10 From Last Week As I Felt Player Wern't Performing Hopefully This Is A Wake Up Call For They Players That Arent In The Squad" Said Paterson Celtic Again Are Behind At Half Time Through A David Goodwillie Strike, 1-0 United. After Half Time Celtic Are 2-0 After Pat McCourt Gives Away A Penalty And Swanson Puts It Away. Franco Sandazo Made It 3-0 And It Looks Like Paterson Celtic Career Is On A Shakey Peg! Mark Paterson Didnt Comment After The Game.
Celtic Vs Rubin Kazan Mark Paterson Sat In The Stands For This Game To Try And Take It In From A Fans Prospective. He Watched His Team Play Poorly Yet Again Onli To Get A 0-0 Draw. Mark Paterson Didnt Comment After The Game.
Giofranco Zola Has Been Sacked As West Ham Manager And The West Ham Board Have Turned To Paterson. Paterson Replied "I Am Sllightly Intrested In This Job. Its Been A Dream To Manage In The Premiership"
Celtic Vs St Mirren Shaun Maloney Is Out Through Injury And Manager Paterson Makes 4 Changes To His Side. In Come Samaras, McGeady, McGinn And Crosas. Out Go N'Guemo, Fortune, McCourt And Robson. Hopefully Celtic Can Get A Result Here. Celtic Were 1-0 Down After 20 Mins When Michael Higdon Popped Up Woth A Great Header Passed Zaluska. Stephen McGinn Brought Down Brown In The Penatly Area And McDonald Slotted Away To Make It 1-1. 1-1 At Half Time Celtic Came Out Looking For The Win And With 10 Minutes To Go It Came Again From The Penalty Spot. McDonald Was Bundled Down In The Area And He Dusted Himself Down To Tuck The Ball Home From The Spot. 2-1 Celtic Results In November 4.11.2009 Celtic 1-3 Arsenal 9.11.2009 Falkirk 4-0 Celtic 21.11.2009 Dundee United 3-0 Celtic 24.112009 Celtic 0-0 Rubin Kazan 28.11.2009 Celtic 2-1 St Mirren
Doing ok a bit shaky in the league at times but hopefully that win against st.mirren will get your team performing the way they were earlier on in the league, and just wondring could u give us a league table bud, your writings good well done
December 2009 - May 2010 - December Celtic Vs Aberdeen Celtic Name An Unchanged Side From The One That Won Last Weekend Agaisnt St Mirren. At The Press Conference Patersin Had This To Say "Hopefully The Last Few Weeks Have Just Been A Small Bump In Our Season And Hopefully We Can Get A Rhythm Going From Now To The End Of The Season" Celtics Problems With Scoring In The First Half Didn't Show Here. Goals From Aiden McGeady, Giorgios Samaras And An Own Goal For Sone Anluko Give Celtic A 3-0 At The Break.It Was All Celtic After Half Time But The Game Was Already Over In The First Half. "I Am Pleased With The Performance From The Lads. They Showed Their Capablilites Today And I Expect To So That More Often." Said Paterson After The Game. Real Madrid Vs Celtic Its The Final Game Of The Group Stages And The Group Looks Like This
Celtic Need At Least A Draw If Rubin Win There Game. This Is The Biggest Test Of All For Young Manager Paterson Who Said "Its Time For The Big Players To Come Forward. We Will Not Sit Back And Hold Out For A Draw, We Are Coming To Have A Go." No Fresh Injury Worries For The Glasgow Side And Will Name An Unchanged Team From Saturdays Win Over Aberdeen No Surprises As To Who Leads Real Madrid Are 1-0 Up Through A Karim Benzema Strike. Celtic Have Created Some Chances But Just Cant Beat Casillias. After Half Time A Further 2 Goals Went In This Time Both From Raul. 3-0 Madrid. Ronaldo And Guti Added To The Diaster Making It 5-0. Although Celtic Lost The Game Ruben Never WOn So Celtic Qualify For The Last 32 Of The Europa League. "I'm Trying To Find Word To Describe Real Madrid. They Are A Class Act And Deserved To Beat Us Tonight." Said Paterson.
Motherwell Vs Celtic Back To League Action Now And Hopefully That Hammering Of Real Madrid Midweek Didnt Do Too Much To The Celtic Players. Celtic Will Be Without Left Back Danny Fox After He Was Taken Off Injured Against Real Madrid. This Will Allow 19 Year Old Milan Misum To Come And Get Some SPL Experience. "Milan Is A Young Lad Lookign For His Chance To And This Is It. He Has The Potenial To Be A Great Player At This Club. This Is His Chance And He Must Take It." Said Paterson Before The Game. Celtics Only Changes Are Misun For Fox And Andy Hinkel For Mark Wilson Who Has A Gashed Leg. Lets Hope Milan Misun Does Well. Celtic Have Had Chances But Motherwell Took The Lead Through Jim O'Brien. Celtic Gave An Imiediate Response Through Scott McDonald. 1-1 At Half Time. Celtic Made A Change At Half Time, Samaras For Beckford. A Poor Second Half Leaves Celtic With A 1-1 Draw And 4 Points Behind Rangers In The Title Race. "I'm A Little Dissappoint But It Wasnt A Great Game For Either Side." Said Paterson.
Celtic Have Drawn Benfica Of Portugal In The Europa League. Winner Of The Tie Will Play Either Galatasary Or Stuttgart. Hearts Vs Celtic Celtic Are Looking To Bounce Back From There 1-1 Draw With Motherwell From Last Week. 1 Change To The Side From Last Week And That Is Fortune In For Samars. Maloney Is Now Fit To Play Again But Is Being Kept Out By Niall McGinn. "Niall Has Been Exception In The Absense Of Shaun And Has Made That Position His, It Onli Takes One Bad Oerformance And That Position Is Vacant Again." Said Paterson. In The First Half Both Teams Had Chances On Goal And It Wasnt Long Before The Deadlock Was Broken. Scott McDonald Rifled A 25 Yard Shot Into The Top Corner To Make It 1-0 To Celtic Before Half Time. The Second Half Began And Both Teams Had Chances To Score It Wasnt Long Before Celtic Double There Score Through Marc Antoine Fortune. Hearts Grabbed A Late Goal Through Gary Glen To Make It 2-1 But The Damaged Had Already Been Done. "Hopefully We Can Go On A Run Now, I Say This Every Week After We Have Won After A Loss, I Really SHould Think Of A New Thing To Say." Said A Jokeful Paterson. Celtic Vs Hamiltion
Celtic Have Mark Wilson Returning Along With Jermaine Beckford. Celtic Name An Unchanged Side From The Team That Beat Hearts Last Week.
Paterson Said In His News Conference. "Nothing Less That Than A Win Will Do" Celtic Went Out All Guns Blazing And It Paid Off With Marc Anotnie Fortune Putting His Side 1-0 Up. Another 2 Goals From Fortune And 1 From Scott McDonald Put Celtic 4-0 Up Before Half Time. After The Break Celtic Made It 5-0 Through Scott McDonald, His Second Of The Game. The Game Ended 5-0. Paterson Said After The Game "We Played Well As A Team From Front To Back We Were Brilliant. Scott And Marc Played Well Both Getting The Golas They Needed For A Bit Of Confidence."
Kilmarnock Vs Celtic
Its The Last Game Of Teh Year And Celtic Have No Fresh Injury Worries For Celtic, But Boruc And Fox Are Coming Back To Fitness. Mark Paterson Let His Assistant Take Control Of The Press Conference. Celtic Were 1-0 Up In The First 5 Minutes Through Aiden McGeady. Just Before Half Time It Was 2-0 To Celtic And Skipper Scott Brown Scored From Such An Acute Angle To Give Celtic Some Breathing Space. The Second Half Began And Celtic Created Loads Of Chances And With 10 Minutes To Go Scott McDonald Stepped Up With A Goal To Make it 3-0 And Secured The 3 Points For Celtic. "Great Performance By The Lads We Now Look Forward To The Next Game Against Rangers." Said Paterson
Results In Decemeber
6.12.2009 Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen
9.12.2009 Real Madrid 5-0 Celtic
13.12.2009 Motherwell 1-1 Celtic
20.12.2009 Hearts 1-2 Celtic
26.12.2009 Celtic 5-0 Hamilton
30.12.2009 Kilmarnock 0-3 Celtic
This Is How The League Table Looks Half Way Through The Season.
some really good updates there mate. Must take you some amout of time keep it up Could you maybe put the score of each match in bold so it stands out abit?
Could you maybe put the score of each match in bold so it stands out abit?