9IAR, The First One – The impact of the travelling Celtic support
Mike Maher who now lives in New Zealand, faithfully followed Celtic home and away during the 9IAR years…St Johnstone v Celtic, 13 November 1965. Photo The Celtic WikiOver three articles Mike tells u...
9IAR, The First One – The impact of the travelling Celtic support Mike Maher who now lives in New Zealand, faithfully followed Celtic home and away during the 9IAR years… St Johnstone v Celtic, 13 November 1965. Photo The Celtic Wiki Over three articles Mike tells us what it was like supporting the club during these glory years. What follows is a truly wonderful account.
You can almost hear the songs being sung on those supporters buses in the 60s and 70s…part two goes up tomorrow and the concluding will be posted on Saturday… It was on the journey back that I was really struck by the impact of the travelling Celtic support… Celtic management team at Broomfield in 1965. From left: Neil Mochan, Bob Rooney, Jock Stein and Sean Fallon. Photo The Celtic Wiki I have often thought that I was lucky to become a Celtic supporter at the time I did.
Sure the first five years were not exactly rewarding trophy wise but that just made me appreciate more the great years following the arrival of Jock Stein. When big Jock took over at Celtic Park I was just 14 years of age. Old enough to be able to go to most games by myself or at least in company of friends.
10 years later when that glorious decade in Celtic’s history came to an end I was 24, not yet too old to have social, family or work commitments that would stop me going to the games. Enjoy tea, biscuits and The Celtic Star – completely ad free… Never see another Ad on The Celtic Star! Subscribe Now and get Seven Days for Free!
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