Northernpilgrim Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 Unbeaten in the league in March, through to the Scottish Cup semi final, but we couldn't get past Sevilla in the Champions League which has stretched our advantage at the top to 10 points, with 2 games left until the league splits in half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Decent effort in the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 10 hours ago, deltablue said: Decent effort in the CL. Thanks deltablue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 April wasn't perfect, but we're on course for the title, and through to the Scottish Cup Final and with a game in hand, and an 8 point lead, victory in our next match, away to my old club St Mirren, will see us take another title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 May went almost according to plan, as we went the whole month unbeaten, but dropped points against St Mirren meant we had to wait for the next match to seal the title. We went on to beat Rangers in the Cup Final to finish the season with a double winning the title a lot more comfortably this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Here are the squad stats for the season and the race for the golden boot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 And 8 of the 11 players in the Premiership team of the year are Celtic players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Northernpilgrim Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Deal done and I've been given money to spend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Well done on the double and that takeover seemed to happen pretty quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Well done on the double and that takeover seemed to happen pretty quickly. Thanks Nobby, and yes, the deal was done in under two weeks, so went through very quickly. Hopefully that'll enable me to stay ahead of the pack in Scotland at least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 We had a good preseason, scoring plenty of goals, but we looked a little leaky at the back, especially in Devon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 We made two signings, paying £13m to Rangers for Kris Fletcher and £4.4m to Hearts for McLaughlin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 The season started with a defeat away to Rangers, but I'm pleased we responded by winning all the other games and the early table looks like this, as we trail Hearts and St Mirren, but only on goal difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Our Champions League group is very tough this year, so hopefully we can finish third and enter the Europa League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 A great month in the league in September, and given what we want to achieve from our Champions League group, two narrow defeats to the big boys was more than acceptable and as a result, we're top of the SPL again, and through to another semi final and with a home game against Krasnodar next in the Champions League, we're on course for third place and a Europa League campaign Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 And I've extended my Celtic contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 October wasn't fantastic, and we lost the League Cup semi final but it was enough to extend our advantage at the top to 6 points and with a trip to Krasnodar next in the Champions League, victory in that would almost guarantee third place and a Europa League spot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 November results were ok but not spectacular and that was enough to maintain the lead at 6 points and the shock win over Monaco in the Champions League means we're second in the group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 December wasn't bad either and helped increase our lead to 7 points as we ended the Champions League group where we wanted to, in third Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 January was another solid but unspectacular month, although we did have some tricky away games. We battered Kilmarnock but couldn't score, and were a bit unlucky against Rangers too. and that leaves us 7 points clear of Hearts at the top, Rangers face a battle for a Europa League place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 There were no transfers in or out in January, so the squad remains as it was for the rest of the season. There will be a few departures over the summer, and I will look to bring in some young Scottish talent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 February was perfect and the lead is now 15 points Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 An unbeaten March and with victory over second placed Aberdeen, our lead is stretched to a massive 16 points, with just 21 to play for Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 April results were pretty good and it was enough to see us clinch the title before the split as the table looks like this with 5 games to go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Nice win over the Arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Nice win over the Arse. Thanks Nobby . It won't mean anything if we don't beat Liverpool in the final though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Just realised that I posted an unintentional spoiler, revealing that we won the Europa League semi final. Here's how we did it, and our post-split SPL results which resulted in us winning the league by a massive 27 points Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Two games remain this season. A Europa League Final with Liverpool, and the Scottish Cup Final against Aberdeen. An update with the season end will follow tomorrow. I'm off to bed now to mull over the tactics for the two finals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 We won the Europa League and I think we deserved it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 And completed a treble with the Scottish Cup as well and it was a game we dominated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 And within days, the board announce this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Unsurprisingly, given such a successful season, we were very dominant in the end of season awards, and broke some club records too and these were the player awards, beginning with Players Player of the Year The Football Writers also went for Kris Fletcher Ruben Helme finished as top goalscorer in the SPL While Fletcher was also Young Player of the Year and 8 Celtic players made the Team of the Year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 We had a perfect preseason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 I brought two players in, and let two first teamers and a youth player leave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Five wins out of six in August and we overcame Milan to win the Super Cup and ended the month top of the table, but still disappointed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 All of which means I am now just one Scottish Cup win away from wrapping up my Celtic stint and moving to England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Well done on the EL win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 10 hours ago, deltablue said: Well done on the EL win. Thanks delta . It was a very close run thing, and has certainly lifted the pressure off the rest of my time at Celtic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 September was very nearly perfect, as the only match we didn't win was in the Champions League meaning we keep our position at the top of the SPL, still just ahead on goal difference and bottom of our Champions League group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Despite being forced into playing a 4-2-3-1 for the whole of October, due to only having one fit striker all month, the lads responded magnificently, as we won every game except the Champions League game away to Bayern and we therefore remain top of the league, although Aberdeen are 5 points behind us, they have a game in hand and our Champions League group is wide open Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 The injury crisis didn't ease until the last two games of November, when we had two strikers fit, and results have suffered accordingly but we remain top of the SPL and failure to win either Champions League game this month means we have a battle just to finish third and enter the Europa League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 December was a perfect month, as we won 8 games out of 8 and we're now 13 points clear at the top, and surely heading for another title in what will hopefully be my final season in Scotland and our European adventure continues, albeit in the Europa League again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argento Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 just caught up, great read Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotropolis Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 This is a brilliant read! Though...West Ham winning the UEFA Super Cup? I assume they won the Europa League a few years ago? On 04/05/2018 at 19:59, Northernpilgrim said: and we overcame Milan to win the Super Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Neotropolis said: This is a brilliant read! Though...West Ham winning the UEFA Super Cup? I assume they won the Europa League a few years ago? Thanks Neotropolis Yes, they won the Europa League. They actually made two successive finals, losing to Chelsea in the first, before beating Monaco in the second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 7 hours ago, argento said: just caught up, great read Thanks argento Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Well done on a dominant season. How is the temporary move to Edinburgh going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 minute ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Well done on a dominant season. How is the temporary move to Edinburgh going? Thanks Nobby. Well, we've won 9 of 11 league games in our temporary home, beaten Hibs in the League Cup Quarter Final, and our average crowd is 65,210. I think the board are happy, and as long as we win the FA Cup, so will I be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 The locals clearly don't seem to mind the extra travel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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