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Celtic v ICT: Match Preview

After sipping from the keg of glory following Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final this past Wednesday, SPL Champions Celtic will turn their attention back to matters of the League itself this weekend. With arch-rivals Rangers playing against Dundee United on Saturday, there is a chance that the lead at the top of the table will be slashed to a mere point.

Sunday’s encounter sees Gordon Strachan’s men take the long trip North to face Terry Butcher’s Inverness Caledonian Thistle side. Butcher has only recently been appointed, following the dismissal of Craig Brewster. Under Brewster, the Highland outfit had suffered a horrendous run of form, seeing them slip to the bottom of the SPL table. Butcher’s duty will be to ensure his new charges maintain their Premier League...
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CAN CELTIC CECH IN ON TIME?

Celtic have today stepped up the chase in their attempts to bring Slovakian International Marek Cech to Celtic Park; the player, currently contracted to Tony Mowbray’s West Bromwich Albion side, has found first-team opportunities at the Hawthorns limited – failing to displace Summer’s reported Celtic target Paul Robinson from the left-back position.

A loan deal that looked to have come to an abrupt halt following Robinson’s...
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WILLO WON’T HE?

Despite three consecutive years of domestic success at the helm, victory in the League Cup has eluded Gordon Strachan’s Celtic. Still chasing a domestic treble this season, this was a record the Bhoys were eager to put to rest in the second semi-final of this year’s competition.

Played against Dundee United on a disgraceful Hampden Park surface – barely befitting * football, let alone a televised national spectacle – Celtic had an opportunity to reach the final of this competition for the first time since winning the trophy back in 2006.

Arabs midfielder Willo Flood, the subject of reported interest from Celtic themselves, started the game clearly intent on making his mark against his boyhood heroes. He was by far...
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Celtic to open the Flood gates?

After a confidence-boosting 3-1 league victory against Hibernian at the weekend, SPL Champions Celtic will be looking to secure a place in the league Cup final with victory over Craig Levein’s Dundee United side this Wednesday.

Levein’s side currently sit 3rd in the SPL table, and have had an excellent season thus far. Midfielder Scott Robertson – out at present with a suspected hernia injury – has performed admirably for one so inexperienced at this level, earning himself an International Cap in the process. In the interim, on-loan midfielder Willo Flood has continued the rich vein of form he has shown during his time at Tannadice.

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Celtic 3 - 1 Hibernian

Goalscorers:
(McDonald 3, 76)
(Jones 17)​
(McManus 8)​



CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus(Loovens 63), Naylor; Nakamura, S Brown, Crosas(Robson 78), McGeady; Vennegoor of Hesselink(Samaras 79), McDonald.
Subs: M Brown, O’Dea, McCourt, Sheridan.


HIBS (4-3-3) Szamotulski; Thicot, Hogg, Jones, McCormack; Rankin, Bamba, Stevenson; Riordan(Rosa 85),Nish(Johansson 75), Fletcher(Shiels 85).
Subs: McNeill, Van Zanten, Chisholm, Keenan.



With Rangers having drew with Aberdeen in the earlier kick off, Both teams were in search of the points. Celtic looking to regain a more comfortable advantage over their rivals, and Hibernian looking to fire their way back into the European slot race.

Celtic made a few changes to the squad which started against Aberdeen last week, with Lee Naylor and Marc Crosas returning to the...