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[BOTB] SongQuest III - Seven Sensational Seasons

Discussion in 'Competition Corner' started by Taz, Jul 28, 2018.

Discuss SongQuest III - Seven Sensational Seasons in the Competition Corner area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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  2. Keano88

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    Hope you enjoyed the movie.
     
  3. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    Where we at @Taz
     
  4. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    I’m starting to remember why competitions became so important on here.. :54:
     
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  6. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    It was essential in the Ronny days.. didn’t think we would need it under BR..
     
  7. Marie Bookmaker

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    Yeah :54:

    Anyway......no more talk of Celtic in here, we need some funny gifs:50:
     
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  8. Mr. Slippyfist

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    How do these song competitions work?
     
  9. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    no a gif but makes me laugh , wife and daughter refer to me as victor .
     
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  10. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    taz picks a theme , you go to you tube and pick a song in the theme . so does everybody else , then you listen to songs and vote in preference , every round somebody goes out till a final , watch it slippy its fekkin addictive as well .
     
  11. Mr. Slippyfist

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    A theme like what?
     
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    You should join in the next one , another addictive game :50:
     
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  14. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    might be bands , or female singers , or male certain genres , years , this one is 7 different years celtic had a great season , first was 85 I think and so on sure 67 and 03 will be in there . its good stuff slippy . some of them have weird tastes sometimes . go to competition corner and thread songs only and you will see chosen songs in this one .
     
  15. Mr. Slippyfist

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    * it, I'll have a bash.

    When does the next one start, or can I get in on this one?
     
  16. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    this one is on round 2 now so too late I think , pm TAZ tho .

    we haven't done results for round 1 yet .
     
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  18. Taz Blind Justice Gold Member News Writer

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    Round 3

    1997/98

    Stopping the Ten!

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    For so many reasons the 1997/98 season really was a true watershed one. While 'Stopping the Ten', while historically significant, th titl won that sason was not so much simply about prevnting our former city rivals from claiming a 10th conscutive title, it was about how Celtic was transforming. But to really understand why 1997/98 was so important, it is essential to consider where the club had been, what it had been going through and what it ended culminating in.

    Even though Fergus McCann had taken over control of Celtic in March 1994, on the park it was still an old school approach to the game for the team and for the club as a whole. These were the years of growing pains. Dragging the culture from how it was and had effectively always been done dating back to the ways of the Old Board, and while the 'Biscuit Tin' mentality was becoming a thing of the past, the Club was not quite there yet, to what it would evolve into.

    The proceeding season had finished on a disappointing note. Tommy Burns tenure had come to an ignamonious end in the aftermath of the Hoops having been bundled out by 1st Division Falkirk in the Scottish Cup Semi-Final. The contract disputes were increasingly taking centre stage, as Di Canio and Cadete, who were still ostensibly Celtic players as the new season kicked off, would soon follow their fellow 'Three Amigo' van Hooijdonk out the door.

    Perhaps most cruelly of all, the Hoops faithful bade a sad farewell to the man who had been the heart and soul of the football club for so long, Paul McStay, drawing a premature close to his playing career at the age of just 32. Had it not been for that ankle injury, the Maestro still had more years left to offer and who knows what could have been had be been able to blend his midfield magic with the likes of Lubo and Henrik in the years that would follow? One can only imagine. Football can be cruel, as the legendary skipper, who had been a beckon of hope and inspiration at a time when Celtic were surely lacking in both, had lead the way through the darkest days and never got to savour the taste of what would have been a deserved league truimph.

    Celtic Park was still in the midst of being rebuilt, but the protracted contract disputes, the hard nosed McCann forcing his will, not only on Scottish Football by tackling the SFA and it's Chief xecutive, Jim Farry, but a constantly hositle press. Few of those hacks then could understand the extent of the cultural change McCann was implementing. But with the depature of Burns came a new structure. A new youth and academy system, a change to the culture of sponsorship and business, increased TV revenues, a General Manager who would have more knowledge of contract law than football, and perhaps equally as important, the decision was taken to cast the net wider, beyond the traditional source of recruiting a manager. Gone were the days of it being the province of those who had previous ties to the club or at least to the Irish heritage in the case of Liam Brady.

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    Jansen & McCann - the faces of the Celtic Evolution

    As the new season began under the watchful eye of new Head Bhoy, Wim Jensen, the Hoops got off to another rocky start, losing the first 2 games of the season. But Celtic had been busy recruiting new players to fit with the new model that McCann was constructing. But McCann was not the only one who was ruffling feathers, as the prickly Jock Brown began to increasingly consume more and more column inches in the newspapers, with the straned working relationships with Jensen and former manager and now head scout, Davie Hay.

    Suffice to say the process was going through an ugly, but ultimately necessary growing pains. Whether fans and the 'meeja' were conscious of it or not, the Club was being transformed, at every level and in every way. This was clearly evident also, in the continued recruitment process, as the Club signed Craig Burley. Jonathan Gould, Stephane Mahe, Regi Blinker and Marc Rieper and as the seaosn progressed, further strengthened by the likes of Champions League winner, Paul Lambert and the enigmatic Harold Brattbakk.

    But without doubt the single most significant addition to the squad was the signing of dreadlocked striker, Henrik Larsson from Feynoord for $650,000. Jansen had been the manager of the Dutch club when Larsson had first signed for them, and despite time apart and never really being utilized properly in the Eredivisie by the subsequent management there, Jensen had not forgotten the Swede. It would prove to be money very well spend in the years to come.

    The season though got off to a truly rotten start to the league campaign. As fate would have it, it was a Larsson errant pass which directly lead to the Hibees' second goal as the Celts went down, 2-1 at Easter Road on the opening day. Things didnt improve at Parkhead in the next match either, when the Bhoys went down to an identical scoreline to Dunfermline. And the troubles continued off the pitch also, as the Swede was acclimatizing to the Scottish game, where even on the training pitch, he was involved in a highly publicized bust up with Tosh McKinlay.

    However, it wasn't long before the Hoops began to hit their stride, winning their next 8 consecutive league fixtures, and a credible but short lived European adventure that had seen the Hoops go out to Liverpool only on the basis of away goals, after the two sides had drawn both legs of their UEFA Cup tie. Going into the first Glasgow derby of the season the Hoops held a slender 1 point lead over the Ipox outfit, and level wth Hearts at the top of the table. But to underline just how transformative a process Celtic were undergoing, they went into this match with 7 Celts making their Glasgow derby debut. That experience would be telling though, as the Hoops would go down twice in the space of a couple of weeks to their fierce rivals.

    As it transpired, it was yet another story of frustration, like so many deerbies of the time. Suffering a 1-0 loss. Having only won a solitary Cup tie and not having defeated the Ipox outfit since May 1995, it was very much going to have to be a gorilla that they would have to shake from their backs if there was to be any hope to truly challenging for the title.

    The loss though, while a slight wobble to their league aspirations did not dent the Bhoys momentum. Just 11 days later - and an international break in between, Jeansen was able to get the team up to earn a draw at Parkhead against the visiting shower of *.

    Less than 2 weeke later the Bhoys lined up at Hampden for the Coca-Cola League Cup Final. In a competition in which the Hoops had seen off Berwick, St Johnstone, Motherwell and Dunfermline without conceding a single goal on route to the Final, Jansen's charges were able to dispose of Dundee United 3-0. It would be the first of many prizes Larsson would capture in his time in the Hoops but it was a monumental moment for the club, capturing just their second piece of silverware in almost a decade, following on from the 1995 Scottish Cup.



    The Cup success breeds confidence and the confidence in turn showed up in the successful results, as Celtic won 6 of their next 7 games, heafing into the new year.

    The visit of the Govan visitors on January 2 1998 had a lot riding on it. With the Hoops sititng in 3rd on the table and 4 points adrift of their city rivals, a loss would have opened up a sizeable gap and could have well proved to be fatal to their title aspirations. On top of this, the Bhoys had not managed to win a league fixture against their old adversaries since 1995. The visitors were clearly also well up for this one, full of confidence and keen to needle to Celtic faithful. Goram's armband and Gascoigne's flute were evidence enough of that.

    It is no understatement to say that this match would prove to be not only a key match in the season, but it would be hard to beat it as the single most important derby win of the 1990's for the Hoops, and in a match that deserved something special, the Bhoys duly delivered 2 wonderful strikes. The first was all about Jackie McNamara's driving run and a wonderful reverse pass for Burley to fire home. The second was the unstoppable piledriver by Lambert from outside of the area. The 2 goals that were scored that day have earned themselvws a place in the all time Celtic highlight reel, and with good reason, which must have been shown hundreds of times in the years since.



    The Hoops would go the next 11 games undefeated, and while there was frustration at the occasion dropped points, the defending Champions were also having their own share of difficulties as the title race escalated. The Bhoys were knocked out by their city neighbours in the Scottish Cup Semi-Final, and 2 weeks later, suffered another diappointment, losing 2-0, despite dominating the match for long periods, reminiscent of many such derby matches of the times, when Burns had been the manager.

    But with 4 games to play, the title was still up for grabs. The 'meeja' were playing their part in applying the pressure also, twisting Harold Brattbakk's words, that it would not be a failure to finish second. Celtic by this point were well accustomed to these manipulations, and refused all their players and management from talking to the press in a move of solidarity with Brattbakk.

    With the season coming to a head on the field, things continued to be far from settled off from it. The highly unpopular Jock Brown was imbroiled in an unfair dismissal case raised by former Celtic boss and Chief scout, Davie Hay, mwanwhile Jansen and McCann's working relationship continues to be increasingly strained, with Jansen's contract coming up for renewal but was not being discussed. On top of this was the continued contractual issues involving a number of high profile players unhappy with the terms offered by the notoriously hardball McCann. But the players were not doing themselves any favours on that front either, acting petualantly to negative, but legitimate, criticism.

    Could it really all be put aside long enough to get over the line on the park? With R****** continuing to drop points, it opened the door for the Hoops into the last few weeks of the season. Failing to defeat Hibs and then with two games to play, Killie had sprung a 1-0 upset over R******, there was an opportunity to clinch the title away at Dunfermline. Over 9000 Celtic fans packed into Parkhead to watch the game on the big screen, only to be left frustrated once again, conceding a late equalizer to the Pars, and managing to only secure a 1-1 draw. Celtic are no strangers to leaving it late or doing it the hard way. It was all leading to the last day dramas once again.

    In the midst of all this, Jackie McNamara had been named the SPFA Player of the Year, Larsson had 18 goals to his name for the campaign to date. Lambert, Burley, O'Donnell and Donnelly were all in contention for player awards, but it would have all felt hollow if there was not the Premiership title to go with it.

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    The King of Kings - Larsson has arrived!


    One last chance to to stop 10 in a Row.

    Celtic hosted St Johnstone on that fateful final day. R****** won their final game of the season, so Cltic had to win for the title to be secured. so there was no room for any slip up. Thankfully there was an early goal from Larsson - his 19th of the season - helped to settle the nerves early, although St Johnstone certainly had their opportunities, going close - too close for comfort - a couple of times. Thankfully, there was Harold Brattbakk to slot home the late goal and ut it beyond doubt and the party could start, well and truly!



    Just days later, Wim Jansen left the club. He had arrived at the start of the season, had delivered 2 trophies, equalling in that one season the total haul of silverware that the Hoops had won since the Centenary, under a cloud. Didnt help matters that the relationship with McCann had deteriorated to the point that the Chairman claimed that if Jansen hadn't have walked, he would have been pushed.

    Celtic had won the league. Although we had not managed to preserve the record of Jock Stein's 9IAR, but that record would still stand. The turmoil and growing pains of the evolution of the football club was far from over and would continue for the next few seasons. It wouldnt always be fun, wouldnt always be easy and unfortunately it could get a bit ugly at times, and in an era in which precious little had been cause for celebration, it was a campaign that long remembered, and we'll never forget the Bhoys that stopped the 10!

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    Round 3

    So, everyone knows the drill by now - the same as the previous 2 Rounds.

    You are looking to submit a song that was originally released in 1997 or 1998.

    The Round 2 Songs will be posted and you can submit your Round 3 Song with Your Round 2 votes.

    Good Luck!​
     
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    Results tonight? X
     
  20. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    Round 3 submitted