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Robert ‘Bertie’ Auld was taken from us at the age of 83 and bhoy did he live each of those years to the fullest to give us a larger than life character. Everyone who came into close contact with Bertie left the company in wrinkles laughing and feeling 10 feet tall. He made everyone welcome and loved to regale the listeners with past stories of glory and the foolery that he and his teammates would partake in. Most of all Bertie loved nothing better than a good aul sing song and he could chant with the best.

You would often find Bertie in and around Celtic Park on match day in green and he would stand for ages making sure you got the picture or the signature required. He was always laughing and joking and for many this will be the immortal image that we have of Wee Ten Thirty. Or just Ten as he was called by the other Lisbon Lions.

Born in Panmure Street 1938 and into the tough area and growing up in the wartime poverty of Maryhill a young Bertie would...

The start of this crucial tie was held up due to a tennis ball protest, but it took only seven minutes after the restart for Celtic to take control of the tie.

The boot of Ralstinho cause a lot of consternation in the Dundee defence as his shot ricocheted off the head of Sweeney before rattling the post. The rebound dropped invitingly to the foot of the magnificently maned Jota, who swept it into the net past the prone and despairing Legzdins in goal.

Kyogo came close after a nice cross from Abada on the right. The little Israeli sptted the run from the Japanese talisman and he met it with the head, but glanced it slightly wide.

Welsh looped a ball onto the roof of the Dundee net when the home team failed miserably to clear a ball that bounced invitingly around the area from a Celtic cross, but eventually nestled safely over.

Kyogo, who had narrowly missed from an Abada cross found himself in identical territory on 20 minutes, and this time he would NOT miss the target. Carter...

EUROPA LEAGUE

MATCHDAY 4

Thursday 4th November 2021

Ferencvaros 2-3 Celtic

Scorers: Celtic. Kyogo (3) Jota (23) Abada (60)

Ferencvaros: Juranović (o.g.11) Uzuni (86)

Groupama Stadium. Budapest K.O. 8pm

Ange Postecoglou declared the match was “a must win” against Ferencvaros in Hungary in the return leg of this double header. The signs were positive after winning the first game 2-0 at Celtic Park and it should have been more. A few changes were required from the side that started against Livingston in the league. Stephen Welsh was called upon to replace the injured Starfelt and Giakoumakis dropped to the bench to make way for Kyogo.

The final score line of 2-3 was definitely flattering for the Hungarians as the Celts played them off the park mostly and should have had at least two more goals. That said, Ferencvaros didn’t roll over and play dead and they also had missed opportunities. It was...