SENTINELCELTS

We’ve won the league again, fly the flag.
A great achievement, this season, some say up there with the best titles, we have won, let’s have a trip down memory lane and see what you think.
We have now won 52 titles, The first in 1892- 93, for those who witnessed it, that must have been a special occasion, a football club, born of famine and oppression, to help feed the poor and here they are winning the league championship, how emotional occasion must that have been?
We won another 3 titles from then, until 1897-1898. A small barren period followed until 1904- 05, when we won the first of, a then record, 6 in a row. Those must have been special times for the support, back then.
We continued to pick up titles, in the years from then, until,1925-26, then we had to wait 10 years before collecting another in 1935- 36, I’m sure there would have been a lot of celebrating, that day, after a ten year wait, we won again in 1937-38 and then that was it, until 1953-54, when we won the league, with a game to spare.
There must have been incredible joy, amongst our supporters, when we lifted that title, after all that time, perhaps CCB can share any memories.
That was it until, the glory years, 1965- 66. Celtic beat Motherwell 1.0 at Fir Park, with a late goal to lift the title, I wonder how many of the 21,000 in attendance, thought that would be the first of 9 and that we would be European Champions, the following season.
The title in 66- 67 was won at Ibrox, with 2 goals from Jinky, giving us the point we required. That has to be up there with the most memorable.
67/68 was a really close affair and, indeed, it was in Rangers gift to win it, they bottled it, allowing Celtic to win it at East End Park, a game that is still talked about, by those who attended.
72/73, the 8 in a row season, was another tight affair, which went to the last game of the season. Celtic beat a very good Hibs team 3.0 to win the title by a point. An attendance of over 45 thousand at Easter Rd, watched it, those who attended say that many more were there that day.
The following season, 73/74, we would win the last of the, first, 9, at Brockville
In 1978/79, one of the very special occasions, winning 4.2 against Rangers, in the last game of the season, anyone there that night, will never forget it.
1981/82, was another tight one, we defeated St Mirren, 3.0, in the final game of the season to pip the Dons, who were 4 up at half time to Rangers, when we were still 0.0, so panic was creeping in, the official attendance that day, yip, that magic number again. 38,069.
The next four titles we would win,would all be very memorable occasions. 86 at Love St, who could ever forget that day and that iconic moment, when Jim Stewart has the ball in his hands and our support go crazy, behind him. A most unexpected title, the next,1988,the centenary year, defeating Dundee 3.0, singing happy birthday dear Celtic and a crowd of 60,800 cough, cough. We celebrated long into the night, which was just as well, as more barren years,were ahead of us, the next title was 1998 and none of us, will ever forget the pressure, the emotion and the sheer joy and relief, when we beat St Johnstone 2.0 to clinch it on the final day.
In 2001, we turned around a massive points gap of 21 and won it by 15 points as we marched onto a treble. The winning game against St Mirren was a 1.0 victory,which ended up tense, despite us being so far ahead, the fans wanted it won before the split, so they could get the party started.
2007/08, the last of WGS and 3 in a row, who could forget that season, winning it at Tannadice for Tommy Burns, a very emotional evening.
We then move on to 2011/12 and the first of another 9. The first of Neil’s ( as manager ) and a great day out at Rugby Park in a 6.0 romp.
Of the 9, 2016/17, the invincible treble, a season you could only dream about, winning 5.0 at Tynecastle, to clinch it, has to be up there.
This season 2022, we have overturned a 25 point deficit and won the title, despite being in disarray, at the beginning of the season, a sweet, sweet, title, indeed.
How do you pick a favourite from all these titles and others I haven’t even mentioned. I will try, my choice, which may change, on any given day.
1979  4.2 v Rangers.
An all or nothing game, the final game of the season ( for us ) win and the title is ours, anything else and the title is heading across the river.
1.0 down at half time, with only 10 men, after Johnny Doyle having been sent off, what a turnaround, in the,second half. Roy Aitken’ s finest game for us, the joy of going 2.1 up and the sheer deflation, when they equalised,while I was still celebrating.
The Colin Jackson o.g. with 5 mins to go and then the longest 5 minutes of my life, before Murdo launched one from 20 yards into the top corner. Sheer elation, Monday’s don’t come any better than that.
Jimmynotpaul.