Confirmed as manager
Of ?
Iām restricted access from that site am afraid. Is it related to pornography?
Its Celtic not Celtit MBB.
As a teary-eyed Patsy said to me up in Section 443 at the final whistle against Hearts, āWe need a manager who loves the Celtic!ā
We have one now. Welcome Mogga.
From celticfc.net:
tony mowbray is new celtic manager
Newsroom Staff
CELTIC Football Club is delighted today to confirm that Tony Mowbray has been appointed the new Celtic manager. Tony will be joined at Celtic by Mark Venus, Peter Grant and Neil Lennon in the new Celtic management team.
This is fantastic news for the club and we look forward to officially unveiling Tony as the new Celtic manager at a news conference at Celtic Park tomorrow (Wednesday, June 17) at 10am.
Iām quite teary eyed myself at the moment
Colleagues coming up to me asking me if im ok
They wouldnt understand
Iād be crying too if that fool was named manager of a team I had an interest in.
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Congrats to Moggy, delighted for him. Lets hope the brand of football he believes in flourishes against the evil empire for a long time to come.
Ah thats class, well done sir.
[quote=āthedancingbabyā]Iām quite teary eyed myself at the moment
Colleagues coming up to me asking me if im ok
They wouldnt understand[/QUOTE]
Itās very emotional all right, DB. Celtic is back in the hands of Celtic people - a marvellous day indeed.
tony mowbrayās celtic huddle
David Friel
THE origins of the Celtic Huddle can be traced all the way back to the small northern German town of Jheringsfehn. New Celtic manager Tony Mowbray was the man who started it all on July 23, 1995, before a friendly match with German side Kickers Emden. Celtic lost the pre-season friendly 2-0.
THE new Hoops boss wanted to start the Celtic Huddle as a show of togetherness by the players. Years later, he said: Every player likes to leave something that people can remember them by and maybe the Huddle is mine at Celtic. Im delighted to see it still going strong, because itās been a brilliant way of uniting the players and the fans. Its in the fabric of Celtic now.
THE first 11 players to take part in the Celtic Huddle were: Pat Bonner, Lee Martin, Malky Mackay, Tony Mowbray, Tosh McKinlay, Rudi Vata, Peter Grant, John Collins, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Andy Walker and Brian McLaughlin.
ANDY WALKER can vividly remember the first-ever Celtic Huddle pep-talk delivered by Tony and said: The Huddle grew beyond all our expectations and we made it clear that, while none of us would be at the club forever, it was important that any newcomer would be told that this was a special part of being a Celtic player.
THE 11 players to take part in the first-ever Celtic Huddle at Celtic Park, before a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United on August 5, 1995, were: Gordon Marshall, Mark McNally, Tony Mowbray, Tom Boyd, Tosh McKinlay, Rudi Vata, Peter Grant, John Collins, Phil ODonnell, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Andy Thom.
JOHN COLLINS, another original member of the Celtic Huddle, is stunned at the impact it had on the club. He said: We were looking for something to bring us together, to give us a bit of final bonding. Some of the lads were a bit shy about it, especially as it was so public, but it just grew from there.
SINCE it was created in 1995 to the start of this season, its estimated that the Celtic Huddle has been performed in 31 countries by the Hoops first-team, before friendlies and competitive matches. Those countries are: Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Georgia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Holland, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia, Israel, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic, USA, Canada and Japan next up in breaking new ground is Australia.
AT the end of last season, the Celtic Huddle had been performed before 729 competitive games at home and abroad since 1995. That means over 20million football supporters will have witnessed the stunning sight of the Celtic Huddle.
THE one and only Henrik Larsson holds the record for appearing in the most Celtic Huddles before competitive games. The Swedish legend took part in 312 Huddles during his Celtic career. Jackie McNamara is in second place with 307 appearances, while Neil Lennon took part in the Huddle 300 times. Honourable mentions should also go to Paul Lambert (253) and Stilian Petrov (245). From the first generation of Huddlers, Tom Boyd appeared in it most with a total of 238 appearances.
CURRENT Celtic captain Stephen McManus grew up watching his heroes perform the Huddle and is honoured to now lead the side into it before every game. He said: All the players and supporters love the Huddle and it really gets us fired up before the games. We are all proud to continue the strong tradition of the Celtic Huddle and will continue to do so.
CELTICS mascot Hoopy the Huddle Hound takes his name from the Celtic Huddle, while many Hoops fans were also members of the World Huddle Club. In addition, Celtic TVs flagship programme is called the Daily Huddle.
CELTIC teams from all age groups now perform the Celtic Huddle before games. Perhaps the biggest Celtic Huddle ever witnessed on the pitch was after Celtic won the league at Tannadice at the end of season 2007/08.
Not sure NCC will be pleasedā¦had a thing about wee Gordon so he did.
Celtic minded people back in Paradiseā¦its a marvellous day.
Only thing that bothers me is that we may have Bananarama being played over the tannoy now
itās estimated that the Celtic Huddle has been performed in 31 countries by the Hoops first-team, before friendlies and competitive matches. Those countries are: Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Georgia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Holland, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia, Israel, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic, USA, Canada and Japan ā next up in breaking new ground is Australia
British club my hole, well done David Friel for not partitioning Ireland to gain an easy 32nd country.
Patsy will be chuffed alright Bandage. The only woman whose sporting opinion I will ever listen to.
Welcome Tony.
Fuck off Tony Mowbray
Interview with Mowbray that he did for Celtic History DVD is on TFK Tube. Very good interview on his previous time at the club.
http://www.thefreekick.com/vbforum/vbtube_show.php?do=tube&tubeid=419
A man exposed at EPL level last season for being tactically bankrupt and naive in the extreme is now the saviour of former European champions Glasgow Celtic. A sad sign of the times in how the game in Scotland is now viewed. Second tier managers Martinez and Coyle had already turned down the post but a 2m cheque was enough to buy the loyalty of a recent returnee to the second tier of English football. How the once mighty have now fallen eh?
The one thing he did have going for him were his principles right?. West Brom were always going to play the right way with the ball and when the inevitable was confirmed last month he urged his players to show some loyalty.
Obviously his principles are worth the 2m cheque that Peter Lawwell has signed but worthless to any reasoned observer of the game.
The comparions to another unsuccessful former manager Tommy Burns have already begun. Mowbray will play the Parkhead way is the cry but that wont guarantee European progression or even domestic success as the case of Burns proved emphatically. The 3 league titles out of four that Strachan delivered not enough for the deluded mob at Parkhead.
Be careful what you wish for lads. A final chilling point, how many points ahead did Phil Brown (AKA figure of fun and deluded fool)'s Hull finish ahead of West Brom?
Mogga:
I think itās futile to predict how Mogga will do at Celtic based on last season in England. He was naive to think a team of light footballers could survive in a league based primarily on kick and rush and physicality where even the top teams like Chelsea and Manchester United rely almost solely on power and long ball. The SPL has far, far less cash but teams generally try to get the ball down so Mogga will be just fine.
[quote=āKIB manā]A man exposed at EPL level last season for being tactically bankrupt and naive in the extreme is now the saviour of former European champions Glasgow Celtic. A sad sign of the times in how the game in Scotland is now viewed. Second tier managers Martinez and Coyle had already turned down the post but a 2m cheque was enough to buy the loyalty of a recent returnee to the second tier of English football. How the once mighty have now fallen eh?
The one thing he did have going for him were his principles right?. West Brom were always going to play the right way with the ball and when the inevitable was confirmed last month he urged his players to show some loyalty.
Obviously his principles are worth the 2m cheque that Peter Lawwell has signed but worthless to any reasoned observer of the game.
The comparions to another unsuccessful former manager Tommy Burns have already begun. Mowbray will play the Parkhead way is the cry but that wont guarantee European progression or even domestic success as the case of Burns proved emphatically. The 3 league titles out of four that Strachan delivered not enough for the deluded mob at Parkhead.
Be careful what you wish for lads. A final chilling point, how many points ahead did Phil Brown (AKA figure of fun and deluded fool)'s Hull finish ahead of West Brom?[/QUOTE]
but in another thread you were praising hodgson - a man exposed at serie A level-
Championship manager for a championship calibre club. 
Well, Iād expect him to bring the championship back to Celtic Park. Thatās a dinger of an interview. The part from 15 minutes onwards about his footballing philosophy is exactly what Celtic supporters demand.