Kerrydale Street - Recently Updated Pages

Shea, Dan

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:31:57 CDT

Personal

Fullname: Daniel Harold Shea
aka: Dan Shea
Date of Birth: November 6th 1887
Birthplace: Wapping, London
Nationality: English
International Caps: 5 (None With Celtic)
International Goals: 0

Biog

England international Dan Shea was one of the most well known names in football when he appeared for Celtic.

The Blackburn Rovers inside-right had played on loan for various sides during the years of the Great War. He had gone to Rovers from West Ham in 1912 for a then record fee of £2,000 and was rumoured to be on an astronomical – for the time – wage of £20 a game.

His solitary Celtic appearance came on January 2nd 1919 when the Londoner helped the Bhoys to defeat Clyde 2-0 at Parkhead. Such was Shea's reputation that the great Patsy Gallacher was switched to outside-right to accomodate the Londoner.

Later that season Shea would go on to play for Nottingham Forest in their Victory Shield final victory over Everton and after leaving Blackburn he returned to West Ham before moving on to Fulham, Coventry and Orient.

Celtic Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1919-20	1	0	n/a	n/a	1

Honours

None With Celtic

Squad numbers

fitzpas — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:22:10 CDT

Players | First Team Squad | Coaching Staff | Managers | Forum

Jonathan Gould
Danny Milosevic
Artur Boruc

Simon Lynch

John Kennedy

Stephen McManus

Darren O'Dea

Scott Cuthbert

Nicholas Riley

Paul Caddis

Simon Ferry

Ryan Conroy

Paul McGowan

Charlie Grant

Scott Fox

Shaw, Hugh

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:15:16 CDT

S | Player Pics | A-Z of Players

Personal

Fullname: Hugh Crawford Shaw
aka: N/A
Date of Birth: July 31st 1879
Birthplace: Uddingston
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps: N/A
International Goals: N/A

Biog

A former Rangers man Hugh Shaw made just one appearance for the Bhoys.

The Uddingston-born outside-right played his only Celtic game in a 3-1 defeat to St Mirren at Love Street on February 17th 1906. He went on to play later that same year for Kilmarnock and Albion Rovers.

Celtic Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1906	1	0	n/a	n/a	1

Honours

None

Semple, William

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:09:35 CDT

S | Player Pics | A-Z of Players

Personal

Fullname: William Semple
aka: Billy Semple
Date of Birth: April 18th 1886
Birthplace: West Maryston
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps: N/A
International Goals: N/A

Biog

An outside-left, William Semple was a coal miner signed by the Bhoys in October 1907 from Baillieston Thistle.

He made his debut in the Glasgow Charity Cup final replay with Rangers at Hampden as the Bhoys were hit by a selection crisis due to suspensions and recent ransfers. That match finished 0-0 and Billy was dropped for the second replay as more familiar names returned to the fold.

Billy made a total of 8 competitive appearances for Celtic, netting twice, before he moved south to Milwall in 1909.

Celtic Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1907-09	8	0	n/a	n/a	8

Honours

None

Scott, Robert

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:04:21 CDT

S \| Player Pics \| A-Z of Players

S | Player Pics | A-Z of Players

Personal

Fullname: Robert Scott
aka: N/A
Date of Birth: October 2nd 1870
Birthplace: Not Known
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps: None with Celtic
International Goals: 0

Biog

Inside-left Robert Scott made a solitary appearance for the Bhoys while on a one game loan from Airdrie.

Scott’s appearance came in place of Mick Mulvey in the home league tie with Rangers on April 29th 1893 with Celtic running out comfortable 3-0 winners. Such one game loan deals were common at the time and after the match Scott returned to Airdrie where he went on to become a Scotland international.

Celtic Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1893-99	1	0	n/a	n/a	1

Sanderson, Robert

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:59:28 CDT

S \| Player Pics \| A-Z of Players

S | Player Pics | A-Z of Players

Personal

Fullname: Robert Sanderson
aka: Robbie Sanderson
Date of Birth: March 15th 1887
Birthplace: Peebles
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps: N/A
International Goals: N/A

Biog

Peebles-born Robert Sanderson was an inside-right who was signed by the Bhoys in early 1908.

Signed from Peebles Rovers he made his Celtic first team debut in a 2-2 league draw at St Mirren. He would make only one further competiive appearance before joining Spennymore United in 1909 after a loan spell at Kilmarnock.

Celtic Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1908-09	2	0	n/a	n/a	2

Honours

None

Syme, David

TheHumanTorpedo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:54:18 CDT

S | Player Pics | A-Z of Players | Goalkeepers

Personal

Fullname: David Syme
aka: N/A
Date of Birth: 11/12/1891
Birthplace: Govan
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps: N/A
International Goals: N/A

Biog

Goalkeeper David Syme was signed by Celtic from St Anthony’s in August 1918 as cover for regular guardian Charlie Shaw.

Govan-born Syme made his debut in place of the ill Shaw in a 1-1 league draw at Kilmarnock on October 12th. He followed that appearance a week later by conceding a goal in the first minute as Celtic crashed 3-0 to Rangers at Parkhead.

Syme was released at the end of the season having not played another first team match. His son Willie and grandson David were to become prominent football referees.

Playing Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1918-19	2	0	n/a	n/a	2

Honours with Celtic

None

Hamilton, David

joebloggscity — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:38:31 CDT

H \| Player Pics \| A-Z of Players

H | Player Pics | A-Z of Players

Personal

Full Name: David Hamilton
aka: Davie Hamilton
Born: 21 October 1882
Birthplace: Glasgow
Signed: 1902
Left:1912
Internationals: Scotland / Scottish League
International Caps: 0 / 1

Biog

The great Davie Hamilton was signed by Celtic in April 1902 from Cambuslang Hibernian.

A Scottish junior internationalist Hamilton had impressed during trials for the Bhoys and the outside-left continued to impress when he made a scoring debut on May 19th as Celtic defeated Hearts 3-1 in a Charity Cup tie at Parkhead.

He played in the British League Cup Final victory over Rangers on17 June 1902 and went on to become a regular in the side the following season.

Although prone to spells of inconsistency, far more often than not Davie was a supreme wideman. Direct and with electrifying pace he was a real menace to opposition defences. Never more so than when he lined up alongside Alec Bennett, Jimmy McMenemy, Jimmy Quinn and Peter Somers in one of the greatest attacking line-ups in the history of Celtic and Scottish football.

Davie was a key player in the side than took six league title in a row and he won the Scottish Cup in 1904, 1907, 1908 and 1911.
A colourful character Davie would entertain the team with his fine singing voice and on the field of play he was not afraid to voice his opinion. He would receive a two month suspension for threatening language in October 1907 when he voiced his dismay at the officials by telling referee JB Stark "I wish I had a revolver"!

A much loved player Davie Hamilton played 260 times for Celtic and scored 60 goals. He departed Parkhead in December 1912 for Dundee and would also play briefly with Bathgate before retiring in 1914.

Astonishingly, Davie Hamilton was never capped by Scotland. "Hammie" won his only representative honour when he appeared for the Scottish League against the Irish League at Grovenor Park on 28 February 1903.

Davie died on 23 January 1950, aged 68 in Glasgow.

Playing Career

	LEAGUE		SCOTTISH CUP		GLASGOW CUP		CHARITY CUP		OTHER*		TOTALS
	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS
01-02	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	4	1
02-03	17	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	24	2
03-04	13	6	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	22	8
04-05	24	7	4	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	33	8
05-06	26	6	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	33	8
06-07	23	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	9
07-08	21	10	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	31	13
08-09	31	9	7	2	7	1	2	0	0	0	47	12
09-10	33	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	40	4
10-11	22	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
11-12	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2

TOTALS	222	53	40	7	27	3	14	4	7	0	310	67

OTHER*	Inter City League

Honours with Celtic

Scottish League Titles

1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09,
1909-10

Scottish Cup

1904, 1907, 1908, 1911

Pictures

Player Pics

McGrain, Danny

joebloggscity — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:37:22 CDT

M \| Player Pics, part 2 \| A-Z of Players

M | Player Pics, part 2 | A-Z of Players

Person

Fullname: Daniel Fergus McGrain
aka; Danny McGrain
Born: 1st May 1950
Birthplace: Finnieston, Scotland
Signed: 13 May 1967
Left: 12 May 1987
Position: Defence: Right Back/Full Back
First game : Dundee United league cup away 2-2, 15 August 1970
Last game : Hearts away 0-1, league 9 May 1987
First goal : Clyde home 5-0 league 8 September 1973
Last goal : Kilmarnock away 5-0 league 30 April 1983
Internationals: Scotland
International caps: 62
International Goals: 0

Biog

There are many great players in our history, and there are few other more recognisable (due to his bushy beard) or fondly remembered than the great Danny McGrain. His name is said with as much reverence now as when he played.

A great stalwart in the Celtic sides of the 70's, he was a truly world class player, whom many of us are fortunate to be able to say that he was one of us. Yet it wasn't meant to be like this. Danny McGrain was actually brought up a bluenose and was a self-confessed died-in-the-wool Rangers supporter in his youth. How did he end up then with Celtic? It's a bitter story which he has himself recounted endlessly and detailed in his biographies. A Rangers' scout is said to have visited his junior club to see or sign him, only to then turn around on hearing his surname in the mistaken belief that Danny McGrain was of Irish Catholic descent [not that it should have mattered]! Bigotry reared it's head, and disgracefully cost a good man (wrongly) to not be allowed to join his club. If ever there was a point that the Hun's sectarianism policies paid off for us, then it was here. Celtic has always been an ecumenical club, and Celtic signed Danny McGrain on the basis of his football alone [as per how Willie Maley has put it in his famous quote]. In that we can be forever grateful to Rangers in mistakenly passing him over.

Danny McGrain signed for us on May 13th 1967, just a couple of weeks before our European Cup win, and for him it was a case of looking on to see what he could become a part of. Little did the Lisbon Lions know as they were celebrating their win that already within Celtic was a player [Danny McGrain] who would soon be snapping at their heels.

His main position was as right-back but he was able to easily flit between the right-back and the left-back positions, or centre-half if and when needed. He may have been an affable gentleman off the pitch, but on the pitch he was an unforgiving tackler. Built out of granite, he never shirked a tackle and every opposing player knew his presence on the pitch; "a real cruel tackler" as Billy McNeill described him.

Another great facet of his game was his pace. A speedy player, it was like as if like a rhino was charging up the field with the ball for crossing and passing. Any weaknesses? He was too tough for any of that, but admittedly he has said himself that he wasn't an attacking penalty box player and goal scoring wasn't his forte.

Regardless, consistent and level headed, he managed to more than make himself known to all, and his reputation was international. He truly was world class, and many commentators from the 1970's have said that he was the best in the world in his position. A great accolade. Celtic fans always knew about his ability, and in a poll to find out Celtic's greatest XI, McGrain easily found a place in this alongside Jinky, McNeill and Larsson.

He was also a member of the lauded "Quality Street" gang of players, which included Dalglish, Hay, Connelly and Macari amongst others. Of the group of players, only Connelly was more highly regarded, which is some feat, and in many people's eyes he was held in the same stature as Dalglish. Kenny Dalglish though was a forward with all the glory and attention that comes with scoring goals; Danny McGrain was a solid defender, and that is why attention is usually centred more on Dalglish than McGrain.

Must add a point on his great sportsmanship. For such a solid unforgiving player on the pitch, he actually had a heart of gold and was not unknown to ask after his opposing player after a game [likely to make sure he hadn't damaged them].

It wasn't all plain sailing, and in 1974 Danny McGrain was diagnosed with diabetes, which can hinder many a person's life never mind a sporting career. However, he didn't let that put him down and worked around it, and he became a role model for others who had to live with the condition. You wouldn't have believed he actually had any such issues.

Along the way there was also a fractured jaw (1972) which lost him time at the peak of his career, but more seriously he also suffered a mystery ankle injury after what some thought was an innocuous challenge in a league match (1977) which ended up laying him out from first team action for 16 months!

Thankfully for himself and his career he recovered to return to join the side. We were all relieved for him and the attachment the support had for Danny was immense. Amazingly, he returned as strong as ever but sadly with less pace as time caught up with him. Didn't hinder him as he captained the side to the league title culminating in the magnificent "Ten men who won the league" match against Rangers in 1979.

In his career at Celtic, Danny McGrain amassed a grand total of trophies, medals and memories. He was deserving of each and every one of them. He stayed with us till 1987, a phenomenally long time for any footballer to stay at a single club. Whilst the other great players in the Quality Street gang had left to try for themselves in England, McGrain was not interested and for a man who had grown up in the blue corner of Glasgow, he had come to fall in love with Celtic and was as steeped in the history of the green as any man on the terracing. His ego was non-existent, and all was secondary to the benefit of the club. A great man deserving of all accolades that come his way.

Sadly, it didn't end amicably between Celtic and McGrain. On his retirement, he was hoping for a position amongst the coaching staff with Celtic but an agreement did not materialise between the board and him, and Danny McGrain walked out and not to return for around three years. It was a sad indictment of the old board's management that they couldn't handle this situation with Danny McGrain, his talent and experience would have been invaluable with the youths.

Thankfully, the torn relationship was repaired, and McGrain came back in later years and worked again for Celtic as a reserve team coach. His influence and persona are simply priceless.

One of the true greats of all football.

Internationals

One of the great breakthroughs for Celtic with respect to Danny McGrain, which is little commented on, was in the international game. Up until Danny McGrain, many Celtic players over the previous 50 years had been paid lip service, with many great Celtic players (such as Jimmy Johnstone) earning only a fraction of the number of caps they otherwise should have earned, all due to the partisan nature of Scottish football. The Lisbon Lions were pitifully treated by the committees who picked the squads. Danny McGrain though was a player that couldn't be overlooked (or messed with), and in doing so became a stalwart in the Scottish national side during a time when they had some degree of respectability (exc Argentina 1978).

Internationals gave Danny the opportunity to further test his abilities at another level, and many Celtic supporters who had been indifferent to the national side began to turn and support the national team when they saw he was playing.

In all, Danny managed to gain 62 caps for Scotland, and captained the national side 10 times which included the 1-0 victory over England in 1981 at Wembley and captaining Scotland in the 1982 World Cup campaign. Danny McGrain ended up winning a then record number of caps for a player playing in Scotland (only Dalglish ended up with more caps). It was a great leap for Celtic and it's players.

Thankfully, injury caused him to miss the calamity that was the World Cup in Argentina (1978). If he was there maybe things would likely have turned out differently. Who knows, but with someone like him things could have only been better not worse.

One notable piece of trivia, is that in the early 1980's the whole Scotland team on the pitch were playing for English Clubs, with one exception: Danny McGrain.

Post-Celtic club management

He managed Hamilton and Arbroath after leaving Celtic, including being manager of Arbroath as Celtic skelped them big time. It never worked out for him at managerial level, and journalist Glenn Gibbons told a tale in one of his columns possibly illustrating why. On the first training session with Hamilton, Danny McGrain told the players in his strong Glaswegian brogue: "The reason why you are all here, is cause you're all no good enough!" Hardly going to win "Coach of the Year" awards for that comment, but it was more due to that great players are sometimes way too ahead of average players and can't work at their level. Hamilton are a small club, Danny was an international institution. He likely didn't realise what he was really saying to them.

A bit funny in some ways.

Playing Career

	LEAGUE			LEAGUE CUP			SCOTTISH CUP			EUROPE			OTHER			TOTALS
	APPS	SUB	GLS	APPS	SUB	GLS	APPS	SUB	GLS	APPS	SUB	GLS	APPS	SUB	GLS	APPS	SUB	GLS
70-71	7		0	4	1	0	0		0	1	1	0	2		0	14	2	0
71-72	2	1	0	4		0	1		0	2		0	0		0	9	1	7
72-73	30		0	10		0	7		0	4		0	2		0	53		0
73-74	29	1	1	13		0	2		0	5		0	3		0	52	1	1
74-75	35		0	7		0	5		0	2		0	2	1	1	51	1	1
75-76	35		0	9		1	1		0	6		0	1		0	52		0
76-77	36		0	10		1	7		0	2		0	1		0	56		0
77-78	7		0	2		0	0		0	2		0	0		0	11		0
78-79	18		2	1		0	4		0	0		0	1		0	24		2
79-80	34		0	6		0	6		0	6		0	3		0	55		0
80-81	33		0	8		0	3		0	4		0	1		0	49		0
81-82	27		0	5		0	2		1	1		0	0		0	35		1
82-83	34		0	10		1	3		0	4		0	0		0	51		0
83-84	33		0	10		0	5		0	6		0	2		0	56		0
84-85	33		0	7		0	3		0	4		0	1		0	48		0
85-86	27	1	0	2		0	2		0	2		0	2		0	35	1	0
86-87	21	5	0	1		0	4		0	2		0	0		0	28	5	1
Total	441	8	3	109	1	3	55		1	53	1	0	21	1	1	679	11	13

OTHER	: Glasgow Cup, Drybrough Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup

Honours with Celtic

Scottish League

1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1976-77,
1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1985-86,
(note: need confirmed if he actually received a medal for 1970-71 & 1971-72, he played 7 & 3 games respectively being 16th & 19th on list of appearances.)

Scottish Cup

1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985,

Scottish League Cup

1974-75, 1982-83

Career Awards

Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1977
Member of Celtic all-time XI
Member of Scotland Hall of Fame
Captain of Scotland 1982 World Cup

Quotes And Tributes

Early Celtic Memories
McGrain cannot recall his precise Celtic debut, but he remembers an early first team experience in August 1970 when he replaced Harry Hood in a League Cup tie against Dundee United at Tannadice.

He revealed: "I came on for Harry at half-time and Bobby Murdoch played a pass to give me an early touch to calm any nerves. But I allowed the ball to run under my foot and it went out for a throw-in.

"But, thankfully, Bobby didn't give me a hard time. He could see I was nervous and told me it was OK. His encouragement boosted my confidence."

In July 1967, when, together with Kenny Dalglish, his great friend, he dared to ask Stein if they could go full-time at the club. The pair were miserable as respectively a trainee mechanical engineer and an apprentice joiner. "Football was the easy option. Kenny and I thought the real world was too hard."

McGrain and Kenny Dalglish, two of the most outstanding members of Celtic's "Quality Street" gang, had accompanied the squad to Milan for the European Cup final against Feyenoord as kit boys.

Danny on The Manager
"Mr Stein was an imposing figure. I was in awe when I first met Mr Stein, and I thought I was all through my playing career.

"He meant something to every player. Whether or not they liked him as a person he was loved for what he did for their careers.

"How big an influence was he? How long is a piece of string? He was a nice man. A nice, nice man. You don't remember the things your dad did to you that were bad. You remember the nice things like Christmas or your birthday. Maybe Mr Stein could give you stick, but it was forgotten outside the dressing room. He taught me so much. He hurried things up for me."

McGrain had been signed from Queen's Park Strollers on the recommendation of Jock Stein's assistant, Sean Fallon.

"But it was Sean who wanted to sign me and Kenny and I owe him a lot. To this day whenever I meet Sean I want to thank him."

Commenting on the 4-2 game
"At the start of the season it looked as if I didn't have a football future. I suffered an ankle injury which kept me out of the World Cup and I was told I wouldn't play again. Now I was the skipper of the title winners; it was some turn-around."

Best Moment With Celtic
It's difficult to pick one moment from all that time, but beating St Mirren 5-0 at Love Street to win the championship in 1986 was a great moment.

Worst
When Mr Stein left, he was missed around the club and there was a void left by his absence.

Favourite Away Ground
I loved the whole atmosphere and the love/hate thing at Ibrox. There was more blood and thunder in those days, but that was more acceptable then.

Favourite Goal Scored
Mine were quite forgettable. My biggest was probably against Partick Thistle in the Glasgow Cup, when I scored the winner to take us to the final!

"My bottle just went in the box. I just couldn't score."

Discipline
McGrain, despite the ferocity of his talking, was not a dirty player. He received only one red card in his career of 650 games for Celtic and 62 for Scotland. It came against Aberdeen at Celtic Park on October 9, 1982, for two fouls on Peter Weir. The second was worthy of a yellow card, the first was not. "I was late for the second one, unfortunately I only realised that when I was in mid-air. It's always like that when you are late."

Tackling is a "lost art"
"You can't tackle now and I do see more young guys copying professional players by feigning injury. We used to laugh at the Italians for doing it, now we copy them."

"My tackling was good because my timing was good. Okay, not every tackle was inch-perfect, but I never went in to hurt anybody."

Injuries and Illness
He sustained a fractured skull after a clash with Doug Somner at Brockville on March 25, 1972, and then there was the discovery that he suffered from diabetes after the 1974 World Cup.

"The fracture wasn't that severe," says McGrain, touching his forehead. "Wee Louie (Macari) didn't want to go on because it was a cold day at Brockville, but I said I felt okay and then I collapsed as I tried to leave the dressing room. I woke up in an ambulance on my way to hospital."

After an anxious three months when double vision persisted, McGrain's rehabilitation started sitting at home heading a balloon and was completed when Bertie Miller, of Aberdeen, blootered him with ball at the beginning of the 1972-73 season.

It was the searing heat of Frankfurt, Scotland's base at the 1974 World Cup, that made McGrain realise he was again seriously ill. He lost two stones in weight during the tournament and his nights were spent on a depressing cycle of drinking pints of orange juice and then going to the toilet. On his return, his wife, Laraine, insisted that he visited the doctor and he was diagnosed diabetic. If Scotland had progressed, as they came agonisingly close to doing, he could have suffered a diabetic coma.

Later injuries, such as a broken leg and the mysterious ankle injury which he sustained when he and John Blackley clattered into each other at Celtic Park in 1977.

The ankle problem, finally cured by acupuncture, meant McGrain missed Argentina, but he played against New Zealand and the USSR in Spain four years later.

Danny Versus . . .
Jairzinho, who had scored in every game of the 1970 finals and tormented Giacinto Facchetti, the legendary Italian left-back, in Brazil's 4-1 final victory, hardly got a kick when he faced McGrain in Scotland's 0-0 draw with the world champions.

Jairzinho, he insists, "wasn't the same player" he had gaped at on television four years previously and was hardly as troublesome as Arthur Graham, of Aberdeen. "You would be allowed one hard tackle at the start of the game, but Arthur could take it and when you had the ball he would tackle you. Davie Cooper was tough to pin down, but if you tackled him hard he would drift back deeper where he was less dangerous. Arthur just kept coming."

Teammates on Danny
Billy McNeill, "a real cruel tackler at times".

Tommy Burns still winces at the memory of their Celtic training sessions together. "He came through you like a ton of bricks. There was never any going through the motions for Danny. He was consistently phenomenal, the greatest player I played with."

Jim Craig: after I got married, I picked up Danny at Canniesburn Toll. Evan Williams, our goalkeeper, used to live out that way too and he would give Danny lifts as well. One day we decided to play a trick on him. Evan drove past Danny and said: 'Don't worry, Jim will be along in a minute'. Then I drove past and shouted: 'Evan will pick you up today, Danny'. We watched from behind some bushes as he looked around frantically for a taxi."

Jim McLean on Danny
Stein had just told McGrain, who had captained the Scots to a 5-2 win in the opening game against New Zealand, he was being dropped.

Liverpool skipper Graeme Souness was handed the armband at the expense of his vastly-experienced colleague, then 32 and a veteran of the 1974 World Cup.

Ultimately McGrain would win the last of his 62 caps in the final game against the USSR in Malaga, a 2-2 draw, but it was not unreasonable to believe he feared he'd already played his last game when Stein read out the team.

McLean said: "A lot of players at international level do have big egos but Danny's reaction that day was the act of a true professional.

"He must have been shattered when Jock announced the starting 11 in a team meeting a few hours before the game.

"But as soon as Jock finished listing the team and addressing the squad Danny was the first player on his feet to roar encouragement to the others.

"I'd never seen that side of Danny. He was not an out-and-out motivator because he preferred to set his examples quietly and was enormously respected by the rest of the players as a result.

"Football is a team game but we're still all selfish at times and in that situation every player was sitting nervously, hoping he'd be picked.

"Danny was a fixture in the side and must have been so disappointed not to be listed.

"But his first thought was for the team and I will never forget his reaction.

Ally Dawson on Danny
The one [game v Celtic] that stands out for me was the second game I played after I returned from a fractured skull. I made my comeback in an Anglo-Scottish Cup tie against Chesterfield and then it was straight into a match against Celtic. We won that game 1-0 at Ibrox.

But what sticks out in my mind was that after that match Danny McGrain made a point of coming up to me to ask how I was. He had suffered a fractured skull himself and wished me all the best with my recovery. That speaks volumes.

Hugh McIlvanney on Danny
"When great racehorse trainers talk about the best thoroughbreds, they emphasise not only talent but attitude. In addition to the obvious qualities of pace and skill that Danny brought to football, there was the priceless asset of his approach to the game. He encountered all kinds of problems through injury and difficulties with his health, but nothing could prevent him from being prodigious on the field.

"Anybody who saw him at his best had the unmistakeable impression of watching a great player, probably one who had no superior anywhere in the world."

Pictures

Player Pictures

KDS Thread

How Good Was He?

Biographies

Celtic: My Team, Danny McGrain 1978, ISBN 0-285-62369-9
In Sunshine And In Shadow, Danny McGrain and Hugh Keevins, 1987, ISBN 0-85976-191-6

Danny Leaves Celtic as a Player

Football: McGrain departs
Times, The (London, England)
May 14, 1987
The Scottish international full back, Danny McGrain has been given a free transfer by Celtic, ending a 20-year association with the club. McGrain said that the news provided him with the 'worst day of my life'. McGrain is the most capped player in Celtic's history, having appeared for Scotland 62 times.

Danny McGrain banned from Albania due to beard!!!!

Communist Albania frowned at all facial hair under its leader Enver Hoxha, who had made beards illegal before Celtic were due to travel for their 1979 European Cup first-round first leg tie against Partizan Tirana. The owner of a fine-follicled face-hugger himself, McGrain was understandably anxious before the trip, recalling that "there was a lot in the press about beards being banned there."

As it transpired, no one told McGrain to shave it off and he went on to play in a 1-0 defeat. "I would have done it if they had asked, but I had actually seen a few people with them," added the Celtic legend, whose side subsequently ran out 4-1 winners in the return game. "It was a little intimidating too because when we went outside there were only men in the streets and no women to be seen, but there was no bother at all."

Right-back McGrain went on to win 62 caps for Scotland, before moving into management at Arbroath, where his fancy chin-warmer came to prominence again. "I'll never forget how the fans took to Danny McGrain and his beard," recalled then-chairman John Christison of the so-called 'Danny McGrain's Bearded Army'.

"It was crazy - but brilliant. They would all wear their own beards and we had 700 T-shirts printed up. They sold out in three days."
(From the Guardian!)

1969

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:43 CDT

Matches: Year by Year \| Pictures: Year by Year

Matches: Year by Year | Pictures: Year by Year

Celtic Games Played:-	1969
Other Match Pages:-	1968 \| 1970
Decade of Matches:-	1961-1970
Picture Pages:-	1968-69 \| 1969-70
League Tables:-	1968-69 \| 1969-70

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Score	Away Team	Report	Pictures	Notes
JAN
1st	League Division 1	Celtic	5	0	Clyde	Report	Pictures
2nd	League Division 1	Rangers	1	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures
4th	League Division 1	Celtic	3	1	Dunfermline Athletic	Report	Pictures
11th	League Division 1	Aberdeen	1	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
18th	League Division 1	Dundee United	1	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
25th	Scottish Cup 3rd Rd	Partick Thistle	3	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
29th	Scottish Cup 3rd Rd Replay	Celtic	8	1	Partick Thistle	Report	Pictures
FEB
1st	League Division 1	Celtic	5	0	Heart of Midlothian	Report	Pictures
12th	Scottish Cup 4th Rd	Clyde	0	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures
19th	European Cup QF	AC Milan	0	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	1st Leg
24th	Scottish Cup 4th Rd Replay	Celtic	3	0	Clyde	Report	Pictures
MAR
1st	Scottish Cup	Celtic	3	2	St Johnstone	Report	Pictures
5th	League Division 1	Celtic	7	1	Arbroath	Report	Pictures
8th	League Division 1	Raith Rovers	1	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
12th	European Cup QF	Celtic	0	1	AC Milan	Report	Pictures	2nd Leg
15th	League Division 1	Celtic	1	0	Partick Thistle	Report	Pictures
22nd	Scottish Cup	Celtic	4	1	Morton	Report	Pictures
24th	League Division 1	Celtic	1	1	Hibernian	Report	Pictures
29th	League Division 1	St Mirren	0	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
APR
1st	League Division 1	St Johnstone	2	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
5th	League Cup Final	Celtic	6	2	Hibernian	Report	Pictures	League Cup Winners
9th	League Division 1	Celtic	5	2	Falkirk	Report	Pictures
19th	League Division 1	Celtic	2	2	Airdrieonians	Report	Pictures
21st	League Division 1	Kilmarnock	2	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures	League Champions
26th	Scottish Cup Final	Celtic	4	0	Rangers	Report	Pictures ...more	TREBLE WINNERS
28th	League Division 1	Celtic	2	4	Morton	Report	Pictures
MAY
1ST	League Division 1	Dundee	1	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures

	Season Review 1968-69
	European Cup Fixtures & Results 1968-69
	Statistics 1968-69
	Final League Table
	Scottish Cup, Fixtures & Results 1968-69
	League Cup 1968-69


	Celtic Team Line-Up 1969-70

AUG
9th	League Cup	Celtic	6	1	Airdrieonians	Report	Pictures
13th	League Cup	Rangers	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
16th	League Cup	Celtic	5	0	Raith Rovers	Report	Pictures
20th	League Cup	Celtic	1	0	Rangers	Report	Pictures
23rd	League Cup	Airdrieonians	0	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
27th	League Cup	Raith Rovers	2	5	Celtic	Report	Pictures
30th	League Division 1	Celtic	2	2	St Johnstone	Report	Pictures
SEP
3rd	League Division 1	Kilmarnock	2	4	Celtic	Report	Pictures
6th	League Division 1	Dunfermline Athletic	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
10th	League Cup	Aberdeen	0	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures
13th	League Division 1	Celtic	1	2	Hibernian	Report	Pictures
17th	European Cup 1st Rd	Basel	0	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	1st Leg
20th	League Division 1	Rangers	0	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
24th	League Cup	Celtic	2	1	Aberdeen	Report	Pictures
27th	League Division 1	Celtic	2	1	Clyde	Report	Pictures
OCT
1st	European Cup 1st Rd	Celtic	2	0	Basel	Report	Pictures	2nd Leg
4th	League Division 1	Celtic	7	1	Raith Rovers	Report	Pictures
8th	League Cup SF	Ayr United	3	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
11th	League Division 1	Airdrieonians	0	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures
13th	League Cup SF Replay	Ayr United	1	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures
25th	League Cup Final	Celtic	1	0	St Johnstone	Report	Pictures	League Cup Winners
29th	League Division 1	Aberdeen	2	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
NOV
1st	League Division 1	Ayr United	2	4	Celtic	Report	Pictures
8th	League Division 1	Celtic	0	2	Heart of Midlothian	Report	Pictures
12th	European Cup 2nd Rd	Celtic	3	0	Benfica	Report	Pictures	1st Leg
15th	League Division 1	Motherwell	1	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures
26th	European Cup 2nd Rd	Benfica	3	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	2nd Leg. (agg 3-3, Celtic through on a coin toss!)
29th	League Division 1	Morton	0	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
DEC
1st	League Division 1	Celtic	2	0	St Mirren	Report	Pictures
6th	League Division 1	Celtic	1	0	Dundee	Report	Pictures
13th	League Division 1	St Johnstone	1	4	Celtic	Report	Pictures
17th	League Division 1	Celtic	7	2	Dundee United	Report	Pictures
20th	League Division 1	Celtic	3	1	Kilmarnock	Report	Pictures
27th	League Division 1	Celtic	8	1	Partick Thistle	Report	Pictures

Deans, John 'Dixie' - Pics

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:07:32 CDT

D \| Player Homepage \| A-Z of Players \| Players \| Players Pics

D | Player Homepage | A-Z of Players | Players | Players Pics

Dixie on his Scotland debut against East Germany, 1974

1988-10-05: Celtic 4-0 Honved, European Cup - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:04:08 CDT

Match \| 1988-89 Pictures \| 1988 - 1989 \| 80's Pictures \| Year By Year Pictures \| Picture Library

Stark scores

1969-09-24: Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen, League Cup - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:21 CDT

Match \| 1969-70 Pictures \| 1969 - 1970 \| 70's Pictures \| Year By Year Pictures \| Picture Library

1969-10-01: Celtic 2-0 Basel, European Cup - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:52:56 CDT

Hood (half hidden) scores in the first minute.

1969 European Cup match at Celtic Park, Celtic v Basel, this is Billy McNeill jumping for a corner as Harry hood looks on.

1969 EC CELTIC v BASEL Lennox Wallace Hood

Hood goes close

Genmmell's shot beats keeper Kunz

1969-12-20: Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock, League Division 1

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:45:31 CDT

Match Pictures | Matches: 1969 - 1970 | 1969-70 Pictures

Trivia

[...]

Review

[...]

Teams

Celtic:-
Fallon, Hay, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Wallace, Lennox (Auld), Hughes.

Goals:- Celtic 3 (Gemmell 28 pen), Hughes 2 (31 66),

Kilmarnock:-
[...]

Goal:- Kilmarnock 1 (Morrison 24).

Ref:- [...]

Att:- 35,000.

Articles

Match Report (See Below)
Manager Interview

Pictures

Match Pictures

Stats

Articles

Match Report

Fan's view

(by Tattiemuncher of the KDS forum, link)

Gentlemen, apologies for the length of this post. Please indulge me because....

This weekend represents a special anniversary for this Celtic supporter. On 20 December 2009, it will be forty years to the day since I was taken to my first Celtic game.

Dad had taken my brother and me to quite a few reserve games before then. I remember a 7-1 thumping of Dundee United and being shocked at my father shouting at John Fallon as he fumbled a late United consolation into the net “Fallon, yer a balloon”. (That counted as abuse in the sixties!).

The most memorable reserve match, though, had to be Celtic 12 Partick Thistle 0. When would that have been? 1968, 1969? Six of the goals were scored by Joe McBride, the veteran in a team which, I later discovered, included Dalglish, Hay, McGrain and Macari. Yes, I saw the Quality Street Kids when they were exactly that! A funny post-script to this: I met Joe McBride at Celtic Park before the Copenhagen game a couple of seasons ago and asked him about it. He remembered the match, but assured me that the final score was 13-2! Maybe we left early.

Anyway, there’re only so many reserve matches two Celtic-daft schoolboys can take. We wanted to see the “Big Team”. Dad always resisted but then, out of the blue, five days before Christmas, he caved in. It wasn’t our first visit to Celtic Park but, at last, we were going to our first proper match.

To be honest, I don’t remember much about it. What I do remember is that we wore our school blazers and caps to the game! Dad wasn’t too keen on colours, but our uniforms were green and we thought they might pass as club blazers!

We lived in the East End and so Paradise was within walking distance. We’d go down Millerston Street past the old General Wolfe pub (and our little bit of imperial history from dad: to this day I can tell you Wolfe took Quebec from the French on the Plains of Abraham, dying from his wounds in the process); beside the pub stood Terry’s Tattoo Parlour, and then a few yards further along the Gallowgate stood a row of white-washed cottages, including the one with the nameplate J W Kelly.

Anyway, to the game. The record tells me 35,000 were inside Celtic Park on the 20 December 1969. The three of us took our places in the old stand. My brother and I found spaces in among the other kids sitting in the schoolboy benches which ran along the front of the stand and above the standing enclosure. Dad sat a few rows behind.

Celtic v Kilmarnock, 20 December 1969.

Celtic: Fallon, Hay, Gemmell (Craig), Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Wallace, Auld, Hughes.

It’s odd to think now – as it was then – that Kilmarnock were the last team to win the title before we embarked on our 9-in-row. Only four years earlier, they had been champions; 18 months earlier they’d been in the semi-final of the Fair Cities Cup. They were a power in the land.

Unfortunately, I only have one vivid memory of the match, which is this: after about 20 minutes of play, with Celtic attacking the “Rangers end”, the Kilmarnock captain Frank Beattie mis-timed a tackle on Jimmy Johnstone. Jinky was in full flight on the main stand side. The entire stadium knew immediately something serious had happened. The game was held up for an age and it seemed neither player would continue. The trainers came on to attend to both players, as did the first-aid crews, indeed Jock Stein himself came on. Eventually, Johnstone recovered but Beattie had broken his leg and was to be out of the game for nearly two years and never really recovered.

That night, I watched the highlights in black and white on Sportsreel and was really shocked that such a long interruption was edited down to about 30 seconds: “But mum, it went on for ages…honest”.

Sadly, Frank Beattie -- a true Kilmarnock great – died in November this year. Those of you who read his obituaries will recall that this incident was mentioned in all of them.

Anyway, I have no memories of the game apart from that. Sorry!

The final score:

Celtic 3 (Gemmell 28 pen), Hughes 2 (31 66), Kilmarnock 1 (Morrison 24)

I can’t say this was the beginning of my love affair with Celtic. My father’s sons were never, ever going to be anything other than Celts. Supporting Celtic was like the colour of your eyes: you don’t choose, the DNA does.

But it was the first of countless hundreds of games. And what will the next forty years bring for our great club?

Thank you for indulging me. If you found the patience to read this, then I hope you enjoyed these memories.

God bless Celtic!

1969-12-20: Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock, League Division 1 - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:44:12 CDT

1969-04-21: Kilmarnock 2-2 Celtic, League Division 1 - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:33:48 CDT

1980-08-20: Celtic 6-0 Diosgyor Miskolc, ECWC - Pictures

auldbhoy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:26:16 CDT

Pictures: 1980-81 | 1980's | Photograph Library | Match Report | Forum

1980 European Cup Winners' Cup match at Celtic Park, Celtic v DVTK of Hungary, this is Frank McGarvey scoring Celtic's 4th Goal, as Davie Provan looks on

1980 European Cup Winners' Cup match at Celtic Park, Celtic v DVTK of Hungary, this is Frank McGarvey scoring Celtic's 3rd Goal, as Tom McAdam looks on,

1980 European Cup Winners' Cup match at Celtic Park, Celtic v DVTK of Hungary, this is George McCluskey scoring Celtic's 6th Goal, as Dom sullivan and Murdo MacLeod looks on,

McGarvey goes close to scoring

Celtic Park

TheHumanTorpedo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:37:02 CDT

About Celtic | Celtic's Foundation | How to Get To Celtic Park

Celtic Park
How to Get To Celtic Park	Celtic Park is the second largest club stadium in the United Kingdom. Attracting 57-58,000 fans to every home game. Over the past decade Celtic are second only to Manchester United in terms of average attendance records in British football. The stadium is also occasionally used for concerts, and in the past even for large Catholic masses or Evangelical get-togethers (Billy Graham). Located in Glasgow's east end Celtic Park is sometimes referred to by commentators as Parkhead, after the district of the city the stadium is located. The stadium has been situated on its current site since 1892.
The History and Future of Celtic Park
	History of the Celtic Park Pre-war Celtic Park pictures Celtic Park - Timeline Other Sports at Celtic Park Commonwealth Games 2014
Celtic Park Until reconstruction in 1990's
	Pictures up until the reconstruction in 1990s The old "Jungle" terrracing
Celtic Construction 1990's
	Construction Plans & Timetable Cambuslang - Proposals & Site Plans Construction Pictures The First Turf of Grass at "New" Celtic Park
Recent Developments
	More recently major reconstruction of the stadium began in 1994. Aside from the main stand, the entire old stadium was razed to the ground. A new North Stand was built while Celtic played for one season at Hampden Park. The East Stand (later renamed the Lisbon Lions Stand) followed in the 1996/97 season, and the Jock Stein Stand was completed for the beginning of the 1998/99 season. Current Modern Stadium pictures Inside the Stadium (pictures from different seats) Locker Rooms
Training Ground
	After planning permission was granted in late 2006, the construction of the new state of the art training facilities in Lennoxtown began and was opened in 2007. Prior to 2007 training took place at Barrowfield.

"Celtic Park,
where a man is
judged by his
football alone."

- Willie Maley

Hood, Harry - Pics

TheHumanTorpedo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:27:43 CDT

H | Player Homepage | A-Z of Players | Players | Players Pics