It’s déjà vu all over again for Celtic fans
It is maybe not so prevalent in modern football console game but we’ve all played games which had a set way to score.
Mastering this route to goal took some of the fun out of the game but if you were in dire need of a goal, it was a great tactic.
Every so often, a goal is scored in real life that appears to be a carbon copy of one that has gone before.
Celtic fans experienced a little bit of déjà vu at the weekend with Scott McDonald’s opening goal. It was an important strike but not as important as the one it was reminiscent of.
The New Year Celtic v Rangers match of 1988 was played at Celtic Park and the match set the celebratory tone for the club’s centenary year. Two Frank McAvennie goals got the party started for the Celtic faithful in what turned out to be a great season for the Hoops.
Both goals started in midfield with the ball being perfectly weighted for the on-rushing right back. Both times, the ball was pushed through to the on rushing forward to slot the ball home.
Courtesy of MAH KA SHAUGH of the Kerrydale Street site, sit back and compare and contrast:
It is funny to note in both, the striking partner of the goalscorer was celebrating before the ball was tucked away. Some may observe that both goal grabbers battled addictions throughout their career. Macca was drawn to the birds and the booze during his playing days whilst Skippy McDonald is clearly drawn to the dinner table!
No Celtic fan will be getting carried away on the back of one goal (which they’ve seen before anyway) but if their current crop can get close to the class of ’88, they’ll be delighted.
Has your team scored two similar goals?
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Excellent observation. (Smug mode) I noticed it on Saturday myself at the game and took great delight in telling everyone around me. A few peeps agreed and some just looked at me funny which is not unusual.
If anything, Crosas’ pass was even better than the Maestro’s (Blasphemy!) as he had less space to work with and had to be more precise with the defence-splitter.
Happy days were back again on Saturday.
It’s likely there will be a few pockets of Celtic fans everywhere who noted it at the time.
The decision to run with it came from the excellent synced up footage and hopefully it will bring it to the attention of some people.
Whilst not being at the same club, WeKnowSFA will try and later on dig out the video footage of the Maradona 2nd goal v England in 86 and the goal Messi scored for Barcelona.
Talk about heir to the throne!!
How about Maradona’s 1st goal v England and a certain advertiser of gentlemen’s shaving products v Ireland recently?
Leaving aside the handball goals
this is what we want!!
Willie Garner circa 1981 scored 2 similar goals in the one match. Pity they were both O.G.’s. (Good to see DubCentral has not left the country).
Cheers Mobo67, Willie Garner was just a bit before WeKnowSFA’s time but the reaction of older fans when his name is mentioned is priceless.
Was there not also a defender who was made captain on his debut and scored at least one if not two one goals? Likely to have been around the later era of Stein – a definite first pick in the They Embarassed The Hoops XI.
WeKnowSFA would like to distance themselves from the remark about being pleased that Dubcentral has not yet left the country.
DubCentral is not happy that he has not left the country.
Willie Garner is also not before DubCentral’s time and those two goals are still etched in to his mind. He never really recovered from that day did he.
Dubcentral needs to remember this post when is slagging off other people for talking in the third person.
Its almost Caldwell esque.
Willie Garner was not Caldwell esque, just not in that class.