League Cup

Celtic won their 30th consecutive domestic cup tie - beating Hibernian in a frantic game at Hampden - to set up a Scottish League Cup final in December with either Rangers or Hearts.

Neil Lennon's side, winners of this competition for the past three seasons, were comfortable by the break after Mohamed Elyounoussi's brace either side of goals from Callum McGregor and Melker Hallberg.

Captain Scott Brown scored twice in the second half, with Florian Kamberi's consolation in between proving futile.

The defeat does little to ease the pressure on Hibernian boss Paul Heckingbottom. Although this was a first loss in seven matches, the Englishman's side have not won in 90 minutes since 3 August.

Posted by voc1967 on Saturday 02 November 2019 - 22:44:16 | Comments: 0  |  

Celtic are back at Hampden next month to take on Hibernian in the semi-final of the Betfred League Cup. Having won the trophy for the last three seasons as part of the unprecedented Treble Treble run, Neil Lennon’s side will be looking to secure another final appearance this time around.

The Bhoys make the trip to the National Stadium for a 5:30pm kick-off on Saturday, November 2, having so far seen off Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle in this season’s League Cup campaign.

Due to insufficient allocation of tickets for the fixture, tickets for this match have been balloted amongst those who meet the following criteria:

Posted by voc1967 on Thursday 10 October 2019 - 10:51:03 | Comments: 0  |  

Celtic eased past Partick Thistle to win their 29th successive domestic cup tie and set up a Scottish League Cup semi-final with Hibernian.

Vakoun Issouf Bayo headed in his first Celtic goal to open the scoring before Tom Rogic finished a flowing move.

Second-tier Thistle, in their first game under new boss Ian McCall, had Tam O'Ware's header ruled out for offside.

And Olivier Ntcham's seven-minute double, then Scott Sinclair's strike, sealed Celtic's last-four berth.Celtic have won the competition three years running as one third of their domestic treble treble.

Posted by voc1967 on Wednesday 25 September 2019 - 22:14:26 | Comments: 0  |  

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has given a full update on his squad ahead of tonight’s cup clash. It’s the Scottish League Cup quarter-final and Celtic take on second-tier side Partick Thistle.

Lennon will rotate his squad for this fixture after a heavy schedule of games recently. Celtic played Rennes last Thursday, Kilmarnock on Sunday and there are three more games (including tonight) by next Thursday. Here is the latest squad update from the Bhoys boss.

Posted by voc1967 on Wednesday 25 September 2019 - 08:48:07 | Comments: 0  |  

Holders Celtic will host second-tier Partick Thistle in the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup.

It will be a second consecutive tie against lower-league opposition for Neil Lennon's side, who edged past Championship outfit Dunfermline Athletic on Saturday.

Rangers will travel to Livingston, while Kilmarnock host Hibernian and Hearts will welcome Aberdeen.

The ties will be played on 24-26 September.

Posted by voc1967 on Sunday 18 August 2019 - 21:30:34 | Comments: 0  |  

James Forrest bagged an extra-time winner as Celtic scrambled into the last eight of the Betfred Cup .

The cup holders managed to put their Champions League nightmare exit to CFR Cluj to bed by starting the defence of their trophy with a success.

However, it was a real struggle as they needed additional time to see off their Championship opposition.

Posted by voc1967 on Saturday 17 August 2019 - 17:01:20 | Comments: 0  |  

Celtic will host Dunfermline Athletic in the Betfred Cup on Saturday after a shock defeat at the hands of Romanian outfit CFR Cluj saw their Champions League dreams come to an end.

It’s been a difficult couple of days to get through so far but the Hoops have to bounce back with a convincing victory over Dunfermline Athletic to change the mood.

Neil Lennon could ring the changes for the weekend’s Betfred Cup tie.

Posted by voc1967 on Saturday 17 August 2019 - 10:22:43 | Comments: 0  |