We came we watched and we won on Wednesday night in Aberdeen and we leave this city today very happy and confident ahead of celebrating trophy day on Saturday and then onto Hampden Park the following week for the Scottish Cup final against last nights opponents.
Brendan Rodgers rang the changes and the players he called up did not let him or the travelling support down and it was James Forest who took the plaudits at full time as the players celebrated in front of us on what was our last away day of the season and what a way to end it.
The afternoon sun was shining as we strolled to the ground stopping off in a few bars for some light refreshments while sharing some stories from over the years following Celtic. Outside the ground ticketless Celtic fans held sterling notes high in the air in the hope of picking up a late brief.
Two young Celtic fans who had travelled over with us managed to pick up tickets in with the home supporters behind the goal and had a birds eye view of all of Celtic’s second half goals.
There were plenty of empty seats throughout the stadium and after the home fans witnessed a hammering and hearing news that Hibs had secured third place the stadium was almost empty for their last home game of the season by the time the final whistle sounded.
It is sad that they could not applaud a team who have blown hot and cold all season but that’s your team and they have got you to a Scottish Cup Final and they should have stayed to applaud their team.
Johnny Kenny finally got his start and rewarded the managers faith with a goal while his fellow country man Adam Idah came off the bench and added to his season’s impressive goal tally. I think that’s 20 goals now for the season. The 5-1 win would have been celebrated on all the buses as they pulled out of the coach park and headed back to Glasgow.
For those of us who had flown in from Ireland we enjoyed a few hours in Aberdeen’s late night establishments before a kebab and a good kip. Those celebrations continued this morning in a local Celtic Bar on the docks before heading to catch our early evening flight home.
You know its been a good season on the road following Celtic when Simply the Best comes on the jukebox to howls of laughter, claps and even some Celtic fans joining in with the chorus. Laughing at the rangers never gets tired.
That’s a wrap for away days this season following Celtic from Munich to Motherwell. Not even a fall on the way to Zagreb which resulted in broken nose could dampen my spirits this season although I was pissed off when my coat got stolen on the same trip and I had to go out into freezing temperatures.
We even ended up in Latvia on route to Munich thanks to Hynsey travel. It’s been emotional, next away days is scheduled for Cork in July.
Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast
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