Great day for the Parish

We were back in Glasgow on Saturday to see Brendan Rodgers shuffle the pack around for the game against newly promoted Livingston. Celtic dominating the game and were deserved winners with a comfortable 3-0 win.

The Celtic manager with one eye on the win or bust Champions League Play Off in Kazakhstan against Kairat on Tuesday, he rested some key players including Kieran Tierney. Hayato Inamura made Celtic competitive debut while Dane Murray made his second start after starting in the League Cup win over Falkirk.

Luke McCowan started the game but limped off injured. Arne Engels was back in the starting 11 and Paulo Bernardo came in for a rare start in the middle. We also got a chance to see Shin Yamada leading the line for Celtic. He looked lively and had a goal ruled off side before making way for Johnny Kenny.

Injuries have also weakened the squad with Adam Idah, Alistair Johnston and Auston Trusty all ruled out for the game.

There were banners in the North Curve section aimed at the Celtic board refusal to back the manager in the transfer window ahead of the the crucial CL games.

There were also chants of “Sack the Board” but they were not as loud as on Wednesday night. Maybe the three second half goals relaxed the atmosphere although there were plenty of empty seats scattered throughout the stadium.

One section of the ground that was full was the Kano Kids section in the middle of the Lisbon Lions Stand behind the goals. The charity welcomed the 20,000^th kid to Celtic Park. It was also a great day for the Parish with Liam Scales captaining Celtic and Johnny Kenny coming off the bench to score Celtic’s third goal.

Benjamin Nygren picked up a deserved man of match award and chipped in with 2 goals. Celtic are now top of the table on 9 points with 3 wins and 3 cleans sheets in the SPFL.

Onwards to Tuesday.

Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast