Articles tagged with "naka"

Naka to Italy? Baloney!

By Matt | July 3rd, 2008

Sky Sports last week reported that free kick and tin opening with his left foot specialist Shunsuke Nakamura would be heading back to Italy with ...

St Mirren 0-1 Celtic: Sake Cures Hangovers

By JT | February 25th, 2008

It would have been folly to think that yesterday's match at Love Street was going to be anything but a slog. And how can ...



Barca's Injury Pile & The Brilliant McGeady

By JT | February 12th, 2008

With a brief winter vacation in the books, its time to get back to what really matters in life: media coverage of The Celtic Football ...

The Bhoys Are Back!

By JT | February 4th, 2008

Celtic thoroughly dominated Kilmarnock in a Scottish Cup fifth-rounder at Rugby Park, and in doing so offered a glimpse of the kind of squad they ...

Who is Jan Durica? Naylor to Pompey?

By JT | January 24th, 2008

Celtic have failed in their bid to bring Slovakian left-back/central defender Jan Durica of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast to Parkhead. The Bhoys are reported ...

Celtic 3-0 Stirling Albion: Bhoys Advance

By JT | January 14th, 2008

Celtic coasted to a comfortable 3-0 victory over First Division side Stirling Albion over the weekend, opening up the defense of their Scottish Cup in ...

The Rebuilding of a Back Four

By JT | January 11th, 2008

As has been well documented in the British press, Celtic need some serious upgrades in their defense. Prior to Bobo Balde's recent recall to ...

Japanese Starlet Set for Celtic

By JT | January 9th, 2008

Following in the immense footsteps of SPL Player of the Year Shunsuke Nakamura, speedy young midfielder Koki Mizuno is set to join Celtic after having ...

Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen: Warm Up Complete

By JT | November 25th, 2007

This is exactly how Celtic's home games in the SPL should look. An early Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink header allowed the Bhoys to take ...

Hoops News 10.31.07: Boo Hoo Bobo!

By JT | October 31st, 2007

Both Bobo Balde and Derek Riordan have expressed their desires to leave Celtic Football Club as soon as they possibly can, but for very different, ...

Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: Skippy on Fire

By JT | October 29th, 2007

Aussie legend Scott McDonald fired Celtic to a 3-0 victory over Motherwell at Celtic Park on Saturday, coming back to haunt the club that made ...

Int'l Roundup: Where Our Bhoys Been

By JT | October 18th, 2007

Unfortunately, the positive energy that's been surrounding Scottish football has waned a wee bit after yesterday's 2-0 loss away to Georgia. The Scots were ...



Celtic Shorts 09.25.07--Naka to Miss Milan Match?

By JT | September 25th, 2007

Celtic's Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura looks set to miss next week's key Champions League fixture against Milan at Celtic Park. Apparently Naka has been ...

Celtic 5-0 Inverness Caley Thistle: On Top to Stay

By JT | September 17th, 2007

Celtic spanked a spirited Inverness Caledonian Thistle side on Saturday 5-0, with the goals coming from a variety of sources, snatching top spot in the ...

The Traveling Celts: A Great Week

By JT | September 13th, 2007

Its been over twenty four hours since Scotland's fantastic 1-0 win in Paris over France, so I find it positively incredible that we haven't heard ...

Celtic Shorts 09.04.07--National Teams Annoy Me

By JT | September 4th, 2007

I know there are a ton of national team supporters out there, reading the Offside, and all across the footballing universe. But for someone ...

Falkirk 1-4 Celtic: The Highlights

By JT | August 12th, 2007

Celtic collected a morale boosting 4-1 victory at Falkirk yesterday ahead of the huge midweek tussle with Spartak Moskva in the Champions League qualifiers. ...

Celtic FC 2007/08 Season Preview

By JT | August 2nd, 2007

Its hard to believe that the long, hot days of summer without meaningful Celtic football are finally over. The two-time SPL & reigning Scottish ...

Hail Hail the New Captain! Its Stephen McManus!

By JT | July 31st, 2007

Today was one heckuva day for Celtic central defender Stephen McManus. He was named Captain of the squad, and put pen to paper on ...

Boruc Out Up To Three Weeks, Andy Cole to Parkhead?

By JT | July 30th, 2007

Its on. Finally the time has arrived to do away with excuses for poor performances, and arguments about who is atop the power rankings ...

The Genius of Naka Leads Japan into Asian Cup Quarters

By JT | July 17th, 2007

The superb Shunsuke Nakamura created the goal that drew Japan level with Vietnam in the first half, and scored the one that effectively shut the ...

Bald Danish Midfielder For Sale!

By JT | July 9th, 2007

Wee Gordon Strachan has always been a quality quote guy. He’s never been cryptic, and has been known to shoot straight from that recently ...

Talkin' with Strachan About the Armband

By JT | July 5th, 2007

Ahead of today’s first preseason friendly in Switzerland against FC Basel, the papers are chock full of Celtic manager and quote machine Gordon Strachan. ...

Nakamura Stays & DaMarcus Goes Blue

By JT | June 27th, 2007

The rumors that Nakamura is looking to leave Celtic Park have been dismissed and mocked. Apparently Naka has quite a complex set of agents ...

Nakamura to Leave for £1 Million?

By JT | June 26th, 2007

The news of the day that has all Celtic fans in a frenzy is that SPL Player of the Year and all-world playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura ...

The Wizardry of Nakamura

By JT | June 22nd, 2007

A Shunsuke Nakamura tribute is in order for this fine summer Friday. We're light on transfer news of value, so what better time to ...

Meet the Celts--Masters of the Midfield

By JT | June 10th, 2007

Scott Brown (Scotland)—The “hottest property in Scottish football” moved to Celtic from Hibs in the most expensive ever transfer between Scottish clubs. At only ...

Meet the Celts--Keepers & Today's Celtic News

By JT | June 7th, 2007

Artur Boruc (Poland)—Rightly regarded as one of the top keepers in Europe, I covered Boruc in yesterday’s post. From the looks of it, he’ll ...


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