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Celtic kick off the new Scottish Premiership season at home to Aberdeen this afternoon, hoping to lay down a marker for the weeks ahead.

I like the Daizen Maeda and Jota threats on each wing. It’s a particularly big day for 22-year-old Stephen Welsh who has only started three competitive games in 2022. Hart’s game is evolving at Celtic and he’s playing higher than ever before, so it’ll be interesting to see how that pans out in competitive games.

Aberdeen are the first visitors to Parkhead as the Dons look to start life under Jim Goodwin properly after a dismal campaign last season. With Rangers coming ...

“But what Ange probably deserves most credit for is being able to identify players in the Japanese market. “He completely changed Celtic’s style of play, the players clearly bought into his ideas and seem to have more energy in the team than before he came in. That balance allows them to play the way they want to and makes the passes from that side a little bit easier. “But we want to upset him. But to ring in another right sided one makes me think Christopher Jullien is away so i don't think he'll start today. In years gone by they’ve brought in players at a similar level and sold them for incredible amounts of money. This time it's Kyogo with the shot on goal. There could be Celtic debuts for new boys Aaron Mooy, Moritz Jenz and Alexandro Bernabei, while Benjamin Siegrist is on the bench as Joe Hart's understudy. A host of new signings including Bojan Miovski starts. But the former Hoops midfielder believes his ex-club should have signed a lef-sided centre back to bring more balance to the defence, but the fact they did suggests that Christopher Jullien is for the off. Kennedy is the first player of the afternoon to have his name taken for kicking through the back of Matt O'Riley. The former Celtic player even has time to take a touch into the box before picking his spot, but the Irishman sends the ball wide of the post.

It's set up to an an emphatic showdown at Celtic Park this afternoon, and you can follow the action LIVE with us here at Football Scotland. Key Events. Aberdeen ...

That balance allows them to play the way they want to and makes the passes from that side a little bit easier. But to ring in another right sided one makes me think Christopher Jullien is away so i don't think he'll start today. Now, I just want to focus on my football and continue my development at this amazing football club. "There's not too much of a change compared to cup games. I think Celtic speaks for itself. And the only one who can't feature this afternoon is Liam Scales, who is ineligble to play against his parent club. Aberdeen have endured a bright start to the 2022/23 season, with four wins out of four from their Premier Sports Cup campaign. I felt like this is the place for me to be." However, a mix-up between the keeper and Welsh see's the ball fall through his legs and he just about manages to clear the danger. Kyogo is next to test the Donskeeper, as his strike from the edge of the box is parried away. Jota cuts it back to O'Riley on the edge of the box and his curling effort forces Roos into a fantastic save as he tips over at full stretch. However, the Dons have also yet to lose in their seven outings so far this season, with four wins out of four in their Premier Sports Cup group.

Celtic FC Women this morning announced the signing of Shen Menglu on a two-year deal, subject to international clearance. The 20 year old left sided wing ...

To look at the Celtic FC website right now you’d be very worried about squad depth. With a half dozen departures from last season’s Double Cup Winning squad, the Celtic women’s side is in need of numbers being added and of course quality players. Celtic FC Women this morning announced the signing of Shen Menglu on a two-year deal, subject to international clearance.

Aberdeen manager, Jim Goodwin, has made a huge claim before his side take on Celtic at Parkhead in their Premiership opener.

One can only hope that Postecoglou’s side will be on top of their game. The Dons are coming off of a terrible 2021/22 campaign and will be keen to bounce back this time around. That is going to be easier said than done though as Jim Goodwin’s Aberdeen will be standing in their way.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou can land a big upgrade on Cameron Carter-Vickers by signing Joseph Okumu.

Last season saw the 25-year-old make 49 appearances for the Belgian club after joining from IF Elfsborg in the previous summer window. One player that has been mentioned with a move to Glasgow that could also be an upgrade on Carter-Vickers is KAA Gent defender Joseph Okumu. Celtic not only managed to end their previous season with the Scottish Premiership title in their hands, but they also managed to rack up the best defensive record in the division.

Subscribers to Celtic TV can enjoy the latest episode in the 'Teammates' series where a Celtic Star answers quick-view questions about his teammates in the ...

“The manager is a bit of a closed book,” CCV says, “so I don’t know who to say”…fine avoided, LOL. Josip Juranovic gets the Worst Dressed award from CCV: “Some of the stuff he comes in here wearing is a bit out there. On the nicest guy in the Celtic squad, again no surprises here: “Kyogo. He’s always smiling. Asked who are the loudest and funniest members of the Celtic dressing room, CCV said: “There are a few loud players. Well according to CCV there are once again a few contenders for the funnyman award. So best trainer, according to CCV is: “Callum McGregor. He’s the captain.

Wins against Old Firm sides have felt far and few in recent seasons for the Reds, but down the years, Aberdeen have picked up some historic results against ...

Could they spoil the party again? The iconic moment from that afternoon? Much like their April away day in 1980, the Dons were the underdogs on April 21 2004, and it looks an almighty task for the Reds to seal a big away day win at Celtic Park. It could have been four had Strachan's penalty not been saved, but that didn't matter to Aberdeen in the end, as the win went on to inspire the Dons to a trophy-laden glory era. Aberdeen have a huge task on their hands as they look to rain on Celtic's flag day parade, as the champions welcome the Dons to Parkhead for their opening fixture of the season. On April 23 1980, the Dons faced not only the task of the talented side Celtic had produced in the early 1980s, but they had the task of looking to snatch the title away from their rivals.

CELTIC fans showed off a stunning 360-degree tifo display to celebrate Flag Day ahead of their Scottish Premiership opener against Aberdeen.

“It’s important we get our mindset right for that in the next few days at training, give a good performance and try and get a good result.” “It’s important that we’ve come through pre-season undefeated and we’ll try and take that mentality into the season. “When you think about the names that have done it over the years, for the club to ask me to do it is a huge honour, and for my family to watch that,” he said.

The Pittodrie gaffer watched as his side fell to a 2-0 defeat to the Scottish Premiership champions on the opening day.

However, Dons' boss Goodwin reckons a corner should have been awarded at the opposite end before the Celtic man was able to double the lead in Glasgow's east end. It's an unbelievable strike from Jota, but I did think there was a corner that should have been awarded to us. There was a party atmosphere at Celtic Park as Callum McGregor unfurled the league title flag, and Ange Postecoglou's men got off to the perfect start when Matt O'Riley's corner from the right was met by Stephen Welsh with the centre-back's glancing header finding the net.

CELTIC 2 ABERDEEN 0 A WONDER strike from Filipe Jota signalled Celtic's intentions as they fired out of the starting blocks in the new campaign this ...

It looked a clear spot-kick, but the match official chose to ignore the claim. Celtic were dominating possession, but they had a fright seven minutes from the turnaround. Substitute David Turnbull got the move in motion with a simple pass to Jota with little danger threatening. There was a massive sigh of relief from Joe Hart and his defenders when the Irishman sent his effort a foot past the right-hand upright. In the 25th minute, Hatate and O’Riley combined for the Danish Under-21 midfielder to flash over a cross from the left, but a stretching Kyogo just couldn’t make proper contact at the back post and his drive zipped wide of the upright. As expected, Reo Hatate was busy right from the off and he had a low drive on target in the ninth minute, but it lacked the oomph to trouble the visiting Dutch netminder who got down quickly to his right to deal with it.

Celtic supporters produced an incredible stadium wide tifo ahead of kick-off as they paid tribute to their title-winners as they raised the championship ...

Callum McGregor carried the trophy out prior to kick-off and fans had organised a stunning display that was unveiled as the players walking out of the tunnel. Ange Postecoglou's men got their title defence underway with a clash against Aberdeen at a packed-out Celtic Park and the tifo was just the start of a brilliant atmosphere throughout the stadium ahead of kick-off with club anthem You'll Never Walk Alone belted out by supporters as they awaited kick-off in the Glasgow sun. Celtic supporters produced an incredible stadium wide tifo ahead of kick-off as they paid tribute to their title-winners as they raised the championship flag ahead of the new season.

Shen, 20, joins Celtic from Portugal's Atletico Ouriense. The left-sided player previously played for Sporting Lisbon. Shen will wear the No. 28 shirt at Celtic ...

- Chinese footballer Shen Menglu joins Celtic women's team Chinese footballer Shen Menglu joins Celtic women's team Shen joins compatriot Shen Mengyu, who signed for Celtic last season.

Gordon Parks took your calls as one supporter makes a startling claim and refereeing decisions take centre stage early on in the new campaign.

He only came to Parkhead because he had nowhere else to go and it’s the same story with Cameron Carter Vickers. Celtic are a joke of a club and everyone wants to play them in Europe because it’s as good as getting a bye into the next round." Alan McGaw, Alloa, said: "It wasn’t easy watching Rangers struggle during the first half against Livingston but the game changed in the second half after subs came on. We now move on now to Tuesday night in Belgium against Union Saint-Gilloise. I’m sure Gio van Bronckhorst will get the correct defensive combination sorted out." Ian Renton, Johnstone, said: "What is the point of Rangers passing Livingston off the park in the first half, but not registering a single shot on target? I'll settle for the outcome and maybe VAR could have made it easier." Champions Celtic claimed the points against Aberdeen and Rangers won at Livingston but Hibs and St Johnstone were getting it in the neck.

1. Joe Hart · 88. Josip Juranovic · 20. Cameron Carter-Vickers · 57. Stephen Welsh · 3. Greg Taylor · 42. Callum McGregor · 41. Reo Hatate · 17. Joao Pedro Jota.

Giving a team of Celtic’s quality a head start is not what we needed to do. “He was wasteful with the ball, gave away possession when he shouldn’t have. “We got better again in the second half. Even Jota, the man of the moment, was not spared. Giorgos Giakoumakis should have added gloss to Celtic’s victory in the closing stages but was profligate. It was, in fact, that sort of afternoon for Celtic. This two-goal victory was sufficient to place them at the summit of the table after a single round of matches but Ange Postecoglou cut a slightly frustrated post-match figure.

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou described Jota as one of the "main culprits” in a “wasteful” end to the first-half as the Scottish champions ran out 2-0 ...

“But, he was one of the main culprits in the last 15 minutes of the first half. “These are the kind of things we have to avoid. He was dangerous, threatening and doing the team stuff as well. “We got control of the game and were creating opportunities. If we had taken them we could have put the game well to bed. We let the game be more open than it should have been, which was disappointing.

Ange Postecoglou's men were dominant at Celtic Park as Aberdeen struggled to deal with them.

McCrorie has impressed in the middle of the park for the Dons and is normally the one closing down and crunching into tackles but nobody was doing that for Jim Goodwin's men today. Aberdeen had to drop Ross McCrorie into centre back alongside Anthony Stewart for this one with Liam Scales unable to play against his parent club and they had no senior replacements on the bench. Celtic looked a bit rusty in the final third at times but Jota was a constant threat throughout. As the half drew to a close, Aberdeen did start coming into the game and Jonny Hayes had a glorious opportunity to equalise. Ange Postecglou didn't give a debut to any of his new signings from the start and stuck with the players who were so good for him last season. The inswinging corner found the head of Stephen Welsh and the young centre back headed beyond Kelle Roos in the Dons goal.

The Green Brigade's full stadium tifo display at Celtic Park was a wonderful addition to the flag day celebrations today.

The broadcaster uploaded a clip of the scenes to their social media accounts earlier today and it’s already racked up more than 100,000 views, with many more to follow. Well done to everyone involved in today’s event and here’s to many more over the next 12 months! With noise, passion, colour and creativity such as this, it really feels like the club can push for even more special moments this season, off the back of last year’s success.

Following the defeat at Celtic Park, Jim Goodwin was understandably frustrated with the result, but quick to point to some positives too as he.

We still want to add some quality to the team to handle the ball better and hopefully we’ll be able to get further down the line on that in the next week.” We still tried to play out from the back, albeit not as well as we’re capable of, but you can be on the end of fours and fives here. “You have to remember that plenty of the boys won’t have experienced an atmosphere like that before, but they stood up to it.

Ange Postecoglou spoke after the match about the result and overall performance from his side on Flag Day in Glasgow's East End. Jim Goodwin brought his ...

We can be far better in front of goal than we were today and the manager recognises there is still work to be done. I said to the boys you can have lofty ambitions but you can’t be at 90% and achieve what we want. I thought he started well but he was one of the main culprits to why we fell away. I thought we were quite wasteful in front of goal and we should’ve been a couple more clear. We were in control and aggressive and then we got a bit slack just before half time. I thought for the first half hour we were good and we got the early goal.

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Yet we didn’t finish that game off as soon as we could have or in the style we might have done. The closing down and the work rate was phenomenal. The promise of pre-season was there today, in a lot of ways.

Celtic got their title defence off to a solid start with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen at a colourful and noisy Parkhead on the opening weekend of the new ...

In fact it was the visitors who had the best chance before the interval when Jonny Hayes latched onto a Vicente Besuijen cross but steered his shot wide of Joe Hart’s post. It is a new-look Dons side with aspirations of getting back into European football. It looked like it would only be a matter of time before they added a second only to not turn their dominance into an end product.

The former Celtic striker praised the early goal from the Celtic academy bhoy because it's something the Hoops aren't really known for. The bhoys get the…

Welsh wouldn’t have been in the starting XI on Sunday afternoon had Carl Starfelt been available. Welsh’s early goal set the Champions on their way but it would take until the latter stages of the second half for the Hoops to make sure of the three points when a wonder strike from Jota. The Portuguese star has picked up where he left off last season with some outstanding moments during the game. The former Celtic striker praised the early goal from the Celtic academy bhoy because it’s something the Hoops aren’t really known for.

The 23-year-old winger smashed home a second-half stunner as the Premiership champions opened their title defence with victory over Aberdeen.

We want to send a message to the league that we want to be strong in every game and this team is hungry for more and more.” “The most important thing for me was that we started on the right foot this season in the Scottish league, so now we have to keep working and be better in every game. Sometimes we cannot score a lot of goals, but you have to keep on trying, be in the right spots and finish with quality.” “The good thing is he addressed it at half-time and in the second half, not just his goal, but his general play was really good. “These are the kind of things we have to avoid. I get on the pitch and sometimes I just go blind!

The Parkhead boss demanded better than the "wasteful" finishing that could have put his side well clear on the scoresheet.

It's an area, we score goals, we've got goalscorers right throughout the team but I felt today we just lacked a bit of decisiveness in front of goal." I thought we got a bit slack towards the end of the first half. However, it was a reminder of the high standards the Celtic boss expects as he demanded better than the "wasteful" finishing that could have put his side well clear on the scoresheet.

A WIN is a win, but Ange Postecoglou was not overly impressed with Celtic's performance vs Aberdeen.

They addressed that in the second half. Welsh has impressed in pre-season so it’s been important for him and Cam to be on it and they have been good. On Jota, the Aussie added: "It's a good goal.

KARAMOKO DEMBELE officially ended his long affiliation with Celtic in the summer, leaving as a free agent. However, the player has so many friends and ...

Despite not making it at Celtic, we always like to see former bhoys do well for themselves. KARAMOKO DEMBELE officially ended his long affiliation with Celtic in the summer, leaving as a free agent. Dembele is continuing his career with French side FC Brest and is looking to fulfil his early potential.

The Premiership champion opened their title defence with a win over Aberdeen but Postecoglou wants more.

He copped a couple of hard knocks, to be fair, and he was a bit sore after the game. “Welshy and Cam [Carter-Vickers] have had to carry the load and it was important that they both had a strong pre-season and were coming in in good form. I want to be a better person and a better footballer. Welsh proved his manager spot on with a clean sheet and his goal and Postecoglou was delighted with the Scotland Under-21 captain. In pre-season we knew Carl [Starfelt] was going to be out for a major part of it and Moritz [Jenz] came in very late. “I thought we started the game really well and the first half hour were really good. But we just have to keep our minds straight, have a nice mentality, and get back on track. “That’s what we aim for and, hopefully, every game we will be better and better. “But, we could have had more chances if we made better decisions in the final third. We’ve goalscorers all over the park, so we need to be focused in all aspects of our game.” He explained: “I think we started well, intense and pressing good. If we’d taken them we could have put the game well to bed.

Vasilis Barkas. Dane Murray. Boli Bolingoli. Owen Moffat. Ben Doak. Adam Montgomery. They are names of players that featured in at least two competitive ...

Could Celtic progress into the Champions League knockout round for the first time in a while? If not, I’d back them to do even better in the Europa League… That is not a criticism of who they are, more of a criticism that Celtic should not have been relying on players of their calibre in the past as they simply weren’t ready to take on such a gruelling season.

The Manchester United legend looks to be on the way out of Old Trafford in search of Champions League football.

Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are among the elite clubs to pull the plug on any potential move for the forward, while a fairytale return to Sporting has been ruled out by the Portuguese side. However, Rangers icon Ally McCoist was quick to shut down any talk of a move. Brazil reckons Ange Postecoglou could offer an obvious solution if the Parkhead club's principal shareholder Dermot Desmond get involved.

The 59-year-old football nut enjoyed a weekend packed with live action and admitted he was keen to take in the champions.

"But they score two goals in three minutes and they win the game, which they should do. They get a goal that was probably just onside. Livingston score after about five minutes, defensively it's a poor goal from Rangers and then they totally dominate.

FLAMBOYANT Filipe Jota was the Parkhead pin-up with his stunning 25-yard strike against Aberdeen that sealed the 2-0 success on the opening day of the…

“These are the kind of things we have to avoid. He was dangerous, threatening and doing the team stuff, as well.” “Sometimes it’s difficult to listen to what is happening in the stands because we are so focused on doing the right thing that we just go blind. He was wasteful with the ball and he gave away possession when he didn’t have to. I get on the pitch and sometimes I just go blind! I just got the opportunity to shoot and it went in.

There was a moment just as the first half of Celtic's league opener with Aberdeen was coming to a close which prompted a frustrated reaction from Ange ...

The 23-year-old returned to the club this season in a £6.4million deal. It's good to do the things I love the most, playing football.” I want to be a better person and footballer. Now we just need to keep on working and be better every game.” "It was definitely a good moment for me, in my career,” Jota said. “He was dangerous, threatening and doing the team stuff as well.”

Joe Hart has sent a sensational message to Celtic fans, as the goalkeeper seems to have been blown away by the atmosphere on Flag Day.

The tifo and the atmosphere on the day was exceptional, even by their own sky high standards. The people who were at their brilliant best on the day though were the Celtic fans. And after struggling for several years, and even losing his status as a first-team goalkeeper, he has proven at Parkhead that he is still a top-class player.

Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart has never experienced a flag day like the one at Celtic Park this afternoon and has taken to Instagram to share his delighted ...

An early header from Stephen Welsh sent the Bhoys on their way to victory. New one for me but wow it was special 🤩 great to be back at it… special place.

The Celtic winger scored a stunning goal as Ange Postecoglou's side kickstarted their Scottish Premiership campaign with a win on Sunday against Aberdeen. After ...

"But they score two goals in three minutes and they win the game, which they should do. They get a goal that was probably just onside. Rangers legend McCoist admits he enjoyed watching Celtic in action as they breezed past the Dons despite not being at their free-flowing best.

Rangers legend, Ally McCoist, has made a stunning admission about the Celtic star, after his incredible goal against Aberdeen.

McCoist seems to have been very impressed with what he has seen of Jota so far and even hailed him as a genius. Although, it must be said that they should have scored more goals on the day, and were wasteful with their chances, and inefficient with their decision-making in front of goal. The Hoops started off their Premiership campaign with a 2-0 win over Aberdeen in front of an electric Parkhead crowd.

Celtic winger Jota has summed up the joy of his sensational strike in the Hoops' 2-0 win over Aberdeen to kick off the season.

“Everyone has the same points, so we are not focusing on last season. We are not in last season; everything starts from zero now. He said [ Daily Record]: “I think it was everything, not just that moment.

Celtic certainly didn't have the fluidity we saw at times last season, but they comfortably got the defence of their title underway against Aberdeen ...

Stephen’s more important contribution came when he headed home from a corner in the third minute. We are going to face a lot of packed defences this season, overloading with a ball-carrying centre half is an important tool to assist. Celtic certainly didn’t have the fluidity we saw at times last season, but they comfortably got the defence of their title underway against Aberdeen yesterday.

French Ligue 1 side Toulouse have ended their pursuit of Celtic defender Stephen Welsh, according to Sky Sports journalist Anthony Joseph.

Interest from leagues across Europe goes to show how the defender has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years, and many are excited to see how his development continues under the 56-year-old. The young academy graduate has also attracted interest from Italy in the past, with Udinese enquiring about a potential move for Welsh. The 22-year-old centre-back has been subject to transfer interest across the last two windows, with clubs from Europe eyeing up a move.

Craig Swan answers your calls as the return of Scottish football dominated the agenda after the opening weekend.

Meanwhile, there were a couple of calls to congratulate the England women’s football team on winning the Euros. Andrew Lamb, Fraserburgh, said: “A quite magnificent performance by the England women to beat Germany and win the championship. They play football that has all the excitement and charisma of a bucket of fish.” Alan Lough, Dunbar, added: “Congratulations to the English women’s team on winning. Kenny Wilson, Moffat, took an overall view of the display of Ange Postecoglou ’s side and said: “It wasn’t a blistering performance from Celtic, but it was a very professional and comfortable one against an Aberdeen team who look a bit more resilient this season. He said: “I can understand why Antonio Colak had a quiet time on Saturday. He was literally on his own with the system Rangers played. Also because Celtic are champions, they get Tuesday off while their rivals will have tricky games coming up to get to where the greatest team in the history of Scottish football are.”

Celtic have released more brilliant footage from the Scottish Premiership opening day victory over Aberdeen on Sunday.

An early goal in the opening few minutes set the tone for the Hoops, with Stephen Welsh rising highest to meet Matt O’Riley’s corner delivery. However, the Bhoys kicked off the season in perfect style, picking up all three points and heading straight to the top of the Scottish Premiership table after just one game. Ange Postecoglou’s side faced a potentially tricky task, with Aberdeen travelling to Glasgow off the back of a positive start in the Premier Sports cup.

Welsh netted the first goal of the campaign for Ange Postecoglou's men but couldn't avoid a rinsing from his teammate.

Welsh took to Instagram after the game to post a photograph of himself celebrating alongside the message: "Good win and performance. Joe Hart and Mikey Johnston were among those to congratulate their Celtic on his goal. Jim Goodwin's side struggled to contain last season's Double winners as Jota fired in a sensational strike from distance that Dons keeper Kelle Roos could do very little about.

Still it was lovely to see Stephen Welsh get Celtic off to a flyer with a rare Celtic goal from a corner kick and Jota's finish for the second was a thing of ...

In truth it could and should have been a much busier morning for the Celtic TV video editing team but as the manager bemoaned afterwards, his side were wasteful in front of goal. That will go down well in the darkest elements of Scottish society. Still it was lovely to see Stephen Welsh get Celtic off to a flyer with a rare Celtic goal from a corner kick and Jota’s finish for the second was a thing of beauty that even had Ally McCoist describing our superstar from Portugal as a genius this morning.

Celtic kicked-off the season in a positive manner on Sunday. But, there is still more to come from this side, Ange Postecoglou has insisted.

As the former Socceroos boss describes, it was a solid display from his squad. “But, we could have had more chances if we made better decisions in the final third. “I thought we started the game really well, and the first half-hour were really good. It was a decent workout. If we’d taken them, we could have put the game well to bed. My view is we are creating opportunities, so let’s take as many as we can.

The young defender has worked his socks off to make sure he has the attributes that will keep him in Ange Postecoglou's plans.

They got there eventually with that one and his confidence does not look in short supply on the early evidence of his pre-season and opening-day performance. There is always a sense that homegrown players have it that little bit harder as they push their way into the unforgiving environment of the first team. The winger is capable of conjuring something from nothing – as evidenced on Sunday – but there would have been a reminder in Postecoglou’s remarks about the necessity of keeping his mind on the job.