MIBBERY – 6/10 – Shiny little MIB. Snide of face – which he was well warned about as a youngster but stayed facing the wind – and sleekit of whistle; we saw ye pick and choose yer fouls in the dying minutes: two choice set-ups for the lumbering yokels to cause maximum chaos with. But yet again Karma strikes. One can only imagine the shared grief in the officials’ dressing room as they fondled each other in the showers with the telly blasting out the closing minutes at Fir Park. Then Welshy struck. Once more, Har-de-har…
OVERALL – 6.5/10 – Always a certainty… It’s silly season at Celtic Park as The Hoops attempt to make up for the lack of atmosphere – caused by the intransigent children of the board running a PLC like it was their own personal boolin’ Club – by making sure everyone gets value for money right to the absolute end; of the game and their tether.
11.02.2026 Celtic v Livingston, Scottish Premiership. Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain with Martin O Neill after his goal. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO/ News Licensing
Why I wasn’t relaxing knee-deep in Guinness by half-time and had to spend the latter minutes of a torrid match screeching breathless and red-faced like a victim of an Alan Mac’s strangulation ‘date’, is down to the sick sense of humour possessed of the footballing Gods, who it must be said ultimately played a blinder.
As for our performance, it was indeed all about the result. But nobody had a quibble after a Blitzkrieg of an opening spell in which we did everything but carpet-bomb Livingston itself, thus enhancing their civic aesthetic. All season we have struggled to wipe-out inferior opposition when being utterly dominant – Dundee United and the scurrilous mob of January third spring most recently to mind.
A view of Celtic Park Celtic v Livingston, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 11 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO/ Shutterstock
As always, it seems, in the Celtic story we’re a knife-edge from desolation but find a way to instil triumph, and with it belief. Thirteen to go and that belief at some point will result in runaway carnage as the rub of the green most surely benefits us greens. As for the execs – Let the noisiest fans back in, you unprofessional imbeciles, and ramp up the finale.
Plastic peril strikes on Sunday at Ayrshire’s darkest hole. But momentum’s with us as the Deliverance Derby kicks off at Ibrox after we finish and the incestuous inbreds can set about fondling each other into oblivion.
Keep the faith, Celtic, and fortune will favour the righteous.
Go Away Now
Sandman
A debut goal for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, a late equaliser for Motherwell, a hat-trick for Kilmarnock’s John-Jules and a first goal for Falkirk’s Ben Broggio…
Plenty of action in tonight’s Scottish Premiership!#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/wHtkiimHUW
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) February 11, 2026
Celtic in the Thirties by Matt Corr. Click on image to order
Welsh. Goal of the season.
Hail Hail.