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Scottish Sun
22 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
Queen's Park 0 Celtic 1 – Rodgers' men kick off pre-season with easy win as Johnny Kenny nets in windy Mount Florida
JOHNNY BE GOOD Queen's Park 0 Celtic 1 – Rodgers' men kick off pre-season with easy win as Johnny Kenny nets in windy Mount Florida Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) CALLUM McGREGOR has stopped crying his heart out. Some 41 days after he wiped treble tears from his eyes, the Celtic skipper didn't look back in anger in the shadows of Hampden. Sign up for the Celtic newsletter Sign up 4 Johnny Kenny fires Celtic ahead Credit: Kenny Ramsay 4 Brendan Rodgers gave minutes to plenty of young stars in Mount Florida Credit: Kenny Ramsay 4 Celtic players during a minute applause in memory of John Clark Credit: PA Forget the long awaited Oasis reunion down in Cardiff. McGregor was back with his team-mates to lead Brendan Rodgers' latest premiership title masterplan. The match won't Live Forever in the minds of anyone who was here. But some might say McGregor cast no shadow against the Championship side in this first friendly win of preseason. Okay, okay, that's quite enough of the Oasis puns. This was serious stuff for Rodgers and Co as they kicked off their preparations for the new season with an easy victory. Striker Johnny Kenny's first-half strike was the only goal off the game with Sean Crighton's men grafting hard all night. But it was as comfortable as it could have got for the Premiership's defending champions. The Celts boss was still without his international players for this friendly. The likes of Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda and Adam Idah have all yet to report back from their summer break. Cameron Carter-Vickers, James Forrest and Jota are still out injured. The diggers move in as Celtic Park pitch is dug up There was also no Nicolas Kuhn at Lesser, with the German winger on the verge of completing a £17million move to Serie A outfit Como. Ironically, that deal could see him play AGAINST Celtic in just a few weeks when Rodgers takes his squad to Italy for more a pre-season action. There will be a bounce game in Cork early next week and then a training camp in Portugal before that. And it's fair to assume the players are probably looking forward to some warm-weather sessions. Because July in Scotland right now could be mistaken for November given the wind and rain that was swirling around Glasgow.. Both teams almost stood shivering as they paid tribute to Lisbon Lion, John Clark, with a minute of applause before kick-off for the club legend whose funeral service had been held earlier in the day. In all fairness, by the time the game got going, the 898 fans who managed to get tickets were given a decent amount of attacking football to watch. It largely went in the one direction. Queen's keeper Calum Ferie - who would have been a hero to the Celts supporters with his man of the match display against Rangers in last season's Scottish Cup shock - didn't exactly have countless saves to make in the first-half by any stretch of the imagination. And he maybe felt a little gutted that he conceded after 20 minutes given how hard his defenders in front of him were working. 4 But Celtic were still well worth their half-time lead given how much possession they had. Johnny Kenny got the goal and it was a terrific finish from the young Irishman who continues to look the part in a hoops shirt. His sweeping finish high into the roof of the net gave Ferie no chance. At the other end, Ross Doohan was making his Celtic debut and he only had one real stop to make - from a shot from Jamie Bradley - which he did comfortably. The ex-Aberdeen goalkeeper was the only away player who stayed on for the second-half. Rodgers took all of his outfield men off at half-time and gave ten kids the opportunity to catch his eye. Stephen Welsh took the skipper's armband from McGregor. With so many teenagers out on the park it was a chance for Queen's to compete more. But the eager rookies continued to dominate the ball with Kyle Ure, Conor Daly, Sean McArdle and Ben Summers the ones to watch. They all oozed class and confidence on and off the ball as they were clearly determined to impress their gaffer. Striker Samuel Isiguzo should have made it 2-0 in the closing stages but his shot lacked power to beat Ferie. After the miss, he could have been forgiven for turning to cigarettes and alcohol. Sorry. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Daily Mail
30 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Supreme Court called it right on what makes a woman, says Judy Murray, as she welcomes 'common sense' ruling
Judy Murray has expressed support for the Supreme Court 's ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, saying 'welcome back, common sense'. The tennis coach and mother of Wimbledon champions Sir Andy and Jamie is well known for advocating 'fairness and safety' for women in sport. But in 2022 she faced a backlash when she criticised the prospect of professional golfer Hailey Davidson, of Ayrshire, becoming the first transgender woman to earn a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour card. Reacting to an article about the 32-year-old's attempt, Mrs Murray tweeted: 'No. Not fair at all. Protect women's sport. Listen to the facts, the scientists and the medics. This is wrong.' She defended her comments, saying her point was 'purely from a perspective of women's sport and protecting the fairness of competition for girls and women'. The 65-year-old has now hailed April's ruling on what defines a woman under equalities laws. In an interview with The Scotsman, she said: 'The ruling for me was just common sense. And welcome back, common sense.' Mrs Murray said: 'There have always been categories in sport and they're there to ensure fairness and safety.' Her comments come a year after she backed JK Rowling by urging her to 'preach' following a series of savage social media posts against Scotland's hate crime law as the Harry Potter author warned against 'dismantling' women's rights. Mrs Murray, who is celebrating the release of her new book, Game, Set and Murder, about the mysterious death of a tennis coach, established the Judy Murray Foundation in 2018 to improve accessibility to sports, particularly for young and female athletes. Meanwhile, gender critical campaigners have sent a further 'letter before action' to the Scottish Government, about access to toilets in government properties. Sex Matters want action by next Wednesday. The group calls on the government to state that 'all facilities designated as male or female within the Scottish Government estate are to be interpreted as meaning biological sex, and that gender-neutral options are widely available'. Tory MSP Tess White said: 'The SNP Government must stop dragging its heels. The Supreme Court ruling was crystal clear.' The Scottish Government has previously said it accepts the Supreme Court ruling.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Celtic kick-off pre-season with narrow win at Queen's Park
Johnny Kenny's first-half strike was enough for Celtic to pick up a win in their first pre-season friendly against Queen's regulars Auston Trusty, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels and Luke McCowan all started for Brendan Rodgers' side against the Championship who worked his way into the matchday squad at the tail end of last season, fired the Scottish champions into the lead from close rotated his side at the break, handed minutes to youth players with Stephen Welsh the most experienced of the bunch and with the captain's signing Ross Doohan played 63 minutes between the now travel to Ireland to take on Cork City in four days.
