Celtic Historic parallels

On 21 April 1917, Celtic lost to Kilmarnock ending a run of 62 games unbeaten. Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic surpassed this record at the weekend with a comfortable victory at a historically tough venue. There is parallels between the two teams that the managers built.

Maley’steamweredescribedasthe“best-managed professional club the game has ever seen”, and Maley had a knack of taking players who seemed “nothing special” and infusing them with “Celtic Spirit”. Rodgers has upped the level of professionalism of the club, in coaching, tactics and attitude to an elite level. The team is 99 per cent made up of players that were deemed nothing special a little over 18 months ago. The next big story will be the club that ends our run, just like it was when Maley’s dominance ended.

Kevin Graham