Celtic fan sparks chaos in talkSPORT studio with astonishing Liverpool claim
Celtic not only boast a whopping 54 Scottish Premiership titles, they also lay claim to one of the greatest talkSPORT fan callers of all time. The Hoops have certainly got their band of passionate fans dreaming after a solid start to this season’s Champions League. Daizen Maeda’s equaliser salvaged a point for Celtic against Club Brugge on WednesdayGetty Celtic have picked up eight points from their five games and currently sit in 20th place ahead of holders Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig. As it stands, Brendan Rodgers’ side are set to qualify for February’s play-off round ahead of their final three games against Dinamo Zagreb, Young Boys and Aston Villa. Celtic’s encouraging European football coupled with their two-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership has created an air of overexcitement for one fan who believes his side will blow away Europe’s big boys and claim a second European Cup. Celtic fan Steve, called Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy on The Sports Bar on Wednesday night to discuss Celtic’s standing as a European force before reeling off a list of teams Rodgers’ men will stomp all over in pursuit of glory. And it would lead to O’Hara dubbing him ‘the best Sports Bar caller ever’ on social media. Speaking about Liverpool’s win over Real Madrid, Steve played down the current Anfield crop before comparing them to Celtic. “I don’t think they’re as great as your Dalglish’s, Souness’s and Hansens’ but they are up there. It has been a great advert for British football Liverpool, Aston Villa and Celtic (in the Champions League). “I’ll put my house on it that Celtic would go down there and wipe the floor with Liverpool.” That sparked the first set of laughter from the studio and O’Hara and Cundy tried to reason with the caller. Steve responded: “You fear having Rangers and Celtic in your league because you know we’d come down there and Rangers and Celtic would wipe the floor with you.” Cundy and O’Hara were gripped to claims of Celtic fan Steve The caller gave a glowing reference of Celtic boss Brendan RodgersGetty He continued: “Celtic were the first (British) team to win the European Cup. “Scottish football is up there. We had Big Ange up here who took Celtic to the top before Spurs poached him off us.” Steven then appeared to take a more serious angle on his argument claiming Rodgers’ heroics could mean future heartbreak for Celtic fans. “The danger Celtic fans have got is, where is Brendan Rodgers going to go to?” he said. “Is he gonna go to Juventus? Is he gonna go to AC Milan, Inter Milan Real Madrid? That man’s calibre is way up there. “And even at Liverpool it was only Gerrard who beat him for the title.” The talkSPORT duo were left in stitches during their chat with the Celtic fan But normal service was resumed and Steve piled in on the broadcast duo claiming Celtic would beat the top teams in England and Europe. “Celtic are up there with the best of you,” he added to which Cundy replied, “Celtic, good team in Glasgow. Name the teams you can compare yourselves with.” Cue the hysterics in the studio as Steve lined up a host of European giants to his Celtic hitlist. He continued: “Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Spurs, Nottingham Forest, Real Madrid, Juventus”, leaving the studio in fits of laughter. “I’ll phone you back up when we win the Champions League,” said the fan. “You’re gonna get a good spanking, the lot of you.” Cundy asked Steve which teams Celtic would spank to which he reeled off another list with a few surprising inclusions. “Juventus, Real Madrid, Inter Milan Porto, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Brighton, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Blackpool.” With O’Hara and Cundy at this point, almost falling out of their chairs at the broadcast desk, Steve allowed them to come up for air. It remains to be seen whether Celtic can topple Europe’s big guns but a trip to Bloomfield Road to face Steve Bruce’s side might just be a stretch too far.
Celtic not only boast a whopping 54 Scottish Premiership titles, they also lay claim to one of the greatest talkSPORT fan callers of all time.
The Hoops have certainly got their band of passionate fans dreaming after a solid start to this season’s Champions League.
Celtic have picked up eight points from their five games and currently sit in 20th place ahead of holders Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig.
As it stands, Brendan Rodgers’ side are set to qualify for February’s play-off round ahead of their final three games against Dinamo Zagreb, Young Boys and Aston Villa.
Celtic’s encouraging European football coupled with their two-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership has created an air of overexcitement for one fan who believes his side will blow away Europe’s big boys and claim a second European Cup.
Celtic fan Steve, called Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy on The Sports Bar on Wednesday night to discuss Celtic’s standing as a European force before reeling off a list of teams Rodgers’ men will stomp all over in pursuit of glory.
And it would lead to O’Hara dubbing him ‘the best Sports Bar caller ever’ on social media.
Speaking about Liverpool’s win over Real Madrid, Steve played down the current Anfield crop before comparing them to Celtic.
“I don’t think they’re as great as your Dalglish’s, Souness’s and Hansens’ but they are up there. It has been a great advert for British football Liverpool, Aston Villa and Celtic (in the Champions League).
“I’ll put my house on it that Celtic would go down there and wipe the floor with Liverpool.”
That sparked the first set of laughter from the studio and O’Hara and Cundy tried to reason with the caller.
Steve responded: “You fear having Rangers and Celtic in your league because you know we’d come down there and Rangers and Celtic would wipe the floor with you.”
He continued: “Celtic were the first (British) team to win the European Cup.
“Scottish football is up there. We had Big Ange up here who took Celtic to the top before Spurs poached him off us.”
Steven then appeared to take a more serious angle on his argument claiming Rodgers’ heroics could mean future heartbreak for Celtic fans.
“The danger Celtic fans have got is, where is Brendan Rodgers going to go to?” he said.
“Is he gonna go to Juventus? Is he gonna go to AC Milan, Inter Milan Real Madrid? That man’s calibre is way up there.
“And even at Liverpool it was only Gerrard who beat him for the title.”
But normal service was resumed and Steve piled in on the broadcast duo claiming Celtic would beat the top teams in England and Europe.
“Celtic are up there with the best of you,” he added to which Cundy replied, “Celtic, good team in Glasgow. Name the teams you can compare yourselves with.”
Cue the hysterics in the studio as Steve lined up a host of European giants to his Celtic hitlist.
He continued: “Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Spurs, Nottingham Forest, Real Madrid, Juventus”, leaving the studio in fits of laughter.
“I’ll phone you back up when we win the Champions League,” said the fan. “You’re gonna get a good spanking, the lot of you.”
Cundy asked Steve which teams Celtic would spank to which he reeled off another list with a few surprising inclusions.
“Juventus, Real Madrid, Inter Milan Porto, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Brighton, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Blackpool.”
With O’Hara and Cundy at this point, almost falling out of their chairs at the broadcast desk, Steve allowed them to come up for air.
It remains to be seen whether Celtic can topple Europe’s big guns but a trip to Bloomfield Road to face Steve Bruce’s side might just be a stretch too far.
