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The 2007/08
season is going right down to the wire thanks to the Bhoys' last two
wins against Rangers. Join us at Paddy's for the last few games
as there's bound to be more twists and turns in this year's title race!
And look out soon for details on our Events
page of the end of season party..
The Celtic
and Scottish football community has been shocked by the death of former
Celt, Phil O'Donnell. The Tokyo CSC wishes to extend his family sincere
condolences on behalf of the global Celtic community.
Every one
of Celtic's SPL games is again being shown live in season 2007/08 at
our sponsor, Paddy
Foley's Irish pub in Roppongi, Tokyo. Come down and enjoy
the craic! Keep an eye on our Events page for details of club-supported
games - please note that due to the wide dispersal of our members across
Tokyo and surrounds and the late kickoffs, we can't get to every game..
Celtic
secured another historic league and Cup double with a 1-0 victory
over Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup final on 26th May, also
the night of the Tokyo CSC's end of season party! Shunsuke Nakamura
was the runaway winner in the Player of the Season Awards (click
here
for all the details) while pics of the night are available via this
link..
Another 31,000 yen was also raised on the night for our supported charity,
Carillon Children's House - see our Charity
page for more info.
You couldn't
make it up - after looking like we were going to have to wait another
week to secure the league title, and with barely seconds left in the
game away to Kilmarnock, up steps Japan's top bhoy Shunsuke Nakamura
with another stunning free kick to win the league for Celtic! And it's
not just us who think he's Scotland's best - he was voted so by the
Scottish Professional Footballers Association.
Hit by injury
problems and key absentees, the Tokyo CSC put up a brave fight
at the 2007 Footy Japan/YC&AC Charity 6s on 21st March but failed
to defend our plate title won last year. The bhoys put up a brave show
though, eventually going out to the Wall Street Clash. The real winner
though was UNICEF with another sizeable charity donation.
Celtic's
historic entry to the round of 16 in the European Champions League gave
the club a mouthwatering tie against Italian giants AC Milan.
TV cameras were present for the first leg and it was a huge night for
all involved - as you can tell from the pics..
UEFA Champions League TV has now broadcast the show featuring our club
- click here
to watch it..
The result
may not have been the greatest (1-1) but the Tokyo CSC saw out
the year by watching at Paddy's the final Old Firm derby of 2006
on 17th December. A late equaliser from the old foe may have spoiled
the occasion somewhat, but the comfort of a 16-point lead provided reassurance.
See here
for pics from the night.
Glasgow rockers
Mogwai joined the Tokyo CSC at Paddy's for the
12th November game against St. Mirren. A hat trick from Thomas Gravesen
got the bhoys a 3-1 win, no thanks to another strong performance from
local hero Shunsuke Nakamura. But it was the surprise visit from
the celebs that had Paddy's rocking. See Mogwai
for pics from the night.
The Tokyo
CSC unfurled its new flag at the 23rd September Old Firm
game - another enjoyable affair with two goals from Celtic new bhoys
Thomas Gravesen and Kenny Miller securing victory in the
derby. Pics of the event are available here.
They came,
they saw, they got humped. Celtic FC played its first match on Japanese
shores on 3rd August in a friendly against Shunsuke Nakamura's
former club, Yokohama F Marinos. Losing the match 3-0 was disappointing
to the many thousands of bhoys fans at the game in Yokohama, especially
with Naka's substitution after 65 minutes. It was particularly galling
that the players failed to give their fans, some of whom had travelled
from Hong Kong and elsewhere and who were in strong voice, any acknowledgement
after the final whistle.
But for the Tokyo CSC, the opportunity to see the bhoys without travelling
thousands of miles was a god-send, and manager Gordon Strachan gave
the club a great reception during the presentation of the Tokyo CSC's
player of the year awards. Our sponsor Paddy Foley's put on a
great pre-match party too! The discount on tickets acquired for the
Tokyo CSC's 100-odd support will help our charity, Carillon Kodomo
no Ie (Carillon Children's Home) in its work to protect abused children.
Come back soon bhoys, but don't forget to bow next time - it's Japan!
Click here for pics
of the event..
The Tokyo
CSC and Celtic celebrated winning the 2005/06 SPL championship
in style with a 4-1 win over Kilmarnock on 9th April. Thanks
to everyone who came out to Paddy's to watch the game, and also
those who contributed to our charity raffle - another 10,000 yen was
raised for the children's shelter. Around 40 members of the club also
went to Saitama Stadium on 13th May for the Japan v Scotland game,
which finished 0-0, making the Scots the Kirin Cup champions!
The
Tokyo CSC followed the example of the Glasgow bhoys by winning a
trophy in the YC&AC Charity Sixes football tournament
on 21st March! The bhoys went undefeated, conceding only a single goal
in seven games. Hard to believe, but we've got the pictures to prove
it - see Charity
Sixes.
Japanese
fans of the bhoys now have their own website - www.celticfc.jp
Check it out for all the latest official information from Celtic Park.
Bhoys fans might also want to have a look at a forum, www.celticminded.com.
There's a Japanese section and over 100 Japanese fans on it already!
The tremendous
news of Japan international Shunsuke Nakamura signing for Celtic
generated a huge amount of interest overnight in a club and league previously
generally ignored in the Land of the Rising Sun. Both local media (Fuji
TV) and Scottish (BBC Scotland, Glasgow Herald, Evening Times, Scottish
Sun, Radio Clyde and others) made inquiries to the Tokyo CSC
for information about Celtic's new star - hopefully he can handle the
pressure. Skyperfectv announced the LIVE screening of all Celtic's Scottish
Premier League matches in the 2005/06 season - a first for Japan - with
the first game shown Nakamura's sparkling debut against Dundee United.
The momentum produced a bumper turnout at the club's first event of
the new season - the 20 August Old Firm game. Unfortunately the
bhoy from Yokohama was sacrificed in the 54th minute due to Alan Thompson's
dismissal, and the result went against the bhoys. Our second game at
Paddy's against Hearts on 15 October ended up all square,
but the third one against Rangers on 19 November saw the
bhoys triumph 3-0, in no small part due to our Japanese bhoy! Thanks
to everyone who turned out, and also those who supported the charity
raffle.
The long
anticipated 2nd Buckfast Invitational golf tournament was held
on July 9, 2005, in Kashiwa, organised by golfbhoy Clarkey, and
what a great day out it was.
Clarkey managed to win the Buckfast trophy for the second
straight event, although unfortunately due to a grape shortage the winner
indulged in a bottle of 20/20 instead of the monks' tonic. Three picture
pages of shame are available (see
Buckie Golf).
After the
disappointment of the last day of the 2004/05 Scottish Premier League
season, the Tokyo CSC celebrated a much better result after the
club's end-of-season party on Saturday, 28 May, with victory over Dundee
United in the Scottish Cup final. Yet again the bhoys kept
us on edge with only a narrow 1-0 lead thanks to an Alan Thompson
goal, but it proved to be enough in the end, and Martin O'Neill
finished his five-year spell with Celtic on a successful note. Thanks
MON for all the memories - the king is dead, long live the king! See
Cup
Final '05 for pics of the
night.
The
Tokyo CSC held its official 2003/04 end-of-season party on the
night of the Scottish Cup final, held 22 May, 2004. With 2.5
hours of nomihodai and food, the 20-odd bhoys and ghirls who attended
were well prepared for the 11 p.m. kickoff. And in sensational Swede
Henrik Larsson's last competitive match for the Hoops, the bhoys
didn't disappoint, winning 3-1 after going a goal behind thanks to two
strikes from the King of Kings and another from Stan Petrov. Thanks
to another raffle, for which Paddy's contributed some champagne, the
Tokyo CSC raised another 12,000 yen for our sponsored charity (see the
Charity
page). The Tokyo CSC would like to thank Paddy Foley's
for hosting us and everyone who joined the Tokyo Celts in supporting
the bhoys during the League and Cup double-winning season of 2003/04.
The King is dead - long live the King. Photos of the night are online
at 2004
End of Season Party.
The
Tokyo CSC flew the flag for Glasgow Celtic FC at the St.
Patrick's Day parade in Omotesando, Tokyo, on Sunday 14 March, 2004,
a day in which the Hoops were definitely the flavour (see the
Photos).
Sadly the lack of free Guinness put a dampener on proceedings and we
hope this is rectified for next year..
Tokyo
Tims Anthony, Andy, Eugene, Paul & Stevie travelled to Seville for
the 21 May, 2003, UEFA Cup Final against FC Porto. Read
about the preparations in
The Scottish Sun article on
the lhads (well Andy, anyway!). The bhoys and ghirls left behind had
a big night at Paddy's, which you can witness from the
Photos,
including the surprise appearance of a celebrity Scottish actor!

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