3G surface holds no fears after his experience in Fiji‘Warming up, there were toads we had to remove’ Ange Postecoglou had to remove toads from a swampy pitch before one of the most pivotal games of his career, so Sunday’s FA Cup tie on non-league Tamworth’s 3G surface holds no fears for him. The Tottenham manager has plenty of experience of artificial pitches, including from his time in Scotland with Celtic, and he said his players would train on one at the club’s Enfield HQ on Saturday. But Postecoglou’s mind went back to his first job as a manager at South Melbourne and a make-or-break fixture in unusual conditions. It was an Oceania qualification tie for the inaugural 2000 Club World Cup and Postecoglou has vivid memories not only about what was at stake but also the surface at the stadium in Fiji. Continue reading...

Nicolas Kuhn's injury that kept him out of Celtic's win over Dundee United is "not too serious", says manager Brendan Rodgers.

Website said Celtic’s Kyogo Furuhashi had joinedSigning was Cayman Togashi on free transfer Major League Soccer has apologised after saying Celtic’s Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi had signed for Atlanta United when in fact it was his compatriot Cayman Togashi who had joined the club. Atlanta had previously been linked with Furuhashi and on Wednesday MLS posted an article on its website saying the 29-year-old Japan international had completed a transfer. Continue reading...

Rangers were nine points behind Celtic at Christmas. Now they are 15 back despite winning the derby. So what happens now?

Celtic and Kyogo Furuhashi receive an apology from Major League Soccer after they wrongly claim that the Japanese striker had joined Atlanta United.

Goals from Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate sent Celtic 16 points ahead of Rangers in the Premiership as the champions beat Dundee United 2-0 in a nostalgia-tinged night at Parkhead. Maeda netted on the rebound midway through an utterly one-sided first half as Celtic increased their lead, at least until Rangers face Dundee at Dens Park on Thursday. Continue reading...