Predictably, there was no guard of honour waiting for Celtic at Ibrox last Sunday, only a chastening defeat. Yet as the club celebrates its eighth consecutive title this afternoon, then goes after that remarkable treble Treble in Saturday’s Scottish Cup final, it’s a fitting moment to pause and acknowledge the contribution of the old guard. The stalwarts who have kept the trophies coming thick and fast in an era that will only be recognised properly in posterity. In the present, repeated, remorseless success has somehow become the demanding norm for this side.
After a Scottish Cup quarter-final win at Hibs in March, his second match after stepping in for Brendan Rodgers, Neil Lennon quipped little had changed while he was away as the goals came