2011-01-12: Hamilton 1-1 Celtic, SPL

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Trivia

  • Celtic balls up, and drop two points.
  • We scored two at the death but last goal was not given.
  • Appalling reffing by Collum who made repeated mistakes, esp seeing Forrest wrongly straight off red!!! Terrible.
  • George Peat (SFA President) starts war of words with Celtic after we make an appeal over a 6 game touchline ban to Lennon!
  • Celtic make a response to Peat but it's all another war this season for proper treatment and professionalism.

Review

Our performance was lazy. We seemed to treat the match like a stroll in the park. The system didn't help us at all but Lennon didn't have many other options. We have one striker, what other system should we have played? Ljungberg isn't fit enough yet to start the match so that ruled him out. I would've perhaps shifted Ledley to the left and played Brown. We always seem to play poorly in Hamilton and I am fed up of the way these pathetic football clubs attempt to play the game. Hamilton had no intention of getting the ball down and playing the game of football. They set out to frustrate and kick us off the park. Gavin Skelton – MOTM? No wonder Scotland haven't qualified for a tournament in over ten years if this is the standard of a MOTM performance*. His only role in the match was to stop McCourt by any means possible. That is the limit of their ambition. Perhaps I am just bitter about the result but the football on show is horrible and these clubs setting up with a system that means they either have a five man midfield or defence. It is so difficult to break down. Overall our performance lacked the final pass and a striker that could hold the ball up and bring other players into the game.

The refereeing performance was below school boy. It was the complete performance in terms of eneptitude. I'm sure George Peat had a little chuckle and a giggle as officials managed to wrongly allow a goal against us, wrongly send off one our players and deny us a clear penalty. Kudos to the SFA and Dallas' for the wonderful standard of his referees.
Decision 1, offside goal. Shocker Celtic dis-advantaged.
Decision 2, Forrest red, Celtic dis-advantaged.
Decision 3, Hamilton red card. Correct but no real advantage as we are already down to 10,
Decision 4, McGinn penalty, booked when genuine foul, Celtic disadvantaged.
Decision 5, Izzy Penalty. Neutral as correct decision.
Decision 6, Last minute line call. Looked correct decision so neutral but even if there was doubt who would have been disadvantaged?? So better give it anyway.

Teams

Hamilton

  • 01 Cerny
  • 04 Canning
  • 05 Graham
  • 06 McLaughlin (McAlister 62; red card)
  • 03 Skelton
  • 12 Buchanan
  • 18 Flavio Paixao
  • 24 Gillepsie (Wilkie 83)
  • 27 Mensing; red card
  • 07 Imrie
  • 30 Hasselbaink (Casalinuovo 82)

Substitutes

  • 19 Murdoch,
  • 25 Elebert,
  • 11 McAlister,
  • 14 Wilkie,
  • 09 Casalinuovo,
  • 21 Paixao,
  • 99 Antoine-Curier

Goals

  • Mensing 28

Celtic

  • 26 Forster
  • 03 Izaguirre
  • 05 Majstorovic
  • 12 Wilson; yellow card (McGinn 66; yellow card)
  • 25 Rogne
  • 16 Ledley (Ljungberg 75)
  • 21 Mulgrew
  • 33 Baram Kayal (Brown 59)
  • 49 Forrest; red card
  • 10 Stokes
  • 20 McCourt

Substitutes

  • 24 Zaluska,
  • 04 Juarez,
  • 31 Towell,
  • 07 Ljungberg,
  • 08 Brown,
  • 14 McGinn,
  • 17 Crosas

Goals

  • Stokes (pen) 90+2
Ref: Collum
Att: 5,163

Articles

Pictures

MOTM

Stats

Possession

  • Hamilton 53%
  • Celtic 47%

Attempts on target

  • Hamilton 3
  • Celtic 5

Attempts off target

  • Hamilton 1
  • Celtic 8

Corners

  • Hamilton 2
  • Celtic 6

Fouls

  • Hamilton 12
  • Celtic 10

Articles

  • Ewan Murray at New Douglas Park
  • guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 January 2011 22.02 GMT

Hamilton celebrate after Simon Mensing opens the scoring for Hamilton Academical. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA It had seemed impossible that levels of controversy within this game could match those that arrived immediately beforehand. The reality proved otherwise.
Open warfare between Celtic and the Scottish Football Association had erupted before kick-off. In response to Celtic's gripes about a six-game touchline ban handed down to their manager, Neil Lennon, the SFA's president, George Peat, had branded the club "tiresome". Celtic hit back with a statement questioning why Peat was "attacking" them.
Events in Hamilton proved equally colourful. The hosts finished with nine men, Celtic 10, with Lennon's team only rescuing a point thanks to a stoppage-time penalty. There remained time for Celtic to have what would have been a winning goal chalked off.
Afterwards, Lennon offered a withering critique of the match officials. Hamilton's opener, which arrived with a player in an offside position, particularly riled the Celtic manager. "It was not good enough," said Lennon of the refereeing display. "We just want officials to do their job properly. There was a player two yards offside at their goal, it is staggering. It was totally unjust but it [the goal] stood nonetheless."
On matters relating to football, Lennon also had cause for concern. He had only one fit striker for this match, with Anthony Stokes turning out as a lone forward but proving anonymous. Despite the manager's claims to the contrary, Celtic generally toiled at New Douglas Park.
In the 27th minutes, at a Hamilton free-kick that had been dubiously awarded in the first place, Martin Canning was in an offside position when the ball was played into the penalty area. Canning's positioning was enough to irritate the Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster, whose block of the set play only allowed Simon Mensing to head home.
There was merely a shake of the head from Lennon as his team were reduced to 10 men. Willie Collum, seemingly on the advice of his assistant Tom Murphy, showed red to James Forrest after a tackle on David Buchanan. The young winger was late, but a booking would have been a more legitimate punishment.
Jim McAlister's dismissal looked more clearcut. The Hamilton substitute, only on the field for 35 seconds and having not touched the ball, stupidly left a boot in on Mark Wilson. Collum had little option but to level up the teams.
Celtic's Niall McGinn earned a booking for an alleged dive inside the Hamilton penalty area, raising Lennon's temperature further. "It was a penalty," the manager would claim.
One was awarded after Mensing upended Emilio Izaguirre, the Hamilton scorer earning a red card for his troubles and Stokes scoring from 12 yards.
The Celtic striker headed home deep into time added on but Lennon's celebrations were cut short by an assistant referee's flag, the ball having looped out of play from a corner. It was the final act of a dramatic night.

BBC

Hamilton Accies 1-1 Celtic

By Stevie Miller
Celtic salvaged a point via a late penalty in a drama-filled clash with Hamilton at New Douglas Park.
Accies took the lead through Simon Mensing with Martin Canning seemingly in an offside position.
Referee Willie Collum dismissed Celtic's James Forrest and Hamilton's Jim McAllister after the break.
Mensing also saw red for a foul in the box, Anthony Stokes converting from the spot before having a goal disallowed deep into injury time.

The Parkhead side now sit five points clear of arch-rivals Rangers, but the Ibrox side have three games in hand.
Celtic had the bulk of possession in the early part of the game, but found it hard to break down the Accies rearguard with the home side pressing Celtic players whenever they were on the ball.
And it was the visitors who had the first real effort when Stokes flashed the ball across the face of goal, Accies keeper Tomas Cerny tipping wide.
Mensing then forced Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster to get down and save a weak shot after a neat one-two brought the Hamilton defender bearing down on the Celtic goal.
The Accies defence then somehow managed to escape going a goal down after Paddy McCourt cut the ball back across the Hamilton goal-line after a mazy run, but Mark McLaughlin blocked the shot from Forrest.
Then, against then run of play, Flavio Paixao's free-kick was parried by Forster's feet and Mensing was first to react by sending a looping header into the net, although Celtic manager Neil Lennon complained that Accies' Canning was offside as the ball was played in.
Celtic upped the tempo as they looked for an equaliser and Forrest should perhaps have done better when he blazed over the bar after a mazy run on the left.
And the visitors' task became harder when youngster Forrest was shown a straight red card by referee Willie Collum for a rash challenge on Hamilton's David Buchanan on 49 minutes.
Despite going down to 10 men Celtic continued to put Hamilton under pressure, but Emilio Izaguirre blazed a shot wide of Cerny's right-hand post after breaking out from left-back.
And referee Collum restored parity of numbers as substitute McAllister saw red after only 35 seconds on the pitch, the midfielder penalised for scything down Celtic full-back Mark Wilson.
With plenty of space available both sides pushed forward and Paixao tested Forster after beating Majstorovic before Celtic went straight to other end where Stokes was denied by Cerny's low save.
Accies were throwing bodies into the breach to block a torrent of Celtic attacks but Stokes managed to force a drive from the edge of the box which Cerny collected to his left.
And the Czech keeper pulled off a fine save as he threw himself to his left to tip an effort from the same player wide of the post.
McCourt played in fellow Nothern Ireland international Niall McGinn with a terrific defence-splitting pass but Cerny again saved Accies, parrying at the feet of the winger.
With only seconds left of normal time, Hamilton goalscorer Mensing saw the third red of the match after he blocked Izaguirre in the box, handing Celtic a lifeline.
Stokes sent Cerny the wrong way from the spot-kick to bring the sides level.
With six minutes of injury time played, Celtic threw everything at Accies in search of a winner and the drama continued as Stokes headed the ball into the net from Mulgrew's corner in the last action of the match.
But his celebrations were cut short when the assistant referee judged the corner had curved out before the Irishman connected.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9358657.stm

Published: 2011/01/12 21:52:48 GMT

© BBC 2011

BBC

Lennon 'staggered' by decisions

Celtic boss Neil Lennon felt his side suffered from poor decisions by officials as they drew 1-1 at Hamilton.
Lennon questioned calls by the referee and one of his assistants during two incidents in the match.
"You're talking about big moments in the game again – Hamilton's goal, which shouldn't have been a goal, and penalty we should've had," said Lennon.
"It seems to be every other game now. I don't want to say too much as I'm in enough trouble, but it's frustrating."

In an extraordinary encounter at New Douglas Park, SPL bottom club Hamilton took the lead against the table toppers thanks to Simon Mensing's header on 28 minutes.
The linesman is quick to see the corner that goes out for Stokes' goal at the end, but he can't see a blatant offside. Staggering
Celtic manager Neil Lennon
Celtic were reduced to 10 men when James Forrest was shown a straight red, but Hamilton were reduced to nine following straight dismissals for Jim McAlister and Mensing.
The latter player conceded a penalty in added time in the process, which Anthony Stokes scored to level the game.
Stokes had the ball in the net again before the final whistle, but the linesman flagged for the ball first curling out of play from the corner delivery.
Lennon feels Accies' goal should not have stood as Canning was interfering with play in an offside position when the initial cross came into the Celtic box.
"From what I gather he's blocking the view of my goalkeeper and maybe two or three yards offside," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
"The linesman is quick to see the corner that goes out for Stokes' goal at the end, but he can't see a blatant offside. Staggering."
In an incident-packed game, Celtic's Niall McGinn was also booked for simulation in the second half when he went down in the box and his team claimed for a spot kick.
Lennon was unequivocal about that incident.
"It was a penalty. A clear penalty," said the Celtic boss.
"There's no contact, Canning's not got the ball. He's taken Niall out and it's a penalty.
Despite narrowly avoiding defeat, Lennon gave a positive assessment of his team's display as they moved five points ahead of Rangers, who have three games in hand.
"I'm pleased with the performance. Just in the final third we were lacking some composure," said Lennon.
"The character and the football we played was very, very good against a team that didn't really want to come out and play at all.
"We have to tidy up in the final third. Defensively we're okay, but with the volume of possession we have we need to be more clinical on front of goal."
On Tuesday, Lennon was given a six-match ban for an outburst towards the fourth official, as he was sent to the stand during a match at Tynecastle in November.
That ban could be increased on Monday when it is expected that the SFA general purposes committee will examine comments the Celtic manager made after that match about the officials.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/9360015.stm

Published: 2011/01/13 00:18:33 GMT

© BBC 2011
  • Final Result
  • Full Time
  • 90:00+7:26 The final whistle goes and the game is over.
  • 90:00+6:21 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Emilio Izaguirre from the left by-line,
  • 90:00+6:04 Patrick McCourt takes a shot. Blocked by Andy Graham.
  • 90:00+4:20 Fredrik Ljungberg takes a shot from 20 yards. Tomas Cerny makes a save.
  • 90:00+3:17 The ball is crossed by Niall McGinn, save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 90:00+3:01 The ball is sent over by Emilio Izaguirre.
  • 90:00+1:07 Penalty awarded for a foul by Simon Mensing on Emilio Izaguirre.
  • 90:00+1:07 GOAL – Anthony Stokes:Hamilton 1 – 1 Celtic Penalty scored by Anthony Stokes. Hamilton 1-1 Celtic.
  • 90:00+0:07 Sent off Simon Mensing is sent off.
  • 87:27 A cross is delivered by Thomas Rogne.
  • 86:02 Niall McGinn produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the left of the target.
  • 85:08 Booking Niall McGinn booked for unsporting behaviour.
  • 84:46 Centre by Emilio Izaguirre.
  • 84:09 Damian Casalinuovo is penalised for a handball. Free kick taken by Daniel Majstorovic.
  • 83:26 Handball decision goes against Patrick McCourt. Tomas Cerny takes the free kick.
  • 81:34 Substitution Grant Gillespie leaves the field to be replaced by Kyle Wilkie.
  • 81:34 Substitution Damian Casalinuovo comes on in place of Nigel Hasselbaink.
  • 80:13 Scott Brown challenges Simon Mensing unfairly and gives away a free kick. David Buchanan restarts play with the free kick.
  • 77:05 Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Charlie Mulgrew, Shot from inside the six-yard box by Daniel Majstorovic goes wide right of the goal.
  • 76:49 Emilio Izaguirre delivers the ball, Douglas Imrie makes a clearance.
  • 76:22 A cross is delivered by Niall McGinn.
  • 75:58 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Fredrik Ljungberg by Gavin Skelton. Direct free kick taken by Daniel Majstorovic.
  • 74:28 Emilio Izaguirre takes the inswinging corner, Headed effort from deep inside the penalty area by Patrick McCourt goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
  • 74:28 Substitution Fredrik Ljungberg on for Joe Ledley.
  • 74:13 The ball is delivered by Emilio Izaguirre, Martin Canning manages to make a clearance.
  • 73:32 Curled right-footed shot by Anthony Stokes. Save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 73:10 A cross is delivered by Patrick McCourt, clearance made by Martin Canning.
  • 72:44 The ball is crossed by Charlie Mulgrew, Martin Canning makes a clearance.
  • 70:15 Shot from just outside the box by Emilio Izaguirre misses to the left of the target.
  • 69:43 The ball is swung over by Niall McGinn, clearance by Martin Canning.
  • 68:54 Corner taken by Douglas Imrie from the right by-line, Joe Ledley makes a clearance.
  • 68:19 Volleyed right-footed shot by Flavio Paixao. Daniel Majstorovic gets a block in.
  • 67:30 Anthony Stokes takes a shot. Save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 67:14 Flavio Paixao takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a save.
  • 65:40 Douglas Imrie fouled by Mark Wilson, the ref awards a free kick. Tomas Cerny takes the direct free kick.
  • 65:40 Substitution (Celtic) makes a substitution, with Niall McGinn coming on for Mark Wilson.
  • 65:40 Booking Mark Wilson receives a caution.
  • 64:04 The ball is delivered by Charlie Mulgrew, save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 63:08 Sent off The referee shows James McAlister a red card.
  • 61:31 Corner from the right by-line taken by Flavio Paixao, clearance by Thomas Rogne.
  • 61:31 Substitution Mark McLaughlin leaves the field to be replaced by James McAlister.
  • 59:13 The ball is swung over by Emilio Izaguirre.
  • 58:13 Substitution Beram Kayal leaves the field to be replaced by Scott Brown.
  • 57:23 Centre by Emilio Izaguirre, save made by Tomas Cerny.
  • 55:28 Charlie Mulgrew crosses the ball, save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 54:50 The ball is crossed by Charlie Mulgrew, Mark McLaughlin makes a clearance.
  • 53:13 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew, Foul by Anthony Stokes on Tomas Cerny, free kick awarded. Tomas Cerny takes the free kick.
  • 52:26 Unfair challenge on Thomas Rogne by Nigel Hasselbaink results in a free kick. Mark Wilson takes the direct free kick.
  • 48:43 Foul by James Forrest on David Buchanan, free kick awarded. Tomas Cerny restarts play with the free kick.
  • 48:43 Sent off James Forrest is shown a red card for violent conduct.
  • 45:39 Mark Wilson crosses the ball.
  • 45:01 The referee blows his whistle to start the second half.
  • Half Time
  • 45:00+3:17 The players leave the pitch at half time.
  • 44:17 Mark Wilson produces a cross.
  • 41:43 Beram Kayal challenges Flavio Paixao unfairly and gives away a free kick. Martin Canning takes the direct free kick.
  • 38:40 Effort on goal by Patrick McCourt from just inside the penalty box goes harmlessly over the target.
  • 38:10 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Charlie Mulgrew by Nigel Hasselbaink. Free kick taken by Fraser Forster.
  • 37:19 Effort on goal by Thomas Rogne from just inside the area clears the bar.
  • 37:08 Charlie Mulgrew crosses the ball, save by Tomas Cerny.
  • 36:22 The referee blows for offside against Simon Mensing. Fraser Forster takes the direct free kick.
  • 36:14 Martin Canning sends in a cross.
  • 35:49 Douglas Imrie crosses the ball, clearance by Thomas Rogne.
  • 34:33 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Beram Kayal by Flavio Paixao. Daniel Majstorovic restarts play with the free kick.
  • 34:20 Flavio Paixao delivers the ball, save made by Fraser Forster.
  • 34:01 Unfair challenge on Flavio Paixao by Emilio Izaguirre results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Martin Canning.
  • 32:43 Foul by Gavin Skelton on Patrick McCourt, free kick awarded. A cross is delivered by Charlie Mulgrew, Daniel Majstorovic has an effort at goal from close in which goes wide right of the goal.
  • 31:41 Mark Wilson challenges Nigel Hasselbaink unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by David Buchanan.
  • 30:41 Patrick McCourt fouled by Gavin Skelton, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Daniel Majstorovic.
  • 29:26 The referee gives a free kick against Emilio Izaguirre for handball. Andy Graham restarts play with the free kick.
  • 27:16 Thomas Rogne concedes a free kick for a foul on Nigel Hasselbaink. Assist on the goal came from Flavio Paixao.
  • 27:16 GOAL – Simon Mensing:Hamilton 1 – 0 Celtic Simon Mensing finds the back of the net with a headed goal from just outside the penalty area. Hamilton 1-0 Celtic.
  • 23:25 Anthony Stokes is ruled offside. Tomas Cerny restarts play with the free kick.
  • 23:02 Charlie Mulgrew takes a shot. Blocked by Mark McLaughlin.
  • 22:07 The ball is sent over by Patrick McCourt.
  • 20:02 Charlie Mulgrew takes a inswinging corner from the right by-line played to the near post.
  • 19:49 Emilio Izaguirre crosses the ball, Mark McLaughlin makes a clearance.
  • 18:52 Free kick awarded for a foul by Simon Mensing on Emilio Izaguirre. Emilio Izaguirre takes the free kick.
  • 18:03 Free kick awarded for a foul by Beram Kayal on Douglas Imrie. Direct free kick taken by Mark McLaughlin.
  • 17:01 Simon Mensing takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a save.
  • 13:56 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, Headed effort from deep inside the area by Daniel Majstorovic misses to the right of the goal.
  • 13:27 The ball is delivered by Anthony Stokes, Mark McLaughlin makes a clearance.
  • 12:38 David Buchanan concedes a free kick for a foul on Beram Kayal. Beram Kayal takes the direct free kick.
  • 11:18 Andy Graham concedes a free kick for a foul on Charlie Mulgrew. Free kick taken by Charlie Mulgrew.
  • 9:22 The ball is delivered by Mark Wilson, clearance made by Mark McLaughlin.
  • 8:11 Emilio Izaguirre concedes a free kick for a foul on Flavio Paixao. Douglas Imrie takes the free kick.
  • 4:06 Gavin Skelton challenges Patrick McCourt unfairly and gives away a free kick. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew.
  • 3:57 The ball is sent over by Charlie Mulgrew, clearance made by Martin Canning.
  • 2:49 Beram Kayal fouled by Grant Gillespie, the ref awards a free kick. Daniel Majstorovic takes the free kick.
  • 1:58 Nigel Hasselbaink is ruled offside. Daniel Majstorovic restarts play with the free kick.
  • 0:00 The ref blows the whistle to begin the match.