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Kieran Tierney; Wins Young Player of the Year & Goal of the Season
Topic Started: 28 Dec 2015, 02:51 PM (687,700 Views)
Rosco67
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A Celtic top for Christmas. Some lad! :lol:
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11 Jan 2018, 10:10 AM
A Celtic top for Christmas. Some lad! :lol:
I bet he got The Invincibles DVD and the Brendan Rodgers book too. :lol:

As someone just said, football needs far more guys like this, playing for the club they love and understanding the mindset of the fans .
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I thought the Brendan Rodgers interviews were good! Sitting reading this in work with a big cheeser on my face. :wub:
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I've still got the original top from that season somewhere. not close to fitting mind you :lol:
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That story is cracking :clap:
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Absolutely tremendous ambassador for the club, himself and his family.

Class, sheer class.

A throwback to players of old.
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Reading that interview genuinely left me feeling happy. What a young man :worthy:
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Imagine being his Da? You'd just effin' burst. :clap: :worthy:
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My work mate was 1 of the few who met him in Tenerife. Hes not shut up about it and how nice he was to everybody. i was extremely jealous
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Loving the fact that he wanted a Celtic top for his Christmas :lol:
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wigwam
11 Jan 2018, 05:19 PM
Imagine being his Da? You'd just effin' burst. :clap: :worthy:
You'd never have to put your hand in your pocket for a pint ever again.
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11 Jan 2018, 05:47 PM
Loving the fact that he wanted a Celtic top for his Christmas :lol:
To Kieran,


From Santa
xxx
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Living the dream. Brilliant.
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11 Jan 2018, 12:02 AM
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Celtic star Kieran Tierney reveals the story behind his parents buying him the Hoops’ 1988 top for his Christmas

KIERAN TIERNEY can remember asking his mum for a Celtic jersey for his Christmas.

But then it’s not like it was years back as a young kid growing up.

It was just LAST MONTH.

Parkhead kid Tierney’s parents had him signing shirts to be given to people as gifts, when he was handed a replica of the Hoops’ iconic 1988 top.

KT suddenly knew what he wanted his mum to buy him for Christmas.

Fast forward to January, and Tierney, 20, was pictured on holiday in Tenerife wearing the same top as he signed autographs for fans.

Tierney said: “I asked for that shirt for Christmas. That was the only thing I could think of.

“It was the CR Smith centenary year strip. Before Christmas my parents always bring stuff in from people for me to sign.

“I just saw this top and thought: ‘This one is a belter’ so I tried it on and said: ‘Right, get me one of them for Christmas’.

“It was someone my mum knew that I had to sign it for, so I just said get me one of them because it’s decent.

“It’s a nice top. That’s the story behind it.

“I got a bit of slagging for it! Do people not know I’m a Celtic fan?

“Every interview I mention I’m a Celtic fan then I get slagged for wearing a Celtic top. But you deal with it.”

KT was mobbed in the Celtic bar he visited during his week-long break in the Canary Islands but the youngster was delighted to turn up at the boozer and meet fans.

Tierney added: “It was a Celtic pub. I’ve been to Tenerife a few times, and I’ve always gone to see them and said I’d go again this time.

“They asked me to pop in so it was good to see the fans as well. Those are moments where I pinch myself.

“When I was in Tenerife there were maybe 100 people there to see me with just around an hour’s notice. The guy put it on social media — it killed me! I got about 100 rounds in!

“For people to come and see you when they are on holiday is crazy. But I think it is very important to interact with the fans.

“I said to the owner of the bar that if I was a Celtic fan on holiday and a Celtic player was coming, I’d be buzzing about it.

“So if I have that opportunity to do that for somebody, I’ll do it.

“I’m not saying it is going to make anyone’s holiday, but if it makes them happy for that day, I’ll do it.

“Being a Celtic fan, you know that. Everyone around me is the same and my full life is Celtic. I can’t remember anything without it.

“Even though I started playing football at seven, I can’t really remember anything before that, and it’s always been about Celtic. It’s not a chore for me.”

The fact is Tierney doesn’t see life at Celts like the job it is for some footballers.

Tierney said: “I’ve never seen it as work. It’s hard at times when you are growing up, and you are having to get up at 6am to go to the school Celtic send you to, and you don’t even play at the weekend. It is hard, but it makes you mentally tougher.

“It helps me now I’m getting older to deal with different situations you are put in.”

Those situations include breaking his leg when he was on the verge of making the Celtic first team. It was a major hurdle to overcome.

KT added: “It was the day after I made the bench for the first time that I broke my leg.

“I went from the highest I’d ever been to the lowest the next day, but that made me a better player and hungrier.

“It gave me a taste for it. I didn’t want to use the leg break as an excuse, so I worked hard and Ronny Deila gave me a debut.

“I was buzzing even just going out to warm up at Celtic Park.

“I knew I probably wouldn’t get on, but just doing the warm up gave me a taste for it.

“Then I just wanted more and more, so it might have been different if the break had come before that day on the bench.”

Tierney earns good money at the Hoops, but still lives with his folks.

Tierney said: “When I signed my deal I bought a house, but my mum and dad are still in it and it’s good for us all. It’s a nice area in Motherwell.

“I’ve no plans of moving out. I’ve not even thought of it.

“My parents do everything for me and never stress me. They do all they can to help me on the pitch, and have done since I was seven.

“That’s why I am so grateful and try to do the best I can for them. I try not to leave my room too messy!”

There will come a time when he does leave home, and maybe Celtic.

Manchester United and many others have been linked with him, but right now he’s more than happy where he is.

Tierney added: “When top clubs like that show an interest, it’s flattering because it means you are doing something right.

“It’s good to see stuff like that, but I’ve just signed one of the longest term deals at Celtic and I could not be happier with it. I was buzzing when it came.

“I’ve been here for 13 years now and that’s a long time. I wouldn’t put it past me to stay here for my whole career.

“It could happen but you never rule out anything. I’ve had injuries, I’ve seen it with players before.”
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/kieran-tierney-1988-top
Virtually the same story in the ET that was in The Sun, biggest difference was the ending. Who added or who took away?

The Scottish Sun:“I’ve been here for 13 years now and that’s a long time. I wouldn’t put it past me to stay here for my whole career.
“It could happen but you never rule out anything. I’ve had injuries, I’ve seen it with players before.”

Evening Times:“I’ve been here for 13 years now and that’s a long time. If it was up to me, I wouldn’t put it past me [staying forever].
“It could happen, but anything could happen. I’ve seen it with players before.”

Kieran Tierney wears love for Celtic on his sleeve - and his back during well-earned break in Spain
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Brilliant stuff. What a bhoy :wub:
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No doubt social media plays it's part, but I can't remember any player being openly as much of a fan.

I just love the boy to bits - getting a Celtic top for Christmas :lol: :worthy:
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BRENDAN RODGERS believes Kieran Tierney is such a throwback even his taste in MUSIC is old school.

The young Celtic star is in charge of the team’s iPod in the changing room and team bus on the way to matches.

Tierney is enjoying a warm weather winter training camp with the Hoops in Dubai

Rodgers said: “I think of him at the back of the coach with his music on.

“It’s real old school music, too — he plays Fleetwood Mac, everything.”

Rodgers has been delighted with the way KT has performed at his best so consistently.

He added: “I remember when I came in people were talking about how he couldn’t last a game and was having to come off.

“But if you look at his shape now, it’s great.

“I took him out of games at various points to give him a rest and changed his position to take some load off him, putting him in a back three where he doesn’t have to run so much.

“But he had a brilliant 2017, both in terms of his performances and his growth as a young player.

“He’s just a fantastic young player who is developing all the time.

“Listen, it’s hard to keep going up and up. There comes a time when it’s about sustaining it and that’s what’s been great.

“He’s sustaining his level, while there still is improvement in him. That’s what he works so hard on.

“His game will develop through maturity anyway, and he’ll find that calmness. But tactically he’s improving all the time.

“You look at his body and his shape. He is fast, strong and aggressive.”
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He is in UEFAs 50 for 2018 list.
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I'm 46 & I don't mind admitting that I absolutely effing LOVE Kieran Tierney.
Such honesty & humility is so very rare in someone so talented.
He has everything he needs to become a Club Legend & is already well on his way.
Makes me really hopeful, especially after guys like Feruz making such an arse of it - by behaving like the polar opposite of KT.
Great example to everyone at the Club, absolutely Everyone!
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12 Jan 2018, 04:23 PM
I'm 46 & I don't mind admitting that I absolutely effing LOVE Kieran Tierney.
Such honesty & humility is so very rare in someone so talented.
He has everything he needs to become a Club Legend & is already well on his way.
Makes me really hopeful, especially after guys like Feruz making such an arse of it - by behaving like the polar opposite of KT.
Great example to everyone at the Club, absolutely Everyone!
It makes you feel a bit silly after a certain age but I absolutely love him too. Kids growing up watching him now will probably feel the way I did about McStay. In this day and age to have someone so good, yet humble and dedicated to Celtic is incredible.
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