The Bertie Auld Appreciation Thread!!!

watched the daily huddle the other night and bertie was on and i tell you what the respect i had for him went up even more.
he never ever says anything bad about the club speaks as a legend and as a fan with his heart and soul and it is so good to have him here .
so i wanted a wee thread to show him what i think of him a great great man,and such a respectful man too .hail hail bertie auld

 

One of the greatest Celtic players ever, love the wee man. Hard as *.

 

i met bertie at my local celtic club in canada at a rangers match when we won 1-0...alan thompsons scored and me and my brother jumped up and latched arms with bertie
legend

 

Bertie is a true Celtic Legend, in the tackle he gave no quarter and asked none in return, he was a fantastic play maker too. Celtic through and through.

 

I was lucky enough to see Bertie play, along with the other lions.
I was only a kid at the time but what memories. thank you so much bertie.

 

Bertie Auld grew up in a protestant family. . . he became a Celtic legend, won just about every honour there is to win in club football. No one from a catholis background in Berties day would have ever made the grade at Rangers. He epitimises what makes us better.

Bertie started the famous episode in the tunnell in Lisbon, when the Celtic players belted out the Celtic Song on the way onto the pitch.

He now helps out Wullie O'Neill in Bairds bar from time to time. he a;ways has time for Celtic supporters and he will live on as a Celtic legend forever.

"five therty". . .Top man !!!

 

Great character he has and his love for celtic is second to none ,my father oftens speaks about older players and bertie allways gets a mention ,legend of the club.

 

Only met him once but he told me that story, had me laughing my * off about how the Italians all looked impressive and they all had teeth missing etc. Fantastic guy :icon_mrgreen:

 

ha ha i pissd myself laffin when i heard ceasar say that in the dvd . bertie is a living legend who will never be forgottan at paradise mate .....a great man

 

He is a legend.

 

Great shout Alsybhoy.

i saw Bertie play with Maryhill harp, early 1950 as a full back. He then joined celtic later in the 50s as a winger, early 60s transfered to Birmingham. While in England beleive it or not, he was voted the hardest man in british football by all the other players.
In 65 Big jock brought him back to Celtic and stuck him in the mid dle to partner Booby Murdoch.
This was a master stroke by Jock.
And its good to know that wee Bertie is still there tofday in paradise. A real legend.

 

Great post Armalite. . .i didnt know all the facts abot his early career. . .well done for highlighting it

 

thanx for that bud!! if you have any more great storys
about the man mate we are all ears

 

Great guy seen a few videos of him and he certainly likes to tell a joke legend.

 

Aye the man's a legend.

Don't know if you's are familiar with it, but a series started on Sky a few weeks ago called "Time of our Lives".

Liverpool in Shankly days and Chelsea early Seventies were the 1st 2 weeks.

This Monday 10pm, it's about Lisbon Lions. Bertie is on along with big Billy and Bobby Lennox. Jeff Stelling presents it. Should be good viewing.

 

good shout pal ill watch that mate

 

Met him at xmas there absoute Legend,not a scared to speak his mind about the team even if its criticisng!!one thing he always reminds fans of what jock told them in the tunnel,Entertain,Go out an Entertain!!!

 

LEGEND- in the true sense of the word! Met him a few times and simply loves and lives Celtic! What i love about him most currently is his appearances on The Daily Huddle. He`s the only guest not afraid to tell it how it is even if it is anti-establishment which it usually is. You can see presenter cringe as Bertie plays it close to the knuckle - priceless. Hail!Hail!

 

wee berties a complete legend, well done to you m8 for the recognition, ive seen him on the huddle a few times now and i could honestly listen to him all day, total gem ( classic bertie , playing hearts in the cup couple a years ago , berties on the huddle giving his team talk ,he says you need to remind the players that this is thier (hearts) cup final tonight , so they are going to be right up for this so go out there and get in aboot them) top man bertie

 

Sorry had to run off last night to do my hospital duties.

The first thing I noticed about Auld was how small he was, the second was how hard. His first action on the park was to hurt his oponent then he had the run of the wing without to much interference.
Mcgrory and the board could not handle his toughness and attitude and to the dismay of the fans sold him to Birmingham. They actualy done the same to the great Paddy Crerand. * him of cause he took no nonsense from anyone,
While there Bertie won a league cup medal and a runners up medal in what used to be the fairs city cup final.
I will never forget one wednesday night in 1965 in the jungle the teams come out and there was Bertie with the biggest smile he could get on his face, The crowd went mad, I think most of them didn't even know he was back.
As I said before Jock put him in mid field he new we needed someone tough in there. The rest is history.
Funny bit. One night at CP some * hit Bertie on the back with a black pudding, he camly picked it up and walked to the byline, motioning to put it down but he suddenly raised his arm and fired it into the crowd hitting the guy that tossed it right on the head. How he new who it was, the rest of the croud were all pointing him out.
I wish he was in the team now his determination was second to none and his character was only bettered by Tully's.

I know quite a bit about Berties private life as a young lad, but that is not for putting on here. But one thing he always had the best looking girls in glasgow on his arm. where ever he went they would swarm around him. If he was young today Ronaldo and the rest of the nancy boys would be in the queue behind him.