Luis Palma produces in overnight Honduras clash; Celtic next to benefit

 

Summer Celtic signing Luis Palma was among the goalscorers in an emphatic midweek win for Honduras.

The Central American country were in CONCACAF Nations League action overnight. After losing their opener at the weekend, they responded to thump Grenada 4-0 and move up to third in the six-team section.

Palma played the entirety of the match, producing when it mattered from the penalty spot for his side’s third goal. Edwin Rodriguez (2) and Choco Lozano scored the other Honduras goals.

 

The 3:10am (Celtic Park time) kick-off completes a nice return home for Palma. Yesterday, we spoke about how the Celtic influence was already clear to see with those close to him.

Attention will now turn to what the winger can produce in a Celtic shirt. He has already had a taste of the biggest fixture in Scottish football, albeit as an unused substitute, so should have some idea what he’s returning to later this week.

 

He will probably be somewhere up in the air by the time you’re reading this. With our game against Dundee just a matter of days away, and two training sessions to come, he’ll be wanting to get involved as soon as possible.

We’re backing him to make his debut this weekend, but perhaps only from the bench. Regardless, the Luis Palma story is about to arrive at Celtic. We can’t wait for it to start.

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David Potter’s Celtic Player of the Day, No 99 – Peter Grant

 

One of the most committed Celtic players one can ever imagine, Peter played a great part in the intermittent successes of the 1980s (his debut was in 1984) but then it was his misfortune to be at Celtic Park during the truly awful years of the early 1990s when it was obvious that he was suffering just the same as the rest of us.

But then came 1995 and Peter’s heroic part in the winning of the 1995 Scottish Cup. This particular trophy meant absolutely everything to Celtic who had now gone six years without winning anything and who suffered the horrors of hell in the meantime.

 

Peter was injured a few weeks previously but insisted on playing. His defending was terrific in that long second half against players who knew exactly how to aggravate pre-existing injuries but Peter never flinched and Celtic won through.

 

It was a dreadful game but a much cherished victory, and Peter enjoyed it as much as anyone. He had also won Scottish Cup medals in 1985, 1988 and 1989, and played a part in the epic Scottish League wins of 1986 and 1988.

He played twice for Scotland, and when he left Celtic in 1997, he went to Norwich City, then Reading, but he was always just Peter Grant of Celtic. We all knew that and never wanted him to be anything else.

David Potter