“We’ll never really know,” McCowan’s brilliant Guard of Honour retort

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·30 aprile 2025

“We’ll never really know,” McCowan’s brilliant Guard of Honour retort

The Guard of Honour nonsense was thrown at Luke McCowan today and he duly gave the mainstream media their headline as the build-up the fifth and final Glasgow Derby gets underway…

Alloa Athletic line up as a guard of honour to welcome the Scottish Championship Champions, theRangers onto the pitch before the match between theRangers and Alloa Athletic at Ibrox Stadium April 23, 2016. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

Luke McCowan Celtic would do it if the ball was on the other foot

Stating the obvious the Celtic midfielder said that in his view there’s no chance of theRangers giving Champions Celtic a guard of honour on Sunday at Ibrox. Asked if Celtic would do it if the ball was on the other foot, the Celtic supporter in Luke kicked in when he brilliantly pointed out that we’ll never get to find out.

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“No. No, not at all. But that’s just how it is, isn’t it? I don’t know how it would be if it was on the other foot. We’ll never really know I don’t think, but we will wait and see what happens,” the Celtic midfielder said. Game, set and match McCowan, bet he’s in for an extra special welcome at Ibrox after the remark.

Luke McCowan in action. Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

The old Summer Bragging Rights Cup motivates those with no trophies

McCowan accepts that coming out on top in the Glasgow Derby head-to-heads is important for the Celtic dressing room, with the score standing at two win each, Sunday game while essentially being a dead-rubber is also the head-to-head decider. The old Summer Bragging Rights Cup is up for grabs courtesy of Sky Sports and both sides will be going all out to get the three points.

In the grand scheme of things It matters very little, Celtic are 17 points ahead and even if Barry Ferguson gets a win he’ll still have failed to make any inroads into Celtic’s lead that was there when he was appointed. But Celtic will not want to lose three matches in a row against theRangers, that is sure.

“We are the most consistent team in Scotland, that’s why we won the league.”

“I don’t think it’s really a point to prove,” McCowan added. “We are the most consistent team in Scotland, that’s why we won the league.

Celtic title celebrations. Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star).

“But I think it’s just more about showing to ourselves that it’s not about us winning the league last week, it’s about each performance that’s coming along with that and showing that we are champions, wherever we go, regardless of it being at Ibrox on Sunday, or Hibs at home, or anybody.

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“It’s about putting on performances and we’ve got targets in our season that we want hit. We’ve got other records within the season that we want to break, so that’s the goal and we just need to go and show that. Ask anybody on the team our outwith those gates, your head-to-head against (the)Rangers is always going to be important.

Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

“It’s about being consistent throughout your season. It’s about showing that you’re now champions, going into their patch and proving why you are and putting on a performance that shows that, so that’s the kind of goal for Sunday. Everybody was disappointed in the last two results against (the)Rangers. There was no hiding that, no getting away from it.

“I think that’s what happens when you come to a club like this, especially Celtic. You’re expected to win at this club and that’s what we should be doing and hopefully come Sunday that’s what we are doing.”

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