Stephen Welsh is off to Serbia with Scotland’s Under-19s and he’s singing the praises of the Celtic Academy set up that has given him that opportunity
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IT’S been a decade since Stephen Welsh joined Celtic as a seven-year-old midfielder. Unsurprisingly a lot has changed for the talented youngster since then, most significant has been his move to defence where his impressive performances have earned him a call-up to the Scotland Under-19 squad.
Now the Coatbridge-born Bhoy is readying himself for the jump to the Development squad where he is hopeful of following in the footsteps of Kieran Tierney. Welsh helped Celtic Under-17s secure a double with the league title and Glasgow Cup last season before pulling on the Scotland jersey for the Under-17 Euros.
He said: “We were pretty unlucky against France who beat us 2-1. In that game I played against Lyon’s Amine Gouiri. He’s a fantastic player to play against, he’s one of the best young forwards at the moment and I feel I find my level when I come up against guys like that. I got to play every minute of every game so pre-season’s been really good.”
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Vol 53 Issue 07 من Celtic View.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Jodie Bartle was delighted to score her first goal for Celtic, a week after her derby strike was controversially disallowed
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TOMMY BHOY
Celtic legend was a supporter first, last and always
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Christopher Jullien was a frustrated spectator as he recovered from injury, but now that he’s back, he’s determined to play his part along with his team-mates to get back to winning ways
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ON THIS DAY
HISTORY OF PLAYERS
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KEEP THE FAITH
Manager knows hard work can and will deliver an upturn in fortunes for his Celtic side
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THE LAST WORD
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9 from NINE
The View wants YOUR views on the Hoops’ remarkable decade of dominance