Celtic FC - End of Season 00/01 (The Treble) DVD

The Treble 2000-2001--The Complete Story charts an incredible season for Celtic. When Celtic won the Scottish Premier League, CIS and Scottish Cups in 2001, it was the first time they had achieved the Treble in 32 years and marked what their fans hoped would be an end to the dominance of their sworn footballing enemies--Rangers. It was an extraordinary first season for former Leicester manager Martin O' Neill, who had taken over the reins of management following a series of unsatisfactory appointments during the 1990s. The video offers few clues as to the secret of... O' Neills success. "He makes us play better," offers one player. One suspects that the 53 goals of Henrik Larsson were just as vital as the change of manager, as he had been injured for much of the previous season. Routine trouncings of the lowly likes of Hearts and St Johnstone can surely offer little pleasure to even the most sadistic of Celtic supporters, but their four defeats of Rangers, including an early 6-2 massacre, are very infectiously and showcase the sort of free-flowing confidence which characterised Celtic's season. The sole low point of the season was the 5-0 paddling they were given, related here by the sort of tragic soundtrack usually reserved for footage of the Somme. Comedian and Celtic fan Tony Roper narrates in a gloatingly insufferable manner but true Bhoys fans, to whom this video will be indispensable, will hardly mind that. --David Stubbs [show more]

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