Samaras relaxed as Celtic hunt for new striker
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Georgios Samaras insists he doesn't fear for his Celtic future as boss Tony Mowbray scours Europe for a new striker. read more
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Georgios Samaras insists he doesn't fear for his Celtic future as boss Tony Mowbray scours Europe for a new striker. read more
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
TONY MOWBRAY reckons Georgios Samaras could be the man to keep Celtic's faint European dream alive on Wednesday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
In reaching the top of the Scottish Premier League, Celtic, at times, appeared to be climbing a rickety ladder. It was not until Scott McDonald delivered the third goal in the second half – adding to a Chris Innes own goal, Georgios Samaras's effort and St Mirren's counter from Michael Higdon – that Tony Mowbray's side shrugged off their uncertainty and began to look reasonably convincing....
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
IT ISN'T all Greek to Georgios Samaras when it comes to reaching the World Cup finals.
SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Before Adebayor, Robinho and the other eight strikers at City, there used to be Georgios Samaras. Although highly touted by Stuart Pearce, he failed to make an impact in the two years while at the club. When Sven Goran...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Greece qualified for the World Cup on Wednesday, beating Ukraine 1-0 on aggregate after Dimitrios Salpigidis' first-half goal in the second leg. The Panathinaikos striker scored in the 31st minute after receiving a pass from Celtic forward Georgios Samaras. The countries played out a 0-0 draw on Saturday in the first leg in Athens.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The latest glaring examples of Celtic's defensive frailties ensured Tony Mowbray's men could only extend their lead over Rangers in the Scottish Premier League to two points. But for the interventions of the Celtic substitute Scott McDonald, indeed, bottom-of-the-table Falkirk could have celebrated their first league victory of the season. Mowbray, visibly a man feeling the heat in his new post, admitted...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Arguably Celtic's most comfortable and convincing victory since the opening-day visit to Aberdeen will surely have provided a fillip for players and supporters at the end of a week when the confidence of both seemed in danger of unravelling. The defeat by Hearts on Wednesday that cost them the Co-operative Insurance Cup they won last season had been, with justification, viewed as the kind of morale...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Celtic arrested their poor run of home form in some style and received a boost for Thursday's Europa League clash with Hamburg.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The sense of unease surrounding Tony Mowbray's reign as the Celtic manager intensified last night, a Michael Stewart penalty sufficient to send Heart of Midlothian into the semi-finals of the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Hearts rode their luck yet this will prove a bitter blow to Mowbray. To make matters worse, the Celtic captain Stephen McManus was shown a straight red card in stoppage time for a...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
GEORGIOS Samaras has hit back at manager Tony Mowbray's belief that the Celtic squad doesn't have enough quality.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Georgios Samaras has admitted he would love to end his career with Celtic.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Rangers cut Celtic's lead at the top of the table to a single point, Walter Smith's side ending a three-match run of league games with yesterday's victory at Ibrox. Kenny Miller was the Rangers hero amid a match which proved low on class. The former Celtic striker handed his team what proved to be an unassailable, two-goal lead within 16 minutes before Aiden McGeady hauled Celtic back into the contest...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Tony Mowbray is unworried by pressure and claims it will take several transfer windows to build a side that plays his way In the matter of contesting bragging rights, Celtic and Rangers have no need to go head-to-head. As demonstrated once again in their midweek European commitments, followers of the Glasgow giants may still be preoccupied with points-scoring while fulfilling engagements 1,500 miles...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Celtic surrendered a comfortable half-time lead against Hapoel Tel-Aviv to end up pointless in their Europa League Group C opener. Georgios Samaras's 25th minute strike had put Celtic ahead and they looked in control as the second half unfolded. However, with 15 minutes remaining the Hapoel playmaker Nemanja Vucicevic struck a powerful equaliser before the substitute Maaran Lala grabbed the 88th minute...