Two recent entries stand alone at the bottom of Alistair Johnston’s Wikipedia page under ‘Honours’ - Scottish Premiership 2023 and Scottish League Cup 2023.
It’s a 10-week double that’s filled a space where absolutely nothing sat for the previous seven years of the Canada international’s football career. But that could become a Treble this afternoon with Johnston on the precipice of a record achievement and graduating from his crash course in Scottish football with distinction. The 24-year-old certainly knows his history. Victory over Inverness in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden would see the Hoops stand above all others in world football with an eighth Treble. And while fans of a certain age might think this is standard having completed four of those domestic clean sweeps in the last six years, Johnston is well aware its anything but ordinary.
The fact the man he calls captain, Callum McGregor, would be cleaning up for a fifth time - another world record - makes this all the more remarkable. It’s no wonder the January signing from MLS side Montreal is pinching himself as he prepares to run out at the national stadium for the third time in only his 20th Celtic appearance.
