The jubilant, thousands-strong, green and white-bedecked throng which gathered on The Celtic Way outside Parkhead last month to laud Martin O’Neill and his players after they had lifted the Scottish Cup and completed an unforgettable and highly improbable domestic double has long since dispersed.
A couple of ground staff are power washing the monoblock stonework. A few sightseers mill about and take pictures of each other in front of the statues of Brother Walfrid, Jock Stein and Jimmy Johnstone. It was very much the calm after the storm at the world-renowned stadium today.
