2008–09 Celtic F.C. season

July 2020 Celtic 2008–09 Gordon Strachan John Reid Ground Celtic ParkGlasgow, Scotland(Capacity: 60,355) Scottish Premier League 2nd Scottish Cup Quarter-finals Scottish League Cup Winners Champions League Group stage Scott McDonald (16) Scott McDonald (19) _celtic0809h _celtic0809h _celtic0809h _palegreenwithgoldontop _celtic0809a _celtic0809a _celtic0809a _celtic0809a _celtic0809al 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 season was the 115th season of competitive football by Celtic. Overview Celtic went into the 2008–09 season defending their Scottish Premier League title, which they won for the third consecutive time in 2007–08. They also entered the UEFA Champions League directly at the group stage, as well as taking part in the two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. To prepare for the Season, Celtic took part in two Pre-Season Tournaments; the Algarve Challenge Cup in Faro, Portugal, where they finished bottom, having faced Middlesbrough and Cardiff City, and the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament in Rotterdam, where they finished second, having faced Tottenham Hotspur and host club Feyenoord. The campaign League campaign The Championship flag was unfurled before Celtic's first League game, against St Mirren at Celtic Park on 10 August by Rosemary Burns, the widow of former Celtic player Tommy Burns, who had died of skin cancer at the end of season 2007–08. Celtic won the game 1–0, through a Barry Robson penalty, getting their campaign off to a winning start. Celtic finished second in the SPL table at the end of the season, eventually finishing four points behind champions Rangers. This was despite at one point having built up a seven-point lead over Rangers. This lead was squandered though, Celtic dropping points to Dundee United, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Motherwell, Rangers themselves, and on two occasions to both Hibernian and Hearts. One day after the final league game of the season, a 0–0 draw with Hearts at Celtic Park, it was announced that Gordon Strachan would leave as manager of Celtic with immediate effect. This brought to an end Strachan's four-year spell as manager, during which he guided the club to three SPL titles, one Scottish Cup and two Scottish League Cups. He also guided the club twice into the last 16 of the Champions League, losing out to AC Milan and Barcelona respectively. European campaign Celtic, as Scottish champions, qualified directly for the UEFA Champions League, where they were the sole Scottish side as Rangers were knocked out in the second qualifying round by FBK Kaunas, meaning Celtic received all the TV money allocated to Scotland. Celtic were in Pot 3 for the group stage draw, which took place in Monaco on 28 August. They were drawn with Manchester United, Villarreal and Aalborg. The first game, a home tie against Aalborg, finished in a goalless draw. The next game, away to Villarreal, ended in a 1–0 defeat, which was followed by a 3–0 defeat away to Manchester United. Next up, at home, Celtic drew 1–1 with Manchester United, with Scott McDonald putting Celtic in the lead in the 13th minute, only for Ryan Giggs to equalise for Manchester United in the 84th minute. A disappointing 2–1 defeat to Aalborg in Denmark saw Celtic's European aspirations end, despite having taken the lead through Barry Robson. Nonetheless, Celtic rallied to end their campaign on a high with a 2–0 victory over Villarreal at Celtic Park. Domestic cups Celtic entered the Scottish League Cup at the third round proper (the last 16 stage) and the Scottish Cup at the fourth round proper (the Round of 32). The club beat Livingston 4–0 in the third round of the League Cup on 23 September, and travelled to Kilmarnock on 28 October, beating them 3–1 and qualifying for the semi-finals, where they faced Dundee United at Hampden Park on 28 January. After a 0–0 draw in extra time, Celtic won a penalty shoot-out 11–10 to set up a final against Rangers on 15 March. The team won the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final 2–0 after extra time at Hampden, with Darren O'Dea and Aiden McGeady getting the goals. The fourth round of the Scottish Cup took place on 10 January, with Celtic beating Dundee at Celtic Park. In the fifth round, Celtic hosted Queen's Park on 7 February, beating them 2–1. In the quarter-finals, Celtic lost 1–0 at St Mirren on 7 March. Competitions #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #cccccc Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Premier League 2008–09 Scottish Premier League ccffcc 10 August 2008 SPL 1–0 BBC Sport Celtic Robson 62 pen. St Mirren Celtic Park 57,441 Eddie Smith ffffcc 17 August 2008 SPL 1–1 BBC Sport Dundee United Sandaza 79 Celtic Hartley 51 Tannadice Park 11,648 Charlie Richmond ccffcc 23 August 2008 SPL 3–0 BBC Sport Celtic McManus 32Samaras 44 68 Falkirk Celtic Park 56,031 Iain Brines ffcccc 31 August 2008 SPL 2–4 BBC Sport Celtic Samaras 39Nakamura 90+2 Rangers Cousin 37Miller 52 79Mendes 62 Celtic Park 58,595 Dougie McDonald ccffcc 13 September 2008 SPL 2–4 BBC Sport Motherwell Sutton 55Clarkson 57 Celtic Maloney 5Samaras 9 42McDonald 24 Fir Park 11,595 Craig Thomson ccffcc 21 September 2008 SPL 1–3 BBC Sport Kilmarnock Taouil 89 pen. Celtic Maloney 26Samaras 56 82 pen. Rugby Park 8,111 Mike McCurry ccffcc 27 September 2008 SPL 3–2 BBC Sport Celtic Vennegoor of Hesselink 14 90+3McDonald 78 Aberdeen Mulgrew 57 65 Celtic Park 57,441 Eddie Smith ccffcc 4 October 2008 SPL 4–0 BBC Sport Celtic Nakamura 25Samaras 37McDonald 76McGeady 83 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park 55,881 Steve Conroy ccffcc 18 October 2008 SPL 1–2 BBC Sport Inverness CT Wood 69 Celtic Brown 48Loovens 65 Caledonian Stadium 7,143 Iain Brines ccffcc 25 October 2008 SPL 4–2 BBC Sport Celtic McManus 32Sheridan 36Loovens 76Brown 82 Hibernian Nish 41Fletcher 50 Celtic Park 58,337 Calum Murray ccffcc 2 November 2008 SPL 0–2 BBC Sport Hearts Celtic Maloney 7Caldwell 20 Tynecastle Stadium 7,143 Craig Thomson ccffcc 8 November 2008 SPL 2–0 BBC Sport Celtic Hartley 45McDonald 71 Motherwell Celtic Park 56,504 Dougie McDonald ccffcc 12 November 2008 SPL 3–0 BBC Sport Celtic Sheridan 18 75Nakamura 84 Kilmarnock Celtic Park 55,347 Mike Tumilty ccffcc 16 November 2008 SPL 1–2 BBC Sport Hamilton Academical Offiong 16 Celtic Nakamura 39 pen.Hartley 86 New Douglas Park 5,550 Steve Conroy ccffcc 22 November 2008 SPL 1–3 BBC Sport St Mirren Hamilton 89 Celtic Samaras 64Nakamura 66Sheridan 80 Love Street 7,433 Willie Collum ccffcc 29 November 2008 SPL 1–0 BBC Sport Celtic Maloney 29 Inverness CT Celtic Park 55,117 David Somers ffcccc 7 December 2008 SPL 2–0 BBC Sport Hibernian Rankin 55Nish 69 Celtic Easter Road 14,289 Craig Thomson ffffcc 13 December 2008 SPL 1–1 BBC Sport Celtic McManus 79 Hearts Driver 23 Celtic Park 56,079 Charlie Richmond ccffcc 21 December 2008 SPL 0–3 BBC Sport Falkirk Celtic Samaras 48Mizuno 90+1McDonald 90+3 Falkirk Stadium 6,543 Eddie Smith ccffcc 27 December 2008 SPL 0–1 BBC Sport Rangers Celtic McDonald 58 Ibrox Stadium 50,403 Craig Thomson ffffcc 3 January 2009 SPL 2–2 BBC Sport Celtic Samaras 12 58 Dundee United Dixon 60Feeney 77 Celtic Park 59,558 Steve Conroy ffcccc 18 January 2009 SPL 4–2 BBC Sport Aberdeen G. McDonald 24Duff 31Diamond 75 78 Celtic Brown 25McDonald 73 Pittodrie Stadium 14,289 Dougie McDonald ccffcc 24 January 2009 SPL 3–1 BBC Sport Celtic McDonald 3 76McManus 9 Hibernian Jones 17 Celtic Park 58,930 David Somers ffffcc 1 February 2009 SPL 0–0 BBC Sport Inverness CT Celtic Caledonian Stadium 7,007 Charlie Richmond ffffcc 15 February 2009 SPL 0–0 BBC Sport Celtic Rangers Celtic Park 58,766 Calum Murray ffffcc 22 February 2009 SPL 1–1 BBC Sport Motherwell Quinn 81 Celtic McDonald 60 Fir Park 8,593 Iain Brines ccffcc 28 February 2009 SPL 7–0 BBC Sport Celtic Nakamura 16 35 58Crosas 51Brown 55 68Potter 76 o.g. St Mirren Celtic Park 58,286 Crawford Allan ccffcc 4 March 2009 SPL 1–2 BBC Sport Kilmarnock Invincibile 36 Celtic McDonald 27 81 Rugby Park 6,712 Craig Thomson ffffcc 22 March 2009 SPL 2–2 BBC Sport Dundee United Sandaza 47 58 Celtic McDonald 24Naylor 81 Tannadice Park 12,043 Steve Conroy ccffcc 4 April 2009 SPL 4–0 BBC Sport Celtic Samaras 5 66McGeady 22Vennegoor of Hesselink 83 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park 58,961 Brian Winter ccffcc 8 April 2009 SPL 4–0 BBC Sport Celtic Caldwell 29Vennegoor of Hesselink 62McGeady 78O'Dea 90+2 Falkirk Celtic Park 57,669 Willie Collum ffffcc 11 April 2009 SPL 1–1 BBC Sport Hearts Aguiar 32 Celtic Vennegoor of Hesselink 1 Tynecastle Stadium 16,514 Craig Thomson ccffcc 18 April 2009 SPL 2–0 BBC Sport Celtic Vennegoor of Hesselink 43McDonald 55 Aberdeen Celtic Park 58,581 Dougie McDonald ccffcc 2 May 2009 SPL 1–3 BBC Sport Aberdeen Maguire 22 Celtic Considine 44 o.g.McDonald 72 90+2 Pittodrie Stadium 14,752 Dougie McDonald ffcccc 9 May 2009 SPL 1–0 BBC Sport Rangers Davis 37 Celtic Ibrox Stadium 50,321 Craig Thomson ccffcc 12 May 2009 SPL 2–1 BBC Sport Celtic Loovens 22Samaras 52 Dundee Utd Robertson 57 Celtic Park 57,407 Stuart Dougal ffffcc 17 May 2009 SPL 0–0 BBC Sport Hibernian Celtic Easter Road 14,074 Iain Brines ffffcc 24 May 2009 SPL 0–0 BBC Sport Celtic Hearts Celtic Park 59,685 Craig Thomson Scottish League Cup 2008–09 Scottish League Cup ccffcc 23 September 2008 Third round 4–0 BBC Sport Celtic Loovens 24Samaras 64 85 pen.Brown 81 Livingston Celtic Park 23,569 Willie Collum ccffcc 29 October 2008 Quarter-finals 1–3 BBC Sport Kilmarnock Invincibile 69 Celtic McDonald 11Nakamura 45+1McGeady 72 Rugby Park 6,319 Craig Thomson ffffcc 28 January 2009 Semi-finals 0–0 10 – 11 yes BBC Sport* Dundee United Celtic Hampden Park 19,258 Calum Murray ccffcc 15 March 2009 Final 2–0 yes BBC Sport Celtic O'Dea 91McGeady 120 pen. Rangers Hampden Park 51,193 Dougie McDonald Scottish Cup 2008–09 Scottish Cup ccffcc 10 January 2009 Fourth round 2–1 BBC Sport Celtic Brown 37McGeady 44 Dundee McMenamin 14 Celtic Park 23,070 Calum Murray ccffcc 7 February 2009 Fifth round 2–1 BBC Sport Celtic Caldwell 19McDonald 45 Queen's Park Coakley 66 Celtic Park 22,223 Willie Collum ffcccc 7 March 2009 Quarter-finals 1–0 BBC Sport St Mirren Mehmet 55 pen. Celtic St Mirren Park 5,925 Charlie Richmond UEFA Champions League Group stage 2008–09 UEFA Champions League ffffcc 17 September 2008 Group stage 0–0 BBC Sport Celtic SCO Denmark Aalborg Celtic Park 57,432 Matteo Trefoloni ffcccc 30 September 2008 Group stage 1–0 BBC Sport Villarreal Spain Senna 67 SCO Celtic El Madrigal 21,515 Viktor Kassai ffcccc 21 October 2008 Group stage 3–0 BBC Sport Manchester United ENG Berbatov 30 51Rooney 76 SCO Celtic Old Trafford 74,655 Frank De Bleeckere ffffcc 5 November 2008 Group stage 1–1 BBC Sport Celtic SCO McDonald 13 ENG Manchester United Giggs 84 Celtic Park 58,903 Tom Henning Øvrebø ffcccc 25 November 2008 Group stage 2–1 BBC Sport Aalborg Denmark Cacá 73Caldwell 87 o.g. SCO Celtic Robson 53 Energi Nord Arena 12,647 Konrad Plautz ccffcc 10 December 2008 Group stage 2–0 BBC Sport Celtic SCO Maloney 14McGeady 45+2 Spain Villarreal Celtic Park 58,104 Claudio Circhetta Player statistics Appearances and goals List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition Premier League FA Cup League Cup Other 1 Artur Boruc Poland GK 34 0 3 0 4 0 6 0 2 Andreas Hinkel Germany DF 32 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 3 Lee Naylor England DF 19+4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 4 Stephen McManus Scotland DF 31 4 2 0 2 0 6 0 5 Gary Caldwell Scotland DF 36 3 2 1 3 0 6 0 6 Dianbobo Balde Guinea DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Scott McDonald Australia FW 33+1 16 3 1 4 1 4+2 1 8 Scott Brown Scotland MF 36 5 2 1 3+1 1 6 0 9 Georgios Samaras Greece FW 19+12 15 0+3 0 1+2 2 4 0 10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Netherlands FW 15+10 6 3 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 11 Paul Hartley Scotland MF 20+5 3 1 0 2+1 0 3+1 0 12 Mark Wilson Scotland DF 15+3 0 0 0 1+1 0 5 0 13 Shaun Maloney Scotland FW 14+7 4 1 0 1+1 0 4+2 1 14 Niall McGinn Northern Ireland MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Milan Mišůn Czech Republic DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Willo Flood Republic of Ireland MF 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Marc Crosas Spain MF 14+4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 Massimo Donati Italy MF 2+2 0 0+1 0 2 0 0+1 0 19 Barry Robson Scotland MF 13+4 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 4+1 1 20 Paddy McCourt Northern Ireland MF 0+4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 21 Mark Brown Scotland GK 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Glenn Loovens Netherlands DF 13+4 3 1 0 3 1 2 0 23 Ben Hutchinson England FW 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 24 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé Cameroon DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Shunsuke Nakamura Japan MF 30+2 8 2 0 3 1 5 0 26 Cillian Sheridan Republic of Ireland FW 6+6 4 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 29 Koki Mizuno Japan MF 2+8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Chris Killen New Zealand FW 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 John Kennedy Scotland DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Michael McGlinchey New Zealand MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Aiden McGeady Republic of Ireland MF 21+8 3 3 1 4 2 3+1 1 48 Darren O'Dea Republic of Ireland DF 7+3 1 2 0 2 1 0+2 0 52 Paul Caddis Scotland DF 0+5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 54 Ryan Conroy Scotland MF 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 55 Paul McGowan Scotland MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 |} Top scorers R RankingPlayerScottishPremierLeagueScottishLeagueCupScottishCupUEFAChampionsLeagueTotal1Australia Scott McDonald16111192Greece Georgios Samaras15200173Japan Shunsuke Nakamura810094Scotland Scott Brown51107Ireland Aiden McGeady321175Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink600066Scotland Shaun Maloney400157IRL Cillian Sheridan40004SCO Stephen McManus40004Netherlands Glenn Loovens310048SCO Paul Hartley30003Scotland Gary Caldwell201039Scotland Barry Robson10012Ireland Darren O'Dea1100210Japan Koki Mizuno10001Spain Marc Crosas10001England Lee Naylor10001 Team statistics League table CEL Champions league table Group E yes no_hide_class_rules Technical staff Manager Gordon Strachan Assistant Manager Gary Pendrey First team Coach Neil Lennon Goalkeeping Coach Jim Blyth Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart Head of Recruitment John Park Physiotherapist Graeme Parsons Physiotherapist Gavin McCarthy Doctor Derek McCormack Head of Sports Science Greg Dupont Strength & Conditioning Coach Benjamin Mackenzie 12 June 2017 June 2017 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFeeSource19 June 2008 NIR Paddy McCourt IRL Derry City 08£500,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7462901.stm BBC Sport McCourt seals transfer to Celtic 19 June 200815 July 2008 GRE Georgios Samaras ENG Manchester City 08£3,000,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7506849.stm BBC Sport Samaras completes Celtic switch 15 July 200815 July 2008 ENG Matty Hughes ENG Rochdale 08Undisclosed https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7507471.stm BBC Sport Celtic recruit Rochdale teenager 15 July 200810 August 2008 ESP Marc Crosas ESP Barcelona 08 £400,000https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01d0-0e6f9a009029-67249d6f415c-1000--barca-s-crosas-wends-his-way-to-celtic/ UEFA 31 August 2018 UEFA Barça's Crosas wends his way to Celtic 10 August 2008https://www.scotsman.com/sport/celtic-new-boy-marc-crosas-barca-no-more-1-1436399 Johnston Publishing 31 August 2018 The Scotsman Celtic new boy, Marc Crosas - Barca no more 16 August 200816 August 2008 NED Glenn Loovens WAL Cardiff City 08£2,500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7559527.stm BBC Sport Celtic sign Loovens from Cardiff 16 August 200822 August 2008 SCO Shaun Maloney ENG Aston Villa 08£2,200,000http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_220808102047.aspx Celtic FC Shaun Maloney returns to Paradise 22 August 2008 22 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828035714/http://celticfc.net/news/stories/news_220808102047.aspx 28 August 2008 dead16 December 2008 NIR Niall McGinn IRL Derry City 08£300,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7786475.stm BBC Sport McGinn seals transfer to Celtic 16 December 200823 December 2008 CZE Milan Mišůn CZE FK Příbram 08£500,000 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7783307.stm BBC Sport Misun completes Celtic transfer 23 December 200830 January 2009 IRL Willo Flood WAL Cardiff City 08£1,300,000 31 August 2018 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7849933.stm BBC Sport Celtic complete signing of Flood 30 January 20092 February 2009 CZE Filip Twardzik GER Hertha Berlin 08Undisclosed http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Transfers-registered-with-the-Scottish.4939052.jp Scotsman Sport Transfers registered with the Scottish Football Association over the past three days 3 February 2009 6 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722184100/http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Transfers-registered-with-the-Scottish.4939052.jp 22 July 2009 dead2 February 2009 CZE Patrik Twardzik 08Undisclosed Out DatePlayerToFeeSource17 June 2008 NIR Michael McGovern Michael McGovern (footballer) SCO Dundee United 08Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/7421319.stm BBC Sport Dundee United make double swoop 17 June 200830 June 2008 SCO Adam Virgo ENG Brighton & Hove Albion 08Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/7481069.stm BBC Sport Brighton re-sign defender Virgo 30 June 20081 July 2008 IRL Diarmuid O'Carroll ENG Morecambe 08Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/morecambe/7483163.stm BBC Sport Morecambe snap up Celtic striker 1 July 200827 July 2008 SCO John Kennedy John Kennedy (Scottish footballer) ENG Norwich City 08 Loan https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7505492.stm BBC Sport Norwich win loan race for Kennedy 27 July 20087 August 2008 SCO Rocco Quinn SCO Livingston 08 Loan http://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/newsdet.php?news_id=1275&type_id=1 Livingston FC Livingston announce new signing 7 August 2008 9 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928105210/http://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/newsdet.php?news_id=1275&type_id=1 28 September 2008 dead8 August 2008 IRL Jim O'Brien James O'Brien (footballer) SCO Motherwell 08 Undisclosedhttp://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=134 Motherwell FC 'Well unveil double signing 8 August 2008 8 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002200608/http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=134 2 October 2011 dead14 August 2008 SCO Scott Cuthbert SCO St Mirren 08 Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/7560600.stm BBC Sport Saints seal Cuthbert loan deal 14 August 200818 August 2008 DEN Thomas Gravesen Retired http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_180808122309.aspx Celtic FC Celtic part company with Thomas Gravesen 18 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080828035704/http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_180808122309.aspx 28 August 200821 August 2008 NED Evander Sno NED Ajax 08£1,200,000 http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=67160 Ajax AFC Ajax sign Evander Sno 21 August 2008 21 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080824063735/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154814/contentid%3D67160 24 August 2008 dead1 September 2008 SCO Steven Pressley DEN Randers FC 08Free https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7591946.stm BBC Sport Pressley moves to Danish outfit 1 September 20081 September 2008 SCO Derek Riordan SCO Hibernian 08£500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/7534297.stm BBC Sport Riordan opts for Hibernian return 1 September 20087 January 2009 SCO Paul McGowan Paul McGowan (footballer) SCO Hamilton Academical 08Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7816318.stm BBC Sport Accies sign Old Firm pair on loan 7 January 200931 January 2009 NZL Chris Killen ENG Norwich City 08Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7862582.stm BBC Sport Norwich secure Killen loan deal 31 January 20092 February 2009 SCO Rocco Quinn SCO Hamilton Academical 08Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7865501.stm BBC Sport Hamilton complete Quinn signing 2 February 20092 February 2009 IRL Cillian Sheridan SCO Motherwell 08Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/7865640.stm BBC Sport Motherwell take Sheridan on loan 2 February 2009 See also List of Celtic F.C. seasons References 30em External links Celtic FC website 2008–09 Category:Scottish football clubs 2008–09 season Category:2008–09 UEFA Champions League participants seasons