I had the pleasure to catch up with Tommy Johnson at the Masters football at the weekend where the Geordie Genius was the top Celt.
VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH TOMMY JOHNSON
TJ finished up as joint top scorer but once again Celtic lost out in the final, this time to Rangers with goalkeeper Kevin McKeown hardly covering himself in glory.
As ever it was good to see some old faces, Mark McNally, Darren Jackson, Regi Blinker and a real blast from the past with Jim Duffy called into service.
Johnson had a strange Celtic career, playing under Tommy Burns, Wim Jansen, Dr Jo, John Barnes, Kenny Dalglish and Martin O’Neill.
It was certainly a lively time at Celtic Park with TJ almost always playing with a smile and capable of the occasional spectacular goal.
He’ll be best remembered for the title-clinching goal in 2001 against St Mirren and he’s happy to laugh about mishitting the ball.
After Celtic he moved onto Sheffield Wednesday, Kilmarnock and others, at Rugby Park he scored a couple against Rangers before winding up his career playing for Sheffield United, Gillingham and Tamworth.
Tommy is now coaching at his first senior club Notts County and doing whatever he can for a local charity that is helping to educate kids in Guatemala and elsewhere.
Enjoy this VIDEO INTERVIEW with Tommy Johnson