It was great to catch up with Derek Whyte at the Tommy Burns match.
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Derek spent six eventful years at Celtic, winning two championships and two Scottish Cups before moving on to Middlesboro and Aberdeen before finishing his career at Partick Thistle where he had a spell as joint manager alongside Gerry Britton.
Seventeen years after leaving Celtic he still loves the club as much as ever, the bond is there amongst players past and present and the lure of playing again at Celtic Park as strong as ever, even in the tragic circumstances of a match to commemorate the life of a former team-mate.
Tommy Burns played in front of Derek when he broke into the first-team but before then Tommy and Danny McGrain had already been working with him, showing him the ropes and preparing for the unique demands of playing for Celtic.
Derek went on to make over 200 appearances for Celtic under Davie Hay, Billy McNeill and Liam Brady before moving on to Middlesbrough where he spent five seasons playing in the Premiership and First Division.
“When you play at this club it’s almost like a tattoo on your skin, it never leaves you, it’s with you for life and that’s a great feeling,” sums up Derek’s views on playing for Celtic.
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