Ange Postecoglou at South Melbourne Group 28 Get the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. More info Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice The good times keep rolling for Ange Postecoglou at Celtic. The big Aussie is racking up the wins, stockpiling silverware and is edging closer by the week to securing legendary status in Glasgow’s East End. But there’s no chance he’s ever going to take all this for granted. Postecoglou’s CV is jam-packed with success and plaudits just about everywhere he's been. He’s got winner’s medals from just about every gig he’s walked into and the trophy count has continued in Scotland. Yet it’s one of the few times he failed to win that sticks in his mind and helps him savour every second of the glory run he’s on right now. In fact, scrub that. It’s probably the one spell in his career Postecoglou doesn’t want to be reminded about. But it was still a vital stage in his journey. Postecoglou admits he looks around him at the moment and the view is pretty sweet. He’s at a huge club with a mammoth, passionate fan base. He gets hero worshipped on the streets and serenaded from the stands. In a thinly-veiled little jab about the Michael Beale lucky man chat that’s dominated this manager, he jokes he’s got the most money to spend than any one. Read More Related Articles Alan
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Job after an impossible short stint in the lower leagues in Greece. And he jumped at the first chance he got in his homeland – even when it looked a thankless task. Enter semi-pro outfit Whittlesea Zebras, a club who’d gone through more name changes than the Artist Formerly Known As Prince, were in a dispute with the council over their home stadium and lying bottom of the Victoria
Premier League after six defeats on the bounce. “You’re going a long way back there, mate! You’ve dug up the one little stint where I didn’t win any silverware!” Postecoglou laughed when asked about the spell. Despite his best efforts, Postecoglou couldn’t keep them up. He won just two games out of 16 but the impact he made went beyond the results. The Zebras went down, but avoided the wooden spoon and the changes he made behind the scenes would put the side on a firm footing for the future. The club still appreciate his efforts and it took him back to the big time with Brisbane Roar. But Postecoglou is proud of that brutal spell and it makes these days all the sweeter. He said: “It’s fair to say I started on the factory floor. When people talk about me at the moment, they see where I am, at a fantastic
Football club, with great resources, where I have the biggest spend of any football club! “I’ve been at the bottom of the bottom of the food chain. I worked my way up so I know about every level of the game. It’s kept me sort of grounded and on the course I’ve been on. It’s this game of football. Everything you get along the way, you need to earn it. You need to work hard. “That was back then and I was young and it was pretty much a semi-professional team and they had their problems. It didn’t mean I was any less passionate than I am now about what I wanted to achieve. “There’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes, particularly in today’s world, people want to skip things, you have players who want to become managers straight away. I kind of like the fact I’ve done it at every level. I am where I am because of hard work and the success achieved along the way.” Celtic players lap of honour at full time while Celtic fans hold a banner for Ange Postecoglou's 100th match Postecoglou might only have spent a couple of months with the Zebras, but he still doesn’t struggle for a beer any time he pops back. He said: “All I’ve done wherever I have been is I’ve tried to make an impact. If, when it comes to the times to go through those doors at the end that you are always welcomed back, that means you have been appreciated. “It doesn’t always involve success. For the most part I’ve managed to have that, but even when I haven’t I think people will know I tried to do the best I can for their club. I’ve maintained relationships with all the clubs I’ve been at and kept in touch with the people involved. We all worked hard and stuck together. It was about trying to make things the best they could possibly be.” It’s the same process at Parkhead – just on a grander scale. A double last season was unexpected given the huge rebuilding task ahead. But the demands were set for this term and Postecoglou hasn’t ducked them. The Viaplay Cup is gleaming in the cabinet, the Premiership is within grasp, old foes Rangers await again for a place in the Scottish Cup Final and the prospect of another
Champions League crack is on the horizon. It’s certainly a contrast to those Whittlesea days but the heightened expectation levels is something the Aussie embraces. Postecoglou said: “It was a different kind of pressure there to here but I have never really seen it as pressure. I've been in this job 26 years and the only time I’ve really felt unhappy or stressed was in the eight or nine months I didn’t have a job. “For me, that’s what you have to make the most of it and make the most of the all the experiences you have in the game. You want to be involved in competing for trophies because when you are not involved, I missed it all.” READ NEXT Read More Related Articles Moritz Jenz in stunning post Celtic turnaround as defender tipped for
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