Alistair Johnston reveals Celtic pal's expletive-laden Glasgow phrase he just can't get enough of
The Canada star has now lived in Glasgow for over two years and says he has picked up a word of two of the local lingo
Alistair Johnston has joked that his favourite Glaswegian catchphrase is 'get tae f***' and revealed Celtic teammate Greg Taylor is responsible for his obsession with the expletive.
The Canada international has been a huge hit in Scotland since arriving from Montreal CF in January 2023 off the back of an impressive World Cup showing in Qatar. The 26-year-old has already picked up six major honours with the Hoops and is a key cog in the Brendan Rodgers' side that are chasing a second domestic treble in three seasons.
When asked in a Q&A session on Celtic's Instagram channel about what his favourite bit of dialogue he's picked up since moving to Glasgow, he replied: "You are going to have to beep this out but it's 'get tae f***", I love that one, it's so good. Greg Taylor says that one all the time. I remember in my first months when I came in we actually did some Scottish slang. I'm not sure that was one of them but yeah 'get tae f***' is easily my favourite."
The right back has also revealed he is a fanatic for all kinds of sport and admits that moving to Scotland has stopped him from staying up to all hours to watch ice hockey and American football from back home. Responding to another question, he added: "Being Canadian I grew up playing ice hockey and loved it, I still love watching it.
"In terms of watching sports, I watch so many different things. It's probably best that I am in Europe now and the time zone means that I can't watch as many sports from back home. My fiancé would say it would because otherwise I would stay up all-day watching American football, ice hockey and basketball.
"But right now I would probably say my (other) favourite sport to watch and play is probably tennis. I have always really enjoyed tennis and now my fiancé is a very good tennis player so on our off-days we are members at a little club near our place so we will go over there and let her take some steam out on me and kick my butt!"