Joe Hart plotting Green Brigade reunion for Celtic game as former keeper admits farewell tifo SCARED him

Joe Hart is planning to join The Green Brigade to savour future special Celtic moments with a club that celebrates properly.

The keeper retired last month having won a Double in his farewell term. Brendan Rodgers is now hunting a new No.1 to take Hart’s place, but the Englishman has set his sights on returning as a fan. He admits being stunned and even scared at the tifo display which greeted his final Parkhead appearance and wants to be part of it all again as a supporter.

Hart said: “I didn’t expect anything. I’d already got more than I ever could have asked for in terms of treatment, kind words and how my family were treated. Then I came out for the second-half and I love that corner, The Green Brigade. The energy that comes from that corner. That’s me. I’d happily be in there and I will be in there at one point in my life, the throb, the passion for the club.”

Asked how it felt in the moment, he continued: “Mad. It scared me a little bit. I’m not a guy who is scared, either. I always think, why not, let’s go. It just made me feel this is a lot of very good things happening. I was scared, but also feeling great at the same time.

“We had trophy lift, families on the pitch, that club celebrates properly. In the last 13 years, won 12 leagues and still every single trophy is celebrated like it is everything and I love that about the place. That was a special day that will live with me forever and ever.”

Celtic added the Scottish Cup to that Premiership title seven days later, but, speaking to the High Performance Podcast, Hart lifted the lid on a strange scenario which preceded the last-four success over Aberdeen.

He said: “Semi-final, missed a penalty, saved a penalty, like the story was getting a bit silly. I actually