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Griffiths played his last game for the club against St Johnstone

Former Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths departs Dundee

Dundee have confirmed Leigh Griffiths has left the club following the expiry of his loan deal earlier this week.

Soccer • 02 Feb 22

Leigh Griffiths has apologised for the incident

Griffiths charged by police over smoke bomb incident

Leigh Griffiths has been charged by police over an incident during Dundee's Premier Sports Cup defeat by St Johnstone.

Soccer • 24 Sep 21

Dundee's Leigh Griffiths kicks a blue smoke bomb thrown on to the pitch by St Johnstone fans

Griffiths apologises for kicking smoke bomb into fans

Dundee striker Leigh Griffiths has apologised after kicking a smoke bomb into a group of St Johnstone fans.

Soccer • 23 Sep 21

Leigh Griffiths was booed by a section of fans during a friendly defeat to West Ham at the weekend

Griffiths ruled out of Celtic's Danish trip with injury

Manager Ange Postecoglou has confirmed Leigh Griffiths has missed Celtic's crucial trip to Denmark with a "slight injury".

Soccer • 27 Jul 21

Leigh Griffiths was booed by a section of the Celtic crowd when introduced

Postecoglou: Griffiths must work for fans' support

Ange Postecoglou told Leigh Griffiths he has to work to win back the Celtic fans after he was booed by a section of them in the 6-2 friendly defeat to West Ham at Parkhead.

Soccer • 24 Jul 21

Leigh Griffiths had just signed a one-year deal with Celtic when the allegations emerged

Celtic striker Griffiths cleared by Scottish police

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths has been cleared by police over allegations of sending inappropriate messages to two schoolgirls online.

Soccer • 14 Jul 21

Griffiths sent home by Celtic amid police probe

Leigh Griffiths was sent home from Celtic's pre-season training camp after police began a probe into online activity.

Soccer • 08 Jul 21

Odsonne Edouard makes it 3-0 to Celtic against Dundee United at Parkhead

Celtic and Rangers gear up for Old Firm derby with wins

Rangers and Celtic limbered up for Saturday's Old Firm showdown with routine victories in the Scottish Premiership.

Soccer • 30 Dec 20

Leigh Griffiths played a big part in Celtic's win over Hamilton

Lennon appreciates changes brought by Griffiths

Neil Lennon believes Leigh Griffiths has brought a refreshing change to Celtic recently.

Soccer • 27 Dec 20

Northern Ireland's Kyle Lafferty wears a t-shirt in memory of his sister Sonia during the warm-up ahead of Thursday's Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia

Griffiths clarifies Lafferty like on Twitter

Leigh Griffiths has apologised to Kyle Lafferty after facing an online backlash for liking a picture of the distraught Northern Ireland striker.

Soccer • 13 Nov 20

Celtic leave it late to snatch victory at St Johnstone

Returning striker Leigh Griffiths came to the rescue for Celtic with a dramatic last-minute goal to help his side to a 2-0 win against St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

Soccer • 04 Oct 20

Griffiths hits a hat-trick as Celtic hammer St Mirren

A Leigh Griffiths hat-trick helped Celtic to a thumping 5-0 win over St Mirren at Parkhead and confirmed his return to form ahead of Scotland's crunch Euro 2020 semi-final play-off.

Soccer • 07 Mar 20

Celtic's Leigh Griffiths shoves Hamilton's Alex Gogic

Celtic hit with charges over conduct by SFA

Celtic have been issued with two charges by the Scottish Football Association over a failure to ensure their players "conduct themselves in an orderly fashion".

Soccer • 05 Feb 20

Odsonne Edouard and Leigh Griffiths celebrate against Hamilton

Lennon praises Griffiths' impact on 'mercurial' Edouard

Celtic manager Neil Lennon feels Odsonne Edouard is thriving with strike partner Leigh Griffiths beside him

Soccer • 03 Feb 20

Celtic manager Neil Lennon (R) with Leigh Griffiths

Lennon urges Griffiths' critics to show compassion

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has urged Leigh Griffiths' critics to start showing the striker some compassion after confirming that the club have written to Sky Sports to lodge a complaint over comments made by pundit and former Rangers striker Kris Boyd

Soccer • 24 Jan 20

Leigh Griffiths has been out since a 3-1 victory over Hearts in late August due to personal problems which were followed by niggling injuries and a virus

Celtic welcome back Leigh Griffiths into squad

Neil Lennon welcomes back Leigh Griffiths back to the Celtic squad for the visit of Livingston on Saturday.

Soccer • 22 Nov 19

Celtic celebrate after the final whistle

Celtic fightback to put five past Motherwell

Leigh Griffiths scored from a free-kick as Celtic recovered from an early setback to win 5-2 at Motherwell.

Soccer • 10 Aug 19

Leigh Griffiths: "I know it will be a long road back but I am ready to do all I can to get there."

Leigh Griffiths begins 'phased return' to Celtic

Leigh Griffiths will this week begin a "phased return" to Celtic.

Soccer • 27 Mar 19

The Celtic striker may be back on the pitch soon

Griffiths hints at Celtic comeback

Leigh Griffiths has declared he will soon be back scoring goals and lifting trophies for Celtic.

Soccer • 11 Jan 19

Celtic announced that Leigh Griffiths will be out of football for personal reasons "for a little period of time" as he "seeks professional help"

O'Dea: Football is a side issue for Leigh Griffiths

Darren O'Dea has praised Celtic and their manager Brendan Rodgers for their handling of Leigh Griffiths' personal situation and hopes the striker can get the help he needs as he takes time away from football.

Soccer • 13 Dec 18

Celtic begin crucial week with cruise past Hamilton

Celtic returned from the international break to coast to a 3-0 Ladbrokes Premiership win over Hamilton at the Hope CBD stadium.

Soccer • 24 Nov 18

Leigh Griffiths opted out of international duty with Scotland earlier this month to work on his fitness.

Rodgers denies Leigh Griffiths has gone AWOL

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has dismissed the social media "tittle tattle" claiming striker Leigh Griffiths has gone AWOL.

Soccer • 26 Oct 18

Kilmarnock celebrate Stuart Findlay's goal

Celtic suffer shock defeat, Rangers up to second

Stuart Findlay's dramatic injury-time header gave Kilmarnock a stunning 2-1 win over Celtic in their Ladbrokes Premiership clash at Rugby Park.

Soccer • 23 Sep 18

Kristoffer Ajer of Celtic scores their third goal

Celtic ease into Europa League group stages

Leigh Griffiths scored his 100th goal for Celtic as they beat Suduva 3-0 in the play-off second leg to book their place in the group stage of the Europa League.

Soccer • 30 Aug 18

Griffiths earns Bhoys victory in Rodgers' 100th game

Leigh Griffiths scored against his former club as Celtic maintained their 11-point lead at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership with a 1-0 win at home to Hibernian.

Soccer • 27 Jan 18