Hailing from an Irish background, I grew up on the English south coast with the good fortune to begin watching Celtic during the Martin O'Neill era. I have written four Celtic books since the age of 19: Our Stories & Our Songs: The Celtic Support, Take Me To Your Paradise: A History Of Celtic-Related Incidents & Events, Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys: Celtic's Founding Fathers, First Season & Early Stars, and The Holy Grounds of Glasgow Celtic: A Guide To Celtic Landmarks & Sites Of Interest. These were previously sold in Waterstones and official Celtic FC stores, and are now available on Amazon.
One of the side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that those in hospital, with other ailments, cannot have visitors due to social distancing. Not only…
In the early 2000s Neil Lennon bleached his hair white. So ginger was his natural hair colour that the Celtic boss reckons it took four attempts…
On this day in 1966, Celtic hosted Liverpool in the first leg of the European Cup Winner’s Cup semi final. It was Celtic’s second ECWC semi…
Love Street ’86 is famous in Celtic circles. One of the best days in the club’s history. Celtic faced St Mirren needing a miracle to be…
John Herbert McLaughlin was born in Glasgow in 1863. His family roots were in Donegal and he frequented St Mary’s parish. In that sense he was…
One of the earliest references to the Celtic support singing at all comes from a 1911 encounter with Hibernian. The instance in question stems from a…
It’s 15 years to the day since Celtic demolished Livingston away from home. The match, on 13 April 2005, saw John Hartson bring an end to…
Celtic TV are showing full replays of two classic matches today. Free for all to watch on CELTICFC.TV/FREEVIEW, the channel has Celtic v Rangers (27 August…
On this day in 1980, Celtic thumped Hibernian 5-0 in the semi final of the Scottish Cup. The result made a statement to Scottish football, Celtic meant…
James Quillan’s Celtic story is quite astonishing. In my opinion, he is the most interesting character among the founding fathers of the club. In one sense…
Tony Ray is well known to Celtic fans involved in the Glasgow Irish pub scene. He plays a combination of Celtic and Irish songs, with the odd…
Shay Given was at Celtic as a youngster, but the club ultimately let him leave Parkhead without the Irishman ever being given an opportunity at senior…
The Celtic Foundation raised £175,000 for its football for good fund last week. That fund now stands at £200,000 and the club has announced that part of…
Celtic Away Days organise gigs for the Celtic support on their European travels throughout each season. The group operates within Left Wing Badges Facebook page and…
Wrestlemania champion (Drew McIntyre) and Celtic legend (Chris Sutton) have been involved in a jovial feud for a couple of weeks now. McIntyre instigated the exchange,…
On this day in 2003 – Celtic hosted Boavista in the biggest match of the club’s history since the 1970 European Cup final. The Hoops had…
James McKay was another pioneer of Celtic, who was born in the Calton, in 1853. His mother was Irish and his father Scottish, with the traditional…
Fraser Forster is known as La Gran Muralla or the The Great Wall, after the Spanish media nicknamed him as such following Celtic’s incredible 2-1 victory over…
Despite the circumstances, Celtic are pressing ahead with player of the year and goal of the season voting. You can have your say on poty.celticfc.net. The…
You may wonder what all the footballers are doing to keep in shape during the lockdown and Scott Brown’s tik tok video this morning, of his…
The Green Brigade Ultras have been raising money to assemble and distribute hampers to front line NHS staff over the last couple of weeks. The campaign started…
John Charles MacDonald was born in Ireland in 1858. At the age of five, he moved to Glasgow with his parents and the family settled in the…
Brutal comedian, Frankie Boyle, is a well known Celtic fan. He has been in hot water over many jokes in the past, one of which focused…
On this day, in 1983, Celtic travelled to Easter Road to play against Hibernian. The sun was blazing and 16,531 people witnessed Charlie Nicholas at his best…
Writing in the Courier, after last weekend’s BBC footage of the 2002 Scottish Cup final (which we won’t mention again), Rab Douglas said: “Thank goodness Twitter…
St Joseph’s care home in Robroyston, Glasgow, were running dangerously low on personal protective equipment. The home already has ten residents in isolation and the vulnerability…
Former Partick Thistle and Falkirk striker, Mark Roberts, has spoken to Lanarkshire Live Sport about the proposal to finish the Scottish Championship, League One and League…
Chris Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live that Celtic are the losers in this pandemic. Speaking as a pundit for the radio station, Sutton said: “I…
Joseph F McGroary was born in Glasgow on 25 February 1865. He was one of 13 children and his parents hailed from Mountcharles in Donegal. As…
If, like many of us, the Queen’s speech/statement, didn’t tickle your fancy last weekend – you may be interested to view a performance and emotional speech…