As a Bellshill Bhoy I was taken to my first Celtic game in the summer of 1987. It was Billy McNeill’s return to Celtic Park as manager and Celtic lost 5-1 to Arsenal . I thought I was a jinx, I think my Grandfather might have thought the same. It was the finest gift anyone ever gave me when he walked me through Parkhead's gates.
Celtic it would appear are about to break cover and announce the much-anticipated outcome of the committed to New Year review, promised to the supporters in…
I guess we now know that Ismaila Soro’s unfortunate prang in his car today was not down do a lack of experience driving on the left…
When the Green Brigade produced a banner calling for Neil Lennon to be removed from post, alongside an accompanying statement, prior to Celtic’s game with Motherwell…
It has been quite a week for post-game punishments being meted out in Scottish football. Kemar Roofe was offered a two-game ban for his somewhat overzealous…
As Celtic left the field at half time yesterday it seemed as if the improvement in performance against Kilmarnock in midweek was carrying on. And for…
Be it legislation, rules, articles or policy there is ‘money to be made in them hills’ when it comes to interpreting meaning in such rulebooks, and…
Arrogance seems to have been a buzz word around Celtic for much of this season. Starting with the assumption that we had to all but show…
His comments may well have been tongue in cheek, but on the back of the pious, clearly choreographed and unctuous platitudes coming from the Celtic boardroom,…
Knock Knock – “Yes, who’s there?” “It’s me Peter. It’s Lenny. Can I get a quick word?” Of course, you can – velocity – ah see…
Anyone fancy a game of fitba? With another week of off field activity shifting attention away from the team itself, it would normally be good to…
With Celtic’s announcement of Peter Lawwell’s impending retirement and of his replacement, Dominic McKay from Scottish Rugby, a man the Celtic Trust Chairman David Low described…
With the announcement of Peter Lawwell’s retirement as Celtic’s CEO and the imminent switch to Dominic McKay, currently Chief Executive of Scottish Rugby, due to take…
When players have chosen to move on from Celtic or agitated for a transfer in the past, I’ve often thought repent at leisure or the grass…
This evening The Celtic Trust hold their latest members meeting, online via Zoom. It is fair to say that in the last few weeks there has…
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt”… A quote attributed to everyone from Mark Twain to…
From the outside looking in The Celtic Noise may seem like one of so many Celtic fans forums, yet it is an awful lot different. There…
“Where there is no vision, Celtic perish. Where there is vision, The People perish” Apparently, Peter Lawwell was going to do a presidential state of the…
For some yesterday’s fiery press conference was only missing the manager standing in a hedge, for others it was a long overdue defence of the club…
There have been four crucial points dropped since the ill-fated trip to Dubai for a winter training camp, the Covid -19 positive tests and the subsequent…
We’ve all made family trips to relatives we never knew we had, in towns we never knew existed, usually during the school summer holidays. You’d all…
For the first 20 minutes yesterday Celtic looked sharp. An energetic press allied to crisp passing and utilising of clever diagonal balls to the wide men,…
The latest rumour to fill the gaps when Celtic say nothing at all has surfaced tonight. As we all wait on tenterhooks for the Celtic board’s…
It’s always good to get the daily PR nightmare out of the way just as the cornflakes start to digest, it means you can get on…
Celtic’s recent self-inflicted squad decimation at the behest of track and trace self-isolation has seen loan deals terminated early for some of Celtic’s young hopefuls. Goalkeeper…
I had intended avoiding this subject but I’ve had enough of the faux public health arguments as a smokescreen for the real frustrations it is being…
Back on 2 December, The Celtic Star highlighted the incredible work being carried out by former Celtic player and manager Lou Macari. His Homeless charity the…
On 5 April 2008 as the final whistle blew, it seemed 58,624 voices in unison were sending a message to Gordon Strachan. It can often be…
When Brendan Rodgers moved south to Leicester with every available employee, he could fit in a people carrier it was looked upon as rather disrespectful to…
As Celtic chase down a 19-point deficit in the Scottish Premiership and as we look to claw ourselves back into a title race, it seems selling…
If I was in John Kennedy’s shoes today, I think I’d be spending some time updating my CV, composing a covering letter and looking up the…