Bobby Petta’s Celtic career was an enigma. A player of superb ability as he proved on quite a few occasions, Bobby didn’t seem, for various reasons,…

A very complex character was George Connelly. In the first place, there was absolutely no problem with his footballing ability. This was first demonstrated at half…

Ramon Vega was a Swiss internationalist who had a very short stay at Celtic Park, but it was an eventful one. He arrived in mid-winter 2000/01,…

Few men contributed more to Celtic than the fair haired right half and captain Sunny Jim Young. An Ayrshire man from Kilmarnock, Sunny was playing not…

The circumstances of the death of John Thomson after an accidental collision with a Rangers player at Ibrox on 5th September 1931 are well known. Fewer…

James Welford is a remarkable character in Celtic history. He was the first Englishman to have won an English Cup medal and a Scottish Cup medal…

John McNamee could have been a great Celt. His problem was that he came at the same time as Billy McNeill, and John, though good, was…

It is very easy to underestimate the contribution of John Clark to the great Lisbon Lions side, but those who saw them are not likely to…

Willie McStay (II) was the elder brother of Paul, and was a more than competent defender for Celtic in the 1980s. Inevitably he is linked to…

It puzzled them as much in 1908 as it does now, but why did Alec Bennett jump ship from Celtic to Rangers? The usual reason about…

Arguments about who was the best Lisbon Lion are futile and even possibly offensive, so I will confine myself to saying that Bobby Murdoch was well…

Tony Mowbray was always, one felt, a very unlucky player, certainly with injuries and more particularly with career decisions. When he played for Celtic he had…

The “Maestro” was well named. In all his years at the club from his debut in 1982 until he limped off the field at Stark’s Park…

The phrase “a good player but he came at the wrong time” cannot be applied to anyone more appropriately than Joe McLaughlin. Joe was a Celtic…

Murdo MacLeod was one of Billy McNeill’s best ever signings. He was bought from Dumbarton in October 1978 to join a fairly chaotic topsy-turvey, inconsistent sort…

Willie Groves commonly known as “Darlin’ Willie” was a much loved Celt in the early years of the played of the club, yet he played only…

Possibly the most charismatic of the early Celts, Dan was much loved by the Celtic fans in the 1890s. He was a flamboyant character and one…

Jim Craig is an unusual sort of football player. He will probably remain for all time the only dentist ever to win a European Cup medal,…

Scott Brown belongs to the exclusive set of Celtic players. Many players are called “Great Celts”; Scott is one of the “Really Great Celts” a very…

One of the truly great early Celts, Bernard Battles arrived at Celtic Park in 1895. He could be either a full back or a wing half…

Celtic have had many great goalkeepers over the years, but there are few who could compare with the slightly built figure of Dan McArthur who played…

By no means one of the more famous or flamboyant full backs in Celtic’s history, Hugh was nevertheless a very instrumental player in the 1920s, winning…

Jim Brogan was the younger brother of Frank, but their paths barely crossed at Celtic Park. Jim was a different kind of player from Frank, being…

The third John Divers was possibly the least successful of the three in that he won no major honours with the club, but that is not…

There is a natural affinity, one feels, between Celtic and the Geordie nation. There is the same grit and determination, the same hard work and the…

Peter Somers was as good as anyone else in the great Celtic teams of 1907 and 1908, and that is saying something! He had joined the…

That Davie McLean became a soldier of fortune may have a lot to do with Willie Maley. In truth as a centre forward he was not…

Tommy McAteer had a brief but effective career for Celtic. It was often felt that Celtic could have done with him a great deal earlier, but…

No-one typified the great Celtic side of the 1960s more than Tommy Gemmell. He was a larger than life character with loads of swagger and arrogance…