The Rise of the Celtic Podcasters
Now, the biggest of these is likely ACSOM (A Celtic state of mind) which not only offers regular podcasts but also has branched out into other events such as speakers and functions. As well as this there are numerous accounts including The Celtic Exchange, Trinity Ts*, 20 Minute Ts*, The Huddle Breakdown, the Grand Auld Podcast and 4 Ts* and a podcast.
However, the rise of online fan media was not the first time Celtic supporters were able to have their own say on club events. Across the decades there has been different ways that this has happened.
*Certain words cause us problems, like the H work and remarkably the T word too and also a six letter F word.
The (original) Shamrock Fanzine
Perhaps the most obvious of these are Celtic fanzines, of which there have been numerous examples. The earliest of these goes back to the 1960s. The Shamrock fanzine was produced by a supporters’ club based in Edinburgh. In recent years, a Celtic history fanzine using the same name has also been printed.
Not The View
However, although a Celtic fanzine was available in the 1960s, it was the 1980s when fanzines became hugely popular across all clubs in Britain. For Celtic, the most well-known of these publications is surely Not the View with its title referencing the official club newspaper.
Not the View – and other fanzines – became known for their irreverent approach. They could be hugely critical of the club when needed, and many people credit them for being an important part of the supporter campaigns to bring down Celtic’s old Board in the 1990s.
Since then, there have been numerous other fanzines, which have either started and disappeared or in some cases still exist. Examples of this include The Celt, the Alternative View, Once a Tim, More Than 90 Minutes, Bhoyzone, Tiocfaidh ar la, and Jungle Drums.
