When Matt Corr’s Celtic in the Thirties books was published last autumn we held in reserve a wonderful series that David Potter had written about Celtic…
EARLY EIGHTIES CLASSICS – CELTIC v SPORTING LISBON… Summer 1983 was a depressing time for Celtic fans. The agony of losing the league title on the…
Scotland take on Greece at Hampden tonight as we look to take a huge step in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup after a 28 year…
Nowadays Tosh McKinlay earns his living searching the country for the best talent available for Celtic in his position as club scout, but once upon a…
60 years today, one famous Celt made his debut for the Bhoys. He went on to be renowned player – despite the fact that he has…
22 years ago Celtic were told to embrace the chase at Ibrox, the rest as they say is history… On this day 22 years ago Celtic…
This Sunday, the Celts face Motherwell in what was going to be the latest stage of the anti-Board campaign being waged by many Celtic fans. However,…
Tonight, Celtic host Portuguese side SC Braga in the Europa League. This is the latest in a series of competitive matches involving the Bhoys and teams…
Given the usual home/away nature of European football, it is no surprise that Celtic have played many clubs in at least two countries. However, in some…
Liam Brady as Celtic manager – Wrong man, wrong time, wrong place, and his record in the transfer market didn’t exactly help… The early 1990s was…
The Celts tomorrow face Hibs for the first time this season. The earliest time the two sides met in any competitive game was more than 130…
Celtic’s history against Crvena Zvezda (AKA Red Star Belgrade) is an interesting one… The numbers involved are especially surprising. After this week, the two clubs will…
With St Mirren, Motherwell and theRangers already in the hat for the Premier Sports League Cup semi-finals at Hampden, the fourth and final participant in the…
EARLY EIGHTIES CLASSICS- AJAX v CELTIC… Demand for tickets to watch the second leg in Amsterdam was enormous, fuelled by the incredible drama of the first…
EARLY EIGHTIES CLASSICS – CELTIC v AJAX… Celtic retained the 1981/82 League title on the last day of the season with a 3-0 home win over…
EARLY EIGHTIES CLASSICS – CELTIC v JUVENTUS… After the heroics against Real Madrid in the European Cup Quarter Final in March 1980, hopes were high that…
Forty years ago today Jock Stein, then manager of Scotland, collapsed and died at the end of a World Cup qualifier between Wales and Scotland at…
Some football players seem destined for a particular team or achievement. There is surely no better example of this than Roy Aitken captaining Celtic to a…
Was this the last photograph taken of John Thomson, Celtic’s Prince of Goalkeepers? In recent months, I have shared some incredible photographs from the collection of…
James McDevitt this evening joins our team of fine Celtic writers and in tribute to the late, great David Potter…. David’s final Celtic book ‘Celtic in…
In August 1960, a Celtic legend strode onto the Parkhead turf for the first time. Although only aged 17, his attacking performance marked him out as…
The Original Holy Goalie – Part 2: John Fallon living the dream as a young Celt before injury strikes… After nine months of reserve football at…
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the Original Holy Goalie Part 1: Early days What a time this has been recently as we said farewell to so many…
Celtic in the Eighties: The talent and the triumphs of the Centenary era… There are decades in Celtic’s history that live warmly in the hearts of…
25 years ago, in the summer of 2000, an Irish whirlwind landed in Glasgow, one that would transform Celtic and help begin the club’s 21st century…
The King of Japan arrives in Glasgow… It was 20 years ago this week that a Japanese footballer, unfamiliar to most Celtic supporters I think it’s…
20 years ago this very day we saw the arrival of a player who would become an icon in the eyes of the Celtic support, a…
30 years ago today we clinched the signing of German striker Andreas Thom for a then club record fee of £2.3 million… It was seen as…
Three moments in time…Celtic in the Thirties (Part 3 – Hampden) Over the past three months I have been sharing some of the memorabilia collection of…
On this day, 23 July 1997, Celtic began their UEFA Cup campaign with a routine 3–0 win over Welsh side Inter Cable-Tel at Ninian Park. The…