Jimmy McStay, born in 1895, was the younger brother of Willie and was a centre half. He was generally regarded as a good, rugged determined centre…
John McPhail joined Celtic in the dark years of World War II and was with the club for 15 years. He could play all over the…
It is indeed difficult to come anywhere close to doing justice to what Billy McNeill did for the club. 23 major medals doesn’t even come close…
Commonly knows as “The Ould General”, James McLaren was in more or less at the very start for Celtic, moving west from Hibs when Celtic were…
Andy McAtee came from Croy and played for Celtic between 1910 and 1924. His career coincided with some of the best Celts of all time. He…
Frank Murphy was a superb left winger for Celtic. His reputation has suffered somewhat because Jimmy Delaney was the right winger and Jimmy Delaney was also…
It would be a mistake to describe Billy McPhail as a true Celtic great. He did have his great moments, one in particular, but his career…
“Napoleon” was possibly not quite as good a player as Patsy Gallacher, but his contribution to the club was possibly greater as he spent a few…
In his years from 1911 to 1925, Patsy Gallacher was generally reckoned to have been the best of them all. Those who saw him would brook…
Joe Dodds was one of Celtic’s best ever left backs. It is not a position that Celtic have even been short on – one thinks of…
“The Wee Barra” was little more than 5 feet tall when he joined the club in 1948, but it was soon observed that he was a…
Sandy McMahon was Celtic’s first truly great player. A man of culture and wisdom with a wide knowledge of Burns and Shakespeare, Sandy joined the club…
Tommy McInally was a personality player in an age which badly needed one… He played for Celtic in two spells from 1919 to 1922, and from…
Paul Lambert was a superb player. He was mainly a midfielder but he take a good few goals as well, and he was a vital cog…
“Ten Internationals and Charlie Shaw” was the way that Celtic were described in the 1910s and the early 1920s, the implication being that the Celtic team…
Neil had a remarkable Celtic career. Having played for Morton and Middlesbrough, he joined the club in spring 1953, too late to play in League games…
When Frank McGarvey left us in the early hours of 2023, he left memories of a great Celt and a really rather remarkable character. He won…
“No Road This Way” was the unlikely nickname of Willie Loney as well as the more obvious one of “The Obliterator”. He was possibly Celtic’s best…
There were few players who could divide the support as much as Yogi Bear could. On his day he was absolutely brilliant, a world beater and…
In the purest footballing sense, Charlie Gallagher was one of Celtic’s best ever players. A brilliant passer of a ball, and with a brilliant wiggle of…
The nephew of Patsy Gallacher and father of John Divers III, this one was born in Clydebank in 1911 and was arguably the best of the…
Pat Crerand emerged in the late 1950s as a superb right half with marvellous passing skills, and the clear ability to “take a grip” of a…
There were times when one feared that Steve Chalmers would not make it. There was the feeling that the gentlemanly Chalmers, always well dressed off the…
This fellow radiated class. He was an Invernessian by birth, went to school in Aberdeen and came to Celtic from Tannadice in Dundee in 2015 when…
It was possibly the way he played for Ayr United in a game against Celtic at Somerset Park in August 1974 that drew Celtic’s attention to…
Jimmy Blessington was one of the truly great early Celts, along with Dan Doyle and Sandy McMahon, but is not so well known, mainly one feels…
Bobby Carroll was one of the “Kelly Kids” of the early 1960s of whom much was expected, and indeed much might have been delivered if they…
The word used often in the war years and immediately after was “utility”, meaning something that would do for the moment, like for example prefabricated houses…
The first John Divers has no blood relationship, as far as can be ascertained to the other two of the same name… He was born in…
Frank Brogan was a grossly undervalued player at Celtic Park. When he went to Ipswich Town, Frank got a consistent run in the team, and Ipswich…