More from The East is Green… Ronnie Simpson I can’t find any proof of it but I’m sure when Ronnie Simpson was with Hibs he set…
John Clark and Tommy Burns Jersey CSC… Founded in 1989, but people who had moved to Jersey from Scotland and Ireland have been following Celtic from…
More from The East is Green… Quick Feet “He’s got quick feet” is a common pundits phrase, as if the rest of his body’s got trouble…
Jock stein once said “football without fans is nothing”, sadly it’s now been replaced with ‘balance sheets without fans is nothing’… Celtic are in the coming…
More from The East is Green… Tynecastle Before Hearts built their new main stand the capacity was 17,000. Back in 1972 Hearts sent through 16,000 tickets…
Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities CSC celebrate their 40th anniversary this Thursday. This is their rather eventful story… The Irish poet WB Yeats said that ‘Education…
Football without fans is nothing, someone please tell theRangers… Football without fans is nothing yet yesterday, theRangers made the decision to take away all of the…
Barrhead Mick McCarthy CSC… Founded in September 1987 by John Gillan, Paul Deehan, Martin Bradley, Allan Curran, Ian Arbuckle, and Michael D’Arcy, who joined later in…
More from The East is Green… Cesar’s header Another thing about the old terracing whether Celtic Park, Ibrox or Hampden whenever the opposite side scored a…
There is no question of Abada being shunned because of where he’s from. That’s mischievous nonsense from the usual suspects, ie Daily Record and theRangers support……
More from The East is Green… A week before the Ibrox Disaster a local girl, but stranger, knocked on Colin Stein’s door and handed him a…
Carfin CSC (1948)… Previous Presidents: Benny Leonard, Arthur McNally, Tommy Connell, John McCall, Ian Henderson, Patrick Kerr, Robert Bogan, Phil Agnew. After the 2nd World War,…
More from The East is Green… THE LEEDS GAME 1970 It used to be if anyone just said “the Leeds game” you knew right away what…
More from The East is Green… January 1967 Self-Infliction Forrest gets the blame for Rangers defeat at Berwick, so we’ll just go and whack ourselves in…
Dublin No.1 CSC… Founded in August 1967 in Rosses Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, the founding members were John Preen (Treasurer), Councillor Sean O’Brien (Chairman), Hugh Monahan…
Brendan Rodgers has no issue with the Celtic fans unfurling a banner in protest at the Celtic Board’s lack of ‘bravery’ in a January transfer window…
Lisbon Lions CSC… Lisbon Lions CSC was started as a breakaway from Glasgow University CSC after a dispute over the running of the club. The breakaway…
Joe Hart’s post-match words at the weekend clearly contradict those who are saying that the support cannot and should not show their collective displeasure with the…
It’s the right of supporters to protest, but there must be a fine line for now anyway. Celtic in the cold light of day, aren’t out…
Sunderland CSC Founded in 1962 by John Todd, John Dorian, Bobby Cairns, and Davie Gibb. They were joined by Ian Young, Dave Stokell, and Tony Carr,…
Bangkok CSC… Bangkok in the late 2000s was many things to many people. What Bangkok was not, was a great place to watch Celtic. In fact,…
Arthur McKenna CSC, Lochgelly Lochgelly CSC held its inaugural meeting in September 1966 in the Connemara pub in Lochgelly. Following advice from Pat King, who…
Norway CSC… In most countries, Irish and Scottish immigrants make up the core of the CSCs. In Norway, the Celtic support developed slightly differently. Irish or…
St Patrick’s CSC, Shotts… On 28 April 1946 an inaugural meeting was held in CYMS/Columbia Hall in Shotts, and the following office bearers were elected to…
Jessica Elliott reflects on yesterday’s Glasgow City v Celtic FC Women SWPL1 match which ended in a 1-0 victory for the home side… It’s safe to say,…
Another extract from the brilliant The East as Green and this time we’re looking at the intense Old Firm rivalry in the 1960s with some ugly…
Big Tree CSC, Coatbridge… Big Tree Bar is one of the oldest bars in Coatbridge. It has always had a connection with Celtic over the years.…
Supporters are entitled to vent their frustration, but after a win it’s just plain daft, in my view. Some boos were heard around Celtic park yesterday…
The performance, the pitch, Brendan’s post match words, and the board, something is clearly not right… Well that was a rather forgettable 90 odd minutes yesterday…
Woe is me sums up that post match analysis from Brendan Rodgers, who hit back at the Celtic supporters after the 1-0 win over Ross County…