NEXT up for The Celtic Star’s Fan Of The Week is Arthur Trubshaw. Mark describes himself as an office bod, he is in his mid Fifties,…
Monthly Archives: February, 2018
THE former Celtic winger Niall McGinn has warned his Aberdeen team-mates that Celtic are now ready to turn their complete focus on the pursuit of a…
FOR the first time this season Celtic have only domestic football on their minds. The other Scottish sides were all out of Europe before the Glasgow…
LAST SATURDAY 18 year old Declan McConville started his weekly diary Teenage Kicks, covering our Invincible Treble winning season. He started at the beginning covering Brendan’s…
On this day in 1894, Celtic beat Rangers 3-2 in the second meeting of Glasgow’s Big Two in the league that season. It was something of…
TOM ROGIC has not rejected a new contract from Celtic as far as Brendan Rodgers is aware anyway. Sky Sports have a video interview with the…
“Any time you get a disappointment you want to get back to winning ways as quickly as possible,” the Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes said today. He…
IT never rains but it pours. After Celtic’s dreadful defeat last night in St Petersburg and ahead of the now vital trip to Aberdeen on Sunday,…
RAB DOUGLAS has posted a few follow up tweets in response to an article published this morning on The Celtic Star that quoted his tweet concerning…
BIG RAB DOUGLAS has told hapless Celtic keeper Dorus De Vries that he’s not buying his excuses after he jumped out of the way of the…
In season 1958-59, Celtic got their Scottish Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 4-0 victory over Albion Rovers at Celtic Park, the goals…
CELTIC MANAGER BRENDAN RODGERS “We weren’t aggressive enough and a little bit passive and the goals we gave away were really disappointing. “It was that inconsistency…
When I was watching the first leg of the tie against Zenit St Petersburg at Parkhead last week, I was less than impressed by the Russians.…
1. LACK OF SURPRISE. Is there one single Celtic supporter anywhere that is surprised at the manner of that performance tonight. It was awful, absolutely awful.…
Oh, why does it always have to be like this? Why are we always using phrases like “naive defending” and “sloppy play” to explain away the…
I have often thought that I was lucky to become a Celtic supporter at the time I did. Sure the first 5 years were not exactly…
1. A ST PETERSBURG SONG: A wee song for the 7-800 Celtic fans in St Petersburg for tonight’s Europa League match against Zenit. St Petersburg, in…
CELTIC will play in their world famous green and white Hoops this evening and not one of the second or even third choice strips that are…
BRENDAN RODGERS told his players to keep their cool in St Petersburg this evening as they attempt to complete the job they started so impressively last…
WINTERS in Russia give rise to connotations of inhospitable cold, heaps of snow and terrifying blizzards. Currently, St Petersburg sits at an eye watering minus fifteen…
On this day in 1939, Celtic beat Hearts 2-1 in the replay of a third round tie in the Scottish Cup. In the earlier rounds, Celtic…
I must confess to being a little surprised at the performance of Zenit St Petersburg at Parkhead last week. Now, there are times when you have…
CELTIC choose to train at Celtic Park earlier today – Wednesday – rather than head out to St Petersburg for a session ahead of the match…
ROBERTO MANCINI praised the Celtic stars Scott Brown and Olivier Ntcham for their outstanding performances in the 1-0 victory over his side at Celtic Park last…
BRIAN McCLAIR was described by Sir Alex Ferguson as his best ever buy for Manchester United. And it certainly the case that Fergie’s gain was very…
In the early decades of the 20th century, a football team known as Solway Star was based in Annan, Dumfriesshire. The team had been founded in…
1. MANCINI SAYS HE’S CONFIDENT: “All the players are ready and we don’t change a lot,” said the Zenit manager. “For us, it’s important to change…
Next up on The Celtic Star’s very popular Fan Of The Week is Paul Lyons. Paul is the Historian/Guide at Glasgow Central station. He’s worked in…
EBOUE KOUASSI knows all about playing in Russia and the 20 year old Ivorian midfielder has certainly no fear ahead of the most important match in…
SCOTT BROWN has been at the centre of Celtic’s midfield since Gordon Strachan paid over £4 million to Hibs in the summer of 2007. In this,…