BRENDAN RODGERS re-stated his intention to make Celtic even stronger next season at yesterday’s press conference, which preceded the arrival of his former Liverpool captain, the…
Monthly Archives: May, 2018
Teams do not score 9 goals very often but Celtic did so in the club’s first official season of 1888-89, beating Clyde 9-2 at First Celtic…
Edward Said (1935 – 2003), the Palestinian American historian considered to be one of the 20th Century’s greatest thinkers, wrote in 2001 that the real tragedy…
STEVEN GERRARD was today appointed manager of Rangers after signing a 4 year deal to manage the Ibrox club. The Ibrox club was at the centre…
BRENDAN RODGERS’ job just got a little more interesting. The Irishman plans to stick around for 10IAR but must have wondered if it was all going…
THE TWO rookie managers that are being used as a comparison to the arrival this afternoon of Steven Gerrard as the new Rangers manager – on…
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL have provided more information on the parking restrictions that they are set to introduce around Celtic Park and the Emirates and have also…
I was living in South Africa at the time and this was the catalyst for me starting the Johannesburg CSC. Waking up on the Saturday morning,…
A FEW more of your memories from Love Street came in over night, it would be a shame not to tell these stories from 3 May…
“It got really uncomfortable, believe it or not, for me,” Neil Lennon said yesterday as he reflected on (Beautiful) Sunday’s skelping by Celtic of the club…
LEWIS MORGAN could make his Scotland debut before he plays for Celtic. The Championship Player of the Year, who joined Celtic in January and was loaned…
The Navy and Army War Fund Shield was devised by the Scottish League to boost the funds of a charity originally set up to bring some…
I was in Glasgow for the weekend with my wife and young family visiting my parents having travelled up from Manchester on the Friday evening after…
GROWING up in Dunblane in the 80s was a quiet affair, especially as there weren’t too many bhoys my age going to the games. However, I…
What a day this was! It was a pulsating performance from Celtic on the day. I attended match with my two future brother in laws, brother…
Friday started like any other. I lived in Nairn, in the north of Scotland, and worked at the McDermott Scotland oil rig yard. Friday evenings were…
We were coasting at Love Street to what might have been an impressive, but ultimately meaningless, win. Then something quite amazing happened. I remember their goalkeeper,…
A short and sweet wee story on Love Street, May 1986. I was 15 at the time and for months had believed we were going to…
What was I to do on 3 May 1986? Was I to go to Love Street? Wednesday’s result against Motherwell (2-0 at Fir Park) gave Celtic…
SATURDAY 3 MAY 1986 was a remarkable day whose repercussions are still felt to this day in Edinburgh! For Celtic to win the Scottish League, they…
A new website, celticdayone.com has been launched, so The Celtic Star is no longer the newest of all the Celtic sites. It’s a bit like waiting…
STEVEN GERRARD would have been absolutely thrilled last night in Rome after watching Liverpool reach the Champions League Final. On the back of his mind as…
CELTIC are preparing themselves for the summer sale of Moussa Dembele and are set to conclude a deal to secure Beautiful Sunday’s Man of the Match…
In the early rounds of the Scottish Cup in season 1974-75, Celtic had beaten Hibs 2-0 at Easter Road in Round One, Clydebank 4-1 at home…
THE CELTIC STAR photographer Vagelis Georgariou, or just Geo to everyone who knows him, put together this set of photographs of Celtic Park – around the…
OLIVIER NTCHAM was absolutely outstanding on Beautiful Sunday. So too were so many of the Celtic players, Forrest, Tierney, McGregor, Rogic, Edouard and a very special…
Today’s announcement the two Rangers Directors, Paul Murray and Barry Scott, have resigned from the Board at Ibrox will be no shock to those who have…
STATEMENT from Ibrox incoming…here we go (for Ten in a Row)… “RANGERS International Football Club PLC (RIFC) notify the resignation of two directors, Mr Paul Murray…
IN this week’s Celtic View the backroom staff all share their thoughts on Beautiful Sunday, a term that we pushed hard on The Celtic Star, so…
They say that to really enjoy the best of times, you also have to endure the worst of them. Season 1977/78 certainly comes into that category.…