By season 1937/38, the pressures of being the main man in the Celtic forward line were beginning to take their toll on Jimmy McGrory. He was…
Monthly Archives: October, 2018
CELTIC may have failed to reach the Champions League this season after the disappointing results against AEK Athens but if we thought that we’d be up…
WE have now reached season 1968-69 in DidsburyCelt’s excellent account of a lifetime supporting Celtic, so we’ll hand over to him to continue and you can…
DEDRYCK BOYATA has been in excellent form since returning to the Celtic side after failing to force a move in the last transfer window. He is…
At this time of season 1960-61, Celtic were lying 11th in the league table, having lost four and drawn one of their first six matches. On…
We have been enjoying the stories of Celtic supporters during the international borefest. It’s not long now – Celtic play on Saturday! One of the things…
NEXT up in our Celtic Supporters Q&A is John Mackin from Possilpark in Glasgow… Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am 70 years…
KIERAN TIERNEY is out of the Scotland squad for the friendly against Portugal, although Callum McGregor is still there as are the Celtic bench-warmers Craig Gordon…
On this day in 1893, Celtic had a home match against a team from Edinburgh. This was St Bernard’s inaugural season in the top division and…
WILLIE WALLACE is up in the North East of Scotland at the moment with his wife Olive. They are visiting Hazel and her family. Hazel is…
OUR focus this week during the dreaded international break is on Celtic supporters and their own stories. One of our finest contributors is DidsburyCelt and he…
In the League Cup of 1969, Celtic had successfully negotiated a section involving Rangers, Airdrie and Raith Rovers with Willie Wallace getting 4 goals and both…
In yesterday’s Pointless the couple who made it through to play for the money chose Scottish football as their category and one of the questions was…
KIERAN TIERNEY was not the only Celtic legend to score an own goal yesterday, judging by the reaction to the interview that Willie Wallace gave to…
WE have been focusing on Celtic supporters and their own stories this week as we try to assist you all through the painfully slow period caused…
WILLIE WALLACE spoke about Celtic’s two Australians yesterday, as we’ve already featured on The Celtic Star this morning. And Willie’s wanted to get off his chest,…
WELL if Kieran Tierney is going to score an own goal we’d all much rather that he does it wearing a Scotland shirt rather than a…
BEFORE we start on this, a disclosure. Willie Wallace is a friend of mine. I spoke to him on Sunday lunchtime and tried to get him…
After winning successive championships in 1892/93 and 1893/94, Celtic finished second to Hearts in 1894/95. The following season’s league campaign started uncertainly, with Celtic winning six…
Georgios Samaras has retired from playing to take up a boardroom role alongside his dad his Giannis, at his boyhood club OFI Crete. We’ve updated an…
MICK WIDDRINGTON is next up for our Celtic supporters’ Q&A which we have started up again after a short break over the summer. Reading other Celtic…
As the pause button has been pressed on the Scottish Premiership for the latest International break we can have a look at how things are shaping…
HEARTS have sold over 5,000 semi-final tickets in the first hour of the briefs going on sale at Tynecastle this morning. “Over 5,000 tickets sold inside…
NEXT UP in our revived Celtic Supporter’s Q&A is veteran Celtic supporter Jerry Woods, who has also shared some wonderful imagery with us from Celtic’s finest…
In my previous piece on The Celtic Star, I recalled my earliest memories from the 1950s. Now here are my thoughts on the 1960s up to…
DEVASTATING news overnight for the Rodgers to Villa speculators – suppose for them it was good while it lasted. Brendan told them on Sunday that he…
Ten of the Celtic team which had won the European Cup in Lisbon took to the field at Hampden on this day in 1967 for a…
WE asked this morning for Celtic supporters to come forward to be part of our supporters Q&As on The Celtic Star after we looked back at…
We have had the privilege to feature the writings of DidsburyCelt who has taken us through his decades of supporting Celtic on The Celtic Starover the…
Left-back Joe Dodds was 21 when he signed for Celtic, making his debut only a few months later against Dundee in a league match at Parkhead…