Morton were the visitors for the last home game of the season, as we moved into May. The crowd of under 13,000 probably reflected the majority…
Yearly Archives: 2018
April began more positively, visitors Motherwell disposed of by three goals to nil, McGarvey, McAdam and a Harrow own goal doing the damage. Willie McStay made…
March began with a trip ‘doon the water’ to Cappielow, Murdo MacLeod with another excellent long-range shot to put Celts two ahead within fifteen minutes against…
First up in February 1983 was a third visit to Tannadice, scene of an earlier defeat for Celtic in the League Cup Semi-final and the classic…
DEFENDER Marvin Compper has finally taken the hint by setting his sights on a January move from Celtic. The veteran German defender arrived at the start…
MATT CORR has been taking us back to Celtic’s season 1982-83 and over the last week or so the first half of that eventful season has…
The sunny weekend of 10/11 May 2008 saw both teams win with Rangers beating Dundee United controversially at Ibrox (Dundee United were denied a blatant penalty…
WHETHER Celtic should take 800 supporters to Ibrox on Saturday 29 December or not has been discussed this week following the matter being raised at The…
After 11 matches of the league campaign of 1968/69, Celtic were top of the table on 18 points, with 24 goals for and 9 goals against.…
JAMES FORREST, Callum McGregor and Ryan Christie were today praised by their manager Brendan Rodgers for their brilliant performances for Scotland that helped Scotland win their…
BRENDAN RODGERS today responded to the speculation surrounding the future of Scott Brown. The Celtic manager was asked about his skipper’s future at the club amid…
CELTIC have four players returning from injury and available to play as the club enters an intensive schedule of games across three competitions between Saturday -…
THE strategy was explained on one of the Rangers forums over the summer. There had been a campaign to have the Celtic supporters removed from the…
And so to that final day of 9 May 1998. The intervening week was full of tension, psychosomatic illnesses, insomnia and recurrent nightmares about mass suicides…
RYAN CHRISTIE has been speaking about the remarkable few weeks that have transformed his position at Celtic from a squad player struggling to get any significant…
AFTER yesterday’s Celtic AGM when the matter known as Resolution 12 was raised from the floor and as usual Celtic attempted to kick it back into…
Here’s a name we probably haven’t mentioned too often in these articles on The Celtic Star before – Port Glasgow Athletic. Now, for those of you…
CELTIC are back after that more enjoyable than usual International break. Seeing James Forrest score five goals in four days really was something special for a…
THE CELTIC AGM has ended and there’s plenty of news to report – although rather predictably nothing of note on Resolution 12, which has been kicked…
FORMER CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill, his assistant Roy Keane and the rest of his backroom staff have today parted company with the Republic of Ireland. O’Neill…
THE CELTIC board will today have to make their position clear on where they stand regarding Resolution 12. This has been rumbling on for years and…
Four points and a game in hand! The next two Saturdays, Celtic won – but so did Hearts. Then on Wednesday 30 April 1986, Celtic played…
JUST like every Celtic supporter, I was absolutely delighted for James Forrest last night. His 5 goals in 2 games for Scotland might just be an…
On this day in 1981, 48,600 were inside Celtic Park for the second contest of the season against Rangers, Celtic having won the opening encounter 2-0…
It’s goodbye to Europe and hello to Champagne Charlie – Celtic’s season 1982/83 (Part 5) by Matt Corr, the links to the first four parts in…
MIKEY JOHNSTON has become the latest Celtic Star to sign a new, long term contract with the club. The teenager has put pen to paper at…
NIR BITTON has admitted that he will get emotional when he makes it back into The Celtic squad after ten months of injury hell. Speaking to…
1979 dawned with Celtic in sixth place but still within touching distance of League leaders Dundee United. In a sense, the League season had not really…
The stars of yester-year like Jimmy Quinn, Patsy Gallagher or Jimmy McGrory usually received a benefit match for their long service. These were often entertaining but…
BRENDAN RODGERS spoke about the competitive nature of the Scottish Premiership this season and he’s loving every minute of it. The Celtic manager was back home…