I am Celtic author and historian and write for The Celtic Star. I live in Kirkcaldy and have followed Celtic all my life, having seen them first at Dundee in March 1958. I am a retired teacher and my other interests are cricket, drama and the poetry of Robert Burns.
Hearts! A team of tradition and legend and great players – but of considerable underachievement, bedevilled with awful Directors (if you think Celtic’s are bad, try…
The first real game of the season was a mixture of good and bad, with a certain amount of optimism radiating the stadium and the television…
I would be telling a lie if I were to say that I was enthralled by this game, but that does not mean that there was…
CHARLIE GALLAGHER 1940 – 2021 I think I see him yet. Less than ten minutes remained of the epic and iconic Scottish Cup final of 1965…
Adams, McNair and Orr… is the start of one of the best Celtic teams of them all, and Willie Orr was their captain and leader, yet…
A Dream Day for Triskaidekaphobes as Celtic Lose a Goal… You don’t really get very many good days in December, and with a cold east wind…
You Tube contains many gems. There is one that claims to be Queen’s Park v Celtic in the Scottish Cup Semi Final of 1927. In fact…
Adam McLean, not to be confused with Davie who was slightly older, was one of the most unsung Celtic heroes of all time, yet he had…
I had often been told by people who should have known better that Rangers = Scotland = blue as distinct from Celtic = Ireland = green,…
Willie Loney was born in 1879 and joined Celtic in summer 1900. He came from Denny Athletic, and he was one of Maley’s first and cleverest…
For the fourth summer in a row, Celtic appointed a new Manager. Wim Jansen had done the needful in 1997/98 but had then abruptly departed, Jo…
Kinglassie is a very ordinary Fife ex-coal-mining village. Its best days are now clearly well behind it, and the once vibrant community never really recovered from…
I think we can all agree that Celtic’s worst ever newspaper headline was “SupercaleygoballisticCelticareatrocious” with reference to the dire events of February 8 2000. But a…
1967 was 1967, the greatest year of them all – and we all know why! Something to do with the heat of Lisbon, as the Green…
According to legend, 1 April 1933 was the day that the Hampden Roar was born, and that Jimmy McGrory was responsible. One feels that this is…
You really had to hand it to Willie Maley! He had done it again! He had unearthed the greatest team on earth that won virtually everything…
“Industrial depression does not affect the popularity of the game in Scotland”, reflects the writer of The Scotsman as he marvelled at the then record crowd…
One can never say such things with any kind of certainty, but one would feel that Neil Mochan must be unique in world football for having…
Four years on from the time that Jimmy Quinn beat England more or less on his own (although the modest Jimmy would have denied that), England…
Not that I really have to apologise to readers of The Celtic Star, but technically this series should read “When Celtic (with the help of friends)…
Sometimes it is difficult to express in mere words the contribution of a man to the Celtic cause. From Stenhousemuir, Alec McNair joined the club in…
So, if one can forgive the religious connotations, we can see the white smoke coming out of Celtic Park, and it is a case of Habemus…
Or more accurately Mr Brown’s Boys…Quite an entertaining programme this was last night, and those who missed it would do well to watch it on Catch…
1892 was a wonderful year in the history of the Celtic Football Club. It was the first of many, of course, and although Dumbarton winning the…
There was little to be happy about this season. The only genuinely good performance was the 1-0 defeat of Rangers in the Scottish Cup in February…
An extract from David Potter’s new book, Alec McNair, Celtic’s Icicle published by Celtic Star Books…. Inspired by David Potter's book: Alec McNair – Celtic's Icicle…
Celtic 1937-38 Champions – Our ‘devastating forward line’ of Jimmy Delaney, MacDonald, Crum, Divers and Murphy… In 1937 Celtic failed to repeat their success of 1936…
Scotland’s (and Glasgow’s in particular) love of the game of football surprised even its own devotees in spring 1937. A world record crowd was set up…
The late 1920s and early 1930s had not been happy years for Celtic. There had been some great moments, notably the Scottish Cup win over Motherwell…
Alec McNair’s is probably the greatest ever Celtic story never told, until now. He is a Celtic legend, up there with the likes of Billy McNeill and Scott…
