Lisbon Lion and Celtic Ambassador Jim Craig provides The Celtic Star readers with a 365 day diary of all things Celtic, providing a remarkable and unique insight into our club from one of the players who won us The Celtic Star in Lisbon on 25 May 1967.
Having drawn the first leg of a European Cup semi-final tie 0-0 in the San Siro against Internazionale of Milan, we were quietly confident of beating…
On this day in 1963, in a Scottish Cup third round tie, Celtic played host to the quaintly-named Gala Fairydean. The visitors were based in Galashiels…
Matches which took place on Christmas Day are now very rare but during Celtic’s first 90-odd years, they were not uncommon. And there were some big…
For the first ten years of the club’s existence, Celtic never played an official match on Christmas Day, so when it was announced that they would…
In season 1955-56, just before Christmas, the number one spot in the league table was vacillating between two sides. Celtic had lost the position to Hibs…
In the years between 1905 and 1910, when Celtic won six consecutive league championships, very few players were used. In fact, in the early part of…
At the turn of the year 1924/25, Celtic were going through a bad spell. Since the beginning of November, they had been without the services of…
As the teams came out at Celtic Park on this day in 1998, for the New Year clash of Glasgow’s Big Two, there were four points…
After a comfortable 3-0 victory over Portuguese champions Benfica at Celtic Park on the 12 November, on this day in 1969, the chosen Hoops side for…
The autumn of 1967 had been a bit of the good and the bad for Celtic Football Club. In late September and early October, we lost…
After a two-year stint at Fir Park, during which he had spells as assistant manager and acting manager, Davie Hay was appointed manager of Motherwell in…
On this day in 1973, Adam Mclean died at the age of 74. You have never heard of him? Well, you would not be alone among…
The Hamilton Cup was held in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario in the summer of 1994, as part of a Scottish Festival. Apart from the…
This was it! The day everyone involved with this new club in the East End of Glasgow was as high as a kite – whether it…
CELTIC had not scored too many goals in their route to the Scottish Cup final in season 1994-95. A 2-0 win over St Mirren at Parkhead…
In 1938, the Empire Exhibition was held in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park. It was a most impressive, well-laid out display which covered many countries and aspects of…
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…
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…
On this day in 1891, in the first season of the Scottish League, Celtic travelled to Ibrox to face Rangers in the second clash of the…
On this day in 1957, nineteen-year-old Bertie Auld ran out at Ibrox for his first team debut. It was a tie against Rangers in the Glasgow…
On the same afternoon, Rangers had lost 2-3 to Aberdeen in their final league match of the season. That put Celtic and its fans in a…
On this day at Hampden Park back in 1967, we ran out to face Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final. By that time, the League Cup…
Wasn’t it the late Jimmy Greaves who was once quoted as saying that ‘football’s a funny old game, ain’t it?’ Well, the last two weeks have…
On this day in 2008, there was a crowd of 56,662 at Celtic Park for this league meeting of Glasgow’s Big Two. The teams were –…
On this day in 1969, a crowd of 132,870 was at Hampden Park for a Celtic v Rangers clash in the Scottish Cup Final. The teams…
On this day in 1868, Willie Maley was born in Newry, County Down, Ireland, the son of a sergeant in the British Army. His family eventually…
Three years after winning Celtic’s first Scottish Cup since 1937, the team reached the final again, after beating Falkirk ( A; 2-1; 20,000); Stirling Albion (…
Alec Thomson was born in 1901. As a young man, he rose up the football ranks, eventually signing for Wellesley Juniors in Fife – the same…
A crowd of 59,298 was present at Celtic Park on this day in 2001 to see the team presented with the League Championship trophy after the…
In season 1950-51, Celtic attracted some good crowds as they progressed through the earlier rounds of the Scottish Cup – 27/01/51 East Fife (A) 2-2 attendance…
