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.
Celtic and Rangers met in a semi-final of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park on this day in 1925. It turned out to be a memorable…
Season 1992-93 was not going well for Celtic. Rangers had already won the League Cup and were clear at the top of the table, with Celtic…
THE evening of 5 March 1980 turned out to be a wonderful one for every Celtic fan. The best-known name in European football – the mighty Real…
So it finished Motherwell 0 Celtic 0. I have been playing organised football, that is, 11-a-side team matches, since I was 8 years of age but…
On this day in 1961, a Celtic eleven of – Haffey, MacKay, Kennedy, Crerand, McNeill, Clark, Gallagher, Fernie, Hughes, Chalmers, Byrne – ran out at Firhill…
After the result of last Sunday’s match at Ibrox, this would have been a very happy – if not euphoric – week of training for the…
Happy St Patrick’s Day!…and it seems the perfect occasion to recall the first-team debut of an Irishman in the colours of Celtic. This young man was…
On this day in 2013, the players of Aberdeen arrived at Celtic Park for a league match, probably well aware from the pre-match press coverage that…
On this day in 2009, Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 in the final of the CIS Insurance Cup. A crowd of 51,193 was at Hampden for the…
On this day at Celtic Park in 1936, Celtic beat a strong Motherwell side 5-0 in a league match. The Celtic team on the day was…
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…
Towards the end of season 1979-80, Celtic fans were on cloud nine, as their team was still in with a chance of picking up a trophy.…
I must confess that I only watched the Old Firm encounter on TV, which does not always provide a good panorama of the tactics of both…
LISBON LION Jim Craig has come to the defence of under-fire referee Willie Collum by insisting that he made the correct call in red carding Jozo…
ANYONE who was there at Celtic Park on a Monday night in May 1979 will never forget the exhilaration as Celtic, needing a win to be…
In March 2004, less than 12 months after Celtic had lost out to Porto in the Final of the UEFA Cup in Seville, the club was…
There are advantages and disadvantages to having matches start around midday. One of the drawbacks is that the pre-match meal doubles up as a breakfast as…
The day before a big match. Probably a very light work-our and that would be it. Then a time for the tactical discussions. A repeat of…
A debut is always a big occasion for any player. Your first chance to play a match in the first team ; just what you have…
This game on 9 March 1907 was all about Jimmy Quinn. Celtic’s goal scoring hero was the talk of Scotland in early 1907 for he had…
BROONY ON OUR NOISY NEIGHBOURS ‘Yeah they’ve managed to talk quite a lot this week. We’ll just do our usual job and turn up. In the…
Two days to go to the big match and the players will be well aware that the pressure is on. I am often told that players…
On this day in 1965, Jimmy McGrory was relieved of his post as manager of Celtic. He had assumed the role in July 1945, replacing Jimmy…
On 5 March 1994, Celtic had beaten St Johnstone 1-0 in Perth in a Premier Division match. It was first game of what would be called…
On this day in 1966, there took place one of the most exciting and tense matches I ever played in. It was a third round Scottish…
In the months following the European Cup win in 1967, when I was still living with my parents in Cardonald on the south side of the…
THE final result at Celtic Park on Saturday makes it look easy but in the first half in particular, the Morton players showed why their away…
Another Scottish Cup day for Celtic and this time the Scottish League Champions – and Scottish Cup holders – lying first in the Premiership with a…
“While he received a mountain of plaudits for great moments as a player and manager, the biggest tribute I could give him is that he always…
A shame that the Dundee match had to be cancelled but while the pitch may been quite playable – thanks to the under soil heating –…
