Hailing from an Irish background, I grew up in Bournemouth with the good fortune to begin watching Celtic as a young child during the Martin O'Neill era. Still living on the south coast, I have a season ticket at Paradise and also travel to European away matches when possible. At the age of 19, I published my first Celtic book (Our Stories & Our Songs: The Celtic Support). Then, last year, I published my second book (Take Me To Your Paradise: A History Of Celtic-Related Incidents & Events), which is sold in Waterstones and official Celtic FC stores.
On a personal level, I’ve been calling Frimpong to start every game all season. He was outstanding on the opening day against Hamilton and he offers…
I’ve seen a lot of tweets today from those who normally attend European away matches. There’s an overwhelming feeling of frustration that fans can’t be over…
Former Rangers player, who was regarded the worst footballer in the Azerbaijani league, Andy Halliday was tasked with naming an XI comprised of Celtic and Rangers…
It has been well documented that Kristoffer Ajer is on AC Milan’s radar at the moment. The Italian club’s technical director, Paolo Maldini, even confirmed this…
It was on this day, 7 years ago, that Morton made headlines as they stunned the champions of Scotland in their own back yard! That dramatic…
Tom Rogic and Leigh Griffiths have been back in training for a couple of weeks now. The pair have been injured and linked with exits of…
Paddy McCourt was a genius. You don’t called the Derry Pele for nothing, but the first time he ever bequeathed the Celtic support with his talents…
As a Celtic historian, I like to look beyond the club when I do my research and examine the social scenarios of various eras. Often the…
As The Celtic Star reported some time ago, a group of Celtic fans based in Willie Maley’s birthplace of Newry (Co. Down) have formed a committee…
Former Celt, Kris Commons says fans should lay off “easy target” Greg Taylor and has told the Celtic support to back him rather than moan at…
Celtic are no strangers to competing against newly founded clubs. Indeed, the Hoops have done so on several occasions in domestic football over the last few…
One in a row, nine to go… it was back in April 2012 that Celtic got their hands on the Scottish Premier League trophy for the…
Being born in the mid-90s, my earliest football memories are from 2000/01 onwards. In many respects that’s fortunate where Celtic are concerned. I’ve only known the…
315 games, 242 goals, seven superb years – Henrik Larsson is the King of Kings. It’s hard to believe that the Super Swede is now 49…
I thought that Wednesday night’s match against St Mirren was a difficult watch and was full of frustration, though I was obviously happy with the three…
Today marks the third anniversary of Paul Wilson’s tragic passing at the age of 66. A member of the Quality Street Gang, who is credited with…
It was well documented when Boli Bolingoli flouted Scottish Government rules concerning coronavirus and went to Spain for 24 hours, without telling anyone or quarantining upon…
Cathkin Park is a site with a huge history in Scottish football. It is also a place of historical prominence for Celtic too. Cathkin Park was…
Celtic’s next opponent’s in the Europa League qualifiers are either Riga FC of Latvia or Tre Fiori of San Marino. Some fans took the plunge and…
I was working alone this afternoon and when I have time with my thoughts, Celtic often pops into my head. In between weekend plans and other…
I was nursing a hangover on Sunday morning, when a good friend of mine, Fred McNeill, sent me a message from a pub in Paisley. “Just…
I have noticed quite a reaction on social media concerning the Celtic v Livingston match on Saturday. Many people appear unimpressed with the fact that Celtic…
With frontline options of Odsonne Edouard, Albian Ajeti, Patryk Klimala and Leigh Griffiths; one wonders why Celtic would pursue the signature of an additional striker, unless…
Odsonne Edouard returned to the Celtic starting XI yesterday and it took just three minutes for him to find the net. The Frenchman cooly dispatched a…
Celtic travel to St Mirren on Wednesday night and the Buddies are now lead by former player, Jim Goodwin. It’s seven years on from the encounter,…
Former Celt, Pat Stanton turns 76 today. Stanton is the great-great nephew of Michael Whelahan (the founding father of Hibernian FC) and the great-nephew of famous…
12 years sounds like a long time, yet on this day in 2008, Scott Brown was starting for Celtic. It’s incredible to think that he still…
Victories against Raith Rovers didn’t always happen in the 1990s, but the less said about that the better. On this day, in 1993, though, Celtic had…
2017 was a huge year for Celtic. It saw the club celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Cup triumph and create new history with an…
Alex McLeish claims that Odsonne Edouard still has another season to “catch the eye” before he leaves Celtic. Speaking to Football Insider, the former Scotland manager…
