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.
Today marks a treble of notable Celtic names. Famous fan, Billy Connolly turns 74, the captain who stopped the ten, Tom Boyd turns 55 and one…
Open Goal duo, Simon Ferry and Paul Slane, teamed up to prank Derek Ferguson and former Celtic hero, Frank McAvennie. The hilarious prank, which involved the…
Charlie Mulgrew has urged Celtic to hang in the title race as things could quickly turn around. The Scottish defender recalls playing under Neil Lennon back in…
Former Celtic reserve, Swindon Town and Portsmouth player, Simon Ferry, has given a surprising insight to the training regime at Lennoxtown. Ferry, who now plays for…
After our poor performances leading into the Glasgow derby, I felt it was time to move away from our 3-5-2 shape. However, there were a few…
On this day 22 years ago, Dundee beat Dundee United 1-0 at Tannadice. A young Rab Douglas was keeping nets that day. There were no Tannadice…
An almost 100 year old medal from Partick Thistle’s only Scottish Cup triumph has been snapped up for £8,100 at auction, well above its estimate. The…
Former Celtic right back Mark Wilson has raised concerns about how soft the Celtic players seem to be in terms of dealing with criticism. Wilson played…
I’ve tried to be positive but realistic this season; somewhere between backing Lennon at all costs and demanding change. It’s not been good enough this term,…
The Celtic songbook is legendary. It combines Folk, Rebel and football songs with those of wider social and political contexts. In a decade not so distant,…
Celtic travel to Easter Road this weekend for a match that has been a very tough fixture in recent years. The Bhoys go into the game…
Three Celtic fans who were taken to court for allegedly wearing pro-Republican t-shirts at a match against Linfield have had their convictions overturned. The trio, who…
Brendan Sweeney is a man to whom many Celtic supporters owe a great deal of gratitude. He was one of the members of Celts For Change, who…
It was on this day 20 years ago that Celtic thumped Hearts 6-1 at Paradise. Celtic actually fell a goal behind in the 13th minute, but…
Celtic striker, Albian Ajeti, missed out on Switzerland’s three matches during international week and stayed at Lennoxtown to work on his fitness. Ajeti has admitted that…
Celtic haven’t started the season in good form, however, our points return isn’t bad. We’ve lost one game and drawn two. Having won nine games, our…
18 years have gone by since Celtic went to Ewood Park and comfortably dispatched of Blackburn Rovers in the UEFA Cup. Blackburn sat in third place…
Following on from my recent article (Celtic fans arguing over National Identity is sad and unnecessary), I feel a much shorter, simple analysis can be offered…
On a personal level, I don’t like international football. Not only does it mean that Celtic aren’t playing, but it runs the risk of injury to…
Modern football has created a few rich leagues with billions of pounds in TV and sponsorship deals, leaving other clubs behind. Gone are the days when…
Peter Johnstone was born just over a month after Celtic Football Club was officially formed. Hailing from Cowdenbeath, he went on to work as a coal…
Neil Lennon went into this match knowing that his job was probably on the line. On the verge of winning five trophies on the bounce since…
Aberdeen beat Hibs 2-0 last night. It’s a result that wouldn’t ordinarily interest Celtic supporters, but it carries a little more significance at the moment because…
After Thursday night’s shambolic performance, there was all manner of problems to comment on. Strangely, after slamming Elyounoussi for being on his phone, Chris Sutton decided…
Recent Celtic history has brought amazing success on this date – 7 November. This week is always a special time in the club’s calendar with Celtic…
Everyone knows about our defensive shortfalls, especially our opposition. Shane Duffy’s performances, the openness of the back line and the goalkeeping conundrum has been discussed at…
Following Celtic away in Europe is an incredible experience. The laughs, the friendship and the atmosphere is unreal. On this day last year, one of the…
On this day in 1887, a football club was started by Irish Catholics and their descendants to raise money to feed the needy children within the…
The Celtic Star have provided a post match report tonight, so I won’t dwell on that. I think every man and his dog knows that the…
On this day in 2003, Celtic beat Anderlecht 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League. With a European game tonight, albeit in the Europa League, Celtic will…
