Charlie & The Bhoys: Gallagher at 80 Part 3 – The European adventure begins If the previous season had been a major step forward for Charlie…
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Book Review: The Scottish Cup – Celtic’s Favourite Trophy by David Potter If you’re a Celtic supporter thinking of reading a book this week, then…
Charlie & The Bhoys: Gallagher at 80 Part 2 – Breaking through & breaking hearts Season 1960/61 would see Charlie Gallagher establish himself as a regular…
Charlie & The Bhoys: Gallagher at 80 Part 1 – Early days The calendar year 1940 would prove significant in the evolving history of the Celtic…
In 1970 my great-uncle, a kindly man, agreed to start taking me to Celtic matches. He preferred to set off long before the buses became rowdily…
I didn’t ever have the pleasure of meeting Kevin McCarra, the Glasgow-based writer and journalist who passed away on Saturday, aged just 62, having suffered with…
The back corridor between the Boardroom and the tunnel entrance is one of my favourite spots at Celtic Park. The items displayed there are changed around…
On this day in 1888: Chaos as the Bould Bhoys play their first match at Easter Road… Things would not be so pleasant the following Saturday,…
There was no Italian Job hangover for Celtic on the first Saturday of October 1981 up at Dens Park, George McCluskey with a brace and Frank…
Just spent the most enjoyable hour in the virtual company of Brendan O’Hara, the great-great grandson of Celtic’s first secretary and Founding Father, John O’Hara. Brendan’s…
Celtic’s first season – a first-ever Glasgow Cup-tie…then the first 7-1 win!… Another month brought another first, as Celtic made their maiden appearance in the Glasgow…
THE incomparable Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone, voted the greatest-ever Celt in 2002, would have celebrated his 76th birthday today, 30 September. Happy Birthday Jinky. pic.twitter.com/d5h9Bhrh6n — Paul…
The close-season of 1962 provided some much-needed hope and promise for the long-suffering supporters of Celtic. Despite a semi-final defeat by St Mirren in the Scottish Cup,…
We had a great close-season in the Northern Area Celtic club in Springburn in 1981, basking in the afterglow of a tremendous championship-winning campaign. Fergie’s brief…
We can be Heroes…Watching the Bhoys win at Ibrox with the Berlin Buckfast Crew…Three Years Ago Today! Like many of the Bhoys who follow the team…
Remembering Paul Wilson…a courageous man and a wonderful Celt… On Wednesday, I wrote a piece on the first European match I ever attended, which had taken…
There seemed to be no sign of a hangover from the heavy defeat in the Camp Nou as Celtic travelled to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle on…
At 4pm on the afternoon of Friday, 16 September 1864, a seventh child was born to William and Margaret McLaughlin in the family home at 447…
Wednesday, 16 September 1970 marked another huge step on my rite of passage as a Celtic supporter, my Dad agreeing to take his 9-year-old son to…
An Extract from INVINCIBLE by Matt Corr – Celtic march on as Roberts steals the show in Dingwall…wonder what Paddy’s up to these days? Three days…
It’s men versus boys in the Dembele Derby stakes… New signing Cristian Gamboa was deemed fit enough for a place on the Celtic bench as Mark…
The first Celtic match of my lifetime took place on Saturday, 25 March 1961, and saw the Hoops welcome Jock Stein’s Dunfermline Athletic to Parkhead. The…
Thursday, 6 September 1888, would mark another key date in the history of the new Parkhead club, as the Bhoys faced Cowlairs in Celtic’s first-ever cup…
Another extract this morning from Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys, this time on Celtic’s first visit to Ireland… With the inaugural tour of England complete, it was…
A familiar face was missing… A shell shocked looking Celtic troop out without their comrade John Thomson for the first time at Celtic Park pic.twitter.com/SG3KnUSUtU —…
Celtic’s potential Qualifying Round 3 opponents in Europe: SP Tre Fiori of San Marino… Whilst Latvian champions Riga FC are firm favourites to progress from their…
September 1888 was a memorable month in the short history of Celtic Football Club. It included a couple of significant milestones, as Celts entered the Scottish…
Another fascinating extract from Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys – Celtic’s Founding Fathers, First Season & Early Stars by Liam Kelly, Matt Corr and David Potter, which…
Sad news yesterday with the passing of another great Celt from the wonderful Jock Stein era, Pat McCluskey. Pat was born in Kilsyth on Sunday, 13…
August 1888 was by far the busiest month in the short story to date of the fledgling football club in Glasgow’s east end, with no fewer…