5.30am Thursday. Through security and seated at my normal Table 45 in the bar at Glasgow Airport with my world-class athlete’s breakfast, a pint of Guinness…
Author Matt Corr
Morton were the visitors for the last home game of the season, as we moved into May. The crowd of under 13,000 probably reflected the majority…
April began more positively, visitors Motherwell disposed of by three goals to nil, McGarvey, McAdam and a Harrow own goal doing the damage. Willie McStay made…
March began with a trip ‘doon the water’ to Cappielow, Murdo MacLeod with another excellent long-range shot to put Celts two ahead within fifteen minutes against…
First up in February 1983 was a third visit to Tannadice, scene of an earlier defeat for Celtic in the League Cup Semi-final and the classic…
MATT CORR has been taking us back to Celtic’s season 1982-83 and over the last week or so the first half of that eventful season has…
It’s goodbye to Europe and hello to Champagne Charlie – Celtic’s season 1982/83 (Part 5) by Matt Corr, the links to the first four parts in…
This is Part 4 of Matt Corr’s feature on Celtic’s season 1982/83. The links to the first three instalments are available at the end of this…
The men who put the star above the crest The history of Celtic is littered with the great From Patsy through to Henrik, we’ve watched them…
For the third consecutive calendar year, European royalty visited Celtic Park in the Champions Cup. March 1980 had seen the Real Deal of Madrid beaten in…
With the pre-season tours to the USA, Germany and the Netherlands complete, the Celtic team were primed for their attempt to land a third successive title.…
Less than three months after Chicken George and the Blessed Tommy had lit up Celtic Park to deliver the 81/82 League Championship, there was great excitement…
After the pain of Leipzig and the joy of Murrayfield, it’s the Road and the Miles to Dundee tonight for the travelling support. Dens Park is…
I wake up feeling slightly fragile to the stunning Leipzig skyline. Time for a healthy Adina breakfast and then duty calls, I have to pull the…
HALF TIME and 2-0 down, two gifts and the same thing happened in Salzburg. We need to learn how to defend. Anyway Matt Corr is in…
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…
Two months on from Athens, the team is long since forgiven and so it’s time to join the Celtic roadshow again, this time to the home…
September is always a very poignant month for Celtic supporters, as we remember some of the greats whose anniversaries fall around this time, from John Thomson…
MATT CORR has been over the last week or so been taking us through the 1981/82 season in what turned out to be a 5 part…
MATT CORR’S account of Celtic’s 1981-82 season continues below. This is part 4 of a 5 part series, with the concluding feature scheduled for the start…
MATT CORR in his latest project for The Celtic Star has been working his way through a comprehensive season review for season 1981/81. In the first…
EARLIER this week Matt Corr took us through the start to Celtic’s 1981-82 season and in particular covered his first away trip to see Celtic play…
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…
MATT CORR last week started his detailed review of Celtic’s 1980-81 season and covered up until the end of the year in 1980 in the first…
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 —…
Back on League business, there were comfortable wins against Partick Thistle and Hearts before the next European tie, as Nicholas continued his fine scoring run. The…
The fallout from the events following Celtic’s Scottish Cup Final victory in May 1980 made for a long, difficult close-season. Everyone who wasn’t anyone had their…
MATT CORR concludes his Athens Diary for The Celtic Star today, covering yesterday’s AEK Athens victory over Celtic to eliminate us from the Champions League…and it…
Day 2 in the Big Bhoy Hotel starts with breakfast then a walk across the road to the beach. Today I’m Shirley Valentine rather than Norman,…
Disappointed in the lack of flights offered by the official travel company for Yerevan and Trondheim, I made my own arrangements to fly to Athens, just…