Having retired from his day job Matt Corr can usually be found working as a Tour Guide at Celtic Park, or if there is a Marathon on anywhere in the world from as far away as Tokyo or New York, Matt will be running for the Celtic Foundation. On a European away-day, he's there writing his Diary for The Celtic Star and he's currently completing his first Celtic book with another two planned.
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…
HERE is part 2 of Don of an era – Celtic’s 1979/80 season. This is a two part feature and if you want to start at…
The close-season of 1979 was a great time to be a Celtic supporter, as we basked in the glory of the 4-2 game, the night when…
With the First Qualifying Round ties now completed, the potential picture for Celtic becomes slightly clearer. Ahead of Monday’s Third Qualifying Round draw, here is a…
Former Celt Tommy Docherty had replaced Bobby Brown as Scotland manager by the time the qualification phase commenced for the 1974 World Cup Finals, to be…
Despite a period of unprecedented success at European club level, the three World Cup qualifying campaigns completed in the 1960s would bear little fruit for Celtic’s…
The World Cup Finals tournament of 1958 was held in Sweden, as the world got a first look at a 17-year-old Brazilian superstar, Edson Arantes do…
So we’re all of to Armenia, in the green, in the green, following a bizarre seeding decision, even by UEFA standards. Yesterday, the three groupings were…
With the start of the next World Cup Finals tournament imminent, I thought I’d take a look back at the competition from a Celtic perspective over…
On the day that the next captain of Celtic and leader of the Green Brigade celebrated his 21st, I thought I’d take a trip back through…
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…
With the Double Treble signed and sealed, Celtic supporters’ thoughts now turn towards the first challenge of the new season, the 7am pint of Guinness at…
The dreadful weather conditions in Scotland in early 1979 decimated the football card, to the extent that Celtic would play only two competitive games by the…
The summer of 1978 was a time of huge change at Celtic Park. As predicted, the legend who was Jock Stein was replaced as the manager…
