This could be Rotterdam or anywhere – Matt Corr’s Champions League Diary – The Prequel, 41 years earlier… Less than three months after Chicken George and…
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An extract from Majic, Stan and The King of Japan – Matt Corr’s new book, Published by The Celtic Star and out on Friday 20 October,…
Really enjoyable evening spent at Dalziel Park last night in the company of two of the stars from Gordon Strachan’s remarkable first season as Celtic manager…
Like so many Celtic supporters, I owe my love of Celtic to my father. My dad was involved with the club all his days, an office-bearer…
Forever Young. Forever Johnny… Really strange the way things pan out sometimes. Back in September 2021, I was preparing to make the pilgrimage from Glasgow to…
John Thomson, a familiar face was missing… John Thomson – "The Prince of Goalkeepers"💚28/01/1909 – 05/09/1931 pic.twitter.com/F4vG2525Rz— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 4, 2023 A shell-shocked-looking Celtic…
The Celtic Star’s Exclusive interview with former Celtic manager Martin O’Neill: “We had the time of our lives in Glasgow”… I’ve just had the most enjoyable…
Just heard the devastating news about David Potter, DP to his friends. Heartbroken for Rosemary and his family. Hopefully they will be comforted in some way…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FK Sarajevo 1:3 Celtic – Celtic travelled to Sarajevo for a Champions League qualifier on this day in 2019. Matt Corr was there for The Celtic…
“The most beautiful shirt in the world,” Matt Corr’s Italian Celt diary… So it’s been the strangest of weeks as Celtic clinch a world record eighth…
When Peter met Billy…a tale of two Celts reunited… Spent the most enjoyable afternoon on Thursday in the company of two men who lived their dream…and…
This is one of the sad days in the calendar now. It’s hard to believe it’s four years now since we lost another of the great characters…
Matt Corr’s Boston Diary… Almost time to leave Boston after the most incredible few days, and as always there’s a Celtic connection to a trip abroad.…
Celtic’s Invincibles in Perth. Part 2 – A JFK moment for The Invincibles… With my own memories of McDiarmid Park mostly negative and painful, I admit…
Celtic Invincibles in Perth, Matt Corr’s St Johnstone memories… On Sunday, 5 February 2017, Celtic travelled to Perth for a second clash in 11 days with…
Kieran Tierney returned to the Celtic side for the Scottish Cup fourth-round match against League One outfit Albion Rovers, played at Airdrieonians’ Excelsior Stadium on Sunday,…
The Tommy Callaghan Story – Part 6: Dunfermline’s Double dreams die as Celts and Killie claim the prizes… The first Saturday of April 1965 in Scotland…
There were no games played in July 1888, as the new club in the east end of Glasgow made plans for their first competitive football season,…
The Invincibles at Ibrox – Part 2… With their place in the Scottish Cup final in May now secured after the comfortable win over Rangers at…
The Invincibles at Ibrox – Part 1… Celtic’s last game in December 2016 began as the first one had, with black armbands and a minute’s silence.…
The Tommy Callaghan Story – Part 5: Defeat in Europe but domestic glory still beckons for the Pars… Dunfermline’s stay at the top of the First…
Dunfermline Athletic started 1965 on fire with two excellent victories within 24 hours. The one-sided New Year’s Day ‘derby’ with Falkirk at Brockville ended in a…
Part 3: Teenage Tommy faces football legends old and new as the Pars chase glory… Dunfermline Athletic may have lost Jock Stein in the spring of…
Hail Hail, the Celts are here, in Angels, Uddingston… There was a lovely photo posted earlier today by Nicky Hood, Harry’s son, as Tommy Callaghan, John…
The Tommy Callaghan Story. Part 2: The real East Ender brothers and a rather special manager… Having spent the first six years of their married life…