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.
“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…
Tommy Callaghan was born in Cowdenbeath on this day in 1944, and not 6 December 1945 as Wikipedia would suggest, making Tommy perhaps the only man…
December brought heavy snowfall to most parts of Scotland, Celtic’s match at Arbroath the only top-flight fixture to survive on the first day of the month.…
Since we launched Celtic Star Books in the spring of 2020 with my debut offering INVINCIBLE, we have enjoyed fantastic support from all over the world.…
Paul Wilson was born in Bangalore, Southern India on Thursday, 23 November 1950. His Scottish father was a serving RAF officer who had met his Dutch-Portuguese…
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…
The final run-in would start at Firhill, on a Bank Holiday afternoon, with a game deferred from January. And it would start badly, with a Somner…
April 1979 began with another hard-earned victory at Fir Park, in the rearranged Ne’erday fixture, where a rare Danny goal lit up another man-of-the-match performance from…
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…
Billy McNeill’s second Celtic career had kicked off in the unlikely setting of Links Park, Montrose, for a friendly against the local team. A George McCluskey…
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…
Jock Stein: the man who inspired The Celtic Rising… A century ago yesterday, a baby was born in the Burnbank area of Hamilton who would go…
Jock Stein – The Man with the Minneola, by the late, great Kevin McCarra… In 1970 my great-uncle, a kindly man, agreed to start taking me…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Epilogue – Celtic’s David Duffy It’s always nice to solve a mystery and even more so when it’s…
Remembering Paul Wilson…a courageous man and a wonderful Celt… I wrote a piece on the first European match I ever attended, which had taken place 50…
