As a Bellshill Bhoy I was taken to my first Celtic game in the summer of 1987. It was Billy McNeill’s return to Celtic Park as manager and Celtic lost 5-1 to Arsenal . I thought I was a jinx, I think my Grandfather might have thought the same. It was finest gift anyone ever gave me when he walked me through Parhead's gates.
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt”… A quote attributed to everyone from Mark Twain to…
From the outside looking in The Celtic Noise may seem like one of so many Celtic fans forums, yet it is an awful lot different. There…
“Where there is no vision, Celtic perish. Where there is vision, The People perish” Apparently, Peter Lawwell was going to do a presidential state of the…
For some yesterday’s fiery press conference was only missing the manager standing in a hedge, for others it was a long overdue defence of the club…
There have been four crucial points dropped since the ill-fated trip to Dubai for a winter training camp, the Covid -19 positive tests and the subsequent…
We’ve all made family trips to relatives we never knew we had, in towns we never knew existed, usually during the school summer holidays. You’d all…
For the first 20 minutes yesterday Celtic looked sharp. An energetic press allied to crisp passing and utilising of clever diagonal balls to the wide men,…
The latest rumour to fill the gaps when Celtic say nothing at all has surfaced tonight. As we all wait on tenterhooks for the Celtic board’s…
It’s always good to get the daily PR nightmare out of the way just as the cornflakes start to digest, it means you can get on…
Celtic’s recent self-inflicted squad decimation at the behest of track and trace self-isolation has seen loan deals terminated early for some of Celtic’s young hopefuls. Goalkeeper…
I had intended avoiding this subject but I’ve had enough of the faux public health arguments as a smokescreen for the real frustrations it is being…
Back on 2 December, The Celtic Star highlighted the incredible work being carried out by former Celtic player and manager Lou Macari. His Homeless charity the…
On 5 April 2008 as the final whistle blew, it seemed 58,624 voices in unison were sending a message to Gordon Strachan. It can often be…
When Brendan Rodgers moved south to Leicester with every available employee, he could fit in a people carrier it was looked upon as rather disrespectful to…
As Celtic chase down a 19-point deficit in the Scottish Premiership and as we look to claw ourselves back into a title race, it seems selling…
If I was in John Kennedy’s shoes today, I think I’d be spending some time updating my CV, composing a covering letter and looking up the…
The tactics were right, the chances were created to win a game, but when push came to shove Celtic came up short at Ibrox today. We…
In some quarters today’s Glasgow Derby is being described as a must not lose encounter. Neil Lennon, Ryan Christie and Callum McGregor have all gone down…
When Christopher Jullien’s knee collided with the post and as the defender lay on the turf, let’s be honest how many of you thought ‘here we…
When Celtic – by way of a lucky Moi Elyounoussi goal – grabbed a draw from the jaws of defeat against St Johnstone on 6 December,…
You know that saying ‘Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are?’ Well, it’s probably how this Celtic side appear to theRangers players…
In only three days the January transfer swings open – in never creaks does it? Usually that would be far more apt when it comes to…
Events at the weekend – centring around what appears to be a team effort to halt any challengers to theRangers attempts to win the Scottish Premiership…
When football managers make a strange tactical substitution or choose a formation that doesn’t quite work, or when a moment of genius leads to an in-game…
Yesterday’s 3-0 win at Hamilton was the best Celtic have played in the Scottish Premiership all season. There was also something we’ve seen too rarely if…
When it comes to being hit with injuries aplenty, coupled with a covid-19 impacted squad, Neil Lennon is likely to have both sympathy and indeed empathy…
Celtic’s 2-0 victory against Ross County last night certainly had plenty of positive aspects to it while some of the older concerns remain. Straight from kick…
The cruelty of top-level sport is that you don’t get long to bask in your glory, the next obstacle and challenge is often only days away.…
The morning after the night before. It would be easy enough to blame the excesses of the night before on a scrambled mind this morning, but…
Recent wins against Lille and Kilmarnock have certainly built up some confidence ahead of today’s attempt to win a fourth consecutive Scottish cup and with it…
