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 the finest gift anyone ever gave me when he walked me through Parkhead's gates.
David Turnbull be must the player who came closest to playing for Celtic without actually doing so, he even signing a contract with the Hoops though…
THE earlier article on this rather incredible game, which was written by Lubo98, got me interested and I thought I’d have a look back myself. The…
It seems the foot soldiers for the null and void campaign in Scottish football are running out of wriggle room. The first league in Scotland to…
In the coming weeks The Celtic Star has the genuine privilege of serialising the first book by the wonderful Celtic writer Matt Corr. Regular visitors will…
CELTIC arrived at Ibrox for the league encounter of 21 March 1992 in good form. Despite this Rangers were expected to put paid to that run…
It would be fair to say Celtic Women FC’s season had got off to an absolute flyer this year. The standout result was the last gasp…
For all of you sitting at home self-isolating, working from home or just keeping a low profile, why not take a bit of time off from…
SOMETHING different today, let’s have a look around the Scottish media as it relates to Scottish football… There may be no football going on at the…
If Alex Rae can analogise about horse racing I can talk about cycling. Anyone notice the Paris to Nice 2020 ‘Race to the Sun’ cycle event…
Over the past weekend as news of the enforced shutdown of Scottish football was announced and digested, @Celticrumours asked a question of the Celtic support. It…
With so much of the footballing debate going down party lines at the moment it’s no wonder solutions to ending the football season in a fair…
CELTIC will want to fulfil the rest of their fixtures rather than being handed the league title, however that scenario is looking less and less likely…
A SENIOR CELTIC source, responding to our enquiry today after we forwarded on the article about Sports Barrister Nick de Marco’s guarded comments on the Null…
There was never likely to be any real clarity when it came to league solutions coming out of yesterday’s UEFA meeting. For anyone who has sat…
Posturing, playing to the gallery, masquerading-call it what you will. ‘Rangers’ statement released yesterday by Managing Director Stewart Robertson was intended to achieve one thing only,…
When ‘the Rangers rolled out their ‘Everyone, Anyone’ diversity and inclusion campaign, last summer it’s fair to say it was met with scepticism. Some rather cynical…
When Celtic open the scoring at home to Aberdeen after only 13 seconds, you’d tend to assume you’d be watching a stress free afternoon of footballing…
For a player it’s often important to sign for his new club in time to start pre-season training. Those who sign on the dotted line later…
Between a rock and a hard place comes to mind when you consider Steven Gerrard’s rather awkward predicament at present. Gerrard may well be the manager…
This week The Celtic Star had an in depth look at some options around league reconstruction. At that stage we were of course unaware that the…
As Scottish football debates every possible scenario to find a palatable solution and conclude the 2019-20 season, it could well be the decision will be taken…
With the talk of closed door matches being a route to this season’s fixtures being completed, it’s worth considering this wouldn’t be entirely new ground for…
I had a GP appointment this morning. As I approached the automatic door it didn’t open and I looked for a button to press. I then…
The decision to put Scott Brown in front of the cameras for yesterday’s Lennoxtown Media Conference was a sign Celtic’s PR team may know what they…
Young Celt Kerr McInroy has been speaking to The Celtic View this week on his return from injury and the part Neil Lennon has played in…
Michael Fish will go down in history for one wrong weather forecast when he announced on BBC TV: “Earlier on today apparently a woman rang the…
I was expecting a story to break on Saturday or Sunday morning, advising Odsonne Edouard’s contract negotiations had broken down and that he’d asked to leave…
The Brilliant Celtic writer Matt Corr added another fine article to his Celtic Star catalogue this morning. If you haven’t read it yet you can delve…
This Sunday Celtic will once again head into a Glasgow Derby with a paltry allocation of tickets. Only 800 hardy souls will head for the Bear’s…
We’ve had some fantastic feedback on The Celtic Star to the recent articles around the unfairness of the current league set up. This of course has…
