With eight consecutive league titles already wrapped up, Celtic were in very good position for a ninth at the beginning of April in 1974. The club’s…
On this day in 1988, Celtic beat Hearts 2-1 in a semi-final of the Scottish Cup at Hampden in front of a crowd of 65,886. For…
Celtic were far from inspiring on Wednesday night against Dundee but, to be fair to the players, it can be difficult to get very worked up…
Donald MacLeod joined Celtic on 10 May 1902 and made his first –team debut against Third Lanark at Cathkin in a league match on 30 August…
In the Scottish Cup run of 1911-12, Celtic, by their usual standard, did not score many goals. A 1-0 over Dunfermline Athletic in round one was…
On this day in 1969, Celtic beat Hibs 6-2 in the League Cup final and I am delighted to say – “I was there” and on…
I suppose the draw between Dundee and Hearts at Dens Park last Sunday was a better result for the Edinburgh side. The one point gained kept…
ON this day in 1909, Celtic travelled down to Love Street in Paisley on league business and came away with a single goal victory. On the…
The Scottish First Division campaign of 1891-92, the second year of its existence, comprised twelve teams – Hearts, Rangers, Clyde, Renton, Abercorn, Dumbarton, St Mirren, Vale…
On this day in 1970, a Celtic eleven ran out at Elland Road to face Leeds United in the first leg of a semi-final tie in…
There are a number of sayings about the value of statistics, not always in favour of the science. There are though, times, when stats are crying…
On this day in 1901, Celtic full-back Barney Battles got the first of his three caps for Scotland in the 2-2 draw with England at the…
Clydebank Football Club has had an up-and-down existence. They were admitted to the Second Division of the Scottish Football League in 1914-15 and lasted only one…
On this day in 1905, Celtic beat Queen’s Park 2-1 at Celtic Park in an Inter-City league match. The Glasgow Inter-City league had been proposed as…
ON this day in 1963, there occurred one of the most memorable matches in the history of Celtic Football Club. Unfortunately, it was for all the…
On the Scottish Cup run of 1927, Celtic took two attempts to get past Queen of the South, in round one, a 0-0 draw at Palmerston…
On this day in 1964, Celtic played Clyde in the final of the Glasgow Cup. The whole club was in a state of excitement on that…
On this day in 1938, Bertie Auld was born in Maryhill, Glasgow. Just prior to the first round European Cup tie against Honved on 6 October 1988,…
On this day in 1958, a Celtic eleven ran down the tunnel at Celtic Park to face Airdrie in a league match. 15,000 fans were there…
Celtic and Rangers met in a semi-final of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park on this day in 1925. It turned out to be a memorable…
Season 1992-93 was not going well for Celtic. Rangers had already won the League Cup and were clear at the top of the table, with Celtic…
On this day in 1961, a Celtic eleven of – Haffey, MacKay, Kennedy, Crerand, McNeill, Clark, Gallagher, Fernie, Hughes, Chalmers, Byrne – ran out at Firhill…
After the result of last Sunday’s match at Ibrox, this would have been a very happy – if not euphoric – week of training for the…
Happy St Patrick’s Day!…and it seems the perfect occasion to recall the first-team debut of an Irishman in the colours of Celtic. This young man was…
On this day in 2013, the players of Aberdeen arrived at Celtic Park for a league match, probably well aware from the pre-match press coverage that…
On this day at Celtic Park in 1936, Celtic beat a strong Motherwell side 5-0 in a league match. The Celtic team on the day was…
On this day in 1963, in a Scottish Cup third round tie, Celtic played host to the quaintly-named Gala Fairydean. The visitors were based in Galashiels…
Towards the end of season 1979-80, Celtic fans were on cloud nine, as their team was still in with a chance of picking up a trophy.…
I must confess that I only watched the Old Firm encounter on TV, which does not always provide a good panorama of the tactics of both…
In March 2004, less than 12 months after Celtic had lost out to Porto in the Final of the UEFA Cup in Seville, the club was…