For the first ten years of the club’s existence, Celtic never played an official match on Christmas Day, so when it was announced that they would…
In season 1955-56, just before Christmas, the number one spot in the league table was vacillating between two sides. Celtic had lost the position to Hibs…
The season of 1976/77 had proved to be a very successful one for Celtic, when the team won the ‘double’ of League Championship and Scottish Cup…
In the week running up to Christmas in 1967, the Celtic management, directors and players were hosted at the City Chambers by Lord Provost John Johnston…
Towards the turn of the year in 1939, nearly four months into the Second World War, Celtic were playing in the Western Division of the Scottish…
Back in 2012, with three days to go to Christmas, Neil Lennon had just been named Manager of the Year by Sky Sports, Celtic had been…
After twelve matches in the league campaign of 1956/57, Celtic had won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3, with a relatively poor record of 19 goals…
When the Celtic and Aberdeen players ran out on to the field at Celtic Park on this day in 1935 for a league match, the crowd…
The Celtic players were in the yellow strip as they ran out in the Falkirk Stadium to face the Bairns in a Premier League match on…
On this day in 1997, as the Celtic bus was leaving Parkhead for the trip to Easter Road to face Hibs in a league match, there…
On this day, in the year 1890, the Celtic committee men who ran the club in those days, made one of the best decisions of their…
A routine league match at Celtic Park, on this day in 1931, the Bhoys proving far too strong for the visitors from the east. Of the…
A number of Celtic players have only managed two games for the club, men like centre-forward Thomas Allan, who played twice between 1910 and 1913; Jimmy…
Surprisingly enough, in season 1969/1970, as the festive season approached, Celtic had lost three times in 15 league games, to Dunfermline, Hearts and Hibs, and those…
There were so many packed into Ibrox on this day in 1895 for the Glasgow Cup final that the crowd encroached on to the pitch at…
On behalf of the all players at Celtic Park in the 1960s and early 1970s, may I take this opportunity to express our sincere condolences to…
Due to the State of Emergency being in force, the League Cup final between Celtic and Dundee only attracted a crowd of just over 27,000 and…
Every modern Celtic fan can recall with some satisfaction the date of the 27 August 2000, when the Hoops defeated Rangers 6-2. It was a memorable…
As Celtic tried to emulate the success of the Busby Babes at Manchester United with the Kelly Kids at Parkhead in the late 1950s, quite a…
The first leg of the Cup Winners’ Cup 2nd round tie between Rapid Vienna and Celtic – held in the Austrian capital – resulted in a…
After the death of John Thomson in 1931, Joe Kennaway was brought over from Canada to replace him and held the position for the remainder of…
At the end of October 1977, Celtic were placed 7th in the league table, 8 points adrift of Rangers. However, good victories over Motherwell (A; 3-2)…
On this day, in different years, various Celtic teams have had good victories over Hibs. In 1989, for instance, goals by Dariusz Wdowczyk, Jacky Dziekanowski and…
In a fourth round tie of the club’s first-ever Scottish Cup, in November 1888, Celtic lost to Clyde 1-0 at Celtic Park but immediately lodged a…
Celtic had been drawn in a tough section in the Champions League group stages in season 2004/05, alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Barcelona and AC Milan. They got…
Frankly, it was merely a league match, albeit between two Glasgow rivals. As the teams ran out on this day at Parkhead in 1913, one of…
Celtic won the Scottish Cup twice in the early years of the 1930s, both times against Motherwell and both matches at Hampden. The first victory was…
In season 1982/83, the League Cup still began with sectional ties and in that campaign, Celtic were paired with Dunfermline, Alloa Athletic and Arbroath. On paper,…
On this day in 1932, a Celtic party travelled by bus through to Broomfield, the home of Airdrie FC for a league match. The teams were…
By December 1944, Celtic were in the Southern Division of the Scottish League and frankly, the club was not having a good season. They had played…