Towards the end of 1896, Celtic football club was in some disarray. The 15-man committee in charge, under the presidency of John Glass, was having serious…
In the years between 1905 and 1910, when Celtic won six consecutive league championships, very few players were used. In fact, in the early part of…
It had been a long day for me at the Dental Hospital in Glasgow. Lectures most of the morning, then some lunch in the canteen before…
The first three seasons of the 1930s had brought mixed fortunes for Celtic. Granted, the team had won the Scottish Cup in 1931 and 1933 but…
At the turn of the year 1924/25, Celtic were going through a bad spell. Since the beginning of November, they had been without the services of…
Celtic had had a poor time at the New Year period of 1964, falling 1-0 to Rangers at home, then drawing 1-all with Third Lanark, both…
A crowd of 50,059 had gathered at Ibrox for the New Year derby, the final match before the first-ever mid-winter break in Scottish football. There appeared…
As the teams came out at Celtic Park on this day in 1998, for the New Year clash of Glasgow’s Big Two, there were four points…
This Glasgow Derby contest – held on this day in 1938 – attracted one of the biggest-ever attendances at Celtic Park, when 83,500 must have literally…
Sometimes a match is played when a little more common sense might have dictated that conditions were just not right for the contest to go ahead.…
At the start of season 1950/1951, the Celtic first team had quite a settled look to it. Johnny Bonnar had become the regular custodian, behind a…
A match against Aberdeen at their home pitch can be a difficult one at any time, even more so when the visiting club’s form is a…
Jock Stein liked to see goals coming from every player in the side – with the exception of the goalkeeper, one must suppose – and was…
On this day in 1901, Celtic faced Kilmarnock at Celtic Park. Their record in their previous 6 matches had been pretty poor – Won 2, Drawn…
For the first season during the Second World War, Celtic were in the Scottish League Western Division. By the following season, they were in the Southern…
On this day in 1969, Celtic were sitting at the top of the table, two points ahead of Hibs. By contrast, their opponents that day at…
All was not well behind the scenes at Celtic Park as Christmas approached in 1998. The ‘Consortium’ consisting of Kenny Dalglish, Jim Kerr and Jim McAvoy…
On their road to the Glasgow Cup final in the autumn months of 1955, Celtic had beaten Clyde 4-0 in the first round and Partick Thistle…
A number of memorable Celtic moments have occurred on Boxing Day through the years. Famous stars were born on this day, like Alec McNair (604 appearances)…
Matches which took place on Christmas Day are now very rare but during Celtic’s first 90-odd years, they were not uncommon. And there were some big…
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…
