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…

To say that season 1989-90 was an up-and-down one for Celtic is something of an under-statement. The only consistent thing about the team’s performances was the…

For the first – and only – time in the 1970s, Celtic won the League Cup in 1974 when Dixie Deans scored a hat-trick as Celtic…

On this day in 1964, although they did know it at the time, a Celtic eleven travelled across the city to Cathkin for the last-ever league…

The autumn of 1967 had been a bit of the good and the bad for Celtic Football Club. In late September and early October, we lost…

The month of November in 1984 was promising to be a good one for Celtic, although crowds at this time were poor. A 2-0 win over…

After 11 matches of the league campaign of 1968/69, Celtic were top of the table on 18 points, with 24 goals for and 9 goals against.…