Celtic had taken part in the rather unusual Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup in 1960 but their first-ever tie in a major European tournament came on 26 September…
One year after losing to Rangers in the final of the league Cup in 1964, Celtic ran out at Hampden on this day a year later…
In the opening tie of Liam Brady’s first European campaign with Celtic, two goals by Charlie Nicholas – one of them from the penalty spot –…
After a number of personnel got on the score sheet as Celtic beat Kokkula 14-0 over two legs in the first round of the European Cup…
In season 1993-94, Celtic were in the UEFA Cup, where, in the first round, they drew 0-0 with Young Boys Bern away, then had a 1-0…
Just back from a tour of North America – where, after their victory over Partick Thistle, they had shown off the League Cup to their fans…
On this day in 1913, centre-forward Jimmy McColl, who had come in from St Anthony’s two years previously, made his first-team debut against Dundee at Celtic…
For the Glasgow Derby on this day in 1987, Rangers rather set the tone for the proceedings by refusing to come out side by side with…
By season 1937/38, the pressures of being the main man in the Celtic forward line were beginning to take their toll on Jimmy McGrory. He was…
At this time of season 1960-61, Celtic were lying 11th in the league table, having lost four and drawn one of their first six matches. On…
In the League Cup of 1969, Celtic had successfully negotiated a section involving Rangers, Airdrie and Raith Rovers with Willie Wallace getting 4 goals and both…
After winning successive championships in 1892/93 and 1893/94, Celtic finished second to Hearts in 1894/95. The following season’s league campaign started uncertainly, with Celtic winning six…
Ten of the Celtic team which had won the European Cup in Lisbon took to the field at Hampden on this day in 1967 for a…
Left-back Joe Dodds was 21 when he signed for Celtic, making his debut only a few months later against Dundee in a league match at Parkhead…
Celtic had started their European Cup Winners’ Cup campaign of 1963/64 in superb fashion with a 5-1 demolition of Swiss side Basle in the Stadion St…
Charlie Napier, born on this day in 1910, made his debut for Celtic against Queen’s Park in 1929 and at the beginning of the decade of…
Peter Johnstone was at left-half when Celtic beat Clyde in the Scottish Cup Final in April 1912 but had moved to centre-half when they again beat…
When Billy McNeill left the club after his second spell as manager, Liam Brady came into Celtic Park in a blaze of publicity in June 1991…
After completing a ‘double’ in the Centenary Season of 1987/88, Celtic’s fans were hopeful of a good run in the European Cup the following season. In…
On this day in 1958, Pat Crerand made his first-team debut as Celtic beat Queen of the South 3-1 in a League Cup match at Parkhead;…
Like many another young player in the 1980s, Frank McAvennie came up through the ranks. As a teenager, he had spells with St Augustine’s Milton Boys…
On this day in 1968, a Celtic side ran out at Parkhead to take on the Champions of France – St Etienne – in the second…
A crowd of around 16,000 was at Celtic Park on the evening of this day in 1975 to see the second leg of the Cup-Winners’ Cup…
After war was declared on 3 September 1939, football, like other forms of mass entertainment, was abandoned by the authorities. As the days passed, though, and…
After suffering the indignity of seeing their heroes beaten in the second round of the Cup Winners’ Cup of 1980 by a little-known Romanian side called…
War-time or not, the Glasgow Cup went ahead and on this day in 1940, a Celtic team made up of the old and the new met…
Billy McNeill was still in charge as Celtic went into season 1989/90, with the Scottish Cup in the trophy cabinet after the 1-0 victory over Rangers…
On this day in 1953, a Celtic eleven ran out at Parkhead to take on Aberdeen in their fourth league match of the season, having already…
Season 1971-72 started, as they always did in those days, with the sectional matches of the League Cup, where teams were brought together in groups of…
The years after the 2nd World War were not good times for Celtic. The team struggled in the league and failed to impress in the new…