Dixie Deans from the 1970s…..Jimmy Walsh, the 1950s…..Willie Buchan, 1930s…..Chris Sutton, the noughties……Patsy Gallagher, the 1910s and 1920s…….Brian McClair, the 1980s. All these Celtic stars are…
On 1 January 1921, with the effervescent Patsy Gallagher at inside-right and the talented but wayward Tommy McInally at inside-left, Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 at Ibrox…
Paul Wilson came into Celtic Park in 1967 straight from school and started in the reserve side alongside Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain , Lou Macari and…
Celtic had started the 1981/82 league campaign in convincing fashion by winning the first three matches, against Airdrie (5-2; H), Aberdeen (3-1; A) and Morton (2-1;…
A bonus second Diary post today from Lisbon Lion Jim Craig on The Celtic Star… On this day in 1978, Davie Provan signed from Kilmarnock for…
This was Celtic’s first-ever Champions’ League group match and it ended in controversy. Both sides had lost important players in the days leading up to the…
After short spells with Blantyre Celtic and Fraserburgh, utility player Jackie Millsopp joined Celtic in September 1948, spending the next few seasons as a reserve team…
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…
One week after a comfortable 4-0 victory over Partick Thistle in a first leg, quarter-final tie in the League Cup, Celtic faced tougher opposition in the…
Tommy Burns was manager when a Celtic party flew to Georgia on this day in 1995 for a Cup-Winners’ Cup tie against Dinamo Batumi, a side…
After the accidental collision at Ibrox on 5 September 1931 which led to the death of John Thomson, there was, naturally, an outpouring of grief in…
11 September 1968 Celtic 10 Hamilton 0 Celtic had won the League Cup in 1965 and 1966 – both against Rangers – and again in 1967,…
More than 12,000 Scots were in the crowd on this day in 1985 at Ninian Park in Cardiff for the vital World Cup tie between Wales…
After some years at Kilmarnock, Tommy Burns came into Celtic Park as manager in July 1994, when Celtic were still re-organising behind the scenes after the…
Celtic won the first of their 9-in-a-row by beating Motherwell at Fir Park in 1966. Number 2 was won at Ibrox in 1967, No 3 at…
After consecutive League titles in 1892/93 and 1893/94, Celtic had finished 2nd in the league table to Hearts in 1894/95 but had made a good start…
The first season of the Southern League – 1940/41 – had not gone too well for Celtic as they finished 5th behind Rangers in first place.…
ONE of the saddest days in the history of Celtic. At Ibrox Park on this day in 1931 in the first Old F*rm clash of the…
JIM YOUNG came into Celtic from Bristol Rovers in the summer of 1903 and soon stamped his authority on the team as a wing half, showing,…
On this day in 1966, there was a crowd of around 20,000 packed into Love Street, in Paisley, the home of St Mirren for the visit…
After 9 matches in the month of August, in the club’s very first season, Celtic ran out at First Celtic Park on this day in 1888…
The Lisbon team took to the field on this day in 1967 for a crucial league Cup tie against Rangers but with 12 minutes left, thanks…
Peter Scarff was an inside-left who had joined Celtic from Linwood St Conval’s in 1928. He made his first-team debut against Arthurlie a year later and…
The statistics of Jimmy McGrory’s career with Celtic are almost mind-boggling, such as 472 goals in 445 matches, an average of more than a goal a…
In a League Cup tie on this day in 1955, Celtic put on a brilliant display against Rangers at Ibrox, in front of a crowd of…
Peter Somers was an inside-forward, a hard-working player who, along with Jimmy McMenemy, became the brains of the great 6-in-a-row team from 1905 to 1910. It…
Known as the ‘Wizard of the Dribble’, outside-left Bobby Templeton was renowned throughout Britain for his fine play and the Celtic fans were delighted when he…
When Brian McClair ran out for his Celtic debut on this day in 1983 – for a league cup tie at Glebe Park, the ground of…
On this day in 1958, Billy McNeill ran on to the field at Celtic Park for his debut game, a League Cup encounter against Clyde. The…
There were 16 teams in the Scottish League, Southern Division for the 1942/43 season and this was Celtic’s third match of the campaign. Certain conditions had…