The First Glasgow International Exhibition was opened on 8 May 1888 by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the future King Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra…
Celtic had picked up a League/League Cup double in season 1965/66 and went into the following campaign hoping for more. In the opening match of the…
In the summer of 1944, with the 2nd World War nearing its conclusion, Celtic were playing in the Southern Division of the Scottish league and had…
When Celtic met Hearts at Tynecastle on this day in 1934 in a league match, it turned out to be a rather disappointing affair with a…
After a trophy-less season in 1990/91, manager Liam Brady appeared to think that a change was needed in central defence so, on 8 July 1991, Paul…
In the early years of the 20th Century, the stars of teams like Celtic were awarded a benefit match, very often against old rivals Rangers, as…
The European Cup win over Inter Milan at Lisbon must surely rank as the best-ever victory in the whole history of Celtic Football Club. Many fans…
At the end of his first season in charge at Celtic Park – in the summer of 1992 – Liam Brady had overseen the outgoing of…
On this day, in 1938, Celtic played host to Kilmarnock at Parkhead. It was the first league match of the new season but the sporting press…
Centre-half Derek Whyte was only 17 and a half when he made his debut for Celtic against Hearts in a league match on 22 February 1986.…
In the early 1960s, Celtic were in the doldrums. They certainly had some fine players in the side like right- back Dunky McKay, among the first…
The move by Dan Doyle on this day in 1891 from Everton to Celtic was rather an unusual one. After all, why would a top player…
After the long and wonderful career of the ‘Iron Man’ – Jimmy Quinn, 331 outings, 216 goals – and the shorter but equally successful period when…
When Billy McNeill was appointed manager of Celtic for the second time in May 1987, he realised that the side needed strengthening and made some quick…
On this day in 1993, Liam Brady was in charge as Celtic prepared for a visit to Fir Park where they would meet Motherwell in the…
Only one week previously, Celtic had travelled to Lithuania for the first leg of this Champions League qualifier and came away with a comfortable 4-0 victory.…
Celtic are Back Home in Paradise – That was the headline in one paper the day following the Celtic/Newcastle match which marked the opening of the…
On this day in 1984, a pre-season challenge match took place at Celtic Park between Celtic and Arsenal. The Celtic side was Bonner, McGrain, Sinclair, Aitken,…
After losing in three successive Dryborough Cup finals ( 1971 – Aberdeen 1-2 Pittodrie; 1972 – Hibs 3-5 Hampden ; 1973 – Hibs 0-1 Hampden) Celtic…
Penarol were champions of Uruguay when they arrived in Glasgow on the evening of 31 July and after breakfast the following morning, the players and staff…
As part of the First Glasgow Exhibition, which was opened on 8 May 1888 by the Prince of Wales, later to succeed his mother Queen Victoria…
Manager Jock Stein had been very pleased with the 6-1 thrashing of Dunfermline at Parkhead in the opening round and asked his players for more of…
Thanks to Morten Wieghorst, Tommy Johnson and Andy Thom, Celtic got off to a fine start in the first match of season 1997/98, an away UEFA…
On this day in 1991, Arsenal played host to Celtic at Highbury in a testimonial for their midfielder Paul Davis. The Hoops side on the night…
On this day in 1934, Eric Smith was born in Glasgow. After spells with St Andrew’s Juveniles, Pollok and Benburb, Eric joined Celtic in April 1953,…
On this day in 1995, Andreas Thom was transferred to Celtic from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of around £2.2 million. Andy had started his career…
When Celtic won the league title six years-in-a-row from 1905-1910, the half back line in the match programme invariably read Young, Loney and Hay. Jim Hay…
Exactly one year ago today, on this day in 2017, Celtic played an important match. So, who was it against?….what competition was it?….what was the attendance?….what…
Goalkeeper Dan McArthur joined Celtic from Parkhead Juniors in April 1892 and made his first-team debut against Abercorn in September of that year. Small for a…
Jimmy McGrory retired from the playing side of the game in 1937, making his last appearance in the Hoops on 16 October. Only two months later,…