After coming through the ranks at Celtic Boys Club, Charlie Nicholas signed for Celtic on 18 June 1979. He made his first team debut when he…
Desmond White was better known in later life for being a director, then treasurer and chairman of Celtic Football Club but in his younger days, he…
After his schooling at St Serf’s Primary in High Valleyfield and during his time at St Margaret’s Secondary School in Dunfermline, George Connelly joined junior club…
Willie Fernie had an excellent playing career at Celtic Park. He arrived at the club in October 1948 after a spell with Leslie Hearts and went…
After the Ibrox Disaster of 1902, when a stand at the ground collapsed during the Scotland/England international, causing the deaths of 25 supporters with over 500…
After an early career with Douglas Academy in Milngavie, Partick Thistle Boys Club, Glasgow Amateurs and Dumbarton, Murdo MacLeod arrived at Celtic Park on 2 November…
Born in Oswestry, Mike Galloway started his senior career in England with Mansfield Town from 1983 to 1985, then spent another two years with Halifax Town…
There was not a great deal of publicity given to football in the papers during the Second World War and, for Celtic fans, that was probably…
On this day in 1966, Celtic played the last match of the tour to North America. It had been an excellent experience from the players’ point…
It was the finale the organisers of the competition had dreamed of when the plans had first been put into place. A team from Scotland against…
Jimmy Johnstone – or ‘Jinky’, as he was popularly known – had joined Celtic from Blantyre Celtic in 1961 and did not take long to make…
It had been an annoying few months, for me at any rate! I had been the man in charge of the number 2 shorts as Celtic…
After the first round matches in the Empire Exhibition Trophy competition in 1938, the four teams still involved were Aberdeen, Celtic, Everton and Hearts. When the…
On this day in 1945, Celtic met Albion Rovers at Celtic Park in a first round second leg tie in the Summer Cup. I have mentioned…
After beating Dumbarton 3-1 in the semi-final of the 1891-92 Charity Cup at Ibrox, Celtic had a home game for the final and the opposition was…
After many years of discussion, Celtic eventually went on tour to North America in the summer of 1931, only days after beating Motherwell 4-2 in a…
I’ve moved from my 7am slot onto a more leisurely place in the mid-morning schedule on The Celtic Star. The Summer Cup was introduced in 1941…
This is the fourth part of a highly entertaining and original series on The Celtic Star and it’s one that I thought you might enjoy, so…
Three young Celts are representing Scotland Under 21’s at the prestigious Toulon Tournament and all three featured in the Scots draw with Togo on Sunday. Goalkeeper,…
The Hamilton Cup was held in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario in the summer of 1994, as part of a Scottish Festival. Apart from the…
This was it! The day everyone involved with this new club in the East End of Glasgow was as high as a kite – whether it…
CELTIC had not scored too many goals in their route to the Scottish Cup final in season 1994-95. A 2-0 win over St Mirren at Parkhead…
In 1938, the Empire Exhibition was held in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park. It was a most impressive, well-laid out display which covered many countries and aspects of…
There is not much to say about the events on this day in Lisbon that has not already been covered. It was the final chapter in…
On this day in 2015, newly crowned champions Celtic played at home against Inverness Caley Thistle. It was the final league match of the season and…
This period just after the turn of the 20th century was a fairly fallow one for Celtic. They had won the Scottish Cup in 1900 but…
In season 1942-43, Celtic had finished 10th in the war-time Southern League and had failed to qualify from their section in the embryonic League Cup. They…
It had been an impressive run. 10-1 on aggregate against FC Suduva in round one; 3-0 Blackburn Rovers round two; 2-2 v Celta Vigo in round…
On this day in 1902, Celtic met Hearts in the first round of the Charity Cup at Celtic Park. Now, perhaps the first question that springs…
The Victory Cup was put up to celebrate the end of the 2nd World War after the surrender of Japan and was played over a three-month…