McPherson; Battles and Strang; Moir, Young and Hay; Muir, Somers, Bennett, McMenemy and Quinn were the first men to wear the green and white horizontal stripes,…
Paul Wilson was born in Bangalore, Southern India on Thursday, 23 November 1950. His Scottish father was a serving RAF officer who had met his Dutch-Portuguese…
We asked Harry Hood’s biographer Matt Corr to tell us ten things we might not know about the Celtic legend… https://youtu.be/6RG0MuBi4sQ Ten things you might not…
James Young was born in the early hours of the morning at 15 Kirktonholme Street, Kilmarnock on January 10 1882 to William and Annie Young. Anne’s…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Epilogue – Celtic’s David Duffy It’s always nice to solve a mystery and even more so when it’s…
John Thomson, a familiar face was missing… A shell-shocked-looking Celtic troop out without their comrade John Thomson for the first time at Celtic Park I saw…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Part 6 – Ian Reid… The recent article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie,…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Part 5 – Jimmy Rowan… The recent article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie,…
The Celtic Graves Society welcome all fans to the commemoration of Celtic great Mick Dunbar (1863-1921). Mick played in Celtic’s first ever XI in 1888 and…
Last Wednesday’s article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie, Celtic’s oldest-living player, provoked a lot of interest and discussion. One photo in…
To the entire Hughes family, after much thought and a considerable amount of procrastination, I decided I would write a tribute to a Celtic great but…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Part 3 – Jimmy McIlroy… Last Wednesday’s article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie,…
JOHN HUGHES TRIBUTE… My tribute to a true great of Celtic…The very unique John Hughes who passed away yesterday. RIP Big Man. Tom Brown Remembering Celtic…
Yogi milestones… More sad news last night with the passing of John Hughes following a short illness. The man known as Yogi to Celtic fans of…
So just who were the Class of ‘55? Part 2… Wednesday’s article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie, Celtic’s oldest-living player, provoked…
So just who were the Class of ‘55?… Yesterday’s article in The Celtic Star featuring photos provided by Peter Goldie, Celtic’s oldest-living player, provoked a lot…
Charlie Tully was born on this day in 1924 in Belfast. He played for Belfast Celtic for a few years – a club now making a…
It was lovely to see Peter Goldie back at Celtic Park on Friday. Now a sprightly 88 years young, I believe Peter is the oldest living Celt…
A few days in the life of Willie Fernie… We all know, I think what Willie Fernie was doing on 19 October 1957 as he orchestrated…
Kenny Dalglish was happy to contribute Matt Corr’s outstanding biography for his former Celtic teammate Harry Hood. King Kenny was just one of so many famous…
It is an unfortunate fact of life that many so-called football heroes, admired and revered for their skill on the field, do not live up to…
It gives me great pleasure to write a foreword for this book written by David Potter on one of the true all-time Celtic greats, Alec ‘Eck’…
An extract from David Potter’s book, Alec McNair, Celtic’s Icicle published by Celtic Star Books…. Inspired by David Potter’s book: Alec McNair – Celtic’s Icicle 📗…
And so Celtic won the Glasgow Charity Cup. The Coronation Cup would be an entirely different matter, for there was hardly enough time to draw breath,…
A massive indication of the power of Celtic’s support had come in early March, when it was decided to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II…
This is one of the sad days in the calendar now. It’s hard to believe it’s three years now since we lost another of the great characters…
The Celtic Star has been working this year with The Celtic Academy to provide young Hoops stars some early media exposure, essentially their first taste of…
A surprising amount of Celtic goalkeepers are men who have come from a background which is not what one would call “Celtic minded” (whatever that may…
It was with real sadness that we heard today of the death of Frank Connor, one time goalkeeper for Celtic and one time caretaker Manager for…
It was with regret that we learned of the passing of David Cattanach (sometimes listed as Cattenach) who was with the club from 1963 until 1972,…
