Arguments about who was the best Lisbon Lion are futile and even possibly offensive, so I will confine myself to saying that Bobby Murdoch was well…
Tony Mowbray was always, one felt, a very unlucky player, certainly with injuries and more particularly with career decisions. When he played for Celtic he had…
The “Maestro” was well named. In all his years at the club from his debut in 1982 until he limped off the field at Stark’s Park…
The phrase “a good player but he came at the wrong time” cannot be applied to anyone more appropriately than Joe McLaughlin. Joe was a Celtic…
Murdo MacLeod was one of Billy McNeill’s best ever signings. He was bought from Dumbarton in October 1978 to join a fairly chaotic topsy-turvey, inconsistent sort…
Willie Groves commonly known as “Darlin’ Willie” was a much loved Celt in the early years of the played of the club, yet he played only…
Possibly the most charismatic of the early Celts, Dan was much loved by the Celtic fans in the 1890s. He was a flamboyant character and one…
Jim Craig is an unusual sort of football player. He will probably remain for all time the only dentist ever to win a European Cup medal,…
Scott Brown belongs to the exclusive set of Celtic players. Many players are called “Great Celts”; Scott is one of the “Really Great Celts” a very…
One of the truly great early Celts, Bernard Battles arrived at Celtic Park in 1895. He could be either a full back or a wing half…
Celtic have had many great goalkeepers over the years, but there are few who could compare with the slightly built figure of Dan McArthur who played…
By no means one of the more famous or flamboyant full backs in Celtic’s history, Hugh was nevertheless a very instrumental player in the 1920s, winning…
Jim Brogan was the younger brother of Frank, but their paths barely crossed at Celtic Park. Jim was a different kind of player from Frank, being…
The third John Divers was possibly the least successful of the three in that he won no major honours with the club, but that is not…
There is a natural affinity, one feels, between Celtic and the Geordie nation. There is the same grit and determination, the same hard work and the…
Peter Somers was as good as anyone else in the great Celtic teams of 1907 and 1908, and that is saying something! He had joined the…
That Davie McLean became a soldier of fortune may have a lot to do with Willie Maley. In truth as a centre forward he was not…
Tommy McAteer had a brief but effective career for Celtic. It was often felt that Celtic could have done with him a great deal earlier, but…
No-one typified the great Celtic side of the 1960s more than Tommy Gemmell. He was a larger than life character with loads of swagger and arrogance…
Like that of Ronnie Simpson, the career of Jimmy Delaney sometimes defies belief. This man won three Cup medals in three different countries in three different…
On his own admission, he wasn’t the best centre half in Celtic’s history, With deliberate ambiguity he would describe himself as “passable”, but he came at…
Charles Patrick Tully was a personality player of the type that Celtic supporters crave at certain points of their history, and they certainly needed one in…
Paul Lambert signed for Celtic in 1997 for a fee of around £2 million. It would prove to be money well spent by Wim Jansen. Paul…
It is not all that far from the Ayrshire village of Beith to Glasgow in terms of miles and distance, but in terms of culture it…
Davie Storrier was a fine full back for Celtic. He had played for Arbroath and Everton before he joined Celtic in 1898, and in season 1898/99…
Bertie Thomson was a brilliantly talented but tragically ill-disciplined right winger in the early 1930s. He first played for Celtic in the 1929/30 season, but 1930/31…
Ian Young was a good right back who came in just at the start of the glory years of Jock Stein, and but for the plethora…
James “Dun” Hay was a mighty man. Being a member of the prodigious half back line of Young, Loney and Hay in the Edwardian Celtic side…
Willie Fernie was a footballing artist. Added to his natural ability of ball control, dribbling skills and passing ability, was the rugged determination born in the…
Until his death in 2021, there were few more popular ex-Celtic players than Bertie Auld. Frequently seen at home games and at supporters’ functions, Bertie was…
