Charlie & The Bhoys: Gallagher at 80 Part 2 – Breaking through & breaking hearts Season 1960/61 would see Charlie Gallagher establish himself as a regular…
Charlie & The Bhoys: Gallagher at 80 Part 1 – Early days The calendar year 1940 would prove significant in the evolving history of the Celtic…
In the 1960s and 1970s, Celtic fans had a song which went along the lines of “ C-e-I-t-i-c, C-e-l-t-i-c, I’d walk a million miles for one…
Happy Birthday Bobby Lennox, the Lisbon Lion is 77 today! This man is good enough to have been the Celtic player of TWO decades because, although…
The inaugural winner was James Forrest and it was richly deserved. This year the task to choose The Celtic Star’s player of the year will be…
CELTIC have had very few better players than Johnny Campbell. Born in 1872 in Glasgow the son of an Ironwork Labourer, he joined Celtic in 1890…
CELTIC author Matt Corr spoke to former Hoops hero Erik Sviatchenko, The Celtic Star today carries the full and exclusive interview with one of our Invincible…
I was delighted to find out that Joe Kennaway’s real name was James. I was thus able to put together a Celtic team of “Jimmies” viz.…
The Commissioning Editor of Edinburgh Sports Publishing Ltd. leaned across the table at the earnest young wannabee author and said “Yes, I’ve got to hand it…
Willie Loney was born in 1879 and joined Celtic in summer 1900. He came from Denny Athletic, and he was one of Maley’s first and cleverest…
It was one of those annoying days when roadworks divert the bus off the main road to Celtic Park and compel you to take back roads,…
How sad it was to have a write a tribute to the second Lisbon Lion to die in a week! Hard on the heels of Billy…
ON 28 APRIL 2011 we heard of the passing of Lisbon Lion Willie O’Neill. Willie was born in Glasgow on 30 December 1940, and this war…
On this day in 1868, Willie Maley was born in Newry, County Down, Ireland, the son of a sergeant in the British Army. His family eventually…
JOHN FALLON is never slow to tell you that the job of the goalkeeper is the hardest in the game. He is certainly correct in that…
Cesar and Celtic: Part 2 – New Bhoys & floodlights… Hard to believe it’s already 12 months since we said our final goodbyes to the man…
Sometimes it is difficult to express in mere words the contribution of a man to the Celtic cause. From Stenhousemuir, Alec McNair joined the club in…
In recent years players like James McCarthy, James McArthur, John McGinn and Ryan Fraser all showcased their talents in front of Celtic before heading south. All…
On This Day in 2006 Celtic’s Greatest Ever Player Jimmy Johnstone sadly passed away. “I was always an entertainer. The pitch was my stage, the whistle…
LAST THURSDAY we started a new series on The Celtic Star. We asked club Historian and author of countless Celtic books, David Potter to select The…
JIMMY DELANEY is one of the many Celtic players of whom one must occasionally ask the question “Could this all possibly be true?” His career needs…
CELTIC GRAVES SOCIETY will tomorrow meet to celebrate the life of a true Celtic Star, the legendary wing wizard Jimmy Delaney and YOU are invited. These…
THE TOMMY GEMMELL CSC DUNBLANE celebrated its 20th Anniversary in April 2016 in at the Stirling Rugby Club. David Faulds, a member of the supporters club…
CHRIS SUTTON summed up the ‘Exclusive’ in the Sun that Liverpool were interested in James Forrest and were preparing a bid of around £8million. That’s a…
CONGRATULATIONS to Celtic’s Calvin Miller who is 21 today – Happy Birthday! Calvin was recently re-called from his season long loan at Dundee, perhaps a sign…
BRIAN McCLAIR was described by Sir Alex Ferguson as his best ever buy for Manchester United. And it certainly the case that Fergie’s gain was very…
The back corridor between the Boardroom and the tunnel entrance is one of my favourite spots at Celtic Park. The items displayed there are changed around…
Georgios Samaras has retired from playing to take up a boardroom role alongside his dad his Giannis, at his boyhood club OFI Crete. We’ve updated an…
“When life is denying you something, life is preparing you something better,” Dedryck Boyata posted on social media yesterday. We mentioned this within the article on…
CELTIC play Rosenborg later tonight and this morning we are looking back with a tear or two in our eyes, on a great Q&A interview from…
