Celtic, 24 years ago today, went to Ibrox to show Rangers that we were worthy Champions… On 29 April 2001 Celtic travelled across the city to…
Willie McStay was a Celtic great. Born in 1892, he first came to the club in 1912 but was immediately farmed out to Ayr United… The…
Tomorrow’s match versus Dundee United could see Celtic secure their 55th title. Today (25 April 2025) also marks the anniversary of a notable League achievement in…
A unique letter from the vaults of Scottish football history… It’s not too often you see a piece of memorabilia which completely blows you away. But…
WHEN IS A TITLE WIN NOT A TITLE WIN? On Sunday, Celtic reached the Scottish Cup Final with a 5-0 win over St Johnstone at Hampden…
Tom Campbell, co-author of The Glory and The Dream and numerous other fine Celtic books including Bobby Evans, Celtic’s Forgotten Hero, joined The Celtic Star as…
WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 1981 – The Scottish League Championship is clinched at Tannadice Park with a hard-worked 3-2 win over Dundee United. Murdo MacLeod, Frank McGarvey and…
Joe Cassidy was a Celtic hero at a time when they needed heroes. The years immediately after the Great War were dire with poverty and so…
David Potter’s Celtic Player of the Day – Johnny Campbell, an early Celtic great… Johnny Campbell was one of the truly great early Celts. He had…
David Potter’s Celtic Player of the Day – Roy Aitken, Feed the Bear… The late, great Celtic historian David Potter selected a Celtic Player of the…
SATURDAY 17th APRIL 1909 – One of Scottish football’s saddest days as spectators riot after the Celtic v Rangers Scottish Cup Final replay. The game finishes…
It’s hard to believe that post World War Two Celtic narrowly avoided relegation in 1948 and by 1954 the club had yet to win the title…
On this day in 1948 Celtic were involved in a relegation scrap that could have ended up badly had results gone a certain way. The only…
SATURDAY 16th APRIL 1904 – One of Celtic’s greatest Scottish Cup finals as Maley’s young team, two goals down to Rangers before 65,000 at the new…
Four Celtic greats line up for the Scots against the English at Celtic Park… So Ruth Rendell CSC is back on the case with another fabulous…
Celtic are a club renowned for last minute winners with so many memorable ones to choose from, and one of those efforts were witnessed on this…
75 years ago today – on 15 April 1950 – Sean Fallon’s Celtic story began. Fallon is a major figure in the Bhoys’ history, serving as…
Dixie going nowhere fast. Then Jock Stein paid Motherwell £17,500 for John Deans… John Deans’ career was going nowhere fast in autumn 1971. He was playing…
Maurice Johnston – Will Celtic Fans Ever Forgive Him? Redheads are not easily forgotten, but one in particular left an indelible mark, (or scar), on the…
Matt Corr tells the bizarre story behind Will Quinn’s maroon cap… Willie Maley’s Celtic ‘Team of all the Talents’ The maroon cap in the photo is…
100 years ago today, the most spectacular goal in Celtic’s history was scored. The Bhoys won the 1925 Scottish Cup thanks to the somersault efforts of…
It’s a fair bet that 2020 will go down as one of the horror years of world history, as the press,TV and politicians combine to plunge us…
At first glance, season 1963/64 was another dreadful season for Celtic, and there is no real point in denying that. Rangers won a treble in Scotland,…
No Solitude for Celtic’s Joe Dodds as pistols are fired in Belfast.. This incredible photograph was another from the wonderful memorabilia collection of Will Quinn’s great-grandson…
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 statement.…
“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in!” A famous line from the last of the fabulous Godfather trilogies. I understand how…
WEDNESDAY 1st APRIL 1981 – ‘Doomed Hearts are thrashed at Parkhead 6-0 by a rampant Celtic team with the Championship clearly in their sights. George McCluskey…
Living down south has its advantages. I was married here, my son was born here, and we have actual summers. There are also far less supporters…
‘Can we have our cup back?’…’Er no, it’s staying where it belongs, in Paradise’ or perhaps use the words of Leigh Griffiths… Celtic won the Glasgow…
Johnny Crum was an instrumental part of the Celtic side of the 1930s… Johnny Crum was a talented inside left signed from Ashfield Juniors in February…
