Ignoring our achievements was bad enough, but Keane and Wright not acknowledging it was even worse… Some English based podcast involving a few highly regarded and…
Browsing: Lisbon Lions
‘There have been many great teams in football history – but few as good as Celtic’s Lisbon Lions in 1967. A stunning side that favoured attacking…
Best of luck to The Bhoys at Hampden in the Scottish Cup Final this afternoon against theRangers and if there’s every a day to add some…
“If ever you’re going to win the European Cup, then this is the day, and this is the place. But, we don’t just want to win…
The last game for the Lisbon Lions…53 years ago today Celtic faced Clyde in a league match at Celtic Park. The stadium resembled a building site…
A recent question on X got a lot of Celtic supporters debating. The question by a well known Celtic account asked: ‘Who is the most important…
The final resting place and incredible legacy of Helenio Herrera… Over recent months, I’ve been lucky enough to have been provided with some unique football snippets…
“No-one knew more about football than Jimmy Gribben. He was my friend and advisor.” In the first part of this article, we looked at events as…
The 1967 Ballon D’Or list shows how prestigious Celtic’s European Cup win actually was… A recent social media post from a nostalgic football account made for…
In Lisbon, on 25 May 1967, Celtic changed football forever… The Football History Boys channel contacted The Celtic Star this morning to give us a heads…
This one perhaps fell under the radar at the end of last week, so it’s well worth a catch-up as Matt Corr, with the valuable assistance…
It all happened on 6th December in 1966. It was a Tuesday, a day that invariably meant a slog at training – and this particular Tuesday…
Our Big Cup win, to this day, haunts them big time… Celtic’s European cup win was 56 years ago, but it still remains our biggest ever…
On Monday 15 May 1967 Celtic celebrated that season’s quadruple on Trophy Night at Celtic Park with a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock and all four trophies…
Celtic’s 136 years of unbroken history… 136 years ago this very day a football club was born, more than just a football club, a club that…
When Jock met Herrera. Part One: The Invitation..by Matt Corr with Pat Woods… The foundations which would underpin Celtic’s journey to glory in Lisbon in May…
The Celtic fans in the crowd of 45,384 were quietly confident as their side ran out at Ibrox on this day in 1994 to meet Raith…
After a comfortable 3-0 victory over Portuguese champions Benfica at Celtic Park on the 12 November, on this day in 1969, the chosen Hoops side for…