The Celtic Star’s Magnificent Seven…

It started with Invincible, moved on to Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys and Celtic’s Founding Fathers, then a forgotten legend Alec McNair, Harry Hood, twice as good then Willie Fernie putting on the style…

The Celtic Rising was next and now it’s back to The Bould Bhoys and the story of Celtic’s first title win. The authors – Matt Corr, David Potter , Liam Kelly and Matthew Marr – knowledgeable, passionate Celtic wordsmiths. The finest team in Scotland, hope you will agree.

All books are highest quality in every regard, always hardback, packed with the best images many never seen before. Five are now available via Amazon kindle, with all photos included and we’ll load the other two over the next few months. Visit http://celticstarbooks.com/shop

Five of our Magnificent Seven now available on Amazon kindle…

INVINCIBLE by Matt Corr is now on Amazon kindle…

INVINCIBLE is Matt Corr’s stunning debut as a published Celtic author. With forewords from Celtic Invincible Erik Sviatchenko and renowned Celtic author and historian, David Potter, INVINCIBLE tells the story of the grand old Glasgow football club’s record-breaking 2016/17 season through the perspective of a lifelong Hoops supporter who follows the Bhoys as events unfold which could not possibly have been envisaged by the worldwide Celtic diaspora just 12 months earlier.

There can surely be no other football club in the world whose history is devoured, cherished then handed down through family, enabling our children and grandchildren to recite the great names and events of the past with the same feeling and passion as for those they witnessed first-hand. It is a rite of passage. A gift which is uniquely Celtic.

WALFRID & THE BOULD BHOYS by Liam Kelly, David Potter & Matt Corr is now on Amazon kindle…

In Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys, authors from three generations of that Celtic family take you on a magical journey through the early days of the new football club which was springing to life in Glasgow’s impoverished east end. Through Liam Kelly, we meet the founding fathers, whose compassion, vision and energy created Celtic Football Club for the most wonderful of reasons, to help those struggling to survive.

Those of our forefathers and mothers who had nothing. Origins and principles which set us apart as so much more than a football club, even to this day. We walk game-by-game through an incredible debut season with Matt Corr, as players are recruited to form a team which will become a cause, a reason for living the other six days in the week. Challenging the established order and creating joy in the communities of the east end by reaching the prestigious Scottish Cup Final from a standing start, then delivering silverware, all within that thrilling first year of existence.

We hear the thoughts of a Celtic supporter, Dan Drake, who lived through that first season and who attended the original Celtic Park with his own father on the day it all began, with a 5-2 victory over Rangers back in May 1888. David Potter shares his thoughts on the heroes in white and green who would thrill Dan and the other Celtic fans of the early years, playing their way into our hearts and the opening chapters of The Celtic Story. Men like Kelly, McMenemy and Quinn, whose names still roll of the tongue more than a century later. If you want to know your history, you will love Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys.

HARRY HOOD – TWICE AS GOOD By Matt Corr is now available on Amazon kindle…

“We’ve got someone Twice As Good. We’ve got Harry Hood!” Mention the name Harry Hood and it evokes memories of a wonderful footballer in a glorious era, most notably at Celtic, his boyhood club. Wearing those magical, unspoilt green and white Hoops. Of the chants which rang out as he scored vital goals for Celtic, against the giants of European football under those massive lights in Glasgow’s east end, in the intensity of the city’s fierce derbies or major cup finals before six-figure crowds.

Moments which created history. Skilful, intelligent and classy, with 125 goals and over 300 games for Celtic in that post-Lisbon era, where the Lions and Quality Street Gang merged with Jock Stein’s astute signings to keep the Hoops at the summit of European football. A key man in an incredible team, some of whom pay tribute to Harry in this, his official biography. Oh Harry, Harry! He did it all. And he did it beside some of the greatest Celts of all time. Jimmy Johnstone, Tommy Gemmell, Kenny Dalglish and Billy McNeill. Teammates and lifelong friends. And with that unmistakeable Glasgow sense of humour. “I called my dog Pele. It was only fair, given that he had called his dog Harry Hood!” This is Harry’s story.

THE CELTIC RISING by David Potter is now available on Amazon kindle 

From the earliest days of Celtic Football Club, it has been defying the odds, and often logic, to deliver incredible moments which we as supporters will never tire of recounting or reliving. The fairytale club. Perhaps for the first time but definitely not for the last, Billy McNeill himself is a key figure in this latest Celtic fairytale of which he spoke many years later. Since Willie Fernie’s man-of-the-match display at Hampden in the Sun back in October 1957, the Parkhead cupboard had been bare in terms of major honours. Seasons came and went but still those at the helm of our club could not find a way to write the next chapter of Celtic success. By the end of 1964, those with green blood flowing through their veins could see no end to the dominance of the club in the south-west of the city, and indeed could only look on as teams from Edinburgh, Dundee and Dunfermline were providing the main challenge.

Like all fairytales, The Celtic Rising needed some magical ingredients to spark it off, and they would duly follow as the Hogmanay Bells sounded the end of one era and the beginning of something so special no-one could possibly have foreseen. Author David Potter was one of those long-suffering Celtic diehards who dreamed of the glories to come, and then witnessed the change which delivered those dreams…and then some.

Like so many of our triumphs of the past, it was as unexpected as it was thrilling, a wonderful old club rising from the depths of so many heart-breaking defeats and false dawns to once again become the dominant force in Scotland and position itself for an even greater adventure to follow. David will take you with him every step of the way of that journey through 1965, each emotion, each setback, then each of the fabulous, joyous moments which are now Celtic folklore. There is no one better placed to do so.

THE BOULD BHOYS! ‘GLORY TO THEIR NAME’ by Matthew Marr is now available on Amazon kindle

At Celtic Star Books, we share the stories of the legendary players, teams and events which make up the incredible history of our club. From Kelly to Kyogo, and everything in between. In our seventh publication – The Bould Bhoys! “Glory to their name” – we follow the exploits of a wonderful early Celtic team in their attempt to win the Scottish League for the first time, with joy, controversy and intrigue every step of the way.

Author Matthew Marr picks up the story of our early Celtic heroes in the summer of 1892, three years down the line from Walfrid & The Bould Bhoys, our Autumn 2021 publication which completely sold out on hardback and is now available in Kindle form only. The fledgling club from Glasgow’s east end, established for the most noble of reasons, has won the prestigious Scottish Cup against all odds, beating the established order of the day, notably nine-time winners Queen’s Park. But there is unfinished business for The Bould Bhoys…

A new, season-long competition is up for grabs, the Scottish League Championship, viewed by many observers as a better test than the briefer knockout cup competitions to determine who is ‘the best in Scotland.’ What a cast of characters. Dan Doyle. Willie Maley. James Kelly. Johnny Madden. Sandy McMahon. Celts who thrilled our forefathers.

The story of that season will now thrill you, as we reach the 130th anniversary of these events this spring. Matthew will walk you through each twist and turn as it occurs, bringing the heroes to life and placing you at every match as Celtic strive to succeed back-to-back Scottish champions Dumbarton as the team at the top of the League, looking down on the others. The more things change…

If you love your Celtic history then this is for you.