Celtic’s fifth summer signing was finally announced today, and Maik Nawrocki looks every inch the centre-half we’ve been waiting for. A fee of £4.3 million has been paid to Legia Warsaw in what became the fifth incoming transaction between the two clubs over the years. Our new
Read more →A Celtic State of Mind
Roy Aitken made his Celtic debut as a 16-year-old in a 2-0 victory against Stenhousemuir in the League Cup semi-final on 10 September 1975. By the time the club captain made his 672nd and final appearance for Celtic over 14 years later, Aitken had won 6 leagues, 5 Scottish
Read more →Roy Aitken became Celtic’s youngest-ever player when he made his debut on 10 September 1975, aged just 16 years and 290 days. The teenager’s introduction was a low-key Wednesday night affair at Ochilview, where Celtic travelled to face Stenhousemuir in the first leg of the League Cup
Read more →Since his arrival in Glasgow two summers ago, Joe Hart has been a stalwart in goals for Celtic, keeping 46 clean sheets in 104 appearances. However, at the age of 36 and with one year remaining on his contract, is now the time for Celtic to look
Read more →During transfer windows, it is only natural for us to yearn for news of new signings. With social media creating a thirst for constant information and updates, football fans get to a point online where they almost demand that their clubs splash the cash. Cash isn’t a
Read more →As the final whistle went on our 2018/19 European hopes and dreams for another season, the Celtic support based high in the steep stands of the Mestalla, and dotted all around the ground, stood to applaud the players’ effort. Not one of them had left anything in
Read more →“One of the things that made an impression on me when I first came to Celtic was just how connected the first-team squad was with the supporters,” recalled Chris Morris when I spoke to him 30 years after Billy McNeill signed the Cornishman from Sheffield Wednesday. Chris
Read more →A narrative around Celtic’s strength has been developing over the last week or so, with the suggestion being that the treble holders’ squad is in a weaker state than it was last season. Judging by some of the social media reaction from Celtic fans, many others are
Read more →As I sit down to write this latest blog, I am buzzing with excitement. In just 5 days, or the first time since 2012, I will have the chance to see Celtic play live, in person. That it is here in my adopted homeland of Japan, alongside
Read more →The launch of football kits is now a major media operation for elite clubs all over the world. Celtic release new strips during meticulously-planned unveiling ceremonies at Celtic Park, where players from their first team and women’s sides model their outfits to the onlooking public and national
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