A Celtic State of Mind

A Celtic State of Mind’s Post-Match Reaction – Apocalypse How?

Ten domestic trophies on the bounce, yet an end-of-year defeat to their closest challengers has been apocalyptically dramatised by the requiem writers, determined to dedicate chapter and verse to the plot of Celtic’s downfall. Neil Lennon hasn’t read the script An hour into Celtic’s participation in what

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A CELTIC STATE OF MIND – CELTIC & POLITICS: PART 1

The Celtic story does not begin with the building of a stadium, the sounding of a whistle, or the kicking of a ball. The very roots of the club’s existence can be traced back to Ireland’s Great Hunger; over 40 years before Celtic Football Club were even

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Diary of a Treble Treble: November 2018

Saturday 3 November 2018 Celtic 5-0 Hearts Following on from a fantastic midweek performance at Dens Park, Celtic narrowed the gap to one point at the top of the table as they blew away the league leaders Hearts. Within the first few months of the season, the

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Diary of a Treble Treble: October 2018

Thursday 4 October 2018   FC Salzburg 3-1 Celtic   The hills were alive with the sound of Celtic as the Scottish champions began the month with a visit to Salzburg, a side which Celtic had previously met during Ronny Deila’s first season in charge. It didn’t

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COLIN WATT with A CELTIC STATE OF MIND – Scottish Football: A Rising Problem

Paul the Tim recently posted on Twitter that he had attended all 582 competitive games that Celtic had played from 2010-2019. An incredible feat which should be commended; however, Paul will be the first to tell you, that it isn’t easy, and it isn’t cheap being as

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Andrew Rafferty with A Celtic State of Mind – The Magician’s Spell: The Nerazzurri’s ‘67 (Part 2)

The next morning, Paolo was readying himself to get into the office. A couple of glasses of wine in the café last night had given him the faintest hint of a hangover, nothing too over the top mind, but enough to dull the edge slightly. Fuzzy though

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Andrew Rafferty with A Celtic State of Mind – The Magician’s Spell: The Nerazzurri’s ‘67

The Magician’s Spell: The Nerazzurri’s ‘67 Part 1: Inter v Sofia To the outsider, Café Zucco looked closed. A sign warding off potential customers hung in the door and the lights were off. No more custom was expected or wanted that evening. Despite this less than welcoming

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Kevin McCluskie with A Celtic State of Mind – Scotty Sinclair: Beautiful… Magical

He arrived with a bang in August 2016, scoring a late winner on his debut away to Hearts at Tynecastle.  Now, three-and-a-half trophy-laden seasons later, Scott Sinclair has become the latest Invincible to depart Celtic Park, as he completed a transfer to English Championship side Preston North

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A Celtic State of Mind’s Player of the Month for December – Feed the Norwegian Bear

Paul John Dykes: The image of this elegant, 6’ 5” Norwegian, gliding through opposition defences like a biblical character through the Red Sea, is one we should all savour. For Kristoffer Ajer is one of the finest prospects of Celtic’s eight-in-a-row era, and it is just a

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A Celtic State of Mind – LIVE dates for 2020 including evenings with Martin O’Neill, Brian McClair, Chris Sutton, John Hartson & Danny McGrain

Paul John Dykes has interviewed some of Celtic’s greatest icons, including Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Bertie Auld, Bobby Lennox and Neil Lennon. In 2020, Paul John will be travelling all over Scotland and further afield to speak to more ex-Celts in front of live audiences

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