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Europa League Aftermath with A Celtic State of Mind – Copenhagen Catastrophe

KEVIN GRAHAM: Is it ok to have doubts? I think it is. When those missed chances start popping up in your mind when you’re sitting at traffic lights or making lunch. When you see other results and see managers bemoaning missed chances and not being ruthless. Not

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What’s on ACSOM’s stereo? THE PEACH FUZZ release new single SOFTIE and head to The Garage

The glinting optimism of Liverpool’s most exciting alt-pop outfit, THE PEACH FUZZ returns with Softie, the new single released on Fri 28 February 2020 on Skeleton Key Records/Warners, preceding the band’s first ever UK Headline Tour. Culminating in a homecoming at Liverpool’s Arts Club (28 March), the

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Bertie Auld with A Celtic State of Mind – Memories of Neilly Mochan

Bertie Auld was speaking to Paul John Dykes: I was fortunate to sign for Jimmy McGrory in 1955. The reserve-team coach at that time was a guy called George Paterson, and either Willie or Jimmy McStay used to come up and help us with training. Don’t ask

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What’s on the ACSOM Stereo? The Twang – ‘If Confronted Just Go Mad’

The Twang have announced that they will be playing a special acoustic gig at Glasgow St Luke’s this Spring (Sunday 12th April). Following their mammoth tour with Shed Seven throughout the winter, the Brummie band will be taking a step back for a series of more laid-back

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‘Sliding in like McGrain’ – A Celtic song lost to the depths of time

Scotty Sinclair was so wonderful, Stuart Armstrong’s hair was so fine, and apparently Mikael Lustig used to turn us all on. Well that was according to the Celtic songbook a couple of seasons ago, as composed and performed by The Green Brigade with a backing choir of

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The ACSOM Review – Supergrass at The Barras

Who: Supergrass Where: Glasgow Barrowlands When: Friday 21 February 2020 Supergrass burst on to the music scene in 1994 with the incendiary Caught by the Fuzz, a song about being lifted at “only fifteeen” for possession of cannabis. A couple of singles later and Alright catapulted the

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A Celtic State of Mind – Your Managers will be Celtic Fans

The following is an extract from Andy Lynch’s 2016 autobiography ‘Hoops, Stars & Stripes’ Have you ever wondered what it entails to purchase an English Premier League football club? Back in 2010, I was at the centre of an astonishing bid to buy one of English football’s

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Post-Match Reaction with A Celtic State of Mind – McGregor The Orchestrator

KEVIN GRAHAM: When your game is about shape, and that shape gets put under so much pressure that it bends and falters when you are still in the game, then you know that your game has gone. When we equalised, Kilmarnock lost what makes them good. We

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A Celtic State of Mind – Exclusive interview with ‘Bhoys’ fan group

Over the last few weeks, you may have read some articles on A Celtic State of Mind focusing on the ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ campaign. These pieces aimed to highlight some of the ways that this initiative can be positive for Scottish football, and how it can help fans

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Pre-match with A Celtic State of Mind – Back to the 9IAR Bread and Butter

ANDREW RAFFERTY: Celtic return to league duty this weekend, following a performance of two halves in the Danish capital. There were multiple clips on social media over the last few days of fans enjoying everything Copenhagen had to offer. One video which caught my eye in particular

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