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A Celtic State of Mind – The Stone Roses at Old Trafford was the brainchild of an ex-Celt

Many memorable terrace chants have been adopted by the Hoops’ faithful and bellowed around the old Celtic Park over the years, and one such song will forever be associated with the club’s invincible treble-winning campaign – ‘This is How it Feels’. Crafted by Clint Boon in the

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A Celtic State of Mind’s Decade of Dominance Awards – Goal of the Decade

Since 2010, Celtic have won 8 league trophies, 5 Scottish Cups and 5 League Cups in what will be referred back to in history as the ‘Decade of Dominance’. With lots of glorious memories over the last 10 years, at A Celtic State of Mind we have

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Post-Match Reaction with A Celtic State of Mind – Eddie is the best since the King of Kings

PAUL JOHN DYKES: Tony Watt looked on from the main stand at Fir Park following his recent return to North Lanarkshire from Sofia, as the Irishman who threw him into a Champions League encounter against Barcelona in 2012 locked horns with the Irishman that Watt is trying

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A Celtic State of Mind – Rare match-worn Celtic jersey stolen from Manchester’s National Football Museum

Paul Lamb is someone I’ve got to know through the Celtic-related work I do. When I embarked on my current book project over four years ago, a group of Celtic matchworn jersey collectors came to my rescue by offering up their prized possessions for inclusion in the

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A Celtic State of Mind – Further LIVE dates announced for 2020

Paul John Dykes has interviewed some of Celtic’s greatest icons over the years, including Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Bertie Auld, Billy McNeill, Sean Fallon, Bobby Lennox and Neil Lennon. In 2020, Paul John will be travelling all over Scotland and further afield to speak to

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Post-Match with A Celtic State of Mind – Edouard propels Celtic seven points clear

DAVID SLEIGHT: Celtic struggled to breakdown an organised Hamilton Accies team reduced to ten men for almost the final hour of the game. Having reached the interval level pegging (an Edouard free kick cancelling out a header from the physically imposing Ogkmpoe, who impressed for the home

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A Celtic State of Mind – The Buffalo Assignment

The Scottish football narrative plunged to new depths this week with the Alfredo Morelos Lamborghini-tampering story. Some of those who are employed to report the news, decided instead to embark on other recognised forms of narrative, namely fantasy (a story about characters that may not be realistic

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The Loan Bhoys with A Celtic State of Mind – December 2019

For Celtic fans, there is nothing better than seeing a young, talented player developing through the youth sides and then establishing themselves within the first team at Celtic Park. In recent years, we have been spoiled with the likes of Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Liam

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Pre-match with A Celtic State of Mind – We look ahead to St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park

KEVIN MCCLUSKIE: I always think of McDiarmid Park as being a difficult ground to play at, as St Johnstone are generally a well-organized defensive unit under Tommy Wright. However, Celtic have won on each of their last six visits to Perth and haven’t conceded in their last

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Tom Boyd with A Celtic State of Mind – Celtic should retire the number five jersey in memory of our greatest ever captain

When we clinched the league title on the last day of the season at Celtic Park on 9 May 1998, it was a hugely emotional day because it was the first time we had won the league in ten years. All the players were caught up in

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