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Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – The emergence of Celtic’s greatest goalscorer of all time

After the unbridled success enjoyed by Celtic in the opening decades of the 20th century, the 1920s in comparison delivered much less for the club’s fans to cheer. Celebrating two league titles and three Scottish Cups would indicate a significant achievement for many clubs, but, such was

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The ACSOM Review: The Twang at O2 Academy, Glasgow

Who? The Twang
 Where? 02 Academy Glasgow When? 30 November 2019 Glasgow in late November can be a cold, cold place, but last night The 02 Academy in Glasgow was one of the hottest tickets in town. The evergreen ‘90s indie band Shed Seven were playing their

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Post-match with A Celtic State of Mind – 10 in a row as Lenny’s juggernaut thunders on

Neil Lennon started a run of consecutive title wins by Celtic that currently stretches to eight. As he looks to add the hallowed number nine to that sequence, it is abundantly clear that the title challenge is a genuine one for the first time in nearly a

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Pre-match with A Celtic State of Mind – Back to the quest for nine

ALAN MORRISON: The champions and league leaders visit eighth-placed Ross County on Sunday with contentment after nine wins on the spin. The hosts will again see the Dingwall ground filled with more people than live in the town. The newly-promoted Staggies have attained mid-table respectability, but in

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A Celtic State of Mind’s Team of the Decade – The 1960s: Goalkeeper  

With the assistance of the voting public, ACSOM were able to select Celtic’s Team of the Decade from the 1950s recently. Now it’s time to jump back in that time machine and land in one of the most successful eras of Celtic’s history – the 1960s. From

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Europa League Pre-match with A Celtic State of Mind

KEVIN O’ROURKE Having already qualified for the next stage of the competition, it could be easy to go through the motions tomorrow night against a Rennes side that are bottom of the group and can’t progress to the next stage. But there is an opportunity to do

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A Celtic State of Mind’s 500 Club – Number 8: Scott Brown

There will be no changing of the guard any time soon. No removal of Scottish football’s lynchpin from his hundred mile-high pedestal. Pretenders to his throne haven’t even earned the position of clown prince – they will have to earn the right to lace his boots before

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Eoin O’Callaghan with A Celtic State of Mind – The Celtic Soul Brother

1. What is your first memory of Celtic, and what was the Celtic team of your childhood? I’m from Cork in Ireland and in July, 1994, Celtic came to play Cork City in a pre-season friendly. The game was played out at City’s former stadium in Bishopstown

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – The night Viduka refused to wear the hoops

On the cold winter’s evening of the 8th February 2000, Referee Dougie McDonald blew for half-time, signalling for the boos to swirl around Glasgow’s east end. Eric Black bounced to his feet and flew down the tunnel. He was furious with what he had just witnessed. Celtic

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Livingston post-match with A Celtic State of Mind – Frimpong is the discovery of the summer

PAUL JOHN DYKES: The arrival of Jeremie Frimpong on transfer deadline day less than three months ago was understandably viewed as being a signing for the future. Within a month, however, the 18-year-old Dutchman had made his debut in Neil Lennon’s side, and the attacking right-back has

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