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What’s on ACSOM’s Stereo? Littlemen’s forthcoming LP, It’s A Beautiful Thing

Bath-based LITTLEMEN are set to release their new album ‘It’s A Beautiful Thing’ on 20th March via their own Littlemen Recordings imprint. Littlemen make lush and sweeping Americana / roots-rock, reminiscent of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. Their new album ‘It’s A Beautiful Thing’ was recorded at

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Diary of a Treble Treble: March 2019  

Saturday, 2 March 2019   Hibernian 0-2 Celtic   It was a very dangerous 17:15 kick-off in the capital for the reigning cup holders with a few pints with some of the lads from Irvine being had before the game. The first half was frustrating for the

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Diary of a Treble Treble: February 2019

Sunday 3 February 2019 St Johnstone 0-2 Celtic The champions began February with a visit to Perth in what was Brendan Rodgers’ 100th league match in charge of the club. The first-half of the match wasn’t great and the Saints most definitely had the best chance of

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A Celtic State of Mind – The Legend of Luke Kelly set to make Coatbridge St Patrick’s Day Festival appearance

Event: The Legend of Luke Kelly – Dubliner! When: Saturday 14th March 2020 (7pm – 10:30pm) Where: Georgian Hotel, Coatbridge Tickets: £15 (in aid of Lourdes Charity) The Legend of Luke Kelly is set to appear in Coatbridge on 14th March 2020 as part of the St

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Coatbridge’s 18th Annual St Patrick’s Day Festival Line-up Announced

The Coatbridge Irish Heritage Committee has confirmed that the 18th St Patrick’s Day Festival runs from today until 14th March this year: “As usual, we have a mix of events that we hope will suit all tastes, from sport, music, fun and debate, which reflect our heritage,

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Bernie Slaven with A Celtic State of Mind – Not Playing For Celtic (Part 2)

The following is an extract from Paul John Dykes’ interview with Bernie Slaven: MOVING TO ENGLAND When I left for England in 1985, I didn’t want to leave Glasgow because, although I was 24, I was immature. My mother went to the church in Fernhill, where she

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Pre-Match with A Celtic State of Mind – True Perfection Has to be Imperfect

PAUL JOHN DYKES: With a League Cup already in the cabinet; the ninth league title in succession clearly on the horizon; and four trebles in-a-row a distinct possibility, Captain Scott Brown has described his Celtic team as “not perfect” in the lead-up to tonight’s encounter at the

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Bernie Slaven with A Celtic State of Mind – Not Playing For Celtic

The following is an extract from Paul John Dykes’ interview with Bernie Slaven: GROWING UP A CELTIC FAN My abiding memory of going to Celtic Park as a kid was my father taking me to the Rangers end; he never took me to the Celtic end. My

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A Celtic State of Mind: Paul Wilson – From Bangalore to Barrowfield

The Quality Street Gang were mentored by the greatest football team Scotland has ever produced. The result was a group of audacious young prospects who even threatened for a spell to emulate their trailblazing predecessors. The Lisbon Lions cultivated their underlings on the Barrowfield training ground, and

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Post-Match with A Celtic State of Mind – Lennon weathers a perfect storm

PAUL JOHN DYKES: The dreadful home support was matched only by the state of the McDiarmid Park pitch, which cut up badly down Celtic’s left in the first-half. Whether or not the poor surface set the tone for Greg Taylor’s overall performance is another matter for debate,

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