Celtic have an enviable record in winning unique tournaments. Many older supporters such as Pat Woods can still rhyme off the names of the players who won the 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy; Pat once had a vested interest in that feat of memory as, when he was
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The last few days have been great to see the Bhoys return to action; the Adidas kits look great, some of the players have come back looking sharp and some that we didn’t anticipate playing a role in the side, like Patryk Klimala, have come back totally
Read more →I still get asked a question: what do I want to do with my life? And I still give the same answer that you would have got if you had asked the six or seven-year-old me. I want to play for Celtic. Maybe that just shows a
Read more →Early in 2018, Celtic won an exciting match at Ibrox by 3-2, a commendable win considering that Celtic’s central defender Simunovic had been ordered off with almost thirty minutes left. The general feeling among the members of the Ottawa Celtic Supporters’ Club in the James Street Pub
Read more →Football is back… well, Celtic is back. Shout it from the rooftops and let everybody hear… Celtic are back. Ok, I know football has been back, in those leagues who had the duty of contractual obligations and the fear of being sued for millions and millions of
Read more →As the whole country moves towards a new ‘normal’ with Phase 3 of the Covid-19 restrictions, some may argue there are more pressing issues than the betterment of the Scottish football fan experience. However, if you were to align this to the hot topic of how best
Read more →A recent episode of the Strip Down Memory Lane podcast featured a match-worn jersey that was used in the Pat Bonner Testimonial. The game was between Celtic and a Republic of Ireland select and was played at Celtic Park on the 12 May 1991. The kit in
Read more →As the Celtic players returned after lockdown, the club’s media team went into overdrive to suggest something was close to happening, something close to what we remember football was four months ago. One image caused the Celtic internet to break. Patryk Klimala, the 21-year-old signed from Jagiellonia
Read more →THE PAINTER AND THE PLAYER Frequently, public speakers (or writers) are advised to start off with a joke. Well, here goes: A spate of robberies had been causing concern in the French Riviera but eventually the police made a breakthrough. One of the investigating detectives made his
Read more →The fixture list has been revealed; all Celtic eyes are focussed on the first weekend of August, and the first steps towards the historic ’10-in-a-row’. The rage from others still rumbles on from the season that was, and that fire will still have embers for months to
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