KEVIN GRAHAM Most important signing 2017/18 – Odsonne Édouard Where would we be without him? What if we didn’t convert his loan into a permanent move? He always had something. You could see that there was room to develop and grow. Boy, has he done it. From
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PAUL JOHN DYKES Most important signing 2014/15 – Craig Gordon Neil Lennon left Celtic on 22 May 2014, having led the club to three league titles in-a-row. As the inevitable personnel changes began to take place under incoming gaffer, Ronny Deila, the first new signing of the
Read more →MARTIN DONALDSON Most important signing 2011/12 – Mikael Lustig The 2011/12 summer transfer window largely passed by with no marquee signings. Victor Wanyama arrived from Beerschot in Belgium and would go on to make a name for himself by scoring in an unforgettable night at Celtic Park
Read more →That wasn’t meant to happen. That was not in the narrative. Not in the script. I had the unfortunate pleasure yesterday of listening to ‘pundits’ predicting our demise. I must admit, when I saw the line-up and its patchwork nature I did fear a bit. But, on
Read more →Victor Wanyama spoke to Scott Alcroft back in November 2017 as part of Scott’s hugely successful ‘Ten in a Row’ series. Now that Scott is a regular contributor to A Celtic State of Mind, we will work through his archive of features, as well as sharing his
Read more →EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by T. O’Malley Celtic supporters tend to get sentimental over players who are no longer at the club, a sort of revisionism sets in where players become better than they actually were. The tacit argument being that our best players are always the
Read more →Talking Celtic with Scott Alcroft – My top three victories against them Now, before we get into this Old Firm or Glasgow Derby debate here, I’ve been asked by ACSOM to pick my top three matches against whichever form of R*ngers in my time (hence the title),
Read more →Always start with the positive. I enjoy this Europa League lark, but don’t let the PLC hear me say that. Winning games in Europe is fun. This season we have defeated Bosnian, Estonian and Swedish champions. We should have beaten the Romanian champions also. But, let’s not
Read more →Ultra-conservative Celtic’s risky game as they play the percentages. After Celtic’s win over Hearts at the weekend, Celtic fans hoping for fresh blood were given a glimmer of hope as Neil Lennon spoke of strengthening the side. He said: “We need players in two or three positions.
Read more →Sunday, 27 August 2000 is a day that lives long in the memory of every Celtic fan around the world. It was Martin O’Neill’s first Old Firm game and, according to the ‘pundits’, Rangers were favourites to win. Celtic had spent big for the first time in
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