Football

Kevin McCluskie – Top-flight Hungarian football to resume by the end of this month

Hungarian Football: Coronavirus Update While the debate rages on in Scotland and elsewhere over the continuation, end, or voiding of the current football season, the MLSZ (Hungarian Football Federation) has announced plans to resume top-flight football by the end of this month. Following a previous Government announcement,

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The ACSOM Video Club – Exclusive Andy Payton Q&A

Tim Burgess’ Twitter Listening Parties have been one of the most creative concepts since lockdown robbed us of live entertainment or even small gatherings with friends. The parties are a simple enough idea, but they have been so well received that Twitter have even produced their own

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Tom Campbell with A Celtic State of Mind – Those legends I have met: Jimmy Quinn, Willie Fernie, Bobby Evans, Billy McNeill…

RAINCOATS, JACKETS, SHIRT-SLEEVES AND NUDITY I have written several books about Celtic, and I always opted to have the illustrations in them show Celtic men in action (and wearing the hoops, of course). In my opinion, I rarely think of our heroes in street clothes, no matter

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Tom Campbell with A Celtic State of Mind – A life punctuated by Celtic

PUNCTUATION In a conversation some years ago with David Potter I suggested that the pair of us had probably ‘punctuated our lives with Celtic games’. What I meant was that we both could remember important dates in our lives and remember how Celtic got on that day;

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Stevie Chalmers: The Working Class Hero

I would first of all like to send my thoughts and prayers to Sadie, the Chalmers family, and his fellow Lisbon Lions on this sad day. Stevie was the man who didn’t just change the history of Celtic Football Club, but world football, with his winning goal

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NEW VIDEO CONTENT: A closer look at what ACSOM purchased at the Stevie Chalmers Auction

The collection of the late Stevie Chalmers sparked off worldwide interest at McTear’s Auctioneers in Glasgow. Bids arrived from China, Italy, Spain and Canada for a stunning array of Stevie’s match-worn and swapped jerseys, pennants, boots, medals, programmes and iconic numbered shorts. Some items went for huge

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ACSOM’s Video Club with Scotty Alcroft – The Tommy Burns Celtic Story: Return to Paradise

#ACSOMVideoClub If I were to say to you, “Mr Celtic,” who would you think of? We’ve had Mr Stein, Billy McNeill, Jinky and Henrik Larsson but the one name that everyone knows as “Mr Celtic” is, of course, Tommy Burns. I was tasked off yesterday by ACSOM

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Soulbhoy with A Celtic State of Mind – How do others now see us?

We often debate about the standard of Scottish football compared to yesteryear and we often compare it to the English Premiership. We often take a verbal kicking from folk down south about football up here and whether we are a big club etc. Does it really matter?

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The ACSOM Video Club – ‘Return to Paradise: The Tommy Burns Celtic Story’ at 8pm on Sunday 26 April

Tim Burgess’ Twitter Listening Parties have been one of the most creative concepts since lockdown robbed us of live entertainment or even small gatherings with friends. The parties are a simple enough idea, but they have been so well received that Twitter have even produced their own

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – When Cesar ruled Europe

Everyone remembers Billy holding up the European Cup in Lisbon. What a magnificent sight that was. As Celtic’s greatest ever captain, he led the team out during the club’s golden years, not just in Scotland but on the European stage. Proudly leading the Celts out in the

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