Football

The following is an extract from Andy Lynch’s 2016 autobiography ‘Hoops, Stars & Stripes’ Have you ever wondered what it entails to purchase an English Premier League football club? Back in 2010, I was at the centre of an astonishing bid to buy one of English football’s

KEVIN GRAHAM: When your game is about shape, and that shape gets put under so much pressure that it bends and falters when you are still in the game, then you know that your game has gone. When we equalised, Kilmarnock lost what makes them good. We

Over the last few weeks, you may have read some articles on A Celtic State of Mind focusing on the ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ campaign. These pieces aimed to highlight some of the ways that this initiative can be positive for Scottish football, and how it can help fans

ANDREW RAFFERTY: Celtic return to league duty this weekend, following a performance of two halves in the Danish capital. There were multiple clips on social media over the last few days of fans enjoying everything Copenhagen had to offer. One video which caught my eye in particular

The following is an excerpt from Paul John Dykes’ interview with Davie Provan: I don’t know if the referee is still alive from our away tie against Real Madrid in 1980, and maybe I better watch what I’m saying here, but the referee’s performance that night was,

The following is an excerpt from Paul John Dykes’ interview with Davie Provan: Billy McNeill did really well to take over from Jock Stein at Celtic Park. You needed someone with real stature, and Billy was the one manager in Scotland who had that in abundance. Billy

The following is an excerpt from Paul John Dykes’ interview with Davie Provan: Billy McNeill and John Clark were manager and assistant manager when I signed for Celtic in 1978. Neilly Mochan was the trainer, and I suppose you would call him an old-fashioned trainer. He was

The yellow away kit is reminiscent of the one made famous during the Seville run. The opening goal was scored by a striker described by Chris Sutton as the best since Henrik Larsson. The Odsonne Edouard finish was the first European knockout goal Celtic have scored away

KEVIN GRAHAM: It seems so long since the sweet smell of European adventure has aroused our senses. It’s been in the back of our minds as we fully focused on domestic stresses. This week actually does feel like a break from that. A wee holiday from what

Since 2010, Celtic have won 8 league trophies, 5 Scottish Cups and 5 League Cups in what will be referred back to in history as the ‘Decade of Dominance’. With lots of glorious memories over the last 10 years, at A Celtic State of Mind we have