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LATEST PODCAST: Ace City Racers live in session with A Celtic State of Mind

A Celtic State of Mind was named as the UK’s Best Football Podcast at the prestigious Football Blogging Awards. This latest episode finds Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham being joined by Ace City Racers, who were the latest band to join ACSOM for an acoustic session.

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Post-Match Reaction with A Celtic State of Mind – Storm Ciara couldn’t derail this Celtic machine

ANDREW RAFFERTY: Neil Lennon rang the changes for today’s match, but it was the first-team regulars who had the biggest impact in the first-half. James Forrest was a constant source of danger down the right, linking well with Moritz Bauer in the process, while Olivier Ntcham delivered

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Pre-match with A Celtic State of Mind – Lenny looking to extinguish the ghosts of Broadwood past

ANDREW RAFFERTY provides ACSOM’s match preview: Formed in 1877, Clyde are one of the oldest and, perhaps, most romantic teams in Scottish football. Clyde’s history is intertwined with that of Celtic, with both teams having strong links to the Barrowfield area of Glasgow and for decades were

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A Celtic State of Mind – The Stone Roses at Old Trafford was the brainchild of an ex-Celt

Many memorable terrace chants have been adopted by the Hoops’ faithful and bellowed around the old Celtic Park over the years, and one such song will forever be associated with the club’s invincible treble-winning campaign – ‘This is How it Feels’. Crafted by Clint Boon in the

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A Celtic State of Mind’s Decade of Dominance Awards – Goal of the Decade

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

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Post-Match Reaction with A Celtic State of Mind – Eddie is the best since the King of Kings

PAUL JOHN DYKES: Tony Watt looked on from the main stand at Fir Park following his recent return to North Lanarkshire from Sofia, as the Irishman who threw him into a Champions League encounter against Barcelona in 2012 locked horns with the Irishman that Watt is trying

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A Celtic State of Mind – Rare match-worn Celtic jersey stolen from Manchester’s National Football Museum

Paul Lamb is someone I’ve got to know through the Celtic-related work I do. When I embarked on my current book project over four years ago, a group of Celtic matchworn jersey collectors came to my rescue by offering up their prized possessions for inclusion in the

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A Celtic State of Mind – Further LIVE dates announced for 2020

Paul John Dykes has interviewed some of Celtic’s greatest icons over the years, including Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Bertie Auld, Billy McNeill, Sean Fallon, Bobby Lennox and Neil Lennon. In 2020, Paul John will be travelling all over Scotland and further afield to speak to

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Post-Match with A Celtic State of Mind – Edouard propels Celtic seven points clear

DAVID SLEIGHT: Celtic struggled to breakdown an organised Hamilton Accies team reduced to ten men for almost the final hour of the game. Having reached the interval level pegging (an Edouard free kick cancelling out a header from the physically imposing Ogkmpoe, who impressed for the home

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A Celtic State of Mind – The Buffalo Assignment

The Scottish football narrative plunged to new depths this week with the Alfredo Morelos Lamborghini-tampering story. Some of those who are employed to report the news, decided instead to embark on other recognised forms of narrative, namely fantasy (a story about characters that may not be realistic

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