Football

In recent years, many of Celtic’s players have faced severe opposition as a result of the club’s heritage and their own religion or ethnicity: Neil Lennon received a death threat whilst on international duty for Northern Ireland in 2002, which led to him deciding to retire from

On the 25th May 1967 in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Celtic Football Club defeated Internazionale from Milan 2-1 to become the first club from Britain and from northern Europe to win the European Cup. By 2019 barely twenty-two clubs had managed to win this most prestigious football

Ten domestic trophies on the bounce, yet an end-of-year defeat to their closest challengers has been apocalyptically dramatised by the requiem writers, determined to dedicate chapter and verse to the plot of Celtic’s downfall. Neil Lennon hasn’t read the script An hour into Celtic’s participation in what

The Celtic story does not begin with the building of a stadium, the sounding of a whistle, or the kicking of a ball. The very roots of the club’s existence can be traced back to Ireland’s Great Hunger; over 40 years before Celtic Football Club were even

Saturday 3 November 2018 Celtic 5-0 Hearts Following on from a fantastic midweek performance at Dens Park, Celtic narrowed the gap to one point at the top of the table as they blew away the league leaders Hearts. Within the first few months of the season, the

Thursday 4 October 2018   FC Salzburg 3-1 Celtic   The hills were alive with the sound of Celtic as the Scottish champions began the month with a visit to Salzburg, a side which Celtic had previously met during Ronny Deila’s first season in charge. It didn’t

Paul the Tim recently posted on Twitter that he had attended all 582 competitive games that Celtic had played from 2010-2019. An incredible feat which should be commended; however, Paul will be the first to tell you, that it isn’t easy, and it isn’t cheap being as

The next morning, Paolo was readying himself to get into the office. A couple of glasses of wine in the café last night had given him the faintest hint of a hangover, nothing too over the top mind, but enough to dull the edge slightly. Fuzzy though

The Magician’s Spell: The Nerazzurri’s ‘67 Part 1: Inter v Sofia To the outsider, Café Zucco looked closed. A sign warding off potential customers hung in the door and the lights were off. No more custom was expected or wanted that evening. Despite this less than welcoming

He arrived with a bang in August 2016, scoring a late winner on his debut away to Hearts at Tynecastle.  Now, three-and-a-half trophy-laden seasons later, Scott Sinclair has become the latest Invincible to depart Celtic Park, as he completed a transfer to English Championship side Preston North