“I’m going to kiss Peter Grant.” Those words were uttered by an emotional Tommy Burns on 27 May 1995. He was standing on the Hampden pitch in a dark-green tailored suit, and expressed the gratitude he held for his combative midfielder during an interview with Jim
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“Whither is fled the visionary gleam? Where is it now, the glory and the dream?” Decorated Celtic author and historian, Tom Campbell, recently self-published his 14th book on Celtic – A Very Different Paradise. Govan-born and raised, his accent subtly discloses that he has spent most of
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ALAN MORRISON: The European odyssey continues with the glamour of Serie A Lazio visiting Glasgow. Although they are the current Italian Cup holders, the Rome-based club are not serial winners with just 2 titles and 7 cups in 119 years. They spent over €22m in the summer
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I have a confession to make… until last Saturday, I had never attended a Tommy Burns Supper. Sacrilegious, I know, and although I regret waiting all these years to sample this unique take on a Scottish tradition, the 26th instalment was well worth waiting for. The Heriot
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The name ‘Stevie Murray’ is one that will be familiar to generations of Celtic supporters, with not one but three players of that name being on the club’s books since the 1970s. Stevie Murray mark IV, however, is not carving out a career as a classy midfielder
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KEVIN O’ROURKE: We returned to the top of the league today after a 6-0 win over Ross County at Celtic Park. Having lost our last league game before the international break, it was important we got back to winning ways today and we did that in spectacular
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Supporting this game of football is one of the things that is thoroughly enjoyable about being involved.” It’s an appalling situation that in a civilized country like Scotland people are having to use food banks. If we can take part in an event like today and help people
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If you weren’t looking for a football ground you would miss Blairwood Park. Home of Oakley United, the ground peers on to the main road as if it’s playing hide and seek with cars. It played host to the latest instalment of the ‘Fitba’ Greats’ series. These
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KEVIN GRAHAM: It’s been a long two weeks. The days have seemed short but the weeks long. There is something comforting in being the underdog again. It suits me better that we can create siege mentalities and perceived professional injustices. Lennoxtown would have been a frustrating place
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His flame-red curls like a fire in the glen, grace and poise juxtaposed with underdog victories, the self-destructive nature of a classic rogue, and the ability to play football like it was an art form… Perhaps the life and times of Jimmy Johnstone was always destined to
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