Football

Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – Celtic’s Holy Trinity

Under the guidance of Willie Maley, the Celtic side of the first decade of the 1900s had delivered the all-conquering, record-breaking and history-making six-in-a-row champions of Scotland, with the last of those six titles secured in the 1909/10 season. However, Maley had already started to lay the

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Colin Watt – The Greatest Celtic XI of the 1950s: Vote now for the defenders

Following on from the highly debatable but massively successful Celtic Cult Hero XI, we now go on a journey through the years to find out your team of the decades. Starting with 1950, this journey will capture some of Celtic’s greatest ever players whilst also highlighting some

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Post-match with A Celtic State of Mind – Hamilton Away

“It can always be difficult coming back from an international break and getting into the flow of things. At times during the match, we lacked urgency but the plastic surface never helps. Ultimately, Celtic got the threee points and can now focus on Thursday.” Declan McConville “Mohamed

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Prematch with A Celtic State of Mind – Hamilton Away

KEVIN GRAHAM It seems like an age since Celtic were in action. I’m sure it feels the same for Neil Lennon. The high of our last game hadn’t deflated when most of our squad jetted off around the world for various international successes or failures. Neil has

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – Going back to 1998 to Smell the Glove, Stop the Ten and Bend it like Brattbakk

21 years after Dunfermline’s Craig Faulconbridge delayed Wim Jansen’s title celebrations, Bend it like Brattbakk is returning to Glasgow for a run of five shows at the SEC. Jansen’s heroes of 1997/98 came together in an age when Rangers were insidiously given the combination to a bank

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Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – Meet the LA CSC

With the international break in full swing, I thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up with another one of the many overseas Celtic Supporters Clubs. Having already checked in with a few clubs in Boston, New Jersey and Montreal, it made sense to hear

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – Screamacelica: Memories of Tommy Burns will Live Forever

It would be fair to say that 25 years ago the Celtic support was in optimistic mood going into the September international break. It’s also fair to say that the music and tabloid press were in optimistic mood, as Alan McGee delivered them a band that would

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – Celtic’s signing of the summer may have cost under £2 million

The enormity of Celtic’s summer is in the numbers. We released or sold 19 full-time players and ended four loan deals. We have also sent 10 players out on loan. We brought in 11 full-time players and three arrived on loan. With 33 departures and 14 arrivals,

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Colin Watt with A Celtic State of Mind – The Greatest Celtic XI of the 1950s: Vote now for the half-back line

Following on from the highly debatable, but massively successful, Celtic Cult Hero XI, we now go on a journey through the years to find out your team of the decades. Starting with the fifties, this journey will capture some of Celtic’s greatest ever players whilst also highlighting

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Green Tinted Specs with A Celtic State of Mind – Best start to league this century should leave rivals quaking.

Celtic’s best start to league this century should leave rivals quaking. Celtic have made their best start to a league campaign this century. Neil Lennon’s side has won the first four fixtures of the season, a feat matched by Martin O’Neill three times, Brendan Rodgers in his

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