Talking Celtic with Scott Alcroft – My top three victories against them Now, before we get into this Old Firm or Glasgow Derby debate here, I’ve been asked by ACSOM to pick my top three matches against whichever form of R*ngers in my time (hence the title),
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Always start with the positive. I enjoy this Europa League lark, but don’t let the PLC hear me say that. Winning games in Europe is fun. This season we have defeated Bosnian, Estonian and Swedish champions. We should have beaten the Romanian champions also. But, let’s not
Read more →Ultra-conservative Celtic’s risky game as they play the percentages. After Celtic’s win over Hearts at the weekend, Celtic fans hoping for fresh blood were given a glimmer of hope as Neil Lennon spoke of strengthening the side. He said: “We need players in two or three positions.
Read more →Sunday, 27 August 2000 is a day that lives long in the memory of every Celtic fan around the world. It was Martin O’Neill’s first Old Firm game and, according to the ‘pundits’, Rangers were favourites to win. Celtic had spent big for the first time in
Read more →As Celtic enter their eighth European encounter of the season before the month of August is out, the ACSOM team are confident that Neil Lennon’s side will progress to Europa League group stages. Here are the prematch thoughts of Kevin Graham and Martin Donaldson: KEVIN GRAHAM It
Read more →The backdrop of Lisbon Lion Jim Craig’s nickname was set in a secondary school in the fictional Scottish town of Strathaird in the TV series ‘That Man Craig.’ Much loved Scottish actor, John Cairney played the lead role as the schoolmaster, Ian Craig. At the time,
Read more →Here at ACSOM, we love Celtic and music (we also love our families). This Screamacelica feature is going to marry our two loves by looking at an album or song that has soundtracked a certain period of our lives, whilst also focusing on what was happening at
Read more →Careers can be monumentally turned around in one afternoon of football. The margins between breakthrough success and resounding failure are excruciatingly fine, but can make or break a footballer at a top level club like Celtic. This fixture against Hearts has historically done just that: the reintroduction
Read more →White gloves are usually associated with the handling of rare art masterpieces; omnipresent tools of the trade when executing the movement of vintage works from collection to collection or storage facility to gallery. With the preservation of any artist’s magnum opus being akin to safeguarding priceless treasure
Read more →I can’t tell you the way I feel, Because the way I feel is oh so new to me. This is confusion, am I confusing you? Rumour and confusion. We all know the rumour. There has been a change in match preparation. The players are unhappy with
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