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With preparations in full swing for The Land of Smiles Celtic Supporters Festival in South East Asia in 2020, I caught up with Frank Simpson of the Bangkok Celtic Supporters Club to hear all about their club and their long-distance love affair with Celtic. The supporters club

Celtic v AIK Stockholm Thursday, 22 August 2019 Europa League Playoff MARTIN DONALDSON Celtic go into their seventh match of a gruelling European qualification journey on Thursday night. The disappointment of missing out on Champions League qualification last week will need to be forgotten as Celtic welcome

When the floodlights were switched off at Celtic Park on the night of the 10 April 1974, there was little suggestion that it would be the last time a European Cup semi-final would be played at the stadium. Only seven years earlier, Celtic rose to the top

A Celtic State of Mind have always embraced the club’s love affair with music, and this has now resulted in us recording six acoustic sessions over the last two years. Our latest ACSOM Unplugged podcast features EDDIE CLARKE, who was behind the charity single, Star of the

Coming home with A Celtic State of Mind I’ve been really busy recently with my new book stuff. My latest effort, The Factory Girls, has taken up quite a bit of my time recently so my Celtic writing has slightly suffered for that. About a month or

Celtic and Dunfermline have shared plenty of history over the years, good and bad – from European glory days under Jock Stein to the big fallout of 2003 when Chris Sutton questioned the integrity of Jimmy Calderwood’s side after they capitulated on the last day of the

A keyboardist from Oldham with an exquisite bowl-cut was the unlikely focal point of the absurdly but brilliantly-named Inspiral Carpets, who enjoyed their biggest hit in 1990 as the British Knights-wearing troubadours rode the crest of the Madchester wave. This is How it Feels became an ear-worm

Another fine Champions League mess… time to say goodbye to Celtic, Peter. Another tilt the Champions League and another exit. Four out of the last six, under three different managers, have ended in failure, the last two before even getting to the play-off round. Cluj now join

A pretty terrible night came to a close as the Romanian champions scored their fourth goal of night thanks to a delicate chip from Tucudean. Yeah, there was drama and excitement, but when reality bites Celtic are now two years without the bright lights of Champions League

A Celtic State of Mind have been largely impressed with Celtic’s start to the new season under Neil Lennon. Lennon has his side playing a more open game, which has resulted in them falling behind in three games from seven. They will undoubtedly continue to leak a