“One of the things that made an impression on me when I first came to Celtic was just how connected the first-team squad was with the supporters,” recalled Chris Morris when I spoke to him 30 years after Billy McNeill signed the Cornishman from Sheffield Wednesday. Chris
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The Met Office issued a weather warning for the Glasgow and Motherwell areas today with threats of heavy rain, thunder and lightning. In truth, the only storm fans were caught up in during the high noon kick-off was the pulsating 90 minutes of action served up by
Read more →Undoubtedly, Ryan Christie deserved his ‘Man of the Match’ award on Saturday with 3 fantastic strikes from outside the box (random question: who, if ever, was the last person to score a hat trick for Celtic from outside the box, answers on a postcard) and a lovely
Read more →That we got a decent result has kinda been forgotten. The news that Kieren Tierney was in London with a view to signing for Arsenal has become the main focus. Both tonight’s events mark where we are in the real football world context. Not the fantasy football
Read more →It wasn’t quite a summer of discontent on Kerrydale Street, but fans of Scottish football’s perennial domineering force have spent their pre-season bemoaning an apparent lack of sufficient first-team reinforcements. This may surprise observers from beyond the Parkhead bubble. What can Celtic fans possibly have to complain
Read more →It’s hard to predict the new season. We have had a few campaigns of stability, but that erupted like a dormant volcano when Brendan Rodgers decided the time was right to go back to the English Premiership. Neil Lennon manfully stepped up to the plate and
Read more →With Celtic making the near 1800-mile trip for our Champions League third qualifying round match against Romanian champions Cluj this week, now is a perfect time to introduce the Romania Celtic Supporters Club. The supporters club finds its roots in 2014 shortly after Celtic’s last visit to
Read more →I need to have a moan first. What was going on with that League Championship flag today? It looked more like an advert you find on a lampost in a retail park telling you about half price sofas. Championship flags should be white and green saltires with
Read more →As I was walking down the lane I was feeling fine and larky oh A recruiting sergeant said to me Wouldn’t you look fine in khaki oh? For the King he is in need of men Come read this proclamation oh And a life in Flanders for
Read more →Not long after Willie Collum blew for full-time in the Scottish Cup final on 25 May, thoughts were already turning to season 2019/20. A historic Treble Treble had been achieved despite all the turmoil and upheaval that the campaign brought with it. A season that had started
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