Football

Henrik Larsson, the bargain Bhoy who would be king of kings. Thursday marks 22 years since the day Henrik Larsson walked through the door of Celtic Park for the first time. Back in 1997, Celtic fans had met with more than a few false dawns over the

When planning a round trip approaching 600 miles, the members of the Pride of Erin CSC in Nottingham need to make sure they are up at the crack of dawn to make their way to Paradise for a match. The 5 a.m. start would be enough to

THE PENALTY SPOT BLOG “There is a finite amount of space in this boy’s head and too much of it is currently devoted to football.”  So read one of my school reports the thick end of forty years ago and I must admit that Charles Dickens would

Having successfully negotiated the second leg of our Champions League first qualifying round tie with FK Sarajevo, we now face Estonian outfit Nõmme Kalju FC. Here’s all you need to know about the team from Tallinn. Kalju have won the Meistriliiga just twice in their history, with

In cities throughout England, the cultural and historical footprint of generations of Irish families are preserved in Irish centres. Many of these social clubs were set up as the Irish population grew after the mass migration of the late 1800s. With the Irish families still alienated in

It came in the 63rd minute. The moment that they were waiting for. Tater scored and became their hero. The tie had gone but pride is always available. And they danced. And they hugged. And they ran. The stewards tried to stop them, but they couldn’t. The

A Celtic State of Mind emerged as a podcast in June 2017 with the aim of capturing the very essence of Celtic-supporting culture. The podcast has stuck to its manifesto of producing quality bespoke content with absolutely no quick news or click-bait. This has extended to the

A little under two years after that famous 7-1 rout over our old rivals at Hampden Park in October 1957, when Celtic won the League Cup for only the second time, the club found itself again in a period of transition. The nucleus of a world class

Celtic v FK Sarajevo Champions League First Round Qualifier 2nd Leg at Celtic Park A Celtic State of Mind’s Paul John Dykes is joined by Stephen Murray to preview Neil Lennon’s Champions League homecoming, as Celtic prepare to face Sarajevo in the second leg of this first

First Leg Score Sarajevo 1 (Oremus) Celtic 3 (Johnston, Edouard, Sinclair)   They say that seven days is a long time in football, but unless I’ve totally missed something, it’s been fairly quiet in the world of Celtic since the Sarajevo game. No new signings and, so