Football

Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – Can Neil Lennon Solve Our Travel Sickness?

I never noticed Neil Lennon running the length of the touchline to celebrate Odsonne Edouard’s winner against Dundee. I was too busy enjoying the dopamine rush of a late important goal. Football evokes emotions and such joyous ones should never be mocked. We have gotten used to

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Tom Campbell with A Celtic State of Mind – Was Robert Kelly knighted for Jock Stein’s services to football?

The Queen’s Honours List, published at the start of 1969 contained one major surprise. Bob Kelly, chairman of Celtic, had been knighted ‘for services to football’. He had been chairman at Parkhead since 1947 (his father had also been chairman several years before him) and had served

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Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – Fergus McCann’s Rebels have won: 25 years on

Six years on from their memorable centenary celebrations, Celtic found themselves in a footballing wilderness. The families that had been associated with Celtic since their inception still continued to control the destiny of the club, but the difficulty the custodians faced was that a modern version of

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How we can avoid the regret of Rodgers’ last European campaign with Celtic

As the final whistle went on our 2018/19 European hopes and dreams for another season, the Celtic support based high in the steep stands of the Mestalla, and dotted all around the ground, stood to applaud the players’ effort. Not one of them had left anything in

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State Of Mind: A Homecoming Or A Home Truth?

It felt like the start and not the business end of the season. There was optimism in the air and a sense of unknowing excitement. The sunshine added to the start of season feel but the biting wind was a reminder that we were still blinking out

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Declan McConville with A Celtic State of Mind – Beware of Rodgers’ return: Oko-Flex & Dembélé must stay

The banner scrawled with the bold proclamation, “10-in-a-row is not a project – Back Rodgers or lose him,” was revealed during a comprehensive league victory over Hamilton Accies with just five days remaining in the January transfer window. The message was clear to the onlooking Celtic board

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Tom Campbell with A Celtic State of Mind – Aitken, Tully, and the lost art of the shy

JUST ANOTHER SHY At Celtic’s 2018 AGM one (somewhat older and disgruntled) fan raised an interesting point: “No player since Roy Aitken has been able to take a shy!” he complained, much to the amusement of all of those in the room. He could have been right!

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Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – Andy Lynch’s perfect penalty

When researching Celtic goals for this series, I try to pick out significant memorable moments from a match – a touch of genius or a collector’s item, like a European goal from Bertie Auld, or a strike from Tom Boyd. For this goal, I’ve looked at it

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Kevin Graham with A Celtic State of Mind – The Importance Of Legacy

When Brendan Rodgers was unveiled that sunny Friday, it was a pivotal moment for the club. It was on par with when Martin O’Neill had addressed the crowds from the front step. The club had managed to employ a top-end manager, one that was on the top

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Martin Donaldson with A Celtic State of Mind – John Hughes memories at Cathkin Park

When Celtic made the short journey across the city to play Third Lanark on the afternoon of Saturday, 28 November 1964, it would be their last league visit at the home of their hosts. The second Hampden Park or, as it was known then, Cathkin Park was

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