ROY AITKEN joined A Celtic State of Mind recently for a live event like no other at Barras Art & Design in Glasgow, and fans flocked to meet the centenary double-winning captain. The Bear joined Paul John Dykes on-stage to discuss his 15-year Celtic career, which included
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Roy Aitken made his Celtic debut as a 16-year-old in a 2-0 victory against Stenhousemuir in the League Cup semi-final on 10 September 1975. By the time the club captain made his 672nd and final appearance for Celtic over 14 years later, Aitken had won 6 leagues, 5 Scottish
Read more →Roy Aitken became Celtic’s youngest-ever player when he made his debut on 10 September 1975, aged just 16 years and 290 days. The teenager’s introduction was a low-key Wednesday night affair at Ochilview, where Celtic travelled to face Stenhousemuir in the first leg of the League Cup
Read more →GORDON STRACHAN joined A Celtic State of Mind recently for a live event like no other at Barras Art & Design in Glasgow, and fans flocked to meet the 3-in-a-row former manager. Having won domestic and European honours as a player at Aberdeen, Strachan went on to
Read more →The return of Brendan Rodgers to Celtic last month delivered us with a double-whammy reminder of the mercenarism that exists in the modern game. Brendan had walked out four years earlier despite selling us the line that he had been “born into Celtic.” Many of us believed
Read more →A Celtic State of Mind today announced that the latest in our series of live events is with centenary double-winning captain, ROY AITKEN! Big Roy spent 17 years at Celtic, winning leagues and cups under Jock Stein, Billy McNeill, and Davie Hay. He was part of so many
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