When ACSOM was given the absolute honour of selecting a Celtic side to face St Roch’s in their centenary match, no-one could have predicted just how many ex-Celts and celebrity fans would be willing to answer the call. Scott Brown, Neil Lennon, Charlie Mulgrew and Didier Agathe
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“There’s only one human race, Many faces, Everybody belongs here“. These words bellowed out of the St Roch’s tannoy on Sunday afternoon, as the players lined up for the Candy’s long-awaited and much-delayed centenary match. The far more recognisable “You’ll Never Walk Alone” had already been heard,
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St Roch’s ran out 4-3 winners over the Celtic Select in an action-packed centenary match on Sunday afternoon. A sold-out James McGrory Park witnessed their home team lining up against a Celtic side that was selected by ACSOM. The Celtic Select consisted of former Celts from the
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St Roch’s and A Celtic State of Mind have had a friendship for a number of years, with ACSOM raising funds during our inaugural Charity Weekender for the Candy’s mental health initiative ‘Roch Talk’. St Roch’s followed this up by asking ACSOM to assemble a Celtic Select
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In the late 1800’s there was a showman called George Green. He came up to Glasgow and bought a site on Vinegar Hill Street, just off the Gallowgate and he opened a fair there. He had his family, think he had five kids, his daughter was called
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The St Roch’s podcast revived memories that Junior Football once was a major player in Scotland and I remember attending their cup final at Hampden between Petershill and Irvine Meadow in 1951. A crowd of more than 75,000 was there that day … but my junior team
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St Roch’s have been described as, “The St Pauli of junior football,” so their appreciation among those of a Celtic persuasion should come as no surprise to most. But the St Roch’s connection goes far deeper than that. “For they gave us James McGrory…” as the old
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