‘LET THEM SCOFF AND JEER’
Celtic FC was still in its infancy when the club made its first foray into competitive football. Having won their first-ever game, a convincing 5-2 victory over Rangers at home…
McSTAY: HOMAGE TO THE MAESTRO
Paul McStay was destined for greatness in a Celtic jersey long before he made his debut at the age of 17. A descendant of two legendary Celts, the Larkhall Bhoy…
CELTIC DA’S – A REVIEW
Danny O’Hara and Pat McDavitt are ageing Celtic supporters who have seen it all: from the supreme highs of the 1960s to the PTSD-inducing 1990s, from Jungle drums to doldrums…
THOUSANDS ARE SAILING – Part Two
‘THE HEADQUARTERS OF POPERY IN THIS CITY’ “The suburb of Bridgeton is an admirable illustration of this. Modern though it be, it has not been allowed to pass scatheless —…
Book: CELTIC STICKER HEAVEN
GLASGOW’S GREEN AND WHITE – A book celebrating the best of Celtic fan stickers. The sweeping craze of ultra culture among football fans in Europe in recent years has changed…
The Shamrock – Issue 10
In issue 10 of The Shamrock we feature: The McStays: the ultimate Celtic family from the least-likely town in Scotland Book of Celts – Jimmy Steel: one of the most…
THE ST PATRICK’S DAY MASSACRE
“Maybe St Patrick was watching just a little bit that day and decided to give us a hand.” – Billy McNeill “He soothed the souls of psychos and the men…
Book: WILLIE MALEY WAS HIS NAME
The life of legendary Celtic manager WILLIE MALEY – in pictures. Willie Maley played along with his brother Tom in the first-ever Celtic team in May 1888. He won 13…
The Shammy Shop
“Get yer mags, badges, patches and books!” A one-stop shop for books, mags, badges and other Celtic goodies from The Shamrock UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, ALL PRICES ARE INCLUSIVES OF POSTAGE…
1888: A Celtic Cyclone hits Ibrox!
‘The groaning of many a Ranger . . . ‘ Of all the places that Celtic supporters have travelled in support of the Bhoys home and abroad, there is one…
CELTIC GLASGOW! Celebration Booklet
Re-live the incredible scenes of celebration as Celtic clinched a historic Treble at the end of Season 2022/3 and the Celtic support partied in style! Our 24 page all-colour booklet…
THE DOUBLE-HEADER
Anyone looking at the Scottish League fixtures published for Saturday 15th April 1916 would have been forgiven for thinking a typo had been made. Instead of ten fixtures there were…
AWAYDAYS: CLIFTONVILLE, BELFAST 1984
‘In the neat little town they call Belfast . . .’ Irishness is at the core of Celtic’s identity and from the club’s first visit to the Emerald Isle in…
CELTIC & ST PAULI
This Here Is Friendship / Das Hier Ist Freundschaft It’s a freezing November night in 1998, Celtic have just beaten Rangers 5-1 and Martin has managed to miss his train…
CELTIC DAFT: The Johnny Doyle Story
The first ever biography of legendary Celt and fans’ favourite Johnny Doyle. Johnny Doyle came from a Celtic-daft family in Viewpark, Lanarkshire and had to be persuaded to give up…
ON THE BUSES – Celtic Supporters Clubs and their emblems
Some call them boards, some call them plaques. Others call them shields. Whatever term you use, the tradition of club emblems that appear on the back and front of buses…
GLENGARRY – Glasgow’s Sacred Heart
Bartholomew Street in Glasgow’s Bridgeton district still stands today but it is an empty street: a brick wall runs along one side with nothing behind it, there are no…
CELTIC RE-VIEW: ‘Walfrid’
Book Review: Walfrid: A Life of Faith, Community and FootballBy Dr Michael ConnollyPublisher: Argyll Press Reviewer: David McKinstry On 6th November next year, Celtic Football Club will mark the 140th…
CELTIC RE-VIEW: ‘And if you know the history?’
Laughter is the best medicine, they say. And in a week when Celtic fans have had to take their medicine and much, much more, it was great to hear hundreds…
BLESS ‘EM ALL
My dad, who grew up a Celtic supporter in Lanarkshire in the late 1940s and early ‘50s in the aftermath of World War Two, learnt this song from classmates at…
‘THE GOOD OLD CELTIC CLUB’
Could this be the oldest Celtic song? Writing in the Celtic Football Guide for season 1933/4, Willie Maley – involved with the club continuously from its formation in 1887 as…
CELTIC’S HOLY TRINITY: Shaw, McNair and Dodds
The backbone of one of the greatest ever Celtic teams was goalkeeper Charlie Shaw, left back Joe Dodds and right back Alec McNair. The defensive trio were dubbed ‘The Holy…
