Month: December 2013
Do You Remember the First Time? Barcelona v Celtic 1964
It’s almost 50 years since Celtic’s first competitve game in the Nou Camp. On 18th November 1964 a relatively inexperienced Celtic team (Simpson, Young, Gemmell, Clark, McNeill, Kennedy, Johnstone, Cushley,…
Somersaulting Celts: if you know your history
The unbounded joy of an Efe Ambrose goal celebration is not new in The Celtic Story. The club’s first captain, James Kelly, an infrequent scorer like the Nigerian, often did…
“C.E.L.T.I.C. Celtic – See me I see Celtic on the ball!”
Celtic fans in party mood, Hampden, late 1960s
Book Review: Forgotten Star, Alex O’Henley
He may have been the most skilful Celtic player of all time. Many supporters back in the day certainly thought so and Bob Crampsey, one of Scottish football’s greatest…
the shamrock 