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A growing catalogue of books on the history, players, fans and culture of

the world’s most storied football club: CELTIC.

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CELTIC STICKER HEAVEN

Glasgow’s Green & White

A book celebrating the very best of Celtic fan stickers.

The quality and imagination of fan designs keep improving year on year and help to capture and promote the unique identity that the Celtic club and support have in world football. They have improved immeasurably the streetscape of Glasgow and many towns and cities beyond, helping to make the Dear Green Place truly Celtic’s.

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WILLIE MALEY WAS HIS NAME – A Life In Pictures

The life of the legendary Celtic manager WILLIE MALEY. The man who played in the first-ever Celtic team alongside brother Tom and went on to win 13 trophies in the green-and-white stripes before becoming the club’s first manager and, over the next 43 years, establishing CELTIC as a worldwide name, winning over 60 trophies and making the club renowned for fast, attacking football.

Here his life is recounted in seven chapters, 100 pages and hundreds of photographs, drawings and quotes telling the incredible story of the man known to generations of Celts as simply The Boss.

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CELTIC DAFT – THE JOHNNY DOYLE STORY

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“Johnny Doyle was the epitome of the phrase ‘A True Celt” –  Billy McNeill

Johnny Doyle came from a Celtic-daft family in Viewpark, Lanarkshire and had to be persuaded to give up his local supporters club membership to try and become a professional footballer.

Under Ally MacLeod’s guidance at Ayr United in the club’s most successful-ever period, teenage Doyle went on to win international honours before Celtic spent a record fee to take the flying winger to his spiritual home.

He was one of Scottish football’s most controversial and memorable characters before his tragic death at the age of 30.

This is his story.

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THE BOOK OF CELTIC QUOTES

Celtic Football Club is a unique and world-renowned sporting institution with a support like no other and it is no surprise that since its foundation in 1887 it has been a constant source of comment, controversy and column inches. 

The Shamrock Celtic Retro Magazine has gathered together the funniest, the saddest, the most inspirational and incisive quotes about the club in one volume from players, fans, managers, directors, critics, opponents and admirers across the globe.  All the Celtic greats are here – Stein, Johnstone, Maley, McGrory, Quinn, McStay, Tully, Larsson – and Tony Cascarino even gets a passing mention.

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SAID LIZZIE TO PHILIP

The story of how Celtic gatecrashed the Coronation 

Said Lizzie To Philip is the second publication from Shamrock Books which tells the story of the Coronation Cup tournament of 1953 when the best football teams in Britain gathered in Glasgow to play for a unique trophy in honour of the new monarch.

Arsenal – the Bank of England club who had just won the First Division title.  Double-winning Rangers whose famous manager was hoping for a royal send-off.  Manchester United with the first of the Busby Babes coming through in a new-look team.  Hibernian’s Famous Five who had just been denied a third title in succession but were still regarded as the most flamboyant attacking team in the land.  Jackie Milburn’s free-wheeling, cup-winning Newcastle United.  The ‘push and run’ Tottenham Hotspur side under Arthur Rowe which had finally brought silverware to White Hart Lane.   An entertaining Aberdeen side on the cusp of league and cup success for the first time.

And then there was Celtic – who had just finished the season 8th in the league and only a single major trophy in 15 years.  ‘Would they even be invited?’ asked a sceptical media.

The Celtic support ensured they would.  And to this day Celtic supporters still rejoice in singing about the club’s most unlikely triumph:

Said Lizzie to Philip  As They Sat Down to Dine

I’ve just had a note from an old friend of mine . . .

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THIS IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE CELTIC

Dreams and Songs with The Invincibles

This is one supporter’s account of Celtic FC’s incredible ‘Invincible’ season of 2016-17 when the arrival of new manager Brendan Rodgers saw Celtic win every major domestic trophy – without losing a single game.

The songs, the chants, the stories, the jokes and all the drama of an unforgettable season are recounted in monthly review chapters with special additional features on Kieran Tierney, The North Curve standing area, Brendan Rodgers and the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Lisbon Lions. 

Every single game is recalled, including one incredible afternoon in Motherwell …

This is a thrilling and humorous look back at the best Celtic season in a lifetime – and a celebration of the players and fans who made it so memorable.

‘We Are Invincible, We Are Invincible . . .’

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