IF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY – BOB MARLEY CSC
Bob Marley – Celtic fan? Surely not. It would be too good to be true for the world-famous reggae star and football fanatic to be a follower of Glasgow’s famed…
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THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF CELTIC
NO.1 – BROTHER WALFRID For anyone who achieves renown for good works done over the course of a long life, myths attach themselves to their legend the more the years…
HUGH MURPHY – A Monumental Celt
When a crowd of 15,000 assembled at Celtic Park for a league fixture against Third Lanark at on 29th August 1903 they were surprised when the players ran out to…
TELEGRAM TAM: Dundee Harp and the Honest Mistake
You may have heard of a football club called Dundee Harp. It is less likely that you have heard of a player called Tom O’Kane. Yet if it hadn’t…
On a wing and a prayer – the 1931 Scottish Cup Final
In 1931 Celtic were hoping to win the oldest trophy in world football for the thirteenth time. For Motherwell, two years older than their Glasgow counterparts, it was their first-ever…
The Curse of Racing Club
‘World triumph in three games. The achievement of Racing, which will never be repeated in similar circumstances, will stay in history as a unique and unforgettable feat. World Club Champions!’…
The Greatest Goal!
They called him ‘The Mighty Atom’. Standing at a mere 5ft 5 inches and weighing little over 9 stone, Patsy Gallacher was small – but this tiny bundle of…
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…
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