CELTIC SNIPPETS – THE CELTIC VIEW FROM YESTERYEAR
The Shamrock’s esteemed Johnstone correspondent, The Bear, has been sent into the Celtic salt mines, our god-forsaken archives, to dig up snippets which give an insight into the club’s early…
The Cumbie Boys . . . “Parkheid is their new Jerusalem!”
Stumbled across a mention of this song in an old Celtic magazine about the infamous Gorbals gang, the Cumbie Boys (from Cumberland Street) in a 60s song made famous…
THE CELTIC METHOD
THE CELTIC METHOD: From Oscar Wilde and Porridge to DeNiro and the Game of Thrones ‘I think the more experience you have of life, the better it is for an…
Tribute song to Celtic’s Black Arrow: Gil Heron
Listen to Michael Marra and The Hazey Janes’ aural tribute to the pioneering Celt: When Duke was in the Lebanon Groovin’ for the human race Gil flew high in the…
THE NOBLE STRIDE – Celtic’s Black Arrow and his son, the Godfather of Rap.
Our article on the first black professional footballer in the USA and Scotland – and Michael Marra’s wonderful tribute song, ‘The Flight of the Heron’, has had over a thousand…
THE NOBLE STRIDE – Celtic and the Pioneering Herons
“My father still keeps up with what Celtic are doing. You Scottish folk always mention that my Dad played for Celtic, it’s a blessing from the spirits! Like that’s two…
The 4-2 game: in pictures
junglejamesie on the Huddleboard posted these great pictures from the 4-2 Championship clincher back in 1979. We’ve thrown in a few more for good measure. “We’ve won the league again,…
CELTIC SNIPPETS – PETER JOHNSTONE, THE LANKY FIFER – Poetic Tribute (1913)
Peter Johnstone is described in the monumental ‘Alphabet of the Celts’ book as an all-time Celtic great. The former miner from the west of Fife who came to the club…
