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…
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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…
Issue 8 of The Shamrock out now
Issue 8 of the Celtic retro magazine The Shamrock is now available. Features include: The Goalie who went to Gaol The Story of Celtic’s first-ever trophy by Matthew Marr (@hailhailhistory)…
‘A Very Different PARADISE’ BY TOM CAMPBELL – buy it here
The latest book by acclaimed Celtic writer and historian Tom Campbell is a dramatic re-imagining of a ‘sliding doors’ moment in the fascinating history of Celtic Football Club . .…
Oh Harry, Harry!
In the early 1970s the popular Celtic striker Harry Hood had a number of terrace chants in his honour. Whether with or without moustache or sideburns, Harry had a…
ART OF THE CELTS 5 – JOHN GLASS, A CELTIC FOUNDING FATHER
John Glass was one of Celtic’s leading founding members, along with Brother Walfrid and Dr John Conway. Glass was the most influential Celt behind the scenes through the club’s first…
Art of the Celts 4: Larsson by Howson
Celtic’s very own King of Kings as portrayed by one of Scotland’s leading artists, Peter Howson. The painting is believed to be based on Henrik’s celebration after scoring the winner…
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