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Posted on 16/12/202216/12/2022

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…

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Posted on 19/04/202219/04/2022

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)…

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Posted on 18/09/201626/05/2025

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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Posted on 24/12/201424/12/2014

Issue 2 of THE SHAMROCK – on sale from Sat 27th December (Ross County game)

We are delighted to announce the arrival, after a difficult and lengthy  birth, of Issue 2 of the Celtic retro fanzine – fresh out of the Christmas stable.  The fanzine…

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Posted on 13/11/201404/01/2015

CELTIC MOMENTS

Celtic photos from the earliest days to today.  Enjoy!  Share online or send us your favourite Celtic pics and the stories that go with them:  theshamrock@outlook.com – – – –…

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Posted on 18/06/2014

Celtic war hero commemorated by local community

Peter Johnstone, former miner and famed Celtic player who died in World War 1, is finally being commemorated in his local community in Fife – thanks to the local Celtic…

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Posted on 17/06/201417/06/2014

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…

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Posted on 12/06/2014

The Hazey Janes – Live In Glasgow

The Hazey Janes are the band behind Michael Marra’s excellent tribute song to Gil Heron, Celtic’s pioneering forward from the 1950s. The Dundee band are currently on tour in Scotland…

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Celtic Banners

St Brigids CSC Newry
Perth CSC banner
Tommy Gemmell CSC Dunblane
Liam James CSC
Derry No 1 CSC Early 90s
Usual Suspects banner GB
Welcome to Paradise banner
Froggies 2
Hawick Shamrock
Larkhall CSC
Larkhall CSC
Sarsfield Banner 1952 at a function Joe Dodds
Craig Whyte Shamrock CSC Moodiesburn
Stan Petrov Drumchapel hoops banner
Emerald Inn CSC
Barrowfield Shamrock Trafalgar Square
Clydebank Bhoys Celtic cross
Campsie Bhoys
Erskine Bhoys on Tour close up
St Patricks CSC Lisburn banner at Celtic Park
Essex Bhoys Slovenia
Montrose CSC FAC
Dusseldorf Bhoys CSC
JFK CSC Perth 1980s 2
St Augustines Langloan Coatbridge Jimmy Quinn banner
Pride of Erin 2
Rosses Bar CSC
Penilee Disco bus and fancy dress
Cavendish 7-1 SISO banner
Saltmarket CSC
Saltmarket CSC
Sarsfield Brake club WEE amended (2)
London Underground CSC
London Underground CSC
Celtic the Champs banner
Tom Williams CSC The Popes XI
Tony Mowbray CSC banner in ground
Duntocher Milan 07
Carluke Shamrock
St Andrews Brake Charlie Shaw colour
Glens of Antrim CSC
Boab Malcolm started swine flu banner
Johannesburg CSC
Fans and banners in the ground
Paul Lambert CSC Linwood and Johnstone
Barrowfield Shamrock old banner
Wolfe Tone CSC Buncrana new
Rutherglen Vogue European medal banner
Lisbon Lions CSC v Kaiserslautern 1983
John Thomson CSC Cardenden
Warsaw CSC
Lone Star CSC Texas
French Celts CSC
Grim Reaper banner
Phil O'Donnell tribute banner
Phil O’Donnell tribute banner
Thomas Kidso Reilly banner
The Lectern Brighton CSC
Falkirk Shamrock CSC
Gallowgate Travel Club CSC
Zombies banner
C'mon the Hoops
C’mon the Hoops
Blantyre Tricolour
Green Brigade Original Total Football banner v Ajax
Green Brigade Original Total Football banner v Ajax
Cold in his shadow banner
Thanks Martin God Bless banner
Benidorm No. 1 CSC
Vale Discoland CSC
James McGrory banner
Alex Salmond Wisdom
Coventry Hay CSC
Dan Breen Tipperary CSC
St Andrews Brake McAtee colour 2
Walfrid A football club . . . banner
Sons of Donegal tricolours Rotterdam 1981
Lisbon Lions JB
Bob Carolgees CSC
Cardenden Celts
St Barr's CSC
Sydney City Botany Bay CSC
New York CSA banner
Wakefield Bhoys
Tam Selleck CSC banner
Kilwinning Bhoys
Port Glasgow Harp CSC
TB CSC
King of Kings CSC Greenock
Pride of Erin CSC Nottingham
Banknock Tavern in Turin
Bhoys of Erne CSC Fermanagh
Sebo banner
St Albans CSC Helsingborg
Fenian Bhoys
Celtic lion banner, 1970
Celtic lion banner, 1970
Brian Hogan CSC Premier Bhoys
Achill Island CSC 2
Woolwich CSC
Dunbar CSC
Garngad Brake Club maybe St Mungo outside old Forge Tavern
Tralee CSC banner in Seville
Tralee CSC banner in Seville
Hill 16 Elite CSC
Lisbon Lions CSC on tour
Lisbon Lions CSC on tour
Our Charlie Doesnt need a Di to Score Sons of Donegal Rotterdam 1981
Neil Lennon Celtic to the Core 2007
Scotland Shame GB
Tanzy Burns CSC Belfast
Continental Celtic banner
Spirit of '88 Irishtown
Spirit of ’88 Irishtown
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John Thomson banner
Tommy Burns memorial JB
Anftifa astra flag
St Pauli CSC
Brucehill Brigade 38 out the gate
Sons of Donegal CSC new banner 2014
Elgin Che Guevara CSC banner
The Immortal Jock Stein banner
Temple Tims basque
St Peter's Club, Paisley
Port Glasgow Emerald Smirnoff
Let the Rats Drown banner
Ballymena Shamrock at Hampden
Your Day Is Coming
Celtic support in Maribor 2014 banners
Tyneside No 1 outside Irish Centre
Achill Island CSC 1
Cleland Bhoys Jimmy Delaney CSC
St Werburghs Chester CSC
Lisbon Lions CSC
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St Mary's BC Banner Tom Maley front
Your Day Is Coming
Pumbs Bar CSC in Lisbon
The Franks CSC Gorbals
St Matthew's CSC, Short Strand, East Belfast
St Matthew’s CSC, Short Strand, East Belfast
Real men conquer Europe
Bamber Bridge Bhoys 2
St Brendans Corby
S/W Ver: 85.83.84P
Lisbon 67 banner v Benfica pro
For those watching in blue and white
Toronto CSC
Rutherglen Vogue 1968
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
Aiden McGeady banner JB
SONY DSC
Wintersgills Neil Lennon 18 CSC
Celtic Go Bragh banner GB
Tremoni Bhoys CSC
Anton Rogan banner
Underground CSC
GB London Calling
Wolfe Tone Renegades CSC
Tommy Craig Celtic Club
Global Hoops CSC
AICSC history banner
AICSC history banner
LISBON RYANS
St Pats Shotts
Rutherglen Vogue B Murdoch CSC
OOR WULLIE Willie Wallace banner 1967 SC Final
Randalstown CSC New banner March 07
Dam Bhoys
Viewpark bhoys
Kazakhstan Emerald
Coatbridge St James CSC
1970 Feyenoord and Celtic fans
Fenian Lampost CSC
Temple and Govan red star small
Ramsgate Emerald CSC
Preston Phoenix CSC
Moodiesburn CSC in Luxembourg
Molly Maguires CSC Philadelphia
Wimbledon CSC
Tollcross Kimberley CSC
HJC Solidarity banner pic
Michael Davitt Sod the Bigots banner
Paisley Bhoys
Paisley Bhoys
Banknock Tavern in Turin wee
Woolwich CSC
Linwood Celtic
St Thomas's CSC Muirkirk Ayrshire
St Thomas’s CSC Muirkirk Ayrshire
Joseph Rafferty CSC gd
Henrik in the Gallowgate
Wishaw Cross Keys CSC banner
Cowdenbeath flying Column
Carfin Shamrock
Flats, Flats, Glorious Flats GB
Belvidere CSC at Ibrox 1990s
Arthur McKenna Lochgelly CSC
Arthur McKenna Lochgelly CSC
Torridon CSC wee
Boruc Banner - 23.9.06
New York CSC banner new 2014
Uddingston CSC
Baillieston Battalion
Springburn Bhoys CSC
James Stokes VC CSC Gorbals
James Stokes VC CSC Gorbals
Packie Bonner CSC Lpool Close up
Bayou Bhoys, New Orleans
Bayou Bhoys, New Orleans
Barrowfield Shamrock wee
Free Broomloan GB
Wim the Tim CSC Anderlecht
Grampian Emerald Flying Column
1970 Milan cup final, Celtic fans in square colour
Martin Savage CSC
YNWA Tommy Burns DR
We're not bigots Mr McCann banner
East Tyrone Bhoys
SNP give the dog a bone GB
London Bhoys flag
Phoenix, Arizona CSC
East Belfast Short Strand
Coventry Emerald CSC
Wolfe Tone CSC in Slovakia
Derry No 1 CSC with TB
Grangemouth No.1 CSC
Teeside and Darlington
Brian Hogan CSC Large tricolour Dublin
St Patricks CSC Lisburn banner

Scarves Gallery

Stein's Mighty Celtic HB London CSC
YNWA Silk scarves inc tartan from the Huddleboard
FLC KDS 1954 SC Final Back
Celtic Research 1981 Champions
John L 1
James Connolly scarf
1980s printed scarf
Otago Tim Classic from 1968
Lima1910 KDS bought by his granny before the 1970 SC final
Jinky scarf model
Tommy Burns and Johnny Doyle
Big Dunc GB forum Lisbon Lions scarf
Half and Half scarf collection Markybhoy KDS
GB scarves
10 in a row Now for 10
Celtic patches on scarf
Markybhoy Twitter Centenary Scarf
Paul S CARPET in his grandparents house
Tartan Marco Twitter SC winners 1989
Scarves from w
Johnny Doyle with his own scarf
Noel Gallagher scarf
Lincolnbhoy KDS Celtic cravats Celtic Supporters design
FLC KDS 1954 SC Final Front
1970s scarf seller
CFC 7162 Twitter Scarves which club gave away for free in 1970s
Tyneside CSC scarf
Scarves
MILAN 2006 Celtic crowd
Lucky Celtic yfronts KDS Champs 2003-4 scarf with One's called Ronald line 2
Keith's uncle's scarf with photo
1960s Scarf inherited from Dad
Andy R 125 scarf
Lisbon Lions Yellow Gerbhoy, HB
Jinky silk old
Celtic v Juventus - UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Jinky silk new
1960s cup winner scarf
John L 2
Wilcobhoy on KDS still loves his tartan scarf
7 in a row Joe Strummer
Brian McClair Celtic scarf and tammy
John L 3
Alan's scarf from the 80s with patches
CFC 7162 Twitter Scarves which club gave away for free in 1970s
No huns at Hampden specs
TB memorial
Celtic Feyenoord scarf
Celts at Tynecastle 1978
Modern printed scarves on sale
Lucky Celtic yfronts KDS Champs 2003-4 scarf with One's called Ronald line
Marshbhoy Twitter Bought at Hibs away 92-3
Green white and yellow mostly white
Michael W 60s threads
GB scarf wool
Kano Foundation scarf
1960s Celtic scarf
Wolfe Hboard Scarf with patches
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Napoleon Twitter Super Celtic silk
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Love St 86 fans
Tony J Twitter 8 in a row scarf
Markybhoy KDS Old style scarf with patches
St Pauli Celtic Brotherhood GB forum Various Celt and SP scarves
Pablo HB Saville Rogue Hooped Scarf Cashmere
8 in a Row London CSC HB Classic unusual design
Green white and gold
Jay Z scarf
Bar scarf with patches

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