Category: Season 2013-2014
JOCK STEIN’S TEAM OF THE SEVENTIES
Many Celtic observers and historians have commented in the past on Jock Stein’s ambition to...
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NOW THE DUST HAS SETTLED
There was I, lying in bed on Tuesday morning, enjoying a rare lie in on a well earned day off from...
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BOBBY EVANS INTERVIEW
A good friend of this site, Roddy Stewart, recently discovered some old Celtic interviews on...
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AND THEN THERE WERE TWO
Hearts’ early surge to the top of the table brought hope to neutrals that there would be actually...
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INDIAN SUMMERS – DION DUBLIN
When Gordon Strachan took over as Celtic manager in the summer 0f 2005, there was no doubt that he...
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INDIAN SUMMERS – TOSH MCKINLAY
Tommy Burns was not long in the Celtic manager’s chair in 1994 when he signed Tosh McKinlay...
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Back In January I wrote the following article on this very website: A PROBLEM ON THE HORIZON… Unlike most of the twaddle I write on here, the article was hugely popular and, incredibly, had over 25,000 hits. This showed...
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HIS GREATEST GAME – JOHNNY DOYLE – 1980 ST MIRREN 2-3 CELTIC
On February 20th 1980, a huge crowd of 27,166 crammed into the compact Love Street ground with...
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THE SFA – BOXING CLEVER FOR ONCE
The recent announcement that the SFA have dropped the option of abolishing Hampden for Parkhead...
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LATCHFORD FOR ENGLAND !
Peter Latchford signed for Celtic on loan, in February 1975, and I can still vividly recall a game...
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LATE ARRIVALS – 1972 CELTIC 2-1 RANGERS
On January 3rd 1972 Celtic faced Rangers at Parkhead in the traditional Glasgow derby New Year...
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UNSUNG HERO – RODDY MACDONALD
In 1972 Celtic manager, Jock Stein, took the advice of his old Parkhead team mate, Sammy Wilson,...
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NEWS NOW
- Scottish football takes notice as Belgium end league early with Club Brugge crowned champions 02/04/2020BOSSES of Belgium’s premier division, the Jupiler Pro League, have ended the season early and awarded Club Brugge the title.
- Ex-Celtic ace Ramon Vega urges Hoops to join forces with Rangers to support the rest of Scotland 02/04/2020RAMON VEGA has urged Celtic to team up Rangers to help Scottish football battle its way through the coronavirus crisis.
- Rangers and Celtic must increase away end allocations for Old Firm clashes, insists Ally McCoist 02/04/2020ALLY McCOIST has urged both Celtic and Rangers to increase away allocations back to 8,000 for Old Firm clashes when football returns.
- Why Celtic scored a PR own goal by placing non-playing staff on furlough 02/04/2020CELTIC’S announcement yesterday that some of the club’s non-playing staff would be placed on the government’s job retention scheme was met with a fair deal of outcry in some quarters. There were the usual outbursts from those who complain about overpaid footballers; damning players for not personally stepping in and seizing responsibility for the financial […]
- Tony Fitzpatrick: This season is over, let's get on with planning a better future for Scottish football 02/04/2020THE decision may not yet have been made, but for Tony Fitzpatrick, it is only a matter of time. The St Mirren legend and CEO says that this season is already over, and it is now time to make the most of the situation.
- Back in the sporting day: Leeds v Celtic, The Battle of Britain 1970 02/04/2020The great thing about sport is that even if there’s nothing happening live, you can always look back on vivid memories. Over the next few weeks, Back in the Sporting Day will mark the anniversaries of great Scottish sporting moments, starting with the first half of a memorable double by Celtic over an English ‘superteam’ […]
- Celtic to place several staff on government's furlough scheme amid coronavirus crisis 01/04/2020Celtic have confirmed they will make use of the government's furlough scheme for several non-playing members of staff.
- Celtic star Greg Taylor hails girlfriend for battling coronavirus on frontline 01/04/2020Celtic defender Greg Taylor admits the life of a footballer has been placed into firm perspective after watching his girlfriend’s efforts to battle coronavirus.