Something missing
Auldheid would tell you it’s integrity, and he’s correct of course, but from a purely footballing perspective I get the feeling there’s one thing missing, the final ingredient to make…
Auldheid would tell you it’s integrity, and he’s correct of course, but from a purely footballing perspective I get the feeling there’s one thing missing, the final ingredient to make…
91 years ago … 1931 and The Scottish Cup Holders are having a well- earned day off after playing their 9th ‘friendly’ match of the USA Tour. Opponents were Bricklayers…
It’s not everyday a manager agrees to return to being just a first team coach. One often imagines a progression through the ranks consisting of youth team, reserve team, first…
Next season’s fixture list has emerged and the Champions shall host the Dandy Dons in the Sunday evening game. As matches go it’s a hard start, their new manager will…
,,,and both manage the club very differently under the same owner. Polar opposites almost, and the arrival of Harry Kewell will be further proof of a new strategy. The…
So it’s confirmed. Nir Bitton will not, repeat will not, be playing emergency centre back for Celtic in next year’s Champions League qualifiers.I’ve honestly waited a decade to type that….
Oops, not that one.But there’s a similarity, our Big Joe was also one of a group of heroes. Hand on heart, I never once doubted the man or thought him a…
Our former stalwart Kristopher Ajer found a new home in Brentford, a London based club that has found itself in the top flight.How did he get on?Very well by all…
130 years ago…. 1892 and the best Celtic season to date, with The Glasgow Cup & Scottish Cup already in the trophy cabinet, and narrowly missing out on the League…
So now it’s all done and dusted, the time is truly here for a collective chinwag regarding where exactly does this particular title rank, in that long list of Celtic…
Reviews of our manager and personnel start in earnest next week.The club itself, the game as a whole, and especially the Scottish football season reviews must wait until all is…
We’ve won the league again, fly the flag.A great achievement, this season, some say up there with the best titles, we have won, let’s have a trip down memory lane…
130 years ago … back to 1892 and perhaps Celts celebrated their fine Scottish Cup #1 win with a wee bit too much enthusiasm? There is zero evidence of that…
In most league winning teams in my lifetime, there have been one or two points during those seasons, where I have thought to myself: “We’re gonna win this league.” For…
I’m not calling it Champions Week, as we’ve been champions in all but name for some time, but over the course of the next few days we shall all witness…
That was my first impression upon reading our rivals have booked themselves a place in another European final, never an easy feat. I suppose one could look at this a…
Morning,all. About forty years ago when Channel Four first started,I would occasionally have a look in at their coverage of American Football. Always keep an open mind,innat. Didn’t take me…
Morning,all. Six points ahead with three games to play,and two of them are at home. Bhoy,I’d have bitten your arm off for that a year ago-or even at the start…
17 years ago … 2005 and on this day (Tuesday) Celts are licking wounds after losing 1-3 to Hibs – now facing a challenge to get back on top of…
In many ways yesterday’s game actually had a little bit of something for everyone, a rarity in football, manna from heaven for blogs and chinwaggers across the globe. The…
I won’t be penning a match preview today, but I shall instead share my prediction.With seven games gone, just after a depressing defeat and with players looking unsure of our…
Morning,all. MAHE is the captain of our ship on this site,nobody ever thought that we could make a success of starting a new site from scratch in opposition to the…
120 years ago … 1902 on this day (Sunday) Celts are licking their wounds having just lost the first ever All-Green Scottish Cup Final 1902-04-26: Celtic 0-1 Hibernian, Scottish Cup…
With flying colours? I might not go that far, but the most important statistic went our way, two of our goals to zero of theirs, so the three points come…
Gazing into my crystal ball and looking ahead, the middle of the park still causes me the most angst.We are still unsettled there, still tinkering, with the campaign’s finish line…
50 years ago … 1972 and it’s the dreaded morning after…the night before.. And I’ll tell you this Bhoys… is it European Semi-Finals ye want???… I’ll gie ye Semi-Finals.. Proper…
I predicted a tight game, instead it was a sh#te game. Once again the derby served up a terrible game of football. Some actual beauty better break out at Celtic…
‘Do it once they call you lucky, doing it twice shuts them up’Brian Clough said words to that effect regarding his second Big Cup with Forest.Whether right or wrong, I…
100 years ago …. 1922 and on this day ( Thursday ) Celts are homing in on the league title and prepare for Saturday’s short trip to Coatbridge … 1922-04-15:…
Armando Picchi – 1935 – 1971. Aged just 35 years. Fickle – Erratic changeability.Finger – A pointer.Footballing – Live it, breathe it and some even die because of it.Fate – Pre-…
Here we are in the second week of April folks, and Glasgow Celtic are swaggering to the title. Can you bloody Adam and Eve it? Garry Postecoglou certainly…
ARTWORK Courtesy. ASWGL The Celticwiki Folks always do an outstanding job on these occasions*: 1892-04-09: Celtic 5-1 Queen’s Park, Scottish Cup Final Scottish Cup Final – (Replay) Celtic’s first Scottish…
Morning,all. That’s nearly a week since our trip to the dark side,where our victory in their ain midden sent the hordes into their usual violent mode. You know,the one they…
I’m sure like many of you I conceded this year’s title when we lost our first three away games. I officially threw in the towel when we lost at Livingston…
130 years ago…1892 and on this day (Wednesday) our Bhoys are preparing for The Scottish Cup Final (replay) at Ibrox against Queen’s Park this forthcoming Saturday 9th April. The original…
I avoided the internet on Sunday, finally managed to wrangle a few hours to myself that night, grabbed a couple of cold ones and settled down to watch a game…
Morning,all. The international break is drawing to a close,and most of the players will be at Lennoxtown today and tomorrow as we prepare for an important day out at The…
60 years ago …. 1962 and on this day (Friday) the Celts are preparing for yet another Scottish Cup Semi-Final match. We are however, in The Faithful era and the…
About a week or so ago, a couple of comments caught my eye, but alas time wasn’t on my side to reply or properly converse on the subject.To summarize, still…
On a slow news day, I’m more than delighted to ramble on about my favorite type of player. The street footballer. He is the rarest of breeds, especially in…
Two managers, two giant clubs, two different style teams, one huge title run in.I would state the obvious in that one manager shall emerge the hero, but that’s not necessarily…
120 years ago …on this day ( Sunday) Celts have returned home happy from Love Street in Paisley, having secured yet another place in a Scottish Cup Final. Our 8th…
Memories are the certainties of the past that cannot be changed. Like a 60’s Jukebox, you put in your coin, a lever arm swings out and catches your chosen…
Given most teams play with five midfielders and a single striker, switching to an attacking front three was always going to be exciting.Last August, three new players were found to…
“The purpose of business is to kill your competition, the purpose of sport is to revive that competition yearly”Mark Palios (Former FA Chief Executive) It’s currently halftime and the…
110 years ago… 1912 and On this day Celts are visiting Firhill on league business. 1912-03-16: Partick Thistle 1-1 Celtic, League Division 1 Last match for Paddy Travers Alec McNair…
It’s a very strange quirk that of our rearguard during the 14/15 Ronnie season many went on to have good careers and most could make the claim they moved upwards…
No, myself and Bobby have not morphed into Mulder and Scully as much as I liked the show, but sometimes it’s interesting to have a butchers at how our ex…
SCOTTISH CUP FINAL (SPECIAL) 130 years ago … on this day (Wednesday) our Bhoys are preparing for The Scottish Cup Final against the mighty Spiders of Queen’s Park at Ibrox…
Time moved on, I was around eleven years old, we as a family were moving up. The signalman had traded in his motorbike and sidecar for a manky old Bedford…