Morning, all. The only real plus from this game was the result, three points maintaining our lead at the top of the table. Much of that was down to the…

Last weekend I felt that we would give Hearts a proper game and win despite being beaten midweek. I felt the old familiar home stadium and SPL opponent would calm…

Morning, all. Our European nightmare continued last night, beaten at home by a Celta Vigo side who could really be only described as average. This, despite taking the lead early…

Morning, all. It’s a big night for us tonight, probably our last chance to get any sort of European challenge up and running. On top of that, it’s a timely…

I read yesterdays news regarding a potential new TV deal with great interest. As always however, the devil is in the detail.   Okay so the clubs are offering more…

Morning, all. There’s little doubt that Sunday gave us our best performance of the season, and probably the calendar year, so far. And it even gave us the chance to…

It was supposed to be the end of the road, a 6th defeat in a row, overtaken in the league, the old man walking away from a demoralized squad of…

It was tough away and while its nice to be hone again this one is no cakewalk, Parkhead or not.I hate routine walkovers and I’m secretly happy an actual winnable…

Morning, all. Martin O’Neil got it right last night when he said we started well.  We did. We forced a corner after thirty seconds. We wasted it of course and…

Morning, all. The bad news keeps coming for football in general, and English football in particular. Hot on the heels of Man City being found guilty of 114 charges, we…

There was a most welcome shift of mood following the latest victory, my wish of some sunshine amongst the gloom being granted.   The airwaves were a pleasure as the…

Morning, all. The three week international break seems to have given some of our players a new lease of life, or maybe it just served as a reminder of what…

Rather than feel like a break the lengthy spell alongside the headlines almost had me believing Man City just plain murdered football and it had left this world.   Such…

Morning, all. The proper fitba returns on Sunday, and sees us enter into a relentless slog of weekend-midweek-weekend till just before Christmas. Normally I’d be whooping with joy at the…

It might well be said that the relationship between the executive and the supporters is akin to that of an unhappy couple always bickering at each other with the occasional…

Its been the best International break of recent times. Plenty to discuss and none of them laughing matters.   Last Sunday morning Derek would have been the waking up laughing…

Morning, all. Some of you may remember that about ten days ago  I said I was looking forward to an international break for probably the first time ever. The reason…

Morning, all. It has been a truly awful two weeks for Celtic, and that’s despite the fact that we were without football at all for one of them. We saw…

So Man City were at it.You’ve read the story, you have your own view undoubtedly.   What immediately jumped out to me was the reporting that upon learning of the…

The release of our annual accounts were very timely. They dropped as this blogs posters were debating Not Another Penny Campaign, the Collective had also done likewise, and of course…

Morning, all. Tell you what, I hate doing match reviews after a performance like yesterday. Especially when we could all see it coming, and had done for a while. We’ve…

One month ago it looked rosey in the garden. We seen smiles and bromances, a variety of goals including set piece goals after their emigration, and there was new players…

Morning, all. Hot on the heels of our Sunday shitshow at Ibrox, we got a chance to redeem ourselves against Ferencvaros. And squandered it. Martin O’Neill surprised me by removing…

Morning, all. We all saw what happened on Sunday, we watched it just as we watched the Champions League qualifier in Austria. And the only difference between those games and…

The problem with having such a learned readership is that almost always some bright spark noticed and articulated the very topic that’s nagging away at you as well as them,…

Does our new look quality over quantity squad have what it takes?   They did, now they don’t. Well the didn’t last time,and thats a good indicator. Twice we have…

Morning, all. Well, that’s the treble gone for another season. And if we ever play as badly as that again, we can say goodbye to the other two trophies as…

Thick and fast indeed as a city rival becomes the host with the winner promised a trip (at least) to Hampden Park to wrap up proceedings hand over the first…

Morning, all. Heading into three very important games in three different competitions which hit us over eight days might not seem the best time to assess how things have gone…

Morning, all. We took a wee trip to the lovely city of Perth last night and came away with the three points, but it was a far harder task than…

It’s a busy spell before the break, which I love and apparently players in general love also.   Its a lovely midweek fixture away to a promoted side but a…

Morning, all. There is little doubt that it has been a satisfactory start to the domestic season, even if we will take a long time to get over our European…

Saturday night, the two league leaders meeting under the floodlights, it had entertainment written all over it and so it proved.   The teamsheet was to be expected but the…

Yes, the troops will hit the road not long after signing, such is life.   Martin isn’t a change for the sake of change manager but what he will do…

Morning, all. Now that the transfer window has finally “slammed shut” after eighty long days, we can look back and judge whether or not it has been a good one…

Morning, all. It’s the last day of the Scottish transfer window today, and while it seems to have stretched on interminably, that is never long enough for our club to…

It’s a big day for the PLC.By 11pm tonight they must have satisfied off the pitch and on it as any dropped points are automatically going to be laid at…

Morning, all. A quick perusal of the sports pages down here informs me of the last day of the transfer window, but we at Celtic can sit back rather smugly…

Once more unto the breach, dear friends. After a very poor showing last season with our Magnificent Seven-despite some very near misses-it’s once again time to try our luck at…

Site regular D R M has very kindly offered to run a competition for the three days of Scotland’s top racing meeting, which includes the Ayr Gold Cup. The competition…

The site will be continuing its traditional Saturday Naps Competition, and begins on Saturday 13th of September. As always, it is FREE to enter. Simply select a runner from any…

Given the epic midweek collapse I really didn’t want to see the same team huff and puff their way through another 90 mintues so in a way I was happy…

Morning, all. There’s quite a bit to cover today after yesterday’s events, almost all of which happened to Celtic without us taking any active part. The one that we knew…

When I was down the pub the other day to get my kicking off my wee hun mate after the LASK disaster, he surprised me by for once not jumping…

It was disgusting and like Derek deserves punishment.It was the biggest collapse since the Twin Towers fell.It was a masterclass from one manager, unfortunately not ours.   Where does the…

Morning, all. Well, that was a bloody disaster last night. I wasn’t alone in thinking that the tie was far from over, even though we had a three goal advantage…

Morning, all. Tonight is a big night for us, and no mistake. We take a three goal lead to Austria to face their champions, LASK Linz. I mention that they…

Morning, all. Tomorrow night sees Celtic visit Austria for the second leg of our qualifier against LASK Linz. As we all know, three stunning goals have given us a cushion heading…

As I type I’m hating the decesion to deprive us of another 90 plus minutes watching this Celtic team.Its the best feeling in the world when you’re just itching for…

Morning, all. It was a genuine tonic to see that Colby Donovan received such huge credit for his performance on Wednesday night. All the sites were raving about him, and our…