A HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS ago today, a baby boy came into the world in the Dunbartonshire mining village of Croy.  Jimmy Quinn would go on to become one of the most revered and legendary names in Celtic history. Bracketed with the likes of Gallacher, McGrory, Thomson, Delaney, The Lisbon Lions, Dalglish and Larsson … to…

“PATSY” Gallacher, a mighty Celtic legend if ever there was one, died 65 years ago today.  May he rest in peace and never be forgotten by the Celtic-minded: “The Mighty Atom” Of all the names that linger in the mind, of all the epic feats that still reverb around the Celtic pantheon of greats and…

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JIM CRAIG reminded us this morning on The Celtic Star that today is a momentous date in Celtic history on three separate counts. Firstly, the 1st of May saw both the debut and the final appearance of one of our most venerated players – the inimitable Bertie Auld.  Bertie first ran out in the Hoops on ‘May Day’…

CALL ME faint-hearted if you like … but I have been aghast since the release of the SPFL post-split fixture list, at the alleged calls by some of a Celtic persuasion for the Hoops to drop points against Hibs at Easter Road, in order to set up a 7-I-A-R-clinching opportunity against TFOD. Quite apart from…

HERE’S a link to a book and accompanying CDs that you may find of interest.  The package interweaves the rich heritage of Irish song and history with that of Celtic: http://www.celticsongbook.com/ Compiled by Raymond Daly and Derek Warfield (Wolfe Tones), Raymond’s Introduction speaks for itself: “This book and the contents within present a definitive yet…

Original Sketch Copyright Alex S. Bain “Ten-Thirty” The shuffling gait, the cheeky grin; the hitched-up shorts, the jutting chin; the ‘faithful’ drooled o’er every flick – he really made the Celtic tick. The iron will, the nerves of steel; the bottle to face down the De’il; with cunning ploy and subtle trick, he really made…

ON THE DAY that would have been Bobby Collins’ 87th birthday, we are delighted to post a special 25thmay1967 verse tribute to the wee man: “The Wee Barra” The ‘Barra’ was a stalwart of the Bhoys in days of yore – a giant, though of stature quite compact. A mainstay of the squads that wrote the ’fifties into…

WHAT circumstances would justify ‘Moving On’ to those of us who can’t as things currently stand in Scottish Football? It’s quite simple, really.  All we’ve ever wanted is justice: For Establishment whitewash to be to be stripped off to expose the malfeasance that has been poisoning the game in Scotland for more years than we…

CONTINUING the general theme of the previous post (“What might have been …” ), we speculate on what might yet be possible if the proponents of good governance in Scottish Football keep the faith, keep their nerve and keep banging the drum for the need to set the record straight once and for all before…