The 25thMay1967 “Ultimate” midfield pool will be published soon. Who would be the playmakers and enforcers in your squad? To learn who our midfield generals are … WATCH THIS SPACE!
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The Paddy Calypso (A Celtic Celebration)
To the tune of “Gossip Calypso” from the early sixties … Paddy Calypso … Paddy Calypso; hear all about the Paddy-Mac Craic. Give him the ball … one shake of the hips … oh! Paddy’s on his way again – attack-attack-tack! Big Paddy Mac just wants to attack, he’ll never take a backward step if he…
Celtic Graves Society / Celtic’s ‘Wonder Year’, 1966/67 on Amazon Kindle.
We recently announced our first publishing project with the launch of “A Season in the Sun” (Celtic’s ‘Wonder Year’, 1966/67) on Amazon Kindle. This project is now affiliated with the Celtic Graves Society and 10% of all proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the Society, which is dedicated to locating and…
Central Defence – The Ultimate Celtic Squad
Central defence has been something of a problem area for Celtic in recent years; but it has not always been so, as, over the years, the club has often been exceptionally represented at the heart of defence. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, a succession of commanding figures have filled the “Centre Half”…
Honest Mistakes (A Celtic Rant)
An honest mistake is so simple to make – we all do it … at best, put it right; but an “Honest Mistake”, as fair play they forsake, oozes rancour and venom and spite. An honest mistake is quite easy to take – to forgive, all misgivings assuage; but an “Honest Mistake” makes you shudder…
Heart of a Lion (A Celtic Epitaph)
With the heart of a lion, a Lisbon Lion, he truly graced ‘The Beautiful Game’: subtle feints, or a dip of a shoulder or hip, to evade the lunge that maims. With the guile of a lion, a Lisbon Lion, he could conjure mighty dread: sudden spurts, or a spin, swerving outside or in ……
Full Backs – The Ultimate Celtic Squad (“Season” 1889 – 2010)
This is where it starts to get a bit trickier and potentially more controversial. With so much more choice in outfield positions, consensus is that much less likely; but the established selection principles remain. We begin with Full Backs: Without a moment’s hesitation, the latter-day “shoo-ins” are the peerless Danny McGrain, despite his celebrated inability…
The Ultimate Celtic Squad – Goalkeepers
Amongst the many who have served between the Celtic posts these past 60 years or so, three stand head and shoulders above the rest. Veteran Lisbon Lion, Ronnie Simpson; Irish legend and Centenary Double stalwart, Pat Bonner (Celtic’s shut-out king); and Polish “Holy Goalie”, Artur Boruc, form that great triumvirate (though it has to be…
The Ultimate Celtic Squad (Season 1889 – 2010)
Every now and then, somebody comes up with a “Greatest Ever” proposition, be it in Football, Golf, Boxing … or any other field of sporting, or, indeed, every-day endeavour. They invariably founder on the same treacherous rocks of inevitable subjectivity and the unfeasibility of equating the “Greats” of the present with those of former eras….
Celtic FC 1966/67 now on Google Maps!
“A SEASON IN THE SUN” traces the phenomenal 1966/67 campaign, which culminated in the historic first ever European Cup win for a British club – a triumph that spawned the legendary Lisbon Lions. What Celtic achieved in the Portuguese capital on 25th May 1967 broke the mould of European football for ever. This Google Maps…
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