NOT everything in the Celtic Park array of trophies and memorabilia can be classed as a work of art. The spectacular painting of which a section is reproduced below certainly qualifies, though – and there is a curious story behind it. The painting was unearthed a number of years back by former director, Tom Grant, amongst…
The Glory of the Green (Part 5) …
ONE of the most hilariously inventive of all the many great Celtic songs over the past 125 years is surely the one that immortalised the gloriously ironic Coronation Cup snatch of 1953: Said Lizzie to Philip, as they sat down to dine, “I’ve just had a note from an old friend of mine – his…
No Smoke(screen) without Fire(fighting) …
HOW many more spurious smokescreens is a certain well-known Scottish MSM sports editor planning to throw up in his increasingly frantic attempts to belittle, if not undermine, the imminent inquiry into EBT-related and so-called “dual contract” allegations – in the process giving a very good impression of seeking to justify the unjustifiable … defend the…
MIRACLE AT MEDINAH … next up, Moscow?
IN HONOUR of the truly phenomenal fightback that saw Europe conquer a stunned USA to win and retain the Ryder Cup last night, we re-publish our epitaph tribute to their declared inspiration, the incomparable Severiano Ballesteros, catalyst for the remarkable upsurge in European golf in recent decades. First published on the day of the great…
The Glory of the Green (Part 4) …
THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION TROPHY The Celtic eleven that won the 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy was, as they say, a team “ahead of its time.” Coinciding fortuitously with Celtic’s Golden Jubilee, the competition had been organised as part of that year’s great national Exhibition, centred on Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park. It featured four each of Scotland and…
R.I.P. JOHN THOMSON, Immortal Mighty Celtic Legend
JOHN THOMSON made his last save for Celtic 81 years ago today. We proudly proclaim his memory by re-publishing our tribute poem to a true club icon. May He Rest In Peace … The Bowhill Bhoy (Celtic’s John) My old dad avowed (so, it must be true) that a Bowhill bhoy, hale at twenty-two ……
Beware all the “Cake-Walk” talk, Bhoys!
Don’t know about you – but I cringe every time I hear or read about how Celtic are going to stroll to the 2012/13 SPL title. Sure, with TFOD sunk (though, sadly, NOT without trace, courtesy of the collective cowardice and subservience of our spineless, shameless football authorities), the Hoops are, unquestionably, overwhelming favourites. However, there are…
“Ten-Thirty” (the one-and-only “Wee Bertie”) …
DELIGHTED at the news that the Lisbon Lions’ midfield enforcer and play-maker, Bertie Auld, will lead the singing prior to tomorrow’s nostalgic pre-season friendly v Inter Milan, we decided to post our affectionate verse tribute to a living Celtic legend: “Ten-Thirty” The shuffling gait – the cheeky grin; the hitched-up shorts, the jutting chin; the…
The Hermit Crab Analogy …
I know this is a bit heavy … but I hope you’ll stick with it. There has been much speculation of late as to whether “Newco Rangers” is – or, is not – a continuation of Rangers 1872/73. The issue has been thrown into even sharper focus in the past few days by news of the…
To Everything There Is A Season …
The Pete Seeger classic, “Turn, Turn, Turn”, proclaims that everything has its time. In Scottish football today, the concept whose time has come is change. The buzz word is “reconstruction” … but how – and when, with so little time in hand after five months squandered in pointless, unnecessary navel-gazing over the Rangers “problem”, which,…
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