PHEW! What was THAT all about? Seemingly cruising into the Champions League group stages, effectively 6-1 up ( … with an away goal in hand … ) halfway through the ‘second half’ of the tie, early slackness after the break in Kazakhstan yesterday evening threatened to bring the whole thing crashing around our ears in…
DAYS OF THUNDER … A WHIMSICAL WALK THROUGH “HOOPSTORY”
A HEADLINE, “Days of Thunder”, caught my eye somewhere recently. I can’t recall, now, what it was all about; but it triggered an idea in my mind – thoughts of days down the decades when seminal events in Celtic history occurred. The #TIMVERSE that follows is the product of that moment of … … well,…
THE INVINCIBLES
AS the dust settles on a phenomenal season, we take lyrical stock of what Brendan Rodgers achieved in his inaugural campaign in Scottish football. The first Scottish club in well over a century to navigate an entire domestic season undefeated (and the only one to have done so twice), Rodgers’ Celtic completed a “Treble” that…
50 YEARS ON – ECSTASY & AGONY
“THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN!” HAIL! HAIL! Johnbhoy
HAIL, HAIL, THE CELTS WERE THERE!
IN THE RUN-UP to and in the course of Celtic’s 1966/67 “Season in the Sun”, thousands of miles were clocked up across North America and Europe. Click this link to try our interactive map of their travels and join the Bhoys on the road to glory: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=19SAhdl8Se8TQtwe9g4fd_8BFEWo&hl=en&ll=19.920634730768136%2C-51.600599999999986&z=2 HAIL! HAIL! Johnbhoy
50 YEARS ON – THE ECSTASY & THE AGONY
“THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN!”
“IN THE HEAT OF LISBON 2”
CELTIC QUICK NEWS (CQN) published a two-part tribute book, “IN THE HEAT OF LISBON”, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Celtic’s fabled European Cup win of 1967. Part 1 comprised of the re-published 1992 classic, “A Season in the Sun”, with Part 2 featuring a fan’s perspective, “The Fans Came In Their Thousands”, by Lisbon…
CQN GALA LISBON TRIBUTE EVENT
CELTIC QUICK NEWS (CQN) have arranged a fantastic Lisbon Lions ‘Thank You’ Fundraiser Event to take place in the Greenock Celtic Supporters Club on Friday 26th May. The TICKET-ONLY event starts at 7pm and runs through to 1am It is guaranteed to be a wonderful night of Lisbon nostalgia and commemoration. Don’t miss it! Tickets…
A Totally Unbiased, Impartial Cup Semi Assessment
OKAY … so the title’s not exactly 100% accurate; but any genuinely impartial observer / commentator would undoubtedly agree with most, if not all, of what follows: Celtic totally annihilated Sevco “Rangers” at Hampden yesterday. Any vestige of comparison between the two clubs evaporated in the space of those 90+ minutes. Andy Halliday should’ve been…
CQN LISBON BOOK/T-SHIRT OFFER ENDS ON TUESDAY!
CQN (Celtic Quick News) is currently offering its Lisbon 50th Anniversary CHARITY Book & T-Shirt Package at the combined price of £19.67 … which represents a SAVING OF OVER TEN POUNDS. The above package is a strictly pre-publication offer. The book, “IN THE HEAT OF LISBON” and the iconic ‘JOCK STEIN’ T-SHIRT, a stylish modern replica of the…
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