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May 13 on The Celtic Blog
Now let's get one thing straight before I get started here. Neil Lennon does take some criticism on this blog and on my twitter (@Brucehillbhoy) I was never Neil Lennon's number 1 supporter and I never ever wanted him to get anywhere near the managers job...
Continue reading 'Will Celtic Need A New Manager?'
May 10 on The Celtic Blog
We at The Celtic Blog are saddened to announce that we are resigning from the site as of today. Since taking over from Kevin in late 2012, we had taken pride in maintaining the site and appreciated being given a respectable platform for our opinions, no ...
Continue reading 'Thank You And Goodbye'
May 9 on The Celtic Blog
A look back at fifteen years ago today when Celtic made it 'One In A Row.' I knew the game was important but as a young teenager back then I was still extremely calm about the whole thing. I didn't realise until later on just how crucial stopping ten in ...
Continue reading 'On This Day: Here We Go One In A Row!'
May 9 on The Celtic Blog
Paul T's series on Tommy Burns continues with a look at TB's managerial career: Tommy Burns: The Quadrilogy Part 2- The Manager Sometimes, with hindsight, you can see why something wasn't meant to be. Fergus McCann invited Tommy Burns back to Celtic unde...
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May 7 on The Celtic Blog
A series of articles on the late Tommy Burns by PaulT begins with a look at his playing career: Tommy Burns: The Quadrilogy Part 1- The Player When I decided to write something for The Celtic Blog to mark the upcoming 5th anniversary of the passing of...
Continue reading 'Guest Blog: The Tommy Burns Story Part 1: The Player'
May 5 on The Celtic Blog
Celtic's third visit to Dingwall this season ended in a 1-1 draw with Ross County, in a game that was played on a truly awful pitch and featured some poor refereeing decisions and poor performances from Celtic players, who failed to put themselves in the ...
Continue reading 'Poor Officiating And Poor Performance As Celts Get A Point'
May 3 on The Celtic Blog
May 3rd 1998 – the day we had been waiting ten years for – the title was finally coming home to Parkhead. The day before, Rangers had lost 1-0 at home to Kilmarnock meaning that all Celtic had to do was beat Dunfermline at East End Park. The fans turn...
Continue reading 'On This Day: 7 Minutes From Glory'
May 2 on The Celtic Blog
Fairly or unfairly this blog has had a reputation of being 'anti' Neil Lennon. To begin to redress the balance, here's some praise for 'The Gaffer' by Andy Reilly. The Green Brigade. Charlie Mulgrew. Peter Lawwell and the PLC board. Distribution of cup f...
Continue reading 'Guest Blog: In Praise Of Neil Lennon'
Apr 30 on The Celtic Blog
Our guest correspondent Lee Hutchison has a complaint about how SOME Celtic fans behave on Twitter. DISCLAIMER: The views on here are Lee's alone and not the blog's. #CelticFansAreIdiots by Lee Hutchison Back in the day, i thought when opposition fans w...
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Apr 28 on The Celtic Blog
Here are some worrying statistics: 1 away win our last 7 SPL games, 17 away games played – only 8 won and 33 points dropped this season. Those are the facts are Celtic were deservedly beaten 3-1 at Motherwell today after a performance which made a mocke...
Continue reading 'Dire Celts Get Deserved Doing'
Apr 27 on The Celtic Blog
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There has been a lot of interesting talk this week from our manager Neil Lennon and some Celtic players. Firstly, Lennon claimed it was 'abysmal' and a 'slap in the face' that no Celtic player had been nominated for SPL Player of the Year, a view that was...
Continue reading 'Motherwell-Celtic Preview: Talk Talk Talk'
Apr 26 on The Celtic Blog
Well Hi there everyone and after last weeks whopping 55/1 fivefold winner it would be easy for us here at the Blog to rest on our laurels and just constantly remind everyone we got a big winner last week. But no we're here with another weekend's worth of ...
Continue reading 'Whats The Odds?'
Apr 24 on The Celtic Blog
I was 10 years old and It was a wet Thursday night in Dumbarton. I was in Primary 6 at St.Michael's Primary and it was our Easter Holidays. Now when you get to the end of the Easter Holidays, say the second week about Thursday/Friday, theres always a sens...
Continue reading 'Really? That Was Ten Years Ago?'
Apr 23 on The Celtic Blog
'On this day' goes back 25 years as Thecomicsnob remembers one of his early Celtic memories. The first Celtic game I ever went to was a pre-season friendly against Arsenal on August 1st 1987. We lost 5-1 but I don't remember anything about it. A game I do...
Continue reading 'On This Day: Happy Birthday Dear Celtic'
Apr 21 on The Celtic Blog
Celtic retained the SPL title in style after overcoming a slow start to defeat Inverness Caley 4-1. The team had one change from last week's cup win over Dundee United, Anthony Stokes in for Emilio Izaguirre, who dropped to the bench. Charlie Mulgrew repl...
Continue reading 'Champions Again'
Apr 19 on The Celtic Blog
Watching Celtic struggle at times this season to create chances shows how much we have missed a real creative midfielder. In the recent past Celtic have had some excellent creative midfielders – Shunsuke Nakamura for example, but none touch the brillian...
Continue reading 'Memories Of Moravcik'
Apr 18 on The Celtic Blog
In 2003, just 11 months previous, Celtic travelled to Rugby Park a weary but defiant team. They had just been defeated 3-2 over 120 minutes in Seville v a Porto team who weren't all that better than them. Celtic had to win, and win well to make it 3 in a ...
Continue reading 'On This Day 2004 – Celts Clinch Title'
Apr 16 on The Celtic Blog
Five years ago today, Celtic re-ignited their faltering challenge for the 07/08 title with a memorable 2-1 win over Rangers. Looking back at that game is Block_102. Initially I was only looking forward to this game because it was a night-time kick off.
Continue reading 'On This Day: 16Th April 2008 – Thank You Jan'
Apr 15 on The Celtic Blog
Celtic's 4-3 win in the Scottish Cup semi-final featured both the good and bad things about this current Celtic team. At times excellent attacking play, alongside a bit of the famous Celtic fighting spirit was undone by dreadful defending, and once again ...
Continue reading 'Jekyll And Hyde Celts Edge A Thriller'
Apr 14 on The Celtic Blog
Well there ye have it folks, Celtic finally win at Hampden and into the final of the Scottish Cup after a titanic battle over 120 minutes against Jackie McNamara's plucky wee f**kers Dundee United. Heres the player Ratings! Forster 6 – Not an awful lot ...
Continue reading 'Rate Your Mate As Celtic Win Classic'