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Monthly Archives: December 2020

War Times – Celtic Triumph
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31 December 2020
  It was May 22 1943 Even in the depths of war, a hint of optimism was now in the air Rommel's Afrika Korps had surrendered in their thousands to the Desert Army a couple of weeks ago at Cape Bon in Tunisia Hitler had now sustained two body blows - the loss of his Afrika Korps and his 6th Army at Stalingrad earlier in the year Rumours spread round Glasgow that he and...
Fans Without Football
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30 December 2020
The strangest festive period ever, travel restrictions, empty stadiums and the pubs are closed Restrictions on family gathering continue and getting together with your mates is now a virtual experience Annual Magazine Subscription    The vaccine has given us some hope of returning to some kind of normality and hopefully the opening up of football stadiums...
The strangest Cup Final Weekend is upon us
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19 December 2020
The strangest Cup Final Weekend is upon us, no fans at Hampden, no buzz around Glasgow City, No Celtic AM, no pints in the Brazen or after party in McChuills What ever you’re cup final ritual is it can’t happen this time due to Covid19 Annual Magazine Subscription With the vaccine kicked off we now have hope of returning next season to cheer on the bhoys and get...
Silent Night: Celtic Fans Money Welcome But Questions Remain Un-Answered
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7 December 2020
  Peter Lawell may have been in his office yesterday gazing across the outside of Celtic Park and the ring of steel erected to stop fans from getting near the stadium The fans that have splashed out on season books and retro jerseys to ensure that they played their part in achieving a historical 10IAR Quarterly Magazine Subscriptions    Once the...
The biggest threat to our CLUB will never come on the playing field it will come from OUR boardroom.
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5 December 2020
  Over 300 Celtic fans met today online at a meeting arranged by the Celtic Trust to discuss the current situation at Celtic and to discuss a long term strategy going forward A statement from the Celtic Trust will be released later Annual Magazine Subscription    Anybody who was in attendance member or non-member had the opportunity to speak and...
Behind the Headlines
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5 December 2020
  I think we can all agree that Celtic's worst ever newspaper headline was "SupercaleygoballisticCelticareatrocious" with reference to the dire events of February 8 2000 But a close rival to it must be "Dziekanowski, Aitkenoffski and Milleronandoffski" This one refers to a distressing game in the Scottish League Cup semi-final at Hampden Park on September 20 1989 when...
Love in the time of Covid19 – “It’s more than just a football team, they’re playing for a cause, for a people.” Tommy Burns.
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4 December 2020
  “It’s more than just a football team, they’re playing for a cause, for a people” Tommy Burns In his classic tale of the enduring power of love, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s epic novel “Love in the time of Cholera'' charts the course of a romantic fascination, a deep longing and passion that begins in youth and persists into old age, despite never having...
Anti Slavery Anthem sung by Celtic Fans – Long before the Billy Boys perverted it as their own
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3 December 2020
  The story of how one of the world's most powerful anti-slavery songs became a Parkhead anthem is a remarkable one, but first we must disabuse ourselves of billy boys and being up to the knees in anyone's blood These are later bastardisations (if you can forgive the word!) of what was a fine song Annual Magazine Subscription    The original words...
The rot in the SPFL set in long before Covid 19
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2 December 2020
  Nine-in-a-row was imminent, and lets be honest it was always a matter of when, not if, even before the coronavirus outbreak resulted in not only  a premature halt to the football season, but slammed the brakes on life itself More than 90 Minutes Issue 111 Print    Never in any our lives have we endured a time like now There have been calls...
Last Christmas We Gave You Our Heart – This Year Put Your Faith In The Celtic Trust
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2 December 2020
  If Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawell thought that releasing a statement on the clubs official website would appease the Celtic fans he has completely misjudged the feeling within the support It answers none of our concerns and could be compared to a Donald Trump Tweet Something of little substance with no right to reply or question Annual Magazine...