February 2021 - Page 3 of 5

In Conversation: Steve Finan Author of Celtic in the Black & White Era.

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9 February 2021

Steve, Can you tell us about the new book Several years ago, while looking for a completely unrelated thing, I found photos of Airdrie’s old Broomfield stadium (they are on pages 26 and 27 of the book) and was reminded of being in the main stand with my father in 1970 or ’71 I didn’t do anything about the photos at the time, but remembered them In...

The need to see beyond this Season

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9 February 2021

Feelings run high amongst the Celtic Faithful at any stage throughout the year Celtic is so important to so many of us and defines many of our lives that it is very difficult to stay impartial on major events surrounding the club This seasons defeats saw the usual online explosion of views, debates and plenty of disagreements amongst the Celtic Faithful PRE-ORDER...

Potters Players JOHN MULROONEY 1886-1914

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9 February 2021

In every sense of the word, John Mulrooney was an entertainer Off the field, he was a comedian and a singer, so much so that he earned the nickname “Caruso” after the great Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso His entertaining skills were much in demand when Celtic were on their intensive midweeks away at Seamill Hydro or elsewhere, or when on tour in the summer...

Into the Bear Pit – The death of Rangers

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9 February 2021

First off, if the book title “Into the Bear Pit” is Cockney rhyming slang for ‘Into the Shit” or into the Shitiest deal you will ever see in your life, then that’s a fair and good title The book opens with Craig Whyte’s education and quest for wealth from a young age His love of ancient mythology and mathematics, and how they set him on a course for...

Those of us who saw Willie Fernie play saw a Genius

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8 February 2021

Kinglassie is a very ordinary Fife ex-coal-mining village Its best days are now clearly well behind it, and the once vibrant community never really recovered from the Thatcher-Scargill civil war of the mid 1980s Coal mining is sadly no more Willie Fernie was born here in 1928 in what was a fertile area for Celtic football players John Thomson's Cardenden and Charlie...

THE BLAME GAME

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8 February 2021

Is the pandemic to blame for Celtic’s ills this season Difficult to say Some commentators have said that the lack of support affects Celtic more deeply that other teams I’m not sure about this I remember being in Tynecastle and Easter Road on occasions and there was certainly no lack of passion or support from the stands from Hearts and Hibs supporters and it is...

THE TOOMEBRIDGE WOMAN WHO OWNED CELTIC

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8 February 2021

THE TOOMEBRIDGE WOMAN WHO OWNED CELTIC: HOW A CRUCIAL DEPARTURE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND ULTIMATELY SAVED THE CLUB FROM LIQUIDATION Thursday evening was a night on which the weekly meeting of the Celtic directorate was held for many years Thursday 1 February 1940 was the last to be attended by Willie Maley as manager of the club He had sat in on almost...

Celtic Trust members urge boardroom shake-up

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8 February 2021

Concerned members of The Celtic Trust have called for an urgent root-and-branch shake up of the club at a members’ meeting last month The meeting was held just prior to Celtic’s announcement of the resignation of CEO Peter Lawwell at the end of the season Trust members pressed for an early meeting with the club top brass following the collapse of the football season...

Paradise Diary – The Week Ahead

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8 February 2021

Celtic will travel to Paisley and Perth this week for games against St Mirren and St Johnstone Two teams who sit mid-table and both teams also featured in the recent League Cup semi finals St Mirren going down 1-0 to Livingston after beating the Rangers in the quarter finals, while St Johnstone beat Hibs 3-0 and now have a final to look forward to later in the...

MATCH REACTION: Celtic 2 Motherwell 1

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6 February 2021

MAN OF THE MATCH: Stephen Welsh will be delighted with himself tonight after a man of the match performance having kept his place after the comfortable win on Tuesday at Rugby Park I was just settling in to watch the game when he scored the opening goal from a set piece Excellent start for Celtic and the youngster, this can only give him confidence now to hold down a...

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