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Celtic Soul with Paul McQuade Author Celtic Daft The Johnny Doyle Story

Celtic Daft describes Johnny Doyle the Celtic fan who lived the dream when he pulled on the Green and White Hoops of Celtic. He would go onto be a Celtic Cult Hero before his untimely death at the young age of 30.

In this episode of the Celtic Soul Podcast More than 90 Minutes Editor Andrew Milne chats to Paul McQuade author of the new and first ever book written on Johnny Doyle. Paul has written numerous books on Celtic and spent two years researching and writing Celtic Daft after being approached by the Doyle family to write the book.

This year, forty years on from his tragic death, sees the release of a biography of the much-loved Celtic player Johnny Doyle.

Johnny came from a Celtic-supporting family in Viewpark, Lanarkshire and had to be persuaded to give up his local supporters club membership following the Lisbon Lions all over Scotland to try and become a professional footballer.  He honed his talents playing street football alongside future Scottish internationalists John Robertson and Iain Munro and local hero Jimmy Johnstone had more than a small part in pushing Johnny towards a career in the beautiful game.

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Under Ally MacLeod’s supervision at Ayr United during the club’s most successful-ever period in the early-to-mid 1970s, teenage Doyle went on to win international honours before Celtic spent a record fee to take the flying winger to his spiritual home.  He was one of Scottish football’s most controversial and memorable characters with a sense of injustice which often brought him into conflict with referees and opponents too.  His on-field persona earned him a fiery public image which was at odds with the reality of a family man renowned for private acts of kindness and relentless pranks.

The idea of a book first came about at a Celtic Graves Society commemoration for Johnny in October 2011.  His daughter Joanna, who has written the foreword, kept the idea alive and in 2019 she approached Paul McQuade, editor of the Celtic retro fanzine The Shamrock and author of the books Said Lizzie to Philip and This is How It Feels to Be Celtic, who agreed to undertake the project.

Research and writing took over two years with the family’s archive of memorabilia yielding previously unseen information about Johnny’s life and career.  Interviews with Johnny’s family, friends, playing colleagues and fans of both Ayr United and Celtic helped provide a wide range of memories and perspectives of a footballer whose skill and commitment on the field earned him an army of followers and whose much-professed devotion to Celtic – long before he joined his boyhood club – guaranteed that controversy would regularly follow in his wake.

“Everything was green in Doyley’s world!” remembers Packie Bonnar, from his car to his curtains to his beloved cockatoo that he taught to verbally abuse his Rangers-supporting pal Hughie whenever he came to visit the Doyle family home.  Johnny Doyle wore his Celtic scarf on the first-team bus and his heart on his sleeve whenever he appeared in the Hoops.  He forged relationships with hundreds of individual fans because he regularly gave up his free time to attend Celtic supporter functions all over Scotland and the personal memories he left behind have fuelled the Doyle legend since his sudden death in October 1981.

The Johnny Doyle Story is littered with images, characters and moments from an altogether different era in Scottish football including Jock Stein, ‘Mohammad Ally’ MacLeod, the 4-2 game, Tommy Burns, mysterious German intermediaries, Billy McNeill, the Hampden Riot, a sweaty Frank McGarvey, victory over Real Madrid – and a dazed and vengeful referee at Somerset Park.  As his great friend Burns said: “He was an outrageous man but had a heart of gold and made friends everywhere.”  

The book is on sale at The Shamrock website:  https://the-shamrock.net/2021/07/27/johnny-doyle-celtic-daft/

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Positive Vibes & the Feel Good Factor

After yet another good performance midweek in the Europa League play off against AZ Alkmaar, its back to league business as St Mirren come to Celtic Park for a 3pm Saturday kick off.

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Goals from Kyogo and a deflected shot from James Forrest saw Celtic take a 2-0 win to The Netherlands next week for the second leg. We rode our luck in the opening minutes, with Joe Hart making a great save early on but then went on to have plenty of chances ourselves and were unlucky to only score the two.

St Mirren started the season well, qualifying through their League Cup Group section, winning every game, they then had a draw away to Dundee in league opener, followed up by a home defeat to Hearts and then being knocked out the League cup last weekend away to Livingston. The Buddies travel to the East End of Glasgow without their manager, former Celt, Jim Goodwin who has tested positive for Coronavirus.

Celtic will go into the game in a positive mood given our recent performances and with likelihood of more new faces added to the squad before the transfer window closes a win will keep the good feel factor alive.

We have the strange timings on Saturday of Celtic B kicking off in Airdrie at 3pm as well, giving fans a choice if you can’t make it to Paradise then a cheaper alternative would be to take in the B team. They face high flying Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland League. The B team had a 1-1 draw midweek with l Civil Service Strollers in Edinburgh.

The Celtic Women’s team went down 2-1 against an accomplished Levante side in their first ever Champions League qualifier. The Ghirls have another game in Norway tomorrow as they take on 7 times Belarusian champions FC Minsk in the 3rd place play off in a frankly absurd qualification process.

Mick Kane hails from Glasgow. He has been hooked on Celtic since he went to his first game when he was 7. Celtic beat Hamilton 8-3 at Celtic Park on the 3rd of January 1987. His favourite player at the time, Brian McClair scored four goals.

He started going regular as a 16 year old when Celtic played at Hampden for the season, being a Southsider it meant a short train journey to get to Hampden. From then he has had a season ticket travelled around Europe for games as Celtic became the dominant force in Scottish football again. A nice change from growing up during Rangers run to 9 in a row.

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Grand Auld History – Celtic Daft The Johnny Doyle Story

Celtic Daft describes Johnny Doyle the Celtic fan who lived the dream when he pulled on the Green and White Hoops of Celtic. He would go onto be a Celtic Cult Hero before his untimely death at the young age of 30.

In this episode of the Grand Auld History, More than 90 Minutes Editor Andrew Milne chats to Paul McQuade author of the new and first ever book written on Johnny Doyle. Paul has written numerous books on Celtic and spent two years researching and writing Celtic Daft after being approached by the Doyle family to write the book.

This year, forty years on from his tragic death, sees the release of a biography of the much-loved Celtic player Johnny Doyle.

Johnny came from a Celtic-supporting family in Viewpark, Lanarkshire and had to be persuaded to give up his local supporters club membership following the Lisbon Lions all over Scotland to try and become a professional footballer.  He honed his talents playing street football alongside future Scottish internationalists John Robertson and Iain Munro and local hero Jimmy Johnstone had more than a small part in pushing Johnny towards a career in the beautiful game.

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Under Ally MacLeod’s supervision at Ayr United during the club’s most successful-ever period in the early-to-mid 1970s, teenage Doyle went on to win international honours before Celtic spent a record fee to take the flying winger to his spiritual home.  He was one of Scottish football’s most controversial and memorable characters with a sense of injustice which often brought him into conflict with referees and opponents too.  His on-field persona earned him a fiery public image which was at odds with the reality of a family man renowned for private acts of kindness and relentless pranks.

The idea of a book first came about at a Celtic Graves Society commemoration for Johnny in October 2011.  His daughter Joanna, who has written the foreword, kept the idea alive and in 2019 she approached Paul McQuade, editor of the Celtic retro fanzine The Shamrock and author of the books Said Lizzie to Philip and This is How It Feels to Be Celtic, who agreed to undertake the project.

Research and writing took over two years with the family’s archive of memorabilia yielding previously unseen information about Johnny’s life and career.  Interviews with Johnny’s family, friends, playing colleagues and fans of both Ayr United and Celtic helped provide a wide range of memories and perspectives of a footballer whose skill and commitment on the field earned him an army of followers and whose much-professed devotion to Celtic – long before he joined his boyhood club – guaranteed that controversy would regularly follow in his wake.

“Everything was green in Doyley’s world!” remembers Packie Bonnar, from his car to his curtains to his beloved cockatoo that he taught to verbally abuse his Rangers-supporting pal Hughie whenever he came to visit the Doyle family home.  Johnny Doyle wore his Celtic scarf on the first-team bus and his heart on his sleeve whenever he appeared in the Hoops.  He forged relationships with hundreds of individual fans because he regularly gave up his free time to attend Celtic supporter functions all over Scotland and the personal memories he left behind have fuelled the Doyle legend since his sudden death in October 1981.

The Johnny Doyle Story is littered with images, characters and moments from an altogether different era in Scottish football including Jock Stein, ‘Mohammad Ally’ MacLeod, the 4-2 game, Tommy Burns, mysterious German intermediaries, Billy McNeill, the Hampden Riot, a sweaty Frank McGarvey, victory over Real Madrid – and a dazed and vengeful referee at Somerset Park.  As his great friend Burns said: “He was an outrageous man but had a heart of gold and made friends everywhere.”  

The book is on sale at The Shamrock website:  https://the-shamrock.net/2021/07/27/johnny-doyle-celtic-daft/

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Ralston Shines Bright Again Under The Lights

The crackle and spark of a typical European night returned to Celtic Park last night in an enthralling and often breath-taking 95 minutes of fast flowing football. It can be easy for some people to dismiss the role played by Celtic fans when we get right behind our team, but a renewed sense of camaraderie flowing from the stands out to the pitch and dugout and back to the fans again has galvanised the Celtic family.

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Our new manager Ange Postecoglou with the help of a smattering of new faces has put the fire back in the belly of players and fans.  The high tempo lung busting approach from the new boss is a return to playing in that unmistakably Celtic Way.

Long before the 19:45 kick off fans were buzzing to be part of what we hoped would be another special European night in Paradise. The fourth match in 8 days could do little to ally the excitement of a voracious fan base who have been starved of watching their heroes for too long.

The electric atmosphere in the stadium before kick-off was matched by the lightening quick start to the match from our visitors AZ Alkmaar. Twice in the opening 10 minutes the Celtic goal was threatened and only a fantastic reaction save from Joe Hart kept the match level when he turned a low drive on to the post with his foot.

Celtic took advantage of the save and began to build on their new quick passing playing style, a style that makes it appear our players have more room and freedom to exploit opposition weaknesses. This coupled with dynamic movement from an increasingly interchangeable forward line means defences will not get a moments rest or chance to regroup.

This level of movement & drive was pivotal in creating the opening goal.  Tom Rogic capitalised on a loose ball, controlling it deftly before making space on the left and delivering a perfect ball into the box for new goal sensation Kyogo to fire into the roof of the net.  The quick feet of Rogic paired with the quick thinking and movement from Kyogo left the Alkmaar defence wide open and a goal down after only 12 minutes – unsurprisingly the noise levels in the stadium were cranked up again.

Celtic continued with wave after wave of attack, both Abada & Turnbull ensuring Verhulst in the Alkmaar goal had to be at the top of his game to keep the score at 1-0.

In to the second half and AZ Alkmaar continued to exploit the spaces left in our new style of play and the uncertainty that still lingers in our defensive line.  The high press can & will leave our defence open throughout this season, however that pressing style was responsible for Celtic doubling the lead just after the hour.

Kyogo benefited from the enforced errors in the Alkmaar defence before picking out James Forrest whose deflected shot was diverted past the keeper into the net – 2-0 up and it was no more than we deserved.

With 30 minutes remaining there was still a number of stiff tests for our defence to face, but the ever hungry Anthony Ralston thrived on the new found responsibility and faith given to him by the manager. With the visitors committing more players forward Celtic could and should have added a third goal however an outstanding double save from the Alkmaar keeper ensured the 2nd leg is poised to be another fascinating & no doubt nerve jangling night for Celtic fans.

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Important to note the level of leadership that now appears to be instilled on the players on the field, there is much more talking, directing and coaching amongst the team ensuring they are all working towards the same goal.

Watching Joe Hart speak to the manager & then convey the message to Callum McGregor & his defence is a critical change to what we endured as fans during the lockout matches of last season.

Man of the Match – Anthony Ralston

Martin Donaldson is a Glasgow East End Bhoy,  He made my first trip to Celtic Park in 1983 for a 0-0 draw with Brechin City & thankfully that never put him off going back.   He now sits perched high in section 409 of the North Stand with his 2 kids making memories along the Celtic Way.

He loves picking out those matches from yester-year to find out much more about the legendary names & faces that have graced the Celtic Jersey over the years.  He is a keen fundraiser for The Celtic Foundation & The British Heart Foundation as they both strive to  make a difference and to change peoples lives all over the world.

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European action for both Celtic’s Men & Women

It’s a big week of European action for both Celtic men’s and woman’s teams. The women’s team are in Norway as they face Levante in their first Champions League qualifier in the Group 3 semi final.

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The women’s team will then face Rosenborg on Saturday to reach the second round of qualifying in a strange qualification process. The Ghirls have been bolstered by the first professional female Chinese player in the UK, Shen Mengyu, New Zealand International Olivia Chance, Icelander Maria Olafsdottir Gros and American defender Cheyenne Shorts. The game kicks off at 5pm tonight and can be watched on BBC Alba and Premier Sports.

As for the men, it’s a big test for Angeball as AZ Alkmaar visit Celtic Park for the Europa League Play Off. Alkmaar finished third behind PSV who hammered FC Midtjylland in the recent Champions League qualifiers so won’t be an easy task. It will however give us a good reflection of where we currently are under Ange Postecoglou and how far we have to go until we are a polished outfit.

The signs have been promising in the past week or so, plenty of goals scored, however conceding two against both Jablonec and Hearts at the weekend is still a concern. Ange knows this and we finally seem close to signing a new right back. Not only will a new right back challenge Anthony Ralston, who it has to be said has been performing excellently but also offers the chance for him to get a rest as I feel squad rotation will be crucial under the type of pressing game Ange employs.

The Bhoys go into the game in confidence and will hopefully continue our winning ways. AZ opened their league campaign with a defeat away to RKC Waalwijk, 1-0 at the weekend. Its all set up for a great Celtic Park Euro night.

Mick Kane hails from Glasgow. He has been hooked on Celtic since he went to his first game when he was 7. Celtic beat Hamilton 8-3 at Celtic Park on the 3rd of January 1987. His favourite player at the time, Brian McClair scored four goals.

He started going regular as a 16 year old when Celtic played at Hampden for the season, being a Southsider it meant a short train journey to get to Hampden. From then he has had a season ticket travelled around Europe for games as Celtic became the dominant force in Scottish football again. A nice change from growing up during Rangers run to 9 in a row.

 

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Full Return to Paradise -Celtic Players will feed off the atmosphere.

Celtic return to Paradise for the second leg of the Europa Qualifier, 4-2 up from the first game. Out with sections of the main stand it will be a full house, unlike other teams from Glasgow, it seems we don’t feel the pressure of the fans being back. If Sunday is anything to go by then we feed off the atmosphere.

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It’s been a good week and I expect it to continue tonight, Jablonec didn’t show anything from the first leg to make me think they can come to Celtic Park and overturn a two goal deficit and after the hammering of Dundee, I can see Celtic rattle in a few goals to set up a game against AZ Alkmaar.

Jablonec drew 2-2 at home at the weekend with Bohemians, goals from Pilar and Cvancara. Celtic beat Dundee 6-0, in the most impressive display of football since Ange took over. Kyogo takes most of the plaudits after his hat-trick and all round play, Abada continues to shine, hard to believe he is only 19. Christie looked back to his best, Rogic among the goals and McGregor and Turnbull pulling the strings in midfield, it was a joy to watch from start to finish.

After last season when watching the games was a bit of chore, I can’t wait for tonight’s game, the excitement is back. The Ange Revolution is under way.

There’s no doubt we still need reinforcements throughout the team, mainly the defence. Much maligned Anthony Ralston has started the season well at right back and scored two great goals however he is the only right back and the way Ange plays the games I believe we will see a fair amount of squad rotation, so a quality right back is a must. We are linked with a new name, with reports suggesting it could be a go-er, Josip Juranovic, a Croatian International currently playing for Legia Warsaw in Poland.

French striker Thomas Henry could also be a new addition, linked with a £7 million move from Belgian side OH Leuven. Man City defender Ko Itakura continues to be linked, he played in the recent Olympics and spent last season on loan in Holland for Groningen. If we could add those three we would be in a really good place going forward.

Celtic Park under the lights, the first big crowd for 18 months, exciting angeball, what’s not to be excited about. Come on the Hoops!

Mick Kane hails from Glasgow. He has been hooked on Celtic since he went to his first game when he was 7. Celtic beat Hamilton 8-3 at Celtic Park on the 3rd of January 1987. His favourite player at the time, Brian McClair scored four goals.

He started going regular as a 16 year old when Celtic played at Hampden for the season, being a Southsider it meant a short train journey to get to Hampden. From then he has had a season ticket travelled around Europe for games as Celtic became the dominant force in Scottish football again. A nice change from growing up during Rangers run to 9 in a row.

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Let’s Go Again Celtic

Celtic have their first home league game of the season today as we face Dundee. The match will have a decent crowd as 24500 are allowed in.

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We go into the game having won our first game under Ange Postecoglou, Kyogo scored his first goal and Abada scored again and continues to impress. Expect Furuhashi and Abada to be part of the front 3 again. Brighton have reportedly finally made a bid for the off form Edouard, it was about time he sat on the bench against Janlonec given his lack of form so far.

I’ve seen a lot of Celtic fans say Jablonec were a poor team, however they finished 3rd behind the two Prague teams, in recent years Ajax, Dynamo Kyiv and Astana have all been held to a draw there. Attacking wise we were decent, and we were always in control. We learned nothing new about the defence, we need a few in and continue to be linked with right backs, the latest being Argentinian Fabricio Bustos.

Dundee went through their League Cup section winning every game and scoring a few goals, they opened their league campaign with a 2-2 at home to St Mirren. Former Hibs and Rangers striker Jason Cummings has scored a few goals already this season. Reports have surfaced that manager James McPake is in the running for the vacant MK Dons manager position.

Celtic B were also in action yesterday with an away game to Bo’ness in the Lowland League. The young hoops won 2-0  and have have started to put a bit of form together after their opening defeat at Bonnyrigg, a good home draw against one of the favourites for the League, East Kilbride, has been followed up with a 5-1 win away win at Stirling Uni. and then a 2-0 win at home to Berwick Rangers. Rocco Vata and Owen Moffat have looked good.

Celtic Women are also back in action in the League Cup against Partick Thistle at Petershill Park today. The women’s team surprisingly let Lisa Robertson go on loan to Birmingham City on Friday. They also lost star striker Sarah Ewens to Birmingham earlier in the summer. Fran Alonso has added some new faces including Irish teenager Tyler Toland from Man City and Cheyenne Shorts, the former Orlando Pride and St Etienne defender as we prepare for a first shot at the Champions League.

So plenty of Celtic action this weekend.

Mick Kane hails from Glasgow. He has been hooked on Celtic since he went to his first game when he was 7. Celtic beat Hamilton 8-3 at Celtic Park on the 3rd of January 1987. His favourite player at the time, Brian McClair scored four goals.

He started going regular as a 16 year old when Celtic played at Hampden for the season, being a Southsider it meant a short train journey to get to Hampden. From then he has had a season ticket travelled around Europe for games as Celtic became the dominant force in Scottish football again. A nice change from growing up during Rangers run to 9 in a row.

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Hopes High for Ange Revolution to kickstart in Czech Republic

As the Ange revolution is still to gather any steam, Celtic have a chance to get a first win of the season on Thursday as they travel to Czech Republic to face FK Jablonec in the Europa League qualifier.

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Confidence of a result among the fans may be low after Saturday’s defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle, following our Champions League exit to FC Midtjylland last week. However we have added two new experienced players in Joe Hart and James McCarthy.

I expect Joe Hart to go straight into the team for the Jablonec match, McCarthy may need a few weeks of training but I’m happy with both. We obviously need reinforcements throughout the team, none more so than at goalkeeper, to get a 75 times capped England International to replace Bain and Barkas is a no brainer for me. Sure he hasn’t been at his best for a couple of years and there are similarities to when Craig Gordon joined the club, Hart has the chance to remind people of why he achieved so much down south. He adds a presence at the back that we have lacked since Fraser Forster a couple of seasons ago.

If McCarthy can get fully fit he will slot into a defensive midfield slot that Soro has found hard to replicate the form of his early Celtic career last season.

Jablonec won’t be a walk over, given our current form. They finished third in last seasons Fortuna Liga, five points behind a second placed Sparta Prague who beat us 4-1 at Celtic Park last season.

The Czech side have played two league games this season, a 1-0 opening day win over Banik at home followed up last weekend with a 3-0 defeat away to Mlada Boleslav.

Formed in 1945, Jablonec have been regular Europa League participants in recent years, however their record is not great with one group stage appearance in 2018-19, finishing bottom of a group that included Rennes, Dynamo Kyiv and Astana. Last season they were beaten in their only tie by Slovak side DAC Dunajska Streda 5-3 after extra time. They have won the Czech Cup twice, the last time in 2013.

Not the most illustrious of clubs however given we haven’t started the season well its a game that comes with some concern. However with Furuhashi had a few days to train with the squad and the likely debut of Joe Hart we may have a bit more about us than last weeks defeat by Midtjylland and Hearts.

Mick Kane hails from Glasgow. He has been hooked on Celtic since he went to his first game when he was 7. Celtic beat Hamilton 8-3 at Celtic Park on the 3rd of January 1987. His favourite player at the time, Brian McClair scored four goals.

He started going regular as a 16 year old when Celtic played at Hampden for the season, being a Southsider it meant a short train journey to get to Hampden. From then he has had a season ticket travelled around Europe for games as Celtic became the dominant force in Scottish football again. A nice change from growing up during Rangers run to 9 in a row.

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Carl Starfelt In the House

At lunchtime today new signing, Carl Starfelt will met some of the Independent Celtic Fan Media reps at a virtual press conference. We have attended a number of these with Celtic players over the last few weeks following on from the face to face with Ange Postecoglou and Dominic McKay but to be honest there has been nothing of note to write about after previous press conferences with the exception of the one with Celtic B Team Manager, Tommy McIntyre which was the best to date when we were given more time to ask questions with the right to reply. The player pressers have been more of a PR and box ticking exercise for the PR and Media department.

Yesterday we received a press release from Celtic announcing that Carl was in the house and ready to start training with the first team and put himself into the managers thoughts for the Hearts game. Hopefully he will prove a good signing and help improve our defensive record and also help the young players who have been committed to the team since they were given their chance but I think we all know that we need more experience and muscle at the moment in that department.

He is saying all the right things but he will ultimately be judged on performances on the pitch after the false dawn of Shane Duffy last season. The 26-year-old has international experience with Sweden has been music to the Celtic Supporters ears after his transfer was announced from Rubin Kazan.

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Carl Starfelt said: “It’s a true honour to be here and to come here to such a big club with such a great history, and maybe the world’s best fans so I’m very happy.

“I had to be in quarantine for a time, so obviously it was very tough to see the boys play and not to be able to train with the team and help the team, so I’m very glad to be here finally and I can’t wait to get started.

“When Celtic call, you answer and I knew right away what I wanted to do, so I’m very happy that all this has gone through.”

The defender will begin training at Lennoxtown today as Ange Postecoglou’s squad begin preparations for the trip to Tynecastle the following night.

And while it will be a case of meeting and getting to know his new team-mates in the weeks and months ahead, Starfelt has already been in communication with captain, Callum McGregor.

“He sent me a nice message and we spoke a little bit,” he explained. “Everyone I’ve been in touch with in the club so far has been very welcoming, so it’s nice that your team-mates help you get into everything.

“It will be nice to meet the team and learn how the team wants to play, to meet the coach and get into everything. I think everything will happen very quickly since there will be a game already this weekend, so I’m delighted to get going. I’ve been waiting for it for some time now.

“If the coach wants to play me (against Hearts), I will, of course, play and give 100 per cent, so that’s up to coach whether I play or not. I’ve been training the last few days and I feel ready.

“My hopes are, first of all, to get into the team, to know how the team plays and just get a good start. It’s always a little bit of adaptation when you come to a new club.

“I want that to be as smooth as possible, and then we have bigger goals – I want to be successful here, for the team to be successful, to win titles, to play in Europe – I want to do all those things. But I need to focus on the here and now, and right now it’s just to get into the group and the team.”

Carl Starfelt becomes the ninth Swedish player to play for the Hoops, and among his countrymen are some illustrious names, including Henrik Larsson, Johan Mjallby and, most recently, Mikael Lustig.

Celtic’s latest Swede is hoping that he can follow in those footsteps and enjoy similar success in the green and white Hoops.

“Celtic has a great reputation in Sweden,” Starfelt said. “Most people know the history and when you think of Scottish football, you think of Celtic. Of course, we’ve had many Swedish players who did it very well here, and played very good here and played in the national team and did very well, so the club has a very high reputation.

“I didn’t play alongside Mikael in the games, although I’ve trained beside him, but the little I’ve spoken with him, he seems to have enjoyed it here a lot at Celtic, so I hope I will get the same experience.”

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Grand Auld History Charlie Gallagher Tribute

Celtic Soul Episode 88 Grand Auld History Charlie Gallagher Tribute

Celtic Historian and Author of Charlie Gallagher? What A Player, David Potter joins More than 90 Minutes Editor, Andrew Milne to pay tribute to Charlie who passed away recently.

Charlie was the pride of the Glasgow Irish, A Gorbals Bhoy of Gweedore stock. A Lisbon Lion, a Celtic Legend, Irish International and the first player to pull on the Green of Ireland who was born outside the country.

He was always very modest about his achievements and a complete Gentleman who will be missed by all.

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