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Summer of 69

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4 May 2020

It was a long hot summer in 1969, the Beatles were walking across Abbey Road, the Viet Cong were crossing the Mekong Delta after the Tet offensive and the Battle of Hamburger Hill, Neil Armstrong was taking 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind', and playing a bit of golf on the Lunar planet, Jan Palach immolates himself in Prague, Gaddafi takes over...

CELTIC’S GREATEST EVER GOALLESS DRAW

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3 May 2020

Goalless draws are not, by their nature, usually great events They are usually accompanied by jeers, catcalls and “we’re no’ comin’ back” Fans feel cheated Football is, after all, about scoring goals “Nae goals, nae fitba!” Annual Magazine Subscription There are however exceptions One egregious example of this was April 25 1967, a Tuesday...

May Madness 1999 – 21 years on

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2 May 2020

In the last twenty years they Police have done their utmost to avoid a title decider between Celtic and the team that plays out of Ibrox It all goes back to a game that was played on the 3rd of May 1999 Rangers won three nil to clinch the league but this day will always be known as the ' Hugh Dallas game' I certainly won't forget that May Bank Holiday weekend in a...

136,505 fanatical Celtic supporters and I was there

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29 April 2020

There are times in your life that you just know will never be repeated, 15th April 1970 was one such night I've been going to Glasgow over 50 years since that night I’ve seen many great teams leave 'Paradise' with their tails between their legs as the most atmospheric stadium in Europe claimed another victim, 80,000 in the old days, 60,000 now with Zadok the...

Stevie Chalmers Hero of Lisbon

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29 April 2020

Stevie broke into the team in the really bad days of the early 1960s He was light and sharp and had the ability to score goals Indeed under better management, 1960-1964 would might been a totally different story for Celtic As it was, Stevie did not do that badly With Chalmers on the right wing and John Hughes in the centre, loads of trophies might have been landed...

The Zen of Naka Revisited

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28 April 2020

We have decided to keep producing the fanzine in both digital and print format during the shutdown of the football as long as there is a demand we will continue to keep it going We would like to thank all our readers for c supporting the fanzine by buying single copies, subscriptions, back issues and merchandise More than 90 Minutes Issue 108 Digital...

Football is the most important of the unimportant things in life

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27 April 2020

These are certainly unprecedented times we live in and I hope everyone is keeping safe and well, adjusting to a new way of life at present Please God these short-term measures will pave the way to a healthy future for everyone I have been very fortunate at this time to remain in work unlike many The impact that this current health crisis is having and the...

Celtic the Champions in Waiting

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26 April 2020

'Here we go, 9 in a row, the tune reverberated around Paradise as the season unfolded, from a defiant anthem early doors, but as we approached the business end of the season well it had taken on a foregone conclusion feel to it, the challenge we welcomed from the 'Bears' lasted until New Year, but pole position in the SPL took on a familiar look before 'first footing' was out...

Following Celtic from afar – Southern Spain

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25 April 2020

This is an article I didn't think I'd ever have to write but here we are Supporting Celtic from afar is something I had to do for about 15 years as my previous job working abroad made that obligatory I moved back to Scotland in 2012 and subsequently purchased 4 season tickets straight away It was amazing to be back at Celtic Park again I missed everything that went...

Football Revolution the Glasgow Celtic Way

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24 April 2020

A footballing revolution began on April 24 1965, and it all began with Billy McNeill Up to that point, opinion had differed about Billy There were those who saw a world class centre half, invincible in the air albeit a little more vulnerable on the ground, in an ordinary Celtic team Others thought that he was, like everyone else in that team, affected by the...

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