New Year Derby Days
If you weren’t feeling reasonably confident coming up to this weekend’s Glasgow Derby perhaps the New Years Derby’s history in the last two decades gives the Celtic faithful yet more reasons to smile. There have been 9 in the last twenty years, with Saturday being the first of a new kind of new years derby. […]
Sixteen Points and Counting
The game started off with chances coming for both sides with Ross County troubling the Celtic back four forcing a corner for the Staggies at the start of the match. The first opportunity fell to Liam Boyce after a pin point pass was slipped through to him from Christopher Routis. After that Celtic began to […]
Fourteen Points Clear and Not even New Year
On a wet December night at Paradise Celtic continued their winning run to go fourteen points clear at the top of the SPFL table. With Brendan Rodgers making EIGHT changes from the side that defeated Dundee 2-1 on Saturday, there certainly wasn’t any drop in performance. Scott Sinclair made his first start since returning from […]
Undefeated Celts Continue Winning Run
After numerous changes to the squad, Celtic started the game off with a controlled, calm approach. The new look front line tried pressing Dundee by getting the ball into wide areas, although nothing viable came of it. The first real chance of the game came in the tenth minute when a slick move into the […]
Man City vs Celtic – This is just the beginning.
I’m lucky enough to be able to travel to watch our European away games, though it’s often been a dispiriting experience (Warsaw, Barcelona, Gibraltar, Malmō etc etc) but tonight was our best performance in the 17 away games I’ve been to. I’m only just back in my hotel room from the game so I haven’t […]
VIDEO – Watch Theo Archibald’s Screamer for Celtic U19s
Celtic U19s are currently leading 2-1 against their Man City counterparts thanks to a penalty from Michael Johnstone and this screamer from Theo Archibald. There is still half an hour to go in the game and City have started the second half brightly. UPDATE: THE CELTIC U19s were beaten 3-2 with an injury time winner. […]
Did Patrick Roberts Take Kieran Tierney onto the field with him?
Celtic won the first trophy of the domestic season today with a 3-0 win at Hampden against Aberdeen. After the game celebrations were in full swing but we couldn’t help but notice something in one of the pictures of the player celebrating. We’ve tweeted him to ask for confirmation! https://twitter.com/CeltsAreHere/status/802934386454839298 A pretty routine celebration picture […]
Barca Verdict – Great Attitude by Players
On a freezing night in Glasgow (I’m sure there was frost in the North Stand Upper) Celtic turned in a combative performance against one of the favourites for the competition. Inspired by Scott Brown, who had one of his best games for Celtic, the team did their best to press and fight for every ball […]
BMG vs Celtic – Scott Brown was a class above
There is usually a predictable rhythm to away trips following Celtic. It begins at the airport (most often Stansted in my case) where I start hearing a few more Glaswegian accents than I’m used to down south. Then I arrive in some foreign city and watch in amusement as the city of my childhood seems […]
CELTIC vs BMG – Some Fans Were Ridiculously Critical
This was as comfortable a victory for Borussia as ours was against Motherwell at the weekend. Whilst the goals were both down to individual errors the difference in class was obvious throughout the game. The Germans gave us a lesson in the management of space. They always seemed to be able to find space with […]
Celtic vs Mönchengladbach – What You Need to Know
Match day three is upon us and Celtic welcome Mönchengladbach to Glasgow for the first of a double header against the German side. Hopes are high that Celtic can get a result but it’s still early days in Rodgers revamp and Mönchengladbach will prove stiff competition, just ask Barcelona who made very hard work of […]
Celtic’s Longest Night
Too good for Scotland but miles off the best teams in the CL. We seem to be in a limbo where nobody can challenge us domestically but neither can we mount a serious challenge in Europe. Tonight’s score could have been anything to be honest as we were outplayed in every area of the park. […]
The Gaffer Has Balls and so do the Players
Was it only a year ago that the GB displayed a banner saying ‘Gutless in Malmo Clueless in the boardroom”? Nothing now could be further from the truth. This team showed its character in both games against Astana and at Tynecastle last week. But tonight they bounced back in a way I haven’t seen Celtic […]
Rollercoaster Night at Celtic Park
Celtic fans were in confusion land at 8.30 this evening when they found themselves with a 3 goal cushion and looking unbeatable with some of the best European 45 mins Celtic Park has seeing in decades. It felt like Celtic had already achieved Champions League football at half time. Our website was ready to give […]
Griffiths and Two Others Suspended for Cup Clash
Celtic take on Motherwell tonight as they look to progress in the League cup. After beating Hearts at the weekend, Celtic are on a high and will hope to ride their momentum into this game. It might be early in the season but the League cup provides Brendan Rodgers with his first chance of silverware […]
Ambrose Dropped, Dembele on Bench
Under an hour till kick off now and we have the team that will face FC Astana this evening. Starting XI: Gordon, Janko, Lustig, O’Connell, Tierney, Brown, McGregor, Armstrong, Roberts, Forrest, Griffiths. CELTIC SUBS: Fasan, Izaguirre, Toure, Rogic, Johansen, Dembele, Ciftci. No sign of Efe Ambrose anywhere near the squad tonight so there will be […]
Rodgers Tactical Flexibility is a Breath of Fresh Air
Celtic 3 Lincoln Red Imps 0 Lustig (23) Griffiths (26) Roberts (29) New season, new manager and Celtic are starting to look different. Firstly, tonight we saw Rodgers tactical flexibility in action. Only got one reliable centre half? Playing against a team that shouldn’t offer much of an attacking threat but will have ten players […]
New Season, New Manager, Same Celtic
New season, new manager but a performance that we’re all very familiar with from last season. It’s not often that you travel to a European game expecting a win (I’ve seen one win in sixteen trips) but I was optimistic when I got up at 4am to catch my flight from Gatwick. I should have […]
All Eyes on Brendan Rodgers
After four pre-season games Celtic have won two and drawn two, but now comes the competitive games. With Celtic having to enter the Champions League qualifiers so early it comes smack dab in the middle of their warm up to the new season. This can’t be an excuse though, Celtic face Lincoln Red Imps tonight […]
Fenerbahçe vs Celtic – Credible Draw but Struggling to See Progress
A good result against an expensively assembled team and an end to a frustrating European campaign. What was most pleasing about tonight was the performance of the young players. Allan looked composed in the middle of the park and was brave on the ball, as was McGregor. Tierney continues to impress and our young centre […]