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CELTIC PROGRAMMES 1946/47- 2002/3 CDROM 2nd Edition
 Joe
Gilhooley of the Celtic Collectors Club has published an updated version
of his excellent "Celtic Programmes" CDROM. The CD contains
information and pictures of every Celtic programme published since
WW2. You can buy a copy from the Celtic
Collectors Club.
UEFA CUP RUN 2003/04 SOUVENIR PHOTOGRAPH (February
2004)
 The
Celtic Collectors Club has designed a great photographic souvenir
of Celtic's UEFA Cup run and is selling a limited number to collectors.
The 15 x 12 inch photograph
is professionally made and has an image of every official programme
and match ticket published during the epic journey to Seville last
summer (those were the days). Unlike the sample pics used here, the
photograph is crystal clear. Click here
for more info. Bigger
picture.
CORINTHIANS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
If collecting Corinthian Football figures is your thing,
you should visit the Web site of Pete Harris. Pete has lots of Corinthians,
programmes, cards and other memorabilia for sale (including some Celtic
figures) on his site. The site is called www.corinthians4ever.com.
To visit the site click here.
CELTIC PROGRAMMES FOR SALE
Celtic collector, Kevin Bradley is selling his collection
of Celtic programmes. Kevin has set up a Web site to help with the
sale and has organised the programmes into several catagories to make
it easier for you to find the one you want. Every programme is listed
along with an indication of condition and all of them are at fixed
prices. You can visit the Web site and make contact with Kevin by
clicking this
link - www.freewebs.com/kevsceltic/.
JUNE 2004
ALTERNATIVE VIEW JUNE 2004 ISSUE 26 - 01/06/04
 The
latest issue of alternative VIEW is on sale at your usual outlet.
Issue 26 of the mag has 36 A4 size page in full-colour for £2.50.
There is an interview with, Player of the Year, Jackie McNamara, Celtic
Minded by Dr. Joseph Bradley is reviewed and, just as we have all
paid for renewing our season books, aV asks "are Celtic pricing
the fans out?" Click to see
a picture of Issue 26 or here for the alternative
VIEW page.
MAY 2004
CELTIC YOUTH IN THE HONG KONG 7's - MAY 2004
 Celtic
recently took part in the Hong Kong FC annual International 7's tournament
held in the chinese state. The tournament was played on Sat 29 - Sun
30 May 2004 and Arsenal, Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Rangers
joined Celtic and hosts HKFC. As usual, a glossy, A4 programme was
on sale at HK$100 (£7) and that included entry vouchers for
both days of the tournament. Click here to see our Hong
Kong 7s page. The tournament has it's own Web site at www.soccer7s.com.
The event was recorded by Sky and highlights of the tournament will
be shown some time this month (June 2004).
AULD FIRM ANNUAL CHARITY MATCH
 For
the second year in a row, the regulars at the Tower Bar in East Kilbride
have arranged an Old Firm Charity match in aid of TAK TENT Cancer
Relief. The match was held at East Kilbride Thistle's Showpark Ground
on Sunday 30 May 2004 and as with last
year's match, an 8 page match programme was on sale. Click
here to see it.
RECENT CELTIC YOUTH PROGRAMMES - 08/06/04
 Celtic
youth teams have been playing in football tournaments in Europe recently
and match programmes have been issued for all of them. The first programme
was the Ommoord tournament in Holland
on the 22nd and 23rd of May 2004 where Celtic's Under 12's took part.
The A5 programme has 24 pages printed in mono with a purple spot colour
card cover. Click
to see it.
 The
next is for the Terborg tounament in Holland
on 21st to 23rd of May 2004. This time the U19's competed alongside
Ajax, Feyenoord, Barcelona and Boca Juniors. This is a more expensive
production and is printed on 108 glossy, B5 pages (better than anything
produced in Scotland this year). Click
here to see it.
 Finally,
an excellent programme was produced for the GardaCup
tournament in Italy where Celtic were represented by their
Under 15's team with Manchester City, Utrecht, Grasshoppers, B. Dortmund,
Anderlecht and others making up the 12 competing teams. The A4 size
programme has 76 pages printed in full colour on glossy paper. Click
here to see it.
SEVILLA C.F. - HENRIK LARSSON TRIBUTE MATCH 25/05/04
 Celtic
beat Sevilla 1-0 tonight in the king of kings tribute match at Celtic
Park. We saw Henrik in a Celtic jersey for the last time ever and
it is hard to believe he's gone. A special match programme was on
sale and, similar to Saturdays Scottish Cup final programme, sold
out an hour before kick-off. Given the demand for Larsson stuff, this
one will be very difficult to get if you don't already have one. Click
these links for pictures of - a match
ticket, the official
teamsheet, a Paradise
Windfall ticket. Click here for the Henrik
Larsson Tribute page.
THE VIEW FROM THE 32 ISSUE 9 - SPRING 2004
 The
View from the 32 is the official magazine of the Association of Irish
Celtic Supporters Clubs. The mag has forty four A4 pages of photographs
and articles in full-colour and costs £2.99/€4.50. You
can subribe to mag by writing to AICSC, P.O. Box 32, Belfast, BT1
1AA or by going to their Web site at www.aicsc.com.
The subscription rates are £2.99 / €4.50 plus postage of £1.00
/ €1.50 for 1 copy, 2 copies £2.40, €3 and so on.
THE ONE THAT SUTTON WON
 The
Scottish Professional Footballers Association held the 2003 - 3004
Player of the Year awards ceremony was held recently. Chris Sutton
won the Player of the Year awards and Stephen Pearson won the young
player equivalent. As usual, a programme was produced for the occasion.
It is A4 size, has 16 pages and is printed in full-colour on glossy
pages with a heavy card cover. Click here
for a bigger picture.
CLYDEBANK OLD BOYS versus CELTIC OLD BOYS 23/05/04
 Celtic
Old Boys played their Clydebank equivelent at Glenhead Park on Sunday
23rd of May in a match to raise funds for the stricken club. Clydebank
have lost their league status and are now playing in the Abercorn
Central District Junior League. In fact, while Celtic were beating
the Pars at Hampden in the Scottish Cup final last Saturday, Clydebank
were being crowned champions of their league. The match was to raise
funds to help the club and a match
programme was on sale for £1.
THE LARSSON FINAL - 22 MAY 2004
 The
Celtic fans at Hampden today were witnessing the end of an era as
they watched Henrik Larsson score two fantastic goals in a 3-1 cup
final win for the Hoops. The king of kings struck with typical deadliness
to reduce the Pars' early 1-0 lead to a 2-1 deficit and Stan Petrov
made it three. A 60
page match programme was on sale for £4 but sold out well
before kick-off. It is A4 in size and printed in full colour on glossy
pages with a laminated cover. Click these links for pictures of a
match
ticket and the official
teamsheet.
DUNDEE UNITED SPL38 SUN 16/05/04 - LARSSONS LAST
 Living
legend, Henrik Larsson played his last competitive match at Celtic
Park today and signed off in the style we all wanted for him. He scored
two goals against a United team that played well and were unlucky
not to score on a few occasions themselves. Celtic issued a match
programme that was a total sell-out very quickly and long before
kick-off. Click here to see a picture of a match
ticket and Windfall
ticket.
NOT THE VIEW ISSUE 123 16/05/04 - LARSSON SPECIAL
 The
second NTV in two weeks was on sale at Celtic Park today. £1.50
for the usual amount of pages and content with the inclusion of a
"Farwell to Henrik" bit and the same for Liam Miller. There
were plenty around so you should get one at Hampden (if you're lucky
enough to have a ticket). Click on the image to see a bigger picture
or here
to see every issue printed.
SFWA PLAYER OF THE YEAR PROGRAMME - 09/05/04
 The
Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year was Jackie McNamara
and the Young Player of the Year was Stephen Pearson. The awards dinner
was held at the Glasgow Hilton hotel on Sunday 9th May and a 28 page
programme was printed for the occasion. Click here
to see a bigger picture of the programme.
LARSSON LIMITED EDITION PRINT
 A
leaflet handed out at the cup final on Saturday was offering a limited
edition Henrik Larsson print to anyone who would take one. The 1000
A3 prints don't look official as there is no endorsement from the
king of kings (or Celtic) included in the wording of the ad. The artist
is not made clear but we are told that the £150 prints are approved
and signed by Peter Howson. The actual image of Henrik takes some
getting used to but whoever chose the crappy blue background must
be in charge of the LSD cabinet at Howson's. Sorry, but £150
for a print by who knows who is not good value in our opinion and
we didn't really like it anyway. If you want to buy one, "The
Third Step" have a Web site that takes orders - www.thethirdstep.co.uk.
6 IN-A-ROW FOR RANGERS - SPL36 08/05/04
 Celtic
issued a match
programme with a new cover design for today's Rangers match at
Celtic Park. Player of the Year, Chris Sutton scored a classy winner
to make it six defeats in a row for team that Eck built. Winning five
matches in one season is something that Rangers have never done to
Celtic. The closest they came was in the 1963/64 season when they
managed to win four Old Firm matches. If Celtic beat Motherwell on
Wednesday night, they will be unbeaten in every SPL away match this
season.
TIOCFAIDH ÁR LÁ Issue
38 - 08/05/04
 Issue
38 of the Tiocfaidh Ár Lá fanzine was on sale at the
Rangers match on Saturday and again at the Motherwell midweek match
at Fir Park. It is the third issue of the current season and has 24
A4 sized glossy pages for £1.50 / €2.50. The King of Kings
is on the front cover holding a copy of TAL issue 20. That issue was
out near the end of Henriks first season at Celtic (1997/98), when
he still had his dreadlocks. Click the image for a bigger picture
or here
to go to the TAL page.
YOUNG CELTS WIN THE LEAGUE 06/05/05
So far this season, Celtic have won
the SPL title, the Under 21's have won their league, Martin O'God
is the manager of the year, Chris Sutton, Jackie McNamara and Stephen
Pearson scooped all of the "Player of the Year" awards,
the fans have been declared the best in the World and last night the
Under 19's beat Rangers youths to the U19's Youth League title after
Rangers lost 3-0 to Hearts U19's.
There is more to the youths story. Rangers
have been struggling to sell their season tickets for next season
and at the closing date for renewals last week, only 23,000 fans were
loyal enough to pay up. However, in expectancy of the U19's winning
their league, Rangers had planned an very expensive advertising spread
in their daily newspaper to encourage the reluctant fans to cough
up. The young Rangers players were to be displayed as a very talented
bunch, as winners, the champions of the future and the reason why
their fans should renew. Hearts beat them 3-0 last night at Victoria
Park and it was a case of a quick phone call to the Daily Record and
a very disappointed advertising lackey at the other end receiving
the call. Back to the drawing board.
THE CELT ISSUE 78 - May 2004
 The
latest issue of The Celt magazine is out. It has forty A4 pages, printed
black on copier quality paper. It is crammed with fantastic reading
and there are contributions from Celtic author, Tom Campbell. The
Celt is the most difficult of Celtic publications to get but if your
interested enough, you can subscribe to the authors most reliable
subscription service. Subscriptions are £5 for every 4 issues,
the price includes p&p and there are six issues per year. Send
your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby
Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY. Click here
to see a picture of the current issue and here
to see every issue of The Celt.
CELTIC IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION by
Jack Boyle 02/05/05
 Celtic
collector and Web site author, Jack Boyle, has issued an update on
his excellent "Celtic in European Competition". It covers
the current season in Europe and has eight A4 pages of facts on every
European game played this season along with an account of each match.
The original issue in June 2003 tells the story of every European
tie played by Celtic since their very first foray into European competition
in the 1962/63 season against Valencia in the old Inter Cities Fairs
Cup (now the UEFA cup) up to and including the tragedy in the Olimpico
in Seville.
 Each
leg is described giving the competition, teams, scorers, attendance,
venue and date and is finished off with a short summary of the game's
events and an action picture from the match. On the back two pages,
appearances and goals statistics are given for every players that
has played for Celtic in Europe over the years and every manager is
listed along with their particular Euro record. The front cover has
the famous photo of King Billy lifting the European Cup in Lisbon
in the middle of the white background page and is surrounded by coloured
club crests for most (could be all) of the clubs played against. If
you want to buy a copy of either, you can contact
Jack through his Web site.
TICTALK
- WORLD HUDDLE CLUB MAGAZINE ISSUE 6 APRIL 2004
 TICTALK
is the official magazine of the World Huddle Club. The mag has 16
A4 size pages in full colour and is issued free to club members and,
because we all get automatic free membership, season ticket holders.
The first issue appeared in August 2002 and is now in it's sixth issue,
printed about every four months. This issue has Alan Thompson and
the King of Kings on the front cover, a double page poster of oor
Henrik in the middle pages along with a two page article on TKOK.
If you want to see a picture of this and the other five issues, click
here.
SUDUVA REPRINTS ARE A RIP OFF
 The
selling of Suduva away programme reprints continues on ebay. The money
being asked for this reprint is ridiculous as they are not in any
way rare - it is the original programme that is rare, not the reprint.
You can get as many as you want from a conman in Lithuania. The guy
contacted us and claimed in his email that the reprints are made on
the same printing press as the originals. We don't believe this is
true and we have let him know where to go.
The Lithuanian conman will tell you
anything to sell you his dodgy productions and if it doesn't stop,
programme collecting will be 'oot the windae' for good. Why should
someone pay over £200 pounds for a rare programme only to find
the market has been flooded by dodgy reprints. These reprints are
not worth 20 pence so please don't buy them.
It used to be an 'undergound' and shady
type of activity to sell reprints. Not any more. Sellers on ebay are
telling us, as bold as brass, that the programme they are selling
is a reprint, made to fool you into thinking you have an original,
by looking as near to the original as possible. And, what happens
when the reprint is sold on? Will the seller declare, or even know
that the programme he/she is selling is a reprint? I don't think so.
The only way to stop this practice is for collectors not to buy reprints.
THREE CELTIC FANZINES - 02/05/04
Three Celtic fanzines competed to sell their latest issues at the
Dunfermline match on Sunday - The glossy A4 sized More
than 90 Mins had Neil Lennon celebrating at Kilmarnock
on their front cover of Issue 23. The Irish based fanzine is a slick
production with content to match. At £2, we think it's value
for money. Click here
to see a picture of the front cover.
 Issue
122 of the longest running Celtic fanzines, Not
The View, was on sale for £1.50. Click here
to see a picture of the front cover or here
for every issue.
 The
newest of Celtic fanzines, Green, White &
Bold had Issue 4 on sale. They have now survived their
third month since Issue 1 in late January this year. At only £1.50
for 40 pages, the editor tells us that no profit is made from sales,
all the money goes to the street-sellers and the mag is depending
on advertisers to survive. If you would like to advertise your business
in GWB, contact the editor at www.greenwhiteandbold.com.
Click here
to see the front cover.
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC SPL35 - 02/05/04
 Dunfermline
gained a well deserved victory at Celtic's title party on Sunday.
It was a 'slap in the face' for the Bank of Scotland/SPL organisers
as the entirely staged event backfired. The whole thing was boring
and the best thing about the entire afternoon was watching the miniature
versions of Larsson, Thompson and Douglas play football to the cheers
of the entire Celtic End - the only thing they didn't stage manage,
the only thing worth watching. Celtic issued a match
programme.
FAKE BARCELONA TEAMSHEET
 Some
people on ebay are still selling the colour teamsheet for the Barcelona
UEFA Cup game in the Nou Camp as an official issue. It is not an official
issue and was created solely to cash in on the Celtic collectors on
ebay - even though we have informed them of the fake. The original
seller has stopped selling his copies as he was inundated by complaints
and was forced to give refunds. He was the guy that supplied the people
still selling it and they are selling copies they have made themselves.
NOT EVERY CELTIC PROGRAMME IS A SELL-OUT
- 1/05/04
 Most
of the programmes for Celtic's home matches this season have been
sell-outs. However, some were not and are still available at the Celtic
online shop. If you need any of those list below, click
here to buy it. Programmes that cost £2 originally are £3
and the £3 issues are £4, the programme will be mint condition
and the price includes postage.
The programmes available are - v Rangers
03/01/04 £3, v Kilmarnock 31/01/04 £3,
Dundee Utd 14/02/04 £3, v FK
Teplice 26/02/04 £3, v Livingston
29/02/04 £3, v Barcelona 11/03/04 £4,
v Motherwell 14/03/04 £3, v Hearts
03/04/04 £3, v Aberdeen 21/04/04 £3,
v Dunfermline 02/05/04 £3, v Rangers
08/05/04 £3, v Villarreal 08/04/04 £4.
APRIL 2004
UPDATE ON CELTIC YOUTH PROGRAMMES
- 30/04/04
 During
the current season, Rangers collector Iain McKee has been issueing
programmes for Rangers youth team matches in limited numbers. The
programmes are distributed free to fans attending the matches, irrespective
of what team they support. This has meant a few issues for Celtic
collectors to get hold of - U19's at Barrowfield on 14/10/03 and 02/04/04
(80 copies issued, 700 crowd), U19's at Murray Park on 13/03/04 and
at Ibrox on 15/04/04 (220 copies issued, match cancelled) and the
U21's at Broadwood on 05/01/04.
Iain has plans to issue for next season
but explains that it will all depend on when and where they play the
Old Firm Youth matches, as well as how much notice they give. We will
be in contact with Iain and will let you know the details. Click
here if you would like to see pictures of these and other Celtic
youth programmes issued this season.
ALTERNATIVE VIEW MAY 2004 ISSUE 25
- 27/04/04
 The
May issue of the alternative VIEW magazine is now on sale at your
local supplier. With Neil Lennon at Kilmarnock on the front cover,
the main subject for this issue is Celtic's 3rd SPL title in four
seasons. Click here
to see a picture of the front cover. Click here
for every
issue of the alternative VIEW and more info.
HEARTS SPL34 SUN 25/04/04
 Celtic
drew 1-1 with Hearts today and gave a debut to goalscorer Aidan McGeady.
The eighteen year old slammed a first-time shot into the Hearts net
to put the Hoops one up in 17 minutes before they got an equaliser
late in the match. Click for a picture of the match
programme and a match
ticket.
ABERDEEN SPL32 (postponed match)
21/04/04
 Celtic's
unbeaten run of 77 matches at Celtic Park was ended by Aberdeen last
night. An even more disappointing aspect of the match was the refusal
of the SPL and their sponsors to present the trophy at the match.
We have watched through a long season of drivel matches to win that
trophy and it should have been at Kilmarnock last Sunday. That match
was televised (the pathetic excuse given by the SPL and their sponsors
for the delay in presenting the trophy) and you can bet your last
pound on the fact that it would have been different if Rangers had
been in with a chance of winning it - helicopters would have been
hired, strings would have been pulled and the trophy would have winged
it's way to Ibrox for the Teddy Bears to enjoy the moment. What do
we get? Oh, you lot will have to wait 3 weeks. Click here for the
match
programme.
JIMMY JOHNSTONE ON THE WING
 Celtic
and Scotland star Jimmy Johnstone is to be immortalised on film by
Jeff Healey and Jamie Doran. Filmed in documentary style, "Lord
of the Wing" tells the life story of Celtic's best
ever player. The film will be available to buy in VHS and DVD format
from this May and you can pre-order a copy at Jinky's official Web
site - www.jimmyjohnstone.com/.
If you can't wait until then, the film is to be premiered at the SECC's
Clyde Auditorium on Sunday, April 25. To get tickets for this historic
event, call the SECC box office on 08700404000 or get them at their
Web site - www.secctickets.com.
 In
case you think that Jimmy is only famous in Scotland, he's not. The
day after the Villarreal debacale in Spain, I bought some Spanish
sports papers in Valencia to read the Celtic match reports. On the
inside back page of the AS sports paper, I had to do a double take
to confirm that I was looking at a picture of Jinky in a Scotland
strip and below that a substantial article about him. Click here to
see a copy of the
report and picture. Click this to see a picture of the AS
newspaper (itself a Villarreal collectable). Click this to see
some streaming
video samples of the film at the author's Web site.
 This
is not the first film made about Jinky. Communications company, Cameron
Williams made a video about his career in the early 90's called JINKY:
The Jimmy Johnstone Story. It is an excellent production
and I never tire of watching it. The original cover for the video
is shown here, on the left, but you can still buy a second issue copy
with a different cover at the Celtic
Superstore.
CELTIC SUPPORTERS' ANNUAL RALLY 58
- 18/04/04
 The
Celtic Supporters' 58th Annual Rally was held in the Glasgow Royal
Concert Hall on Sunday 18th April with Martin O'God as the Guest of
Honour. With the Hoops winning the SPL championship at the Theatre
of Pies earlier in the day, a great night was had by all who attended.
As usual a rally
programme was issued for £2.00.
KILMARNOCK SPL33 18/04/04 - SPL TROPHY
in PARADISE
 Celtic
beat Kilmarnock 1-0 today and silenced the closet Paris Buns that
support them by getting back our SPL trophy. Stan Petrov scored from
close in on the 32nd minute and made sure of automatic entry to the
Champions League group stage next season. They published their usual
boring match
programme with multi-coloured crap inside for £2. Click
these for pictures of a match
ticket and official
teamsheet.
VILLARREAL CF UEFA CUP 14/04/04
 Celtic's
UEFA Cup adventure ended at the El Madrigal as Villarreal beat Martin
ONeill's depleated team 2-0. Several publications were available to
collectors on the night - Two official issues: a match
programme and match
newspaper, a Villarreal
fans bulletin, a Spanish
pirate programme and a white
pirate programme (origin unknown - didn't see it being sold at
the match). An official match
pennant was sold by stall holders and at the club shop.
LIVINGSTON Scottish Cup Semi-final
11/04/04
 LIVINGSTON
at Hampden, Scottish Cup Semi-final, 11/04/04.
CELTIC YOUTH PROGRAMMES
 Celtic
youth teams have played in a couple of matches recently that have
produced match programmes. The Under 19's played Rangers
U19's in an SPL Youth League match at Ibrox on Thursday 15 April
and an limited number of unofficial match programmes were distributed
free. The second, is a tournament
programme for the London Cup. The tournament was played from the
5 to 8 April in London and Celtic's excellent Under 16's won the cup
by beating Crystal Palace in the final.
CELTIC MINDED a book by Dr Joseph
M. Bradley
 "Celtic
Minded: essays on religion, politics, society, identity ,,,,
and football" is the full title of a new Celtic related
book about to be published by Argyll Publishing. The author is Joseph
M. Bradley, a lecturer in sports studies at the University of Stirling.
The book is out on 1st May, is illustrated with many
interesting pictures with views of Celtic people from around Europe
and the USA. If you want to read more on this book click
here for a comprehensive rundown on the contents and information
on how to order your copy post free at the Celtic
Collectors Club Web site.
FAKE AUTOGRAPHED HENRIK MEMORABILIA ON EBAY
It has been noticed by some Celtic collectors that
(some/most) items being sold on ebay with The King of Kings autograph
on them are actualy FAKES. Now there's a surprise given ebay's record
on fake items. Tom Henry, an expert in Celtic autographs, has had
enough and is letting everyone know about this illegal practice. Recently,
one of them tried to auction John Hartson's (autographed) match strip
from the Liverpool UEFA Cup victory at Anfield on ebay. It turned
out to be a complete fake. Of course the seller denied all knowledge
and tried to distance himself from the claim by blaming someone else
and saying that he had been mislead himself. Oh the poor wee soul.
Celtic collectors are numerous on ebay and these conmen
see us as an easy mark. Let's not let them get away with it. From
now on, don't be afraid to ask questions before bidding. Tom has made
an effort to help collectors by using ebay itself to spread the word.
Anyway, if you want to know what he has to say or to find out how
to get help from Tom, click here.
VILLARREAL CF UEFA CUP 08/04/04
 Celtic
drew 1-1 with Villarreal tonight at Celtic Park in the Quarter final
of the UEFA Cup. Celtic issued an A4 glossy match
programme in high numbers for £3. The programme was not
a sell-out so you should be able to pick up a copy at the next home
match easily. No match mug this time but there was an official pennant
(sorry no picture) for the ridiculous price of £10. Two match
pin badges were available (not official) from street vendors - Pin1
and Pin2.
Click here for a picture of a match
ticket and Paradise
Windfall ticket.
 Why
don't Celtic sell these match souvenirs for more reasonable prices.
Ten pounds for a wee triangular piece of plastic is just taking the
P***. They also have to be consistent about issuing these souvenirs.
They had a match mug available for the Barcelona match, yet none for
the Villarreal match. Don't they know that it is collectors that buy
these crappy things and that gaps or missing items in our collections
drive us MAD. Please be consistent Celtic and get the prices down.
HEARTS SPL31 SAT 03/04/04
 The
Celts fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 and bring their unbeaten
run at Celtic Park to 76 games in a row today. It was a very close
thing with Didier Agathe scoring the second in injury time but thank
God we didn't let that lot stop the run. Special mention goes to referee
Douglas McDonald who gave the worst performance of any whistler this
season. Celtic issued their usual match
programme.
MORE THAN 90 MINS / NOT THE VIEW 03/04/04
Two Celtic fanzines were on sale in the pouring rain
at Celtic park today. Mt90M issue 22 has 32 A4 pages for £2
and NTV issue 121 has 44 B5 size pages for £1.50. As you would
expect, the focus for both mags this month are the matches in Barcelona
and the beach party at the home of the Paris Buns. Click these to
see a
picture of Mt90M22 and a
picture of NTV121. Click this link to see pictures and info on
every
Celtic fanzine published.
RANGERS YOUTH CUP SEMI-FINAL 02/04/04
Celtic Youth team lost 0-1 to Rangers Youth today at
Barrowfield. An unofficial programme was issued in very small number
- we hear that 75 copies were available. Click here
to see a picture of the programme.
NEW CELTIC MEMORABILIA WEB SITE 01/04/04
More and more Celtic memorabilia Web site are appearing
all the time and Ross Adams has a new site at http://www.freewebs.com/celticprogramme.
The site is well designed in green and black and
has some great content including a news section, a match review where
Ross awards points to players for their performance in the match,
programmes for sale, a guestbook and quiz and more. Click here
to visit the site.
MARCH 2004
CELTS SET FOR Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D.
 As
we all already know, Celtic will play Spanish club Villarreal CF in
the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup next month - 8th and 14th April.
They scored 6 away goals in 4 games to get to the quarters, defeating
Trabzonspor, Torpedo Moscow, Galatasaray and Roma on the way. Italian
giants Roma were gubbed 3-2 on aggregate in the previous round and
Villarreal are currently in 9th place in La Liga, 14 points behind
our previous opponents, Barcelona. La Liga status is a relatively
new experience for Villarreal as they only gained promotion to the
top flight in Spain for the first time in the 1998/99 season. The
club colours are yellow and blue and the team play at El Madrigal,
a stadium of only 23,000 capacity, reduced to 17,500 for UEFA matches.
 For
the match in Spain, there will be two zones set aside for Celtic Supporters,
tickets will be 60€ for Zone A and 40€ for Zone B and Villar have
moved season ticket holders from their usual seats to accomodate the
travelling Celtic fans. Previous UEFA Cup ties at El Madrigal have
seen a match programme issued so we can expect an issue for the visit
of Celtic. Click here
to go to the Villarreal
CF Web site.
GREEN, WHITE & BOLD ISSUE 3 28/03/04
 The
third isssue of the Green, White and Bold Celtic fanzine was on sale
outside Easter Road at the Hibs SPL match last Sunday and was also
available at the Rangers match today. The fanzine is only £1.50
for 40 Not The View size pages. It makes very interesting and amusing
reading and no one deserving of abuse is missed out. Click here
to see a bigger picture of the fanzine. If you want to see the other
issues of this fanzine (and others), click here.
IT'S OVER - RANGERS SPL30 28/03/04
 Rangers
got their first goal of the season against Celtic today as Martin
O'Neill's Barcelona heroes cantered to an easy 2-1 win at Ibrox. That
makes it 5 wins in a row for the hoops against Rangers and it takes
them 19 points in front of the sorry blues. Henrik Larsson scored
his 33 goal of the season to put Celts ahead and Alan Thompson added
another in the second half to end the contest. Rangers printed their
usual match
programme with the horror theme on the front cover. Click here
to see a picture of a match
ticket.
FC BARCELONA UEFA CUP 25/03/04
  Because
of a conflict between the sponsors of Barcelona and UEFA, no official
programme was issued for Celtic's match at the Nou Camp. Two unofficial
programmes were on sale - a Red
pirate from the Spanish boys and a white supporters
souvenir issue printed in Dublin. The red pirate was available
in large numbers and most supporters managed to get it. The white
pirate was more dificult to get as only 100 copies were printed and
you could only get it at the Celtic end. Click here
to see a picture of a ticket
for the Nou Camp.
HIBERNIAN SPL29 21/03/04
 Same
old Celtic...always winning. Celtic had an easy 4-0 win against Hibs
at Easter Road today before heading for Barcelona in the UEFA Cup
return match. Stan Petrov and Henrik Larsson both struck twice and
young Stephen McManus made his debut in defence before a poor 9,456
crowd. Hibs issued their usual match
programme and click this for a picture of a match
ticket.
NEW WEB SITES FOR CELTIC BADGE COLLECTORS 20/03/04
 Two
new online reference points for Celtic badge collectors are now live
on the Web. The first, www.celticbadges.com
was launched on St Patrick's day by David Hood and has over 600 badges
on view already, with hundreds to be added over the next few weeks.
The other site is the creation of William Mulholland. William's site
- "The
Home of CSC Badges" - displays the badges of hundreds of
Celtic Supporters Clubs throughout the world. Both sites are well
worth a look, even if you don't collect badges. If you collect badges,
you may want to visit this Web site - The
British Association of Football Badge Collectors (AFBC).
CELTIC USA TOUR - CHAMPIONSWORLD 20/03/05
 Celtic
return to America this July to play in the 2nd ChampionsWorld
Series of matches against Roma, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester
United. The tour is organised by New Jersey-based sports events promoter
Charlie Stillitano, head man of ChampionsWorld. Eight other teams
will take part MANCHESTER UNITED (England); CELTIC FC (Scotland);
AC MILAN (Italy); CHELSEA (England); AS ROMA (Italy); LIVERPOOL (England);
BAYERN MUNICH (Germany); FC PORTO (Portugal). At the start of the
2003/04 season, Celtic lost to Manchester United in Seattle and beat
Boca Juniors in Cleveland, Ohio in the inaugural series.
Martin O'Neill and his hooooooped heroes will be away
for 13 days, from 19 to 31 July. The Celtic players will have four
days rest and light training at their base camp in Seattle before
playing Chelsea in the first match on Saturday July 24 in the Seahawks
Stadium where they met Man U last year. Next up is our UEFA Cup opponents
from last season, Liverpool on Monday July 26 in the Rentschler Field,
East Hartford, Connecticut, followed by Manchester United on Wednesday
July 28 at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia and finally AS Roma
in the SkyDome, Toronto on Saturday, July 31.
Lincoln Financial Field,
the stadium where Celtic will take on Liverpool and A.C. Milan plays
Chelsea, is the home of NFL football team, the Philadelphia
Eagles. Visit the stadium's
Web site to take a Virtual
Tour of the stadium.
The SkyDome is where Celtic
will take on Roma. The stadium was built in 1989 at a cost of $500
million, is owned by Sportsco International and has a retractable
roof like the Amsterdam ArenA and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The Toronto Bluejays and the Toronto Argonauts (football and baseball)
play their home games on the AstroGrass surface. The stadium can accommodate
50,516 (baseball); 53,000 (football) spectators. Visit the stadium's
Web site to take a Virtual
Tour of the stadium.
The Seahawks
Stadium in Seattle is where Celtic were beaten by Manchester United
in this season's inaugural series.
If you would like to go and cheer the Bhoys on, you
can get your tickets for the matches here.
UEFA SAY NO TO GOALKEEPERS APPEAL
UEFA have heard and rejected the appeal against Rab
Douglas' UEFA match ban. Now there's a surprise. When have UEFA ever
voted in favour of Celtic in these situations? Remember Rapid Vienna?
The Celtic goalie will now miss the game in Barcelona on Thursday
along with the sleekit Thiago Motto who was sent off along with Rab
in the tunnel. This will mean a European start for the excellent young
Stephen Marshall and we would like to wish him the best of luck in
the biggest match of his life. There will be no official programme
in Barcelona but there should be the usual unofficial issues from
the Spanish pirateers. Barcelona don't print a programme for European
games as there is a conflict between their own sponsors and UEFA's
sponsors. If you are interested in match tickets, click here
to see a picture of a ticket
for the Nou Camp.
DUNDEE SPL27 ST PATRICK'S DAY 2004
 Celtic
played Dundee at Dens park tonight in what could be the last time
the fixture is ever played there if the move to Tannadice or elsewhere
goes through. The Celts scored twice through Petrov and Larsson to
win 2-1 and move to 19 points ahead of Rangers in the league. Sebastian
Kneissl scoring a late consolation for the financially stricken club.
Dundee issued their usual type of match
programme - 40 full colour pages for £2. Click at these
links to see a copy of a match
ticket and the official
teamsheet.
alternative VIEW ISSUE 24 17/03/04
 Issue
24 of the alternative VIEW magazine is on sale at your local outlet.
For £2.50 you get 36 A4 pages in full colour with an interview
with 70's hero Pat McCluskey, a letters page, a March/April fixtures
calendar, many insightful articles and some adverts too. Click here
to see the alternative
VIEW section on this Web site.
GREAT CELTIC STRIKERS DANBURY PLATE 14/03/04
 Danbury
Mint have made another Celtic related fine porcelain plate. This time,
it's a "Great Strikers" montage design. Included on the
plate are Henrik Larsson, Jimmy McGrory, Jinky Johnstone, Bobby Lennox,
Harry Hood, Kenny Dalgish and Chris Sutton. The plate has the club
crest, is rimmed with 22-carat gold and costs £24.95. To order
one call 0870 112 3711 or click to print
an order form.
MOTHERWELL SPL28 14/03/04
 A
young Motherwell team played very well at Celtic Park today to get
a 1-1 draw and end Celtic's run of consecutive SPL wins. Derek Adams
scored a great goal to put Motherwell one up in 26 minutes and Celtic
had to bring Henrik Larsson off the bench to equalise in the second
half. The record is now 25 wins (in a row) and 2 draws from 27 matches.
Celtic returned to the smaller sized match
programme for the match and you can see a picture of the official
teamsheet here. The Barcelona programme didn't sell-out on Thursday
and copies were on sale in the Celtic shops and from programme sellers.
CELTIC v RANGERS UNDER 19'S POSTPONED
 The
Under 19's SPL Youth League match against Rangers on Saturday has
been cancelled because of the death of one the Celtic coaches. The
match was due to be played at Murray Park, Auchenhowie on Saturday
March 13th and a match
programme has already been printed for the match. Click here
for a picture of the official
teamsheet for the Celtic v Partick Thistle Under 21's League match.
FC BARCELONA UEFA CUP 11/03/04
  The
dream of Gothenburg in May was still alive last night as Martin O'Neill's
hooped heroes beat Spanish giants FC Barcelona 1-0 at a packed Celtic
Park. Celtic returned to the A4 sized match
programme and it appeared to be a sell-out. Three other official
souvineers were available at the Celtic shops - a match
pennent, a match
mug with the club logos and match dates and a match flag (sorry
no picture) with the club logos and match dates. Click here for a
picture of a match
ticket.
RUSSIAN SUDUVA REPRINTS 09/03/04
We have been informed by some collectors that they
have been offered reprinted issues of the rare Suduva away programme
from a forger in Russia. He contacts collectors on ebay's auction
site that he thinks are Celtic collectors and sends them an email
offer of 10 copies for £150. These Russian copies have been
appearing on ebay recently with no indication from the sellers that
they are reprints and are fetching in excess of £50. For the
last few months, almost every time a copy of the programme was up
for auction on ebay. I wrote to the seller asking them to confirm
if it was a reprint or not. NOT ONE of them answered me but I bet
they laughed all the way to the bank. If you have bought a copy of
this programme recently, send it back to the dealer and demand your
money back. They are all at it!!!!!!!!!! If you want to know how to
spot a reprint, click here.
RANGERS SCOTTISH CUP ROUND 5 - 07/03/04
 Celtic
knocked Rangers out of the Scottish cup today and ended their interest
in football for the rest of the season. Already out of the League
Cup and trailing Celtic in the league by 16 points, this defeat must
put Alex McLeish's future at Ibrox in some doubt. Next week's radio
phone-in shows will be jammed with calls for his head and all because
of oor Henrik. The King of Kings pounced on a loose ball from the
shaky Rangers defence to score from close in and put Celtic into the
semi-final of the cup. This was Henrik's 299th game in the famous
Hoops but incredibly only his first goal against Rangers in the Scottish
Cup. That's them done with, now for the big one - Barcelona.
Celtic issued a sell-out match
programme in the usual style and numbers. Click here
for a picture of a match
ticket and Paradise
Windfall.
UEFA CUP DRAW 04/03/04 - CELTIC verus FC BARCELONA
 Celtic
were paired with Spanish giants Barcelona in today's UEFA Cup draw
in Nyon. It is almost 40 years since the two teams last/first met
in European competition and that was in the 2nd round of the 1964/65
Fair Cities Cup. In the first leg in the Nou Camp, 25,000 fans saw
Barcelona win 3-1 with John Hughes scoring Celtic's solitary goal.
In the second match, a very disciplined performance got them a 0-0
draw at Celtic Park and the tie overall. Let's hope that doesn't happen
this time.
As well as the fourth round draw, UEFA also made the
draw for the quarter- and semi-finals at the same time. It gets a
bit confusing at this point but here's what happend. If Celtic manage
to dispose of Barcelona, they will meet Villarreal or Roma in the
Q/F. If they manage to negotiate the quarters, either (Bordeaux or
Bruges) or (Gençlerbirgili or Valencia) awaits us in the semi-finals.
From there it's just a short hop, skip and a jump to Gothenburg and
this season's final. Sound easy? We could have to beat 3 La Liga teams
to get there. Gulp! Barcelona don't issue a match programme or paper
for European matches. Click here
for the Barcelona
Web site.
FK TEPLICE UEFA CUP 3/03/04
  Last
night's UEFA Cup tie in Teplice produced an official
match programme and a pirate
programme produced in the Czeck Rep. The official programme is
A4 in size and has 12 glossy pages in full colour for approximately
42 pence. The pirate has 12 folded A4 pages, full colour covers, grayscale
pages inside and is a very nice production. Very few copies were brought
back and unless more appear, this pirate will be very rare indeed.
THE CELT - OBITUARY EDITION 2004, ISSUE 77
 The
latest issue of the excellent The Celt magazine is out. This is a
special obituary edition and has a picture of the great Celtic goalkeeper
of the 1950's, John Bonnar, who sadly passed away in January 2004.
It is as good a read as you'll get and there are 6 issues per year
at a cost £1 per issue but you can subscribe at a rate of 4
issues for £5 (inc p&p). To subscribe, send your payment
to E.A. MacBride, 31,
Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY. We are creating a page
dedicated to The Celt that is under construction at the moment but
you can click here
to see what is there already.
FK TEPLICE UEFA CUP 3/03/04 - WE'RE THROUGH
Celtic are through to the last 16 in the UEFA Cup after
a battling performance in the Czech Republic. The Hoops lost the match
0-1 but the 3-0 win in Glasgow last week was enough to win the tie.
The draw for the remaining rounds up to the final will be made in
Nyon tomorrow at noon and we will have the full details of Celtic's
draw here along with details of all the memorabilia from tonigh't
match. An official match programme was definitely issued and we have
heard that there should be a localy produced pirate (and possibly
a Spanish pirate) on sale. Click here
for a picture of an FK
Teplice away ticket.
FEBRUARY 2004
LIVINGSTON SPL26 29/02/04 - 25-IN-A-ROW
 While
Alex McLeish's flops were losing 2-0 to Dundee Utd live on BBC Rangers,
Martin's O'God's stars were turning on the style to beat Livingstone
5-1 at Celtic Park. With this win, Celtic have broken their own record
of 24 SPL wins in a row and moved 16 points in front of you know who.
Celtic issued the usual type of match
programme. Click this for a picture of a match
ticket and Windfall
ticket.
MORE THAN 90 MINS MARCH ISSUE 21 (29/02/04)
 Issue
21 of the Irish based Mt90M Celtic fanzine was on sale at Celtic Park
today. Jackie McNamara on the front cover, more articles covering
our hobby than any other Celtic magazine and a great read for £2.
Click here
to see a bigger picture. Click on this link to see every
issue Mt90M fanzine and more info.
REPRINT SUDUVA AWAY ON ebay
A possible reprinted Suduva
away programme has sold on ebay for £63. That's okay for
the person buying this reprint - at least they have been informed
by this reputable seller that it may be a reprint (although this is
not clear from the sellers description and it left up to the buyer
to decide to gamble or not). The real problem arises when this is
eventually sold on as an original. I have seen one of these reprints
and it is very difficult to tell the difference between them.
If you don't have an original and you want to know
what these differences are, click here
for more info on how to spot a reprint. Note that the seller informs
that this copy "DEFINITELY came from Latvia" (we assume
he means Lithuania). If this is so, it is an original as the reprinted
versions are being printed in Scotland by dealers here. Don't believe
the stories being circulated about a second batch of reprinted programmes
coming in from Lithuania. I have heard 4 different
attempts at trying to explain them. It simply didn't happen
and the stories are being circulated by the reprinters to confuse
the situation and cover their tracks. The Celtic Collectors Club also
have some information on this programme here.
GREEN, WHITE & BOLD ISSUE 2 OUT
 The
2nd issue of the new Green, White & Bold Celtic fanzine is out
and you can by it from the fanzine's Web site or at Celtic Park before
the FK Teplice match on Thursday. This month's cover features the
de Boer twins who, for some reason, seem to be the flavour of the
month. Bigger
picture. Click here
to see pictures of other Celtic fanzines. Click here
to see the back
cover.
NOT THE VIEW MARCH ISSUE 120 (26/02/04)
 The
latest issue of the NOT
THE VIEW Celtic fanzine was on sale at tonight's match against
FK Teplice. The fanzine cost £1.50 for 44 pages. Issue 2 of
the new Green, White & Bold Celtic fanzine was also on sale but
was extremely difficult to find. If this group want to be successful,
they will have to get their act together regarding how the fanzine
is sold or it may go down the drain faster than the Ibrox title challenge.
Issue 21 of More than 90 mins fanzine will be on sale at the Livingston
match on Sunday.
FK TEPLICE UEFA CUP 26/02/04
Henrik
Larsson and Chris Sutton scored to give Celtic a 3-0 advantage to
take to the Czech Republic next week. Click to see a picture of the
match
programme for the game. Click for a picture of a match
ticket, official
team sheet, friendship
pennant and match
badge.
Click here
for a picture of an FK
Teplice away ticket.
BLACK FOREST CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB BADGE FOR SALE
 The
German Celtic Supporters Club, Black Forest CSC, has designed a new
pin badge for their club members and are selling off the excess. Joe
Gilhooley of the Celtic
Collectors Club has kindly agreed to sell them on behalf of the
club to save currency exchange problems. If you are interested in
buying one, please click here
to get payment details. All money goes back to the CSC.
FOUR GAMES TO GO-THENBURG (26/02/04)
By Thursday 4th March we will know the three teams
that Celtic will have to defeat if they are to play in this season's
UEFA Cup final in the Nya Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg on the 19th
of May. The draw for the fourth round, quarter-finals and semi-finals
will take place at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland at 1 pm
GMT. Sixteen teams go into the hat - let's hope Celtic can overcome
FK Teplice to be one of them. They will be split into two groups of
eight, with half the teams seeded and the other half unseeded for
the fourth round only - no seeding will be used in the quarter-finals
and semi-finals draw.
A RARITY ON ebay (24/02/04)
How many times have you seen the word "rare"
or the phrase "very rare" used to describe a programme for
sale on ebay's auction site, only to realise that it is in fact a
common issue? Okay, there's at least one on every page but there is
a truly rare Celtic issue on auction as you read this (Ends at 04-Mar
at 10:28). The programme is from a match played at Celtic Park on
26 February 1931 against Aberdeen and has the immortal John Thompson
in the team line ups. If you want to bid or just see a picture of
the programme, click here.
RECORD BREAKING CELTS WIN 24-IN-A-ROW 22/02/04
 Celtic
smashed Morton's 40 years old Scottish record of 23 wins in a row
with a 4-1 win at Firhill today. Chris Sutton and Stan Varga scored
twice each to mark Celtic's twenty fourth victory in a row. The team
that set the new record was - Douglas, Kennedy,
Varga, Balde, McNamara, Petrov, Lennon, Pearson, Thompson, Larsson,
Sutton. Thistle issued their usual match
programme and you can click this to see a picture of a match
ticket.
alternative VIEW FEBRUARY ISSUE 23 18/02/04
 As
promised in their January issue, Issue 23 of the alternative VIEW
magazines arrived at your local newsagents today. The alternative
Celtic magazine now appears to be 'back on the rails' after their
brush with insolvency last year. And, with the rumours of the demise
of the Club's official trumpet the Celtic View circulating, this could
be their chance to become No1. The most expensive of the Celtic publications
available, the mag offers 36 A4 pages of great reading in full colour.
The March issue is due out on St. Patrick's Day - Wednesday 17th.
Click here
to see every
issue of alt VIEW.
DUNDEE UNITED home SPL24 14/02/04
 Celtic
struggled to a 2-1 victory over Dundee United at Celtic Park today
but managed to maintain their recording breaking run of 23 SPL wins
in a row. Celtic issued their usual match
programme in normal numbers. Click this to see a copy of the official
teamsheet.
DUNFERMLINE away SPL23 11/02/04
 Celtic
reached 22 SPL wins in a row with a 4-1 victory at Dunfermline to
maintain their 11-point lead at the top of the table. The scorers
were Larsson (2), Varga and Thompson. Pars thought that their plastic
pitch would give them a big enough advantage to win the match but
they'll need more than that to beat Martins Marvels. A match
programme was on sale in the usual numbers for £2.50. Click
this to see a picture of a match
ticket.
Here's a wee song you may find yourself singing at
the next Celtic match. Sung to the tune of "Nice one Cyril, Nice
one son". One's called Ronald, one's called Frank. One missed
a penalty, the other one's a W@*%
NEW FKB KAUNAS PIN BADGE
 A
Champions League pin badge for the FBK Kaunas has turned up. The badge
is bigger than the usual pins for the CL and is likely to be from
Russia like the
bigger sized Suduva badge that was available for the FK Suduva
European ties in 2002. On the subject of badges, the Celtic
Collectors Club has loads of badges on show at their Web site
and Danny Jacobs of Glasgow Programmes.com is now selling badges and
fanzines from his programmes stall at Celtic Park on match days and
his Web site at www.glasgowprogrammes.com.
THE CELT - WINTER 2004, ISSUE 76
 The
latest issue of The Celt magazine is out. As far as we know, The Celt
can only be bought from the editor of the magazine by post. For £1
you get 40 folded A4 pages full of excellent content. The Celt is
not a fanzine but more a historical record of Glasgow Celtic FC. There
are 6 issues per year at a cost £1 per issue but you can subscribe
at a rate of 4 issues for £5 (inc p&p). To subscribe, send
your payment to E.A. MacBride,
31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY.
We are creating a page dedicated to The Celt that is
under construction at the moment but you can click here
to see what is there already.
HEARTS away SCOTTISH CUP ROUND 4 ANNIHILATION 07/02/04
 Martin
O'Neill's hooped heroes absolutely destroyed a brutal Hearts team
that were only interested in hurting Celtic's classy stars. They were
given a football lesson at their own midden as Stan Petrov scored
twice and Henrik Larsson proved he is the King of Kings by
coming back from another of Webster's horror tackles to score Celtic's
third goal in the 96th minute. Two of the worst offenders - Maybury
and Hartley - were sent off for a style of play that would get them
arrested anywhere other than a football park and Man of the Match,
Neil Lennon had to suffer the usual sectarian abuse from their Nazi
saluting supporters. I wonder if cry baby Levein will bring out a
video of his player elbowing Neil Lennon? Doubtful! Hearts issued
a match
programme and here is a picture of a match
ticket - let's hope the next one's for Murrayfield. ROBINSON MUST
STAY!!!!!!!
You can still get Issue 1 of the new Celtic fanzine
Green, White & Bold. It was being sold at Tynecastle today so
if you haven't got one yet, you should be able to buy it at the next
home match..
SUMMER FRIENDLIES IN THE USA
Glasgow Celtic are going to Toronto and Boston. Celtic
will play two friendlies against European clubs in Toronto and Boston
between July 25 and Aug. 1. There is no word of where the Toronto
game will take place, although the Toronto Blue Jays SkyDome would
seem the only logical venue. If SkyDome is to be used, a temporary
grass field would have to be put down. The Blue Jays are at home July
25 through to July 28 before leaving to play in Tampa on July 30.
They return to SkyDome on Aug. 2 for an afternoon game. The Celtic
visit is being organized by Champions World, the New Jersey-based
promoter that put together last summer's successful tour of North
America.
MORE THAN 90 MINS FEBRUARY 2004 ISSUE 20
 The
February issue of the Mt90M fanzine was on sale at today's Kilmarnock
match. This issue has 32, A4 pages on heavy glossy paper (heavier
than usual) and includes a tribute to exCeltic goalkeeper John Bonnar
who died recently after a battle with illness. Joe Gilhooley of the
Celtic
Collectors Club writes more articles of interest to collectors
including one on the origins of "The Shamrock" a 1960's
fanzine. Click here
for a picture
of the front cover. Click here
for a picture of every issue of Mt90M. Check out their new Web site
at www.morethan90minutes.com.
PROGRAMME MONTHLY Number 275
 The
February issue of Programme Monthly is out. It has all the usual features
and articles but the most interesting of these explains the emegence
of the new Hibs U21 issue that began with the
one against Celtic U21's on 29/12/03. The programme is the work
of a Young Hibs fan and all profits from the sales go to the club's
"Stand Up and Be Counted" campaign (whatever that is) and
the youth system.
SUMMER 2004 FRIENDLIES IN THE USA
Celtic are going to Toronto and Boston in the Summer
of 2004. They will play two friendlies against European clubs in Toronto
and Boston between July 25 and Aug. 1. There is no word of where the
Toronto game will take place, although the Toronto Blue Jays SkyDome
would seem the only logical venue. If SkyDome is to be used, a temporary
grass field would have to be put down. The Blue Jays are at home July
25 through to July 28 before leaving to play in Tampa on July 30.
They return to SkyDome on Aug. 2 for an afternoon game. The Celtic
visit is being organized by Champions World, the New Jersey-based
promoter that put together last summer's successful tour of North
America.
"SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD" - HENRIK LARSSON
Show Racism the Red Card
is an anti-racist charity which was established in January 1996 with
the aim of using Professional footballers as anti-racist role models.
If you visit
their Web site, you will be able to read what the King of Kings
has to say on the subject as well as download some freebies.
NOT THE VIEW 119 FEBRUARY ISSUE
 The
latest issue of NTV was available at Celtic Park today. This issue
has actually been out since 31st December but this was the first chance
to buy at a home match since . In this issue Millergate, hand of god
(part 3), match reports, farewell then steve guppy and lots more.
Click here
for a bigger picture. Click here to see every
NTV issued (almost).
JANUARY 2004
NEW CELTIC FANZINE ON SALE TODAY 31/01/04
 A
brand new Celtic fanzine called "GREEN, WHITE & BOLD"
was being sold at today's match against Kilmarnock. Four hundred copies
were printed and every one of them sold (but you can still get copies
from the Web site and at the next home match). The fanzine has a full
colour card cover and twenty black and white pages inside with colour
used very sparingly. It looks like a winner with lots of good content
and an editor called "Mad Cyril" they can't lose. Good luck
to their editorial team and lets hope it last longer than some other
Celtic fanzines.The price was £1.50. Click here
for a
picture of the fanzine cover. The next issue is due out on 26
February. Web site at www.greenwhiteandbold.com.
All other Celtic fanzines can be viewed here.
KILMARNOCK SPL22 Sat 31/01/04
 Celtic
issued a match
programme with a reduced print run for today's match. Click here
for a picture of a match
ticket, Paradise Windfall
ticket and the official
teamlines. Celtic stretched their lead at the top of the SPL to
14 points with a 5-1 win and goals from Didier Agathe, John Hartson
(2), Henrik Larsson and Stephen Pearson.
ABERDEEN SPL21 24/01/04
 The
Hoops were setting more records today as they won their 20th league
match in row at Pittodrie 3-1. Although the young Aberdeen team played
well, Celtic were just too good scoring through Petrov, Larsson and
Stephen Pearson (1st goal for Celtic). Celtic remain unbeaten in the
SPL and it is difficult to see any team getting the better of them.
Aberdeen issued a 64
page match programme with a change in style and size from their
last Celtic issue in their Centenary season in 2003. Click this to
see a copy of a match
ticket.
HEARTS SPL21 24/01/04
 Sectarian
bigots wearing maroon and white (not a minority as the Scottish Press
would have us believe) with money to throw away and a guy that wears
specs and thinks he can see better than everybody else (even after
playing back his own video footage), ten bookings and one goal to
the Celtic. It's great to beat them at their own midden. Enough said.
alternative VIEW FEBRUARY ISSUE 22 (21/01/04)
 The
latest issue of the aV Celtic magazine is on sale at your local stockist.
For £2.50 you'll get 36 A4 pages in full colour crammed with
Celtic related articles and photo's. Articles include - Millergate,
Chris Sutton on his England chances and smarter than the average bear
John (yogi) Hughes answers 46 quick questions. It's a great read and
the next issue is due out on Wednesday 18 February. Click here for
a picture
of the magazine cover.
ROSS COUNTY SCOTTISH CUP 10/01/04
  Celtic
drew Hearts at Tynecastle in the next round of the cup after beating
Ross County 2-0 in today's 3rd round match at Celtic Park. Only the
bottom tier of the ground was open today and Celtic printed only 5,000
copies of the match
programme.Click here for a picture of a match
ticket and a Paradise
Windfall ticket.
RANGERS SPL19 (03/01/04)
 Celtic
scored three against the darkest of the dark forces today to move
11 points in front in the SPL title race. Stilian Petrov, Stanislav
Varga and Alan Thompson grabbed the goals which gave Celtic the three
points. If there is a better player than either Alan Thomson or Chris
Sutton available to the English international football manager, I
have yet to see him. Both players were immense during the action today
and we vote Chris Sutton as man of the match. Celtic issued their
usual match
programme - click here
to see it.
MORE THAN 90 MINS JANUARY 2004 ISSUE 19
 The
latest issue of the excellent Mt90M fanzine was on sale at today's
match (first sold at the Hibs match 27/12). The fanzine is good value
at £2 and must be one of the best football fanzines in Europe.
This may seem like a wild claim at first but the fact is that Celtic
have at least three dedicated fanzines that are better than anything
available for other clubs. As a collector of Celtic memorabilia, I
have to say that Mt90M covers our hobby superbly with many interesting
and informative articles about collecting and I hope that they continue
this trend. This issue has 32, A4 glossy pages including a Champions
League post mortem, a tribute to Jim Kennedy and Joe Gilhooley of
the Celtic
Collectors Club writes some articles that collectors shouldn't
miss. Click here
for a picture
of the front cover. Click here
for a picture of every issue of Mt90M.
EBAY AUCTION DESCRIPTIONS ARE A JOKE
 Have
you noticed how a very large number of the Celtic items offered for
auction on ebay are described as "Rare" or "Very Rare".
There is no doubt that some of these descriptions are from people
who are just simply misinformed and have no idea what a particular
Celtic item is worth. Others however, are out to con you into paying
more for an item than you should. For example, right now on ebay somebody
is trying to pass off the Jimmy Johnstone/Bobby Lennox testimonial
programme as "Extremely Rare " in the auction title and
as "an exceptionally rare programme" in the auction description.
If I were asked to name a programme that is more common than this
issue, I would struggle. Now it could be that this is a genuine mistake
so we have sent the seller an email about it and will let you know
how abusive his answer is. In the meantime, if you are new to collecting
Celtic things or are not sure how rare a programme is, feel free to
send an email for our opinion before bidding. The truth is that VERY
few genuinely rare Celtic items ever come up for sale on ebay so you
should be suspicious when a Celtic programme is described as VERY
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