NEWS STORIES 2005-2006 - PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE THIS PAGE LOADS

Contains ALL of the news from this season's Celtic issues.

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MAY 2006

APRIL 2006

HEARTS SPL36 - 30/04/06

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.COVENTRY CITY 11/04/06 - RICHARD SHAW TESTIMONIAL

A 72 page, A4 size programme was on sale for tonights match at the Ricoh Arena, price £5. Click here to see the programme and match details.

.HEARTS SPL32 05/04/06 - CHAMPIONS BEFORE EASTER

Hearts tried their third manager of the season to see if he could beat Gordon Strachans Celtic but Ivanauskas, like Burley and Rix, failed in his mission. Birthday Bhoy John Hartson scored the crucial goal in the fifth minute to give the Celts the SPL title and send Hartleys Jam Tarts back to Edinburgh to think again. It now looks like all they'll get is a Scottish Cup runners-up medal to show for their troubles as Rangers will no doubt catch them up for second place and a Champions League spot. Click here to see the match programme.

Two Celtic fanzines were on sale around the stadium tonight. More than 90 Mins issued a Jimmy Johnstone special with the wee man on the front cover.

Not the View issued number 144 with the Celtic team celebrating the CIS League Cup win at Hampden on the cover.

.THE CELT ISSUE 102 - 01/04/06

Issue 102 of The Celt is out for April 2006. You can't buy this mag in the shops, only through subscription. If you want to read this cult Celtic fanzine, you will have to order it from the editor. Subscribe at the address below. Subscriptions are great value at £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p). Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see this issue or here for our Celt fanzine page.

.JIMMY JOHNSTONE CHARITY CD SINGLE

Jimmy Johnstone, Celtic's Greatest Ever Player, charity CD single was released on Monday 27th March 2006. The single, aims to raise money and awareness of the condition Motor Neurone Disease, is expected to become a bestselling record because of Celtic’s worldwide support.

Jimmy Johnstone, who died on Monday 13th March 2006 after a 5-year battle with MND, said: “So little is known about this dreadful disease and what causes it, so I wanted to raise money for care and research into MND, and to help raise awareness."

The double A-side features Johnstone in a duet with Simple Minds' Jim Kerr, covering the Ewan MacColl classic, Dirty Old Town. World-famous band Simple Minds recorded the song with football legend Jimmy Johnstone during the filming of 'Lord of the Wing', a biographical film documentary about the Scottish footballing great.

The second track on the CD, entitled Lord of the Wing, is performed by John McLaughlin, the Scots songwriter who has written lyrics for Westlife and formed the boy band Busted. The third track, entitled Commeroration (Jinky's Farewell), was written by Laura McGhee in honour of Jimmy Johnstone, after the news of his passing.

Each charity CD single sale will raise £2 towards the Jimmy Johnstone motor neurone disease tribute fund, which helps sufferers of the disease.

HMV have already made it possible to pre-order the title online click here.

MARCH 2006

.LIVINGSTON SPL31 - 26/03/06

Celtic beat Livingston at the City Stadium 2-0 in this SPL31 match and set the scene for the Hoops to win the league title before the split. Next Wednesday's match with Heartski at the Park could provide the three points we need to get our title back. Poland's World Cup star Zurawski opened the scoring in 47 minutes and the Scottish Player of the Year Shaun Maloney converted a penalty five minutes later to end the match as a competition. Livingston issued a nice programme with new signing Colin Healy on the front cover. Click here to see the programme, match ticket and photographs from the match.

Don't expect wee Gordon Strachan to win Scottish Manager of the Year this season - even if he wins a cup and league double in his first season. The cat was let out of the bag on Sunday's BBC radio sports programme when presenter Jim Traynor announced that there are some amongst the Scottish Press Association that would NEVER vote for anybody connected with Glasgow Celtic, no matter the circumstance. This is the practice of silent, secretive sectarian bigotry from the very same hypocrites that preach to Old Firm fans via the pulpit of their newspapers and radio shows.

This seems to be coming true. If you listen to the various sports programmes on radio, you will have heard several of the 'experts' declare their vote for Kilmarnock moan-a-lot Jim Jeffries. No, it's too early to be an April fools joke, they're serious. Jim Jeffries - FAILED in the CIS Cup, FAILED in the Scottish Cup and FAILED in the SPL - is their choice as they scrape about for any alternative to WGS to give their dubious award to. Get serious. If Gordon Strachan doesn't get this award, they will be exposed as hypocritical bigots and should be brought to task as such. Like the poor wee smokers, time is running out for the bigots in Scottish society.

.HOME OF CSC BADGES ISSUE 2 - MARCH 2006

Issue 2 of the home of CSC BADGES badgezine. This fanzine for collectors of Celtic badges is published by the home of CSC BADGES Web site. The badgezine is the creation of site owner William Mulholland and has 20 pages covering all the the areas of enamel badges, including european, domestic and general issue vendor badges. Click here to see a bigger picture of the mag. If you would like a free copy, you can contact William at the Home of CSC Badges Web site.

.NOT THE VIEW 22/03/06 - TRIBUTE TO JIMMY JOHNSTONE ISSUE

Not The View had a special tribute issue to Jimmy Johnstone on sale at Wednesday's SPL match against Inverness CT. It has a great colour photograph on the covers and the entire issue is dedicated to Jinky with contributions from some of the top journalists.

Celtic also dedicated their match programme to the man voted as Celtic's "Greatest Ever Player" in 2002. The front cover of the programme has a black and white photograph of a 20 year old Jinky with that cheeky grin that we're all familiar with and on the back, a colour photograph of the great man in mid-dribble. Before the match, both teams and both sets of fans stood for one minute and applauded, cheered, whistled and sang in honour of Jinky and all that he meant to us. At half-time, the Lisbon Lions were lead onto the field by Jinky's wife, holding the CIS Cup that was won at Hampden three days before. Click here If you want to see a full-size picture of the match programme, match photographs and read details of the match.

The official Web site of Celtic's greatest ever player can be found at www.jimmyjohnstone.com. The site has some brilliant stuff, some of it free or you can buy Jinky memorabilia like the lapel badge on the left at the online shop. Every purchase made means more money for research into a cure for Motor Neurone Disease.

DUNFERMLINE CIS League Cup Final - 19/03/06

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THE CELTIC VIEW - JIMMY JOHNSTONE 1944 - 2006

The Celtic View have used their current issue to mark the passing of Jimmy Johnstone. It is a fitting tribute for the man voted the greatest ever Celtic player by the Celtic fans in 2002. Much of the issue is dedicated to Jinky and there are some fantastic pictures of him inside and on the front and back covers. The back cover (shown left) is stunning and shows Jinky as a very young man.

It is a difficult time for everyone connected with Celtic and Scottish football but our thoughts are with Jimmys family, his close friends and the Lisbon Lions. Jimmy's now playing in heavens eleven, he's gone but will NEVER be forgotten. Click here to see the front cover of the Celtic View. To visit the official Jimmy Johnstone Web site, click here.

HIBERNIAN SPL 29 - 12/03/06

Cocky Hibs were put in their place at a snowy Easter Road today by a Celtic team unbeaten now in their last fourteen SPL matches. Gordon Strachans team took another mighty step on their way to automatic qualification for next season's Champions League but had to work hard for it. Hibs scored first and looked in charge but there is something about Strachans team that just won't give up. Celtic worked hard to put Hibs down and equalised when Maloney scored a penalty after he was scythed down from behind by Whittaker. After that, cretans in the Hibs support insisted in booing Maloney even after they watched it on the telly at half-time. Young Stephen McManus wrapped up the points on the hour mark, slotting home a Zurawski pass from close in.

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ABERDEEN SPL 28 - 04/03/06

Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-0 on Saturday and moved 16 points in front of Hearts (13 after their win on Sunday). Stan Petrov opened the scoring after 66 minutes, Maloney scored his in 75 and Zurawski rounded off the scoring in the 89th minute. Click here to see the match programme.

Not The View Issue 142 was being sold around the stadium.

FEBRUARY 2006

DUNFERMLINE SPL 27 19/02/06 - RECORD BREAKING CELTS

Celtic made Premier League history today by scoring eight against the Pars at East End Park. No debuts for a change but Maciej Zurawski scored four and played his best match since joining Celtic. Stilian Petrov opened the scoring in the third minute when young Marc Wilson made a fine run up the left wing to cross. John Hartson made it two followed a by a Zurawski hat-trick. All of this and the fun still wasn't over as Shaun Maloney scored the sixth with a brilliant volley, Neil Lennon scoring a rare goal made it seven and the Poland international scored his fourth and Celtic's eighth in the dying minutes of the match. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

.RANGERS SPL 26 - 12/02/06

Celtic took their fantastic away support to Ibrox today and treated them to yet another victory at the home of their fiercest rivals. Magic Zurawski scored the crucial goal in 11 minutes and Keane and Lennon ran the show after that. That result gives the Celts 13 points on Hearts (What a bunch of losers!) and 21 points on 4th place Rangers. Click here to see the match programme.

A programme has been issued for the postponed Under 19's match against Rangers. The match was due to be played on February 10 but was postponed too late to stop the programme being printed.

If you want to buy a copy, click here to send an email and order one from Iain McKee.

FALKIRK SPL25 - 08/02/06

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THE CELT 100 - THE OLDEST CELTIC FANZINE IN PUBLICATION

That excellent wee rag - The Celt - reached a major milestone in February with the 100th issue since it was first published in August 1983 by its founder George Sheridan. In our opinion, it is the most interesting of all the Celtic related publications on offer these days and if you subscribe to the Celt, you will not be disappointed. Subscription is the only way to get the rag and its a great deal at only £5 for 4 issues and that includes p&p. If you are interested in supporting The Celt and keeping it going by subscribing, click here to get all of the details you need.

.ST JOHNSTONE SFA Youth Cup - 06/02/06

Celtic played St Johnstone in an SFA Youth Cup 4th round tie at McDiarmid Park on Monday night, Celtic youths winning 3-0. St Johnstone issued a 4-page programme on blue paper for 20p. If you want to buy a copy of the programme, send 20p per copy plus SAE to Paul Smith, Sales and Marketing Manager, St Johnstone Football Club Ltd, McDiarmid Park, Crieff Road, Perth, PH1 2SJ.

The inaugural St Johnstone FC Programme Fair will take place in the Muirton Suite at McDiarmid Park on Sunday 19th february between 11am and 3pm. Three dealers (Peter Rundo + Douglas Stevenson + AN Other) will be in attendance and there will be a display of St johnstone archive material.

.FALKRK SPL25 - 08/02/06

Roy Keane scored his first Celtic goal as Celtic top the SPL, 10 points clear of Hearts and 18 points above Rangers (they lost 2-0 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie). Dion Dublin made his Celtic debut and showed that he will be a valuable player in the run-in to the championship. Click here to see the programme and match details.

.MOTHERWELL CIS Semi-final - 01/02/06

JANUARY 2006

.DUNDEE UNITED SPL24 - 28/01/06

Celtic dropped two points today with a 3-3 draw against Dundee United at Celtic Park. Hartson 9, Zurawski 49 and Petrov 67 scored the goals that keeps Celtic eight points in front of Hearts. New signing Mark Wilson made his debut against his former club. Celtic issued a match programme. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

Two Celtic fanzines were on sale at the match - Not The View had Issue 141 on sale with Artur Boruc pictured on the front cover and More than 90 Mins went with Roy Keane for the cover of Issue 36 of their excellent production. If you are interested in Celtic fanzines, have a look at our Celtic fanzines page.

.FANAD UNITED UNDER 19'S - 26/01/06

Celtic Under 19's took on North-West Donegal junior outfit, Fanad United in a freindly in Ireland on Thursday. The match was arranged to mark the inauguration of the new €73,000 floodlight system at the playing fields at Tragh-a-Lough, Fanad. Fanad issued an excellent coloured match programme for €2. The Fanad Peninsula lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland.

MOTHERWELL SPL23 - 21/01/06

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.KILMARNOCK SPL22 - 14/01/06

Celtic kept their lead at the top of the SPL with a 4-2 win over Kilmarnock today in Roy Keane's home debut. Shunsuke Nakamura scored the first with a superb free kick in just three minutes and went on to play his best match for Celtic so far. Click here to see the programme, ticket and match details.

.CLYDE SCOTTISH CUP ROUND 3 - 08/01/06

Clyde knocked Celtic out of the Cup today at Broadwood Stadium. The 2-1 score flattered a very poor Celtic team, it could have been 6-1 and Clyde would have deserved it. Roy Keane and Du Wei made their debuts and Zurawski returned from his international injury to score Celtics goal. Programme and match details here.

.WORLD SOCCER MAGAZINE JULY 1967

The World Soccer magazine issued in July 1967 has a photograph of the Celtic squad for the 1966/67 season on the front cover. At the time of writing this article, a copy of the mag is being auctioned on ebay and is fetching a surprising price. It is not a great deal of money - £10 with one day remaining - but is still a fair amount for a single magazine of this type. The Celts of 67 are on the cover because they had just become the first British team to win the European Cup two months before. If you want to see a picture of the magazine and some more info, click the link. If you want to follow what happens with the auction, click here - available up to 90 days after the auction finishes on 13-Jan-06.

.THE CELT ISSUE 99 - 01/01/06

Issue 99 of The Celt is out for January 2006. You can't buy this mag in the shops, only through subscription. If you want to read this cult Celtic fanzine, you will have to order it from the editor. Subscribe at the address below. Subscriptions are £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p). Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see the current issue or here for our Celt fanzine page.

.HEARTS SPL21 01/01/06 - THE GORGIE BUBBLE'S BLOWN APART

Celtic destroyed an over-cocky Hearts team today in a stunning second-half display at Tyncastle. Hearts were up 2-0 at half-time with goals from Wallace (og) and Pressley but could not stand the pressure that comes with being a Championship winning team. Their bubble finaly burst when substitute Stephen Pearson scored on 55 minutes and Stephen McManus added two more in the last three minutes of the match. This stretches Celtic's lead in the SPL to 7 points over Hearts and 17 points over Rangers. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

DECEMBER 2005

.LIVINGSTON SPL20 - 26/12/05

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.INVERNESS CT SPL19 -18/12/05

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.1967 EUROPEAN CUP WIN TO BE HONOURED BY UEFA - 14/12/05

Celtic will be honoured by UEFA along with the other 21 clubs that have won the top European club trophy as part of their 50 years of European football celebrations. Only two years ago it was the Celtic supporters that UEFA and FIFA honoured as being the best fans in the World, now it's the turn of Jock Stein and the other Lisbon Lions that won the European Cup in 1967. Peter Lawwell will be at the Champions League draw in Nyon on Friday to receive a commemorative plaque on behalf of the club. Maybe he should take Fernando Ricksen with him so that he can get his facts straight about who's won what.

.RANGERS UNDER 19'S -14/12/05

Celtic Under 19's played Rangers Under 19's in an SPL Youth League match at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld on Wednesday 14 December. Celtic won the match 2-1 with goals from Marc Millar and Paul McGowan, Dany N'Guessan scoring for Rangers. Like the big team, the young Celts are well out in front in their league, leading second placed Motherwell by six points. This result leaves the Ibrox youngsters in sixth place, trailing the leaders by 13 points. The return match is scheduled for Saturday 11 February 2006 and we expect that a programme will be issued for this match as well. Click here to see the programme.

.NEW FANZINE FOR BADGE COLLECTORS - 10/12/05

Issue 1 of a new fanzine (or badgezine as the author calls it) for collectors of Celtic badges has been published by the Home of CSC Badges Web site. The site and badgezine are the creation of Celtic badge collector William Mulholland, who confesses to having over 1500 badges in his collection. The badgezine has 20 pages covering all the the areas of enamel badges, including european, domestic and general issue vendor badges. Click here to see a bigger picture of the mag. If you would like a free copy, you can contact William at the Home of CSC Badges Web site.

.HIBERNIAN SPL18 - 10/12/05

Hibs put up the best display of the season from a visiting team in this match but were beaten 3-2 in the end by goals from John Hartson (2) and Shaun Maloney. Celtic issued a match programme in usual numbers. Click here to see the programme and match details.

.DECEMBER CELTIC FANZINES - 10/12/05

Four different Celtic fanzines have published their December issues, three of them were on sale at the Hibernian match on Saturday.

The first was Issue 1 of a brand new fanzine from the Jungle Bhoys called "Jungle Fever". It is printed in full colour and had 32, A5 sized glossy pages for £1.50. The Jungle Bhoys are the new Celtic 'ultras' group that are involved in trying to improve the atmosphere at Celtic home matches - good luck with that one but we can't see it happening under the current seating regulations. If they want to improve the atmosphere, their best plan could be to lobby the appropriate people about creating a safe standing area inside Celtic Park and other football stadiums. While the fans are arranged like battery hens in a chicken coup and guarded by overzealous stewards, it just won't happen. The fanzine has its own Web site and if you want to get involved, you can contact the JBs by email. Jungle Fever is an interesting read and we look forward to issue 2. Click here to see the fanzine and contact addresses.

Issue 139 of Not the View - now the longest running Celtic fanzine still in print - was on sale at the usual points around the ground and Issue 35 of the Irish-based fanzine More than 90 Mins was also available, although it is always a bit more difficult to find this one. Click these links to see the Not the View and More than 90 Mins.

Finally, The Celt Issue 98 is out. You can't buy this in the shops or at the match, only through subscription. If you want to read this cult Celtic fanzine, you will have to order it from the editor. This might seem like a lot of effort when you can buy the other Celtic fanzines far more easily but this one is worth it. Subscribe to The Celt at the address below. Subscriptions give great value at £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p. Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see the current issue or here for our Celt fanzine page.

ABERDEEN SPL17 - 04/12/05

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.THE PATSY GALLAGHER TESTIMONIAL PROGRAMME

The picture on the left shows the front cover of a Celtic programme from the 1932 Patsy Gallagher testimonial match (or Complimentary Benefit match as they called it then). It is taken from a Web site dedicated to the great Celt. The site shows a series of pictures scanned from the programme along with other information about Gallagher. The match was played at Celtic Park between a Scottish Football League select and a Celtic / Falkirk select on 4th January 1932. Patsy had been 6 years at Falkirk by then and there are many other famous names in the teamlists on the middle pages - Morton and Meiklejohn of Rangers, McGrory and Kennaway of Celtic to name but four. This is a must visit site, not one to be missed if you are interested in Celtic programmes. Click here or on the picture to go to the site.

.THE GREAT GLASGOW FOOTBALL PROGRAMME FAIR 2006

The 3rd Great Glasgow Football Programme Fair is set for Tuesday 3rd January 2006. The fair will be held in the Buchanan Suite of the Ramada Glasgow City Hotel (formely the Ingram Hotel) in Ingram Street between 11am and 4pm. Admission is free. For more info call Douglas Stevenson on 01563 573316.

NOVEMBER 2005

DUNFERMLINE SPL Nov 2006

.NOT THE VIEW ISSUE 138 - 19/11/05

Not the View Celtic Fanzine Issue 138 was on sale today. Click here to view it or here for the NTV image gallery.

.CELTIC 3 RANGERS 0 - 19/11/05

Celtic thrashed Rangers today to move three points above second place Hearts and Big John Hartson took only 12 minutes to score his 101st goal in the famous Hoops. Nakamura intercepted a Hutton pass, slipped the ball to Shaun Maloney who crossed an inch perfect ball for Hartson to side-foot past the Rangers goalie. Shunsuke Nakamura set up the second with a cross for a Bobo Balde header and Irish internationalist Aiden McGeady knocked the third in under the body of blunder-keeper Waterreus. Celtic issued their usual match programme for the match. Click here to see the match ticket, programme and match details.

.RANGERS CIS Cup Quarter-final at Celtic Park - 09/11/05.

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.ON EBAY AND OVERPRICED - 07/11/05

A full set of home programmes for Celtic's European Cup win in 1967 is being sold in an ebay auction that finishes tomorrow (07/11). The set includes the programmes for the four rounds up to the final, the final programme itself, a copy of the World Championship programme for the home match against Racing and a small pennant from around the time of the final.

The interesting point is that the bids have already far exceeded the value of the set. If you accept that the four programmes for the earlier rounds are worth around £40 each, £200 for the final and about £10 for the Racing that adds up to about £380. As the bid currently stands at £690 with 15 hours left until the auction ends (07-Nov at 15:37UTC), the pennant would have to be worth around £300 to make it a good deal for the top bidder. I don't claim to be an expert on the value of pennants but I'm sure that it's not worth that amount. The seller is totally blameless as he/she started the bidding at only £10 - now that's what I call a bargain. If you want to check on the final price for this auction, click this. Click here to see the statue on the front cover of this week's Celtic View.

We are trying to keep a record of the latest prices paid for Celtic programmes and have now published it here. We haven't made any of them up and all of the estimates represent actual prices people have paid for the programmes. Feel free to make use of the list but please don't write to us to argue about it. If you don't agree, keep it to yourself.

.STILIAN PETROV CHARITY DINNER - 06/11/05

The Stilian Petrov Dinner and Charity Auction was held on Sunday 6 November with all the proceeds being split between Yorkhill Children's Charity Foundation and the victims of the recent Bulgarian flood appeal. A brochure and dinner menu were available for collectors. click here to view.

.FALKIRK SPL14 06/11/05 - HARTSON 100, CELTS STAY TOP

Big John Hartson scored Celtic's third goal at Falkirk Stadium today and joined the elite band of Celtic strikers to score 100 goals in the famous Hoops. Although well in charge of the match, It took Celtic until four minutes from half-time to beat a hard working home team. Shaun Maloney pounced from close in to guide a McGeady pass past Glennon in the Falkirk goal. The second came more quickly, this time through Aiden McGeady. The Falkirk fans had been spewing their sectarian and racist bile at the young Ireland international for the entire match when, just a minute after the first goal, he collected the ball and struck a low shot past the helpless Falkirk keeper to make it two. Falkirk issued a match programme for £2.50.

.BROTHER WALFRID MEMORIAL STATUE - 05/11/05

The unveiling of the the Brother Walfrid memorial statue was held on Saturday, 5th November at Celtic Park. The statue of Brother Walfrid, the central figure in the founding and early history of Celtic Football Club, has been placed outside the main entrance to the Park as a permanent tribute to the great man.

Financed entirely by donations from Celtic fans from around the world, it is a 9ft-high bronze and was created by Glasgow sculptor Kate Robinson. During the ceremony, Brian Quinn gave a moving speech on the charitable origins of Celtic and the need to feed and clothe the poor and hungry Irish immigrants that lived in Glasgow's East End. The statue was blessed by the Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti and unveiled by former player Sean Fallon in front of the hundreds of fans that turned up to watch the historic event. As if that wasn't enough, the Memorial Fund Committee had the foresight to publish a pamphlet to mark the occasion. The four page publication is printed in full colour on Novatech matt 250gsm board and has a photo of the statue on the front cover. Click here to see the pamphlet.

See some photographs of the event and statue at the Celtic Collectors Club Web site.

OCTOBER 2005

.DUNDEE UNITED SPL13 - SAME OLD CELTIC, ALWAYS WINNING - 30/10/05

Celtic beat Dundee Utd at Tannadice today. The 4-2 win and the defeat of the 'unbeatable' Hearts yesterday allowed the Celts to overtake Romanov's team and regain their rightful place at the top of the SPL. We knew the Hearts bottle would crack eventually but it was great to see it smashed at Easter Road by Hibs. United issued a 64 page, full colour programme for £2.50 - click here to see the programme and match details.

MOTHERWELL SPL12 - 26/10/05

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KILMARNOCK SPL11 23/10/05.

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.THE CELT ISSUE 96 - 17/10/05

Issue 96 of The Celt is out for October 2005 but you can't buy this in the shops, only through subscription. If you want to read this cult Celtic fanzine, you will have to order it from the editor. This might seem like a lot of effort when you can buy the other Celtic fanzines far more easily but this one is worth it. You can subscribe to The Celt at the address below. Subscriptions give fantastic value at £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p). Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see the current issue or here for our Celt fanzine page.

.CELTIC MATCH BADGES - 15/10/05

One year on and new Celtic match badges are still appearing for last year's Champions League matches in Group F. The badge on the right is from Spain, it makes 30 different badges that I've collected for that campaign but there are even more to get, if you are a serious badge collector. Fifty four is nearer the mark but how do you keep up with what you need to complete your collection? David Hood's Celtic badges Web site is the answer. If a badge exists, it'll be on his Web site. If you collect badges and haven't been to the site yet, hurry up and click here. You won't be disappointed.

.HEARTS SPL10 - 15/10/05

Celtic drew 1-1 with Hearts today, Craig Beattie scoring the Celtic goal. A 64 page match programmes was on sale for £2.50. Click here to see today's programme or here to see every issue this season.

You could also buy three different Celtic fanzines at today's match - the alternative View Issue 40, More than 90 Mins Issue 34 (see below) and Not The View Issue 137. Click below to see a picture of the alternative VIEW and Mt90M issues or here to see the NTV137. If you want see just about every Celtic fanzine ever printed, click here.

.ALTERNATIVE VIEW ISSUE 40 - 12/10/05

The latest issue of alternative VIEW magazine came out today and is available at the usual places. Being issue 40, this is another milestone for this excellent Celtic magazine in a difficult market (remember what happened to Green, White & Bold). If you can wait until Saturday, it will be on sale at Celtic Park before the match with Hearts. The mag cost £2.50 for Thirty two A4 glossy pages of pure Celtic news and insightful commentary (not the crap we're fed by the laptop loyal). Click here to go to our aV page and look at every issue printed or click at the image to see a picture of the current issue.

.LIVINGSTON SPL9 - 01/10/05

SEPTEMBER 2005

.INVERNESS C.T. SPL8 - 24/09/05

Celtic beat ICT at Celtic Park today thanks to a Craig Beattie double. A match programme was on sale for £2.50 and the latest issue of the Irish based fanzine, More than 90 Mins was being sold around the ground for £2. Click this link to see the match programme and ticket or this to see Issue 34 of More than 90 Mins.

.FALKIRK CIS Cup 3rd Round - 21/09/05

.THERE'S ONLY ONE NEIL LENNON - 20/09/05

Neil Lennon appeared before the SFA's disciplinary committee today to answer for his sending off at Ibrox last month and received a three match ban. This will disappoint the bigots in the Scottish press, media and public who have been campaigning for them to 'make an example of him'. This means that he will only miss the CIS Cup match tomorrow, the two SPL matches against ICT and Livingston and will be back to help knock Hearts off the top of the league on October 15 .

.HIBERNIAN SPL7 - 18/09/05

Stan Petrov scored the only goal of the match in Celtic's 1-0 win at Easter Road today. Hibs issued a sell-out (2,200 print run), 56 page, A5 programme for £2.00. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

The first issue of a new political fanzine called "IRIS" was being sold at Easter Road. The magazine is A4 size and cost £3. It is printed in full colour on glossy paper and had 32 pages. As you would expect, the content is mainly political but there is a two page spread about Aiden McGeady discussing his choice of playing for Ireland rather than Scotland. The mag is printed and published by Cairde Na hÉireann and you can contact them at PO Box 2273 Glasgow, G33 1WX or at cairde.scotland@ireland.com or by phone at 07963038448.

.ABERDEEN SPL6 - 10/09/05

A goal in each half from Maciej Zurawski and Stilian Petrov gave Celtic all three points on the 20th anniversary of Jock Stein's death. There were celebrations before the match to pay tribute to Celtic's greatest ever manager and Celtic issued a special programme with big Jock's picture on the front cover and the Lisbon Lions of 67 as a double-page poster inside. The 64 page programme sold out before the kick-off. Click here to see the programme and match ticket.

.JOCK STEIN REMEMBERED - 10 September 1986

Celtic fans plan to pay tribute to Jock Stein before the match against Aberdeen on Saturday. It will be 20 years since the great man died in Cardiff while managing Scotland to the World Cup finals in 1986. The Bhoys and Ghirls at thecelticjungle.proboards44.com have a flag that will be unfurled in the Jock Stein Lower stand and green and white streamers are being released from the top-tier. Celtic have arranged for the Lisbon Lions to kick-off the celebration before the game and there will be an Italian style minute of applause, rather than silence, before the match kicks-off.

The match programme will have a special section on JS, including a poster of Hugh Birt's classic photograph of the manager and his European Cup winning team - you know the one with the Lions, Jock Stein in the middle of the back row, the Cup in front and the old Jungle in the background.

.SEPTEMBER CELTIC FANZINES

The latest version of The Celt came out on Friday 9 September. Issue 95 includes the next chapter on Pat Wood's fact finding mission to Celtic 1967 World Club Championship opponents Racing Club and is not one to miss. You can only get this fanzine directly from the editor but it is well worth the effort. To find out how, click here.
Three other fanzines were available at the match against Aberdeen on Saturday - Not The View Issue 136, The View from the 32 Issue 13 and alternative VIEW Issue 39. The alternative VIEW will be available at your usual outlet from Wednesday 14 Sept and the next issue of More than 90 Mins will be out within the next two weeks. Click here for our fanzines page.

.NEW ORLEANS CSC NEEDS YOUR HELP - 07/09/05

Following the devistation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast of America, many Celtic fans have found themselves caught up in the carnage. Other CSC's in the States have given help with offers of cash, lodgings and food etc. However, they still need our help and an appeal has been launched for fellow Celts to help in any way they can. If you want to learn more about this, go to www.cybertims.com.

.BRITISH MASTERS GRAND FINAL - 04/09/05

After winning the Scottish Masters Tournament played at Braehead in July this year, Celtic's Masters team travelled to the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester to take part in the British Grand Final on Sunday 4 September. It was the first time the Celts have made it to the Grand Final so their exit at the Quarter-final stage to Tottenham Hotspur's Masters is understandable. Spurs won the match 4-3 with Andy Walker, Chick Charnley and Frank McAvennie scoring for the Hoops. Like in the earlier Scottish Masters, a tournament programme was on sale at £5, this time in a smaller B5 size.

.ARBROATH FRIENDLY - 02/09/05

Because of the break for the Scotland v Italy World Cup match on Saturday, Celtic played a friendly match against Arbroath at Gayfield on Friday nght. A strike midway through the second half was enough for Celtic to see off a plucky Arbroath side 1-0. Arbroath matched their opponents for much of the game with the Celtic side including, Virgo, Agathe, Pearson and Wallace in the starting eleven. The match was arranged at very short notice so no programme was issued.

AUGUST 2005

.DUNFERMLINE SPL5 28/08/05

Two of Gordon Strachan's Summer signings scored their first goal for Celtic today. Maciej Zurawski scored in 5 minutes and followed that by scoring his second in the 4-0 win. Japanese internationalist Shunsuke Nakamura was the other star to open his Hoops account. The Pars issued a 48 page B5 programme for £2.50. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

.SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME APPEAL - 26/08/05

Celtic programme collector and season ticket holder Gerry Weir has asked us to appeal to Celtic fans everywhere to support him in his bid to raise funds for SIDSA (Cot death). Gerry's brother, Paul, tragically lost his 13 day old daughter, Erin, from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in March this year. On 11 September he is running in the Robin Hood Half Marathon in Notttingham to raise funds to help buy monitors for new parents. He hopes to raise £800 (or more). If you can help in any way, simply go to www.justgiving.com/forerin where you can donate online. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure and is also the most efficient way to sponsor Gerry: The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

.THE CELT - 18/08/05

The latest issue of The Celt fanzine is out. Issue 94 is the August issue of the now monthly magazine. This issue has a brilliant article from Celtic historian, Pat Woods who is in Buenos Aires interviewing members of the Racing team that Celtic played in the World Club Championship in 1967 for his next book. You can subscribe to The Celt at the address below. Subscriptions give fantastic value at £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p). Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see the current issue or here for The Celt fanzine page.

.ALTERNATIVE VIEW ISSUE 38 - 17/08/05

Issue 38 of the excellent Celtic magazine was on sale at the Falkirk match on Saturday but went on general sale today. Shunsuke Nakamura is pictured on the front cover and in a double-page poster inside. The magazine costs £2.50 and can be be bought from your local newsagent, garage or supermarket. If you subscribe to the mag, you get 12 issues for the price of 10 and postage is free. They no longer have a Web site but you can email them for details at fitba@btconnect.com. Click the pic to see every issue.

.CELTIC COLLECTORS CLUB CDROM 4TH EDITION - 17/08/05

Following the success of the first three editions, the CCC has updated their CD to include season 2004/5. New sections have added including the pre-1946/7 programmes (over 60 images) and the miscellaneous section has been extended. The 4th edition is must for all collectors of Celtic programmes and contains over 3,700 Celtic programme images dating back to 1946/7. For more info on how to get a copy, click here.

.B-Jeugd BETUWE TOURNAMENT - 13-14/08/05

Celtic's Under 17's team played in the Betuwe Youth Tournament in Holland this week. The tournament has been held for the last ten years and the young Celts have taken part in the last three of them. The tournament always produces a programme and this year was no exception. The tournament programme has 40 A5 pages with a glossy card cover. Inside pages are printed with a blue spot colour on white glossy pages. Click here to see it and other tournament memorabilia.

.FALKIRK SPL3 13/08/05

Celtic were a goal behind to Falkirk at half-time but rallied in the second-half to win 3-1 with goals from John Hartson and Alan Thompson (2) to win all three points and move above Rangers. Celtic issued a match programme in normal numbers.

Congratulation to Aberdeen and ex-Celt Jamie Smith for their 3-2 victory over Rangers at Pittodrie on Sunday. Jamie scored the winner for the Dons, a screamer from 22 yards. Celtic now go into next week's match at Ibrox one point in front. If not a victory, a draw will do us.

.RANGERS SPL4 - 20/08/05

.CELTIC VIEW IS FORTY - 10 AUGUST 2005

The Celtic View will be forty years old tomorrow. Founded by former chairman Jack McGinn, Issue 1 hit the streets of Glasgow on August 11 1965 and was the first club newspaper of it's kind. To celebrate this landmark, this week's issue of the View contained a free reproduction copy of that very first issue. Well done Celtic View and thanks for a great piece of memorabilia. You can subscribe to the View by calling 0845 880 0445 or do it online at the Celtic Web site. You get a Chris Sutton DVD and your first three issues free with every subscription. Click here to see the current issue or here to see a picture of Issue 1.

.UMBRO GALWAY CUP - 08/08/05

Celtic's Under 15's played recently in the Galway Cup in Ireland and a tournament programme was issued. The international youth tournament was held at the new €6 million world class facility at Drom Soccer Park in Galway, home of Salthill Devon FC from 8 to 12 August . The tournament has an excellent Web site that you can visit. The site has a photo gallery and you can download a free colour copy of the tournament brochure in pdf format. Click here to see the tournament programme.

.DUNDEE UNITED SPL2 - 06/08/05

.ARTMEDIA BRATISLAVA Celtic Park 02/08/05

.GLASGOW PROGRAMMES OPEN CITY CENTRE SHOP

GlasgowProgrammes.com are opening a sports gift shop in the centre of Glasgow. Owner, Danny Jacobs has set the grand opening of the shop in the Savoy Centre, Sauchiehall Street for 10am on Monday August 1.On sale will be sports photographs, picture frames, birthday cards, football programmes, tickets, fanzines and much more. The shop, in units 28/29 on the second floor of the centre, is opened Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm so go along and see what you can add to your collection.

JULY 2005

.MOTHERWELL SPL1 - 30/07/05

.UPDATE ON BRATISLAVA AWAY PROGRAMME

After our previous article (see below) about the appearance of 300 extra copies of the rare Bratislava programme, the owner of Glasgow Programmes.com contacted us to dispute our information. Although the original info came directly from him, it now seems that he contacted the official at Artmedia Bratislava who deals with their match programme and arranged for them to be sent to Scotland. He also said that not all of the 300 programmes were made available to him but that some of them have gone to Artmedia supporters who wanted a memento of their amazing victory over Britain's first winners of the European Cup. We were also informed that the programme is not to be called a reprint but is a 're-release'. If you intend to buy a re-release copy, you will have to make up your own mind about the difference - if any - in the meaning of these two words. More on this later.

.ARTMEDIA BRATISLAVA REPRINTS

The Artmedia Bratislava European away programme has been reprinted. Reprints are being sold by GlasgowProgrammes.com from their Internet site for £45. The owner of the site contacted the publisher in Bratislava after it became apparent that the programme was scarce/valuable and arranged for another 300 to be printed. This is annoying on many levels but the fact that the programme is unlikely to be marked as a reprint is surely the worst of all. This is closely followed by the situation where some collectors have already paid big money for a first issue copy and first issue copies are currently being sold on ebay at over £120. More on this later.

.KOLLECTABLES LATEST SALE LIST

The Glasgow soccer memorabilia shop, Kollectables has issued it's current list of Celtic programmes for sale. All of the programmes in the list are available at set prices so why not give ebay a rest and make some hassle-free buys without getting involved in a bidding war. You can see the list at Kollectables Web site by clicking here.

.ARTMEDIA BRATISLAVA - 27/07/05

A programme was issued for the match in Bratislava tonight but was not on general sale at the Tehelné Pole Stadium. One copy per person was being given out free at Artmedia's Senec Stadium on match day to those lucky enough to visit the Senec Stadium. Only a handful made it back according to the collectors at the match. This will make the programme very rare. The last time something like this happened was for the Dynamo Batumi match in 1995 when the programme was only given out to members of Celtic's official party. More about this and a picture of the programme tomorrow. Match info and a picture of the match ticket and programme here.

.FULHAM / LEICESTER CITY / SPORTING / LEEDS UTD PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

.THE IRISH TOUR JULY 2005 PROGRAMMES - NEWRY TOWN, SLIGO ROVERS, MONAGHAN UTD, DERRY CITY

.THE CELT - 15/07/05

The latest issue of The Celt fanzine is out. Issue 93 is the July issue of the now monthly magazine. This issue pays tribute to ex-Celt and Scotland international Willie Miller who died on the 23rd of June. This issue is no different from any other issue of this great mag as it is crammed full of Celtic articles, commentary and statistics that you won't read anywhere else. You can subscribe to The Celt at the address below. Subscriptions give fantastic value at £5 for every 4 issues, the price includes p&p). Send your payment to E.A. MacBride, 31, Harrowby Lane, GRANTHAM, NG31 9HY, UK. Click here to see the current issue or here for The Celt fanzine page.

Willie Miller signed for Celtic at the age 17 from Maryhill Harp and was Celtic's keeper from 1942-49. In Tom Campbell and Pat Woods book The Glory and the Dream he is described as "an exceptional keeper .... of outstanding ability" and Bob Crampsey has declared Miller's performance in an inter-league international against England in 1947 as "the greatest display of goalkeeping I've ever seen". R.I.P.

.PRE-SEASON FREINDLY PROGRAMMES

Celtic have played four matches in preparation for the Champions League qualifier match against FC Artmedia Bratislava of Slovakia. Click on the links to see the programmes and information for each match - Fulham FC, Leicester City, Sporting Lisbon and Leeds United.

JUNE 2005

.FIRST ISSUE OF THE CELTIC VIEW 2005/2006 - 13/07/05

The first issue of the Celtic View for season 2005/06 is out today. The number of pages has been increased from last season's 64 pages to 72 and the price moves in the same direction, up 30 pence to £2.25. As we revealed in an earlier article, the View along with the match programme will now be printed by Oxfordshire based communications company Cre8.Network. The cover has been redesigned and looks great with captain Neil Lennon modeling the new Celtic away strip. Click here for a bigger picture.

.CSA INAUGURAL EUROPEAN CONVENTION - BENIDORM 2006

Dates have been confirmed for the inaugural Celtic Supporters Association European Convention which will be hosted by the Benidorm CSC in 2006. The week long event will take place from the 23rd to the 30th May with the prestigious award ceremony in the luxurious Benidorm Palace on Sunday 28th May culminating in a presentation to the inaugural Guest of Honour, a Celtic Legend. More details at the Celtic Supporters Association Web site.

.SCOTTISH MASTERS CUP 2005

Celtic veterans took part in the 2005 Scottish Masters Cup at Braehead Arena, Glasgow on July 3. Teams taking part were Celtic Masters, Aberdeen Masters, Motherwell Masters and last year's winners the Rangers Masters. The Celtic team have been competing since 2000 without winning the tournament but managed the feat this year and now go on to play in the Grand Final on September 4 at the M.E.N Arena, Manchester against the winners of the other areas. If you are interested in going to watch the old Hoops, kick-off is 5pm.

A tournament programme is issued each year for the area group matches with a separate issue for the Grand Final. Click here to see the tournament programme for this year's goup matches. The Masters tournament has it's own Web site where you can get information about the cup and buy the programmes and other masters related sports goods at their online shop.

.PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

Willie McStay is to take a reserves/youths team on a four mach tour of Ireland between 14th and 27th of July, playing - Newry Town at The Showgrounds, Newry on the 15th, Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds, Sligo on Tuesday 19 July at 8.00pm, Monaghan United at Century Homes Park on the 23rd and Derry City at the Brandywell Stadium on Tuesday 26 July. We will include info on any programmes produced as the tour progresses. We think that each match will produce a programme as, although these are pre-season friendlies for the Celts, they are mid-season friendlies for the Irish League teams and their programme editorial teams will be hard at work.

The pre-season friendlies for the first team are away to Fulham on Saturday 16 July, away to Leicester City on Tuesday 19 July, Sporting Lisbon and Leeds Utd at Celtic Park on Thursday 21 July and Sunday 24 July, respectively. The Sporting game is a freeby on your season ticket so match tickets for collectors will be scarce.

.CELTIC COLLECTORS CLUB WEB SITE REDESIGNED

The Celtic Collectors Club Web site has been totally redesigned for the coming season and has been relaunched in it's new format. Founded in October 2000, the CCC site is without doubt the best football memorabilia site anywhere on the WWW and Celtic collectors are fortunate to have such a resource dealing exclusively in their hobby. The site looks great and contains hundreds of pages of information with pictures about every kind of Celtic memorabilia that have been arranged under five, easy to find, main categories - programmes, books, badges, brochures and everything else. If you haven't visited lately, you'll be surprised by the changes. Click here to visit.

.CELTIC BADGES

If you collect Celtic badges and have ever wondered if your hobby is becoming your obsession, you should visit David Hood's Celtic Badges Web site. David has turned obsession into an art form and displayed his collection of Celtic badges for others to see. The site has thousands of images, loads of info about collecting Celtic badges, a collectors meeting place and much, much more. If you are new to the hobby, it's a must visit site. If your not, you've already been there. If your a member of a Celtic Supporters Club, David can help you get a badge made for your club. Click here to visit.

.CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

UEFA have made the draw for the Champions League first and second qualifying rounds for 2005/06 and the road to the The Stade de France next May begins for Celtic fans on 26 July. Celtic have been drawn against the winners of the First round tie between FC Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan and FC Artmedia Bratislava of Slovakia.

IF Artmedia triumph in the first round tie (let's hope they do or we're off to Kazakhstan. Wherever that is.), Celtic supporters traveling to Slovak will find a city steeped in history and culture. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia, the seat of the Slovak presidency, parliament and government and the country's largest city. Picturesquely situated on both banks of the Danube, it is at the foot of and in the Little Carpathians, directly at the Austrian and Hungarian borders and is only 60 km (45-65 minutes by train) from Vienna. Historically, it has been influenced by several nations including Rome, Greece, Austria and Hungary and is heaving with castles, ancient ruins and museums. Oh and there's an Irish bar where the bhoys can get a wee refreshment before the match called "Irish Pub" that can be found in Michalska Street, in the city centre.

.PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES 05/06

Celtic are to play Fulham in a pre-season friendly match for the third year in a row. The match is scheduled for Saturday 16 July at Craven Cottage. The kick-off time is still to be confirmed but a 3 pm start looks favourite. Three days later the Hoops take on Leicester City at the Walker Stadium on Tuesday, 19 July at 7.45pm. This will be only the second time that Celtic and Leicester have played against each other. The first time was during the 2001/2002 season when Martin O'Neill took his treble champions to play in a match to say "Fairwell to Filbert Street".

One month after the match against Celtic, Leicester City played for the last time at their Filbert Street ground. They had been playing there since 1891 but a new era awaited them just 400 yards away from the old ground at the brand new Walker Stadium. The last match at Filbert Street was against Tottenham Hotspur on May 11 2003 and a 100 page souvenir programme commemorating the 111 years of football at the Foxes' famous ground was published to celebrate the occasion. Click here to see the programme for both of these matches.

.A NEW CELTIC T-SHIRT WEB SITE - SIXTEE7

A new Celtic Web site has been set up called SIXTEE7. The Web site sells Tee-Shirts with unusual Celtic themes. For example, one shows a map on the front of the shirt containing the location of Celtic Supporters clubs around the World and lists the name of the CSC on the back. If your a member of a CSC, why not visit the site to see if your club is included. Another is dedicated to former Celt Mohammed Abdul Salim the first Asian player ever to play for a European football club. The site has a shopping cart system for convenient shopping and as a bonus, for every t-shirt sold Sixtee7.com will donate £1 to the Jimmy Johnstone MND Charity. Click here to go to the site.

.CELTIC PROGRAMMES 1946/47- 2003/04 CDROM 3RD EDITION

Joe Gilhooley of the Celtic Collectors Club has published an updated version of his "Celtic Programmes" CDROM. The 3rd edition is the result of 9 months hard work and research and is must for all collectors of Celtic programmes. It has almost 4,000 images of Celtic programmes dating back to 1946/47 and contains info on issues at all levels - Europe, domestic league and cups, reserves, pirates and friendlies. As a bonus, team line-ups, scores and scorers are listed for every domestice league and Cup tie, as well as all European games going back to the formation of the club in 1888. To order a limited edition and numbered copy of the CD, send a cheque or postal order for £12.99 payable to Joe Gilhooley at 47 Mayburn Avenue, Loanhead, Midlothian, EH20 9EY. Postage and packaging are FREE. If you've already bought Edition 1 or 2 and want to upgrade, you can buy Edition 3 for just £5 (including free postage) on return of the your edition 1 (or 2) CD. Do not send the jewel case. CD will be returned to you with the 3rd edition). More info.

.THE JIMMY JOHNSTONE WEB SITE

Celtic's greatest ever player, Jimmy Johnstone has his own Web site at www.jimmyjohnstone.com. If you haven't already been there, do it now. Apart from the excellent design of the site making your visit worthwhile alone, the content is superb and you can buy a vast range of Jinky memorabilia using the online shop. The site is Jinky's and the memorabilia is being sold by him so you won't be giving your cash to cowboys out to make a quick earner from Jimmy's name.

As well as a shop, there is a large image and news archive, a biography and statistics section or if you want to get more interactive, you can post a tribute to Jimmy, sign up for his newsletter or watch the short version of his latest film, " Lord of the Wing".

.ENAMEL PIN BADGES FOR CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUBS

Would you like to get a badge made for your Celtic Supporters Club but don't know how to go about it? David Hood, a Celtic badge collector, can help your CSC get a new or first badge made at cost price. He can help to design it for you or you can make your own design. David is only interested in collecting badges, he will give you your badges at cost price and makes nothing from the transaction. Sound too good to be true? Well he has already helped over forty CSC's with the same deal. The minimum order is 50 badges and they cost £1 per badge. If you are interested, contact David by email at davidhood1888@btopenworld.com. Why not visit David's Web site and see the badges he has already made.