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MAY 2011

MOTHERWELL SPL38 - 15/05/2011

Hero Neil Lennon stood on the Celtic Park pitch at the end of today's game against Motherwell and told almost 60,000 Celtic fans "This isn't the end, this is just the beginning". His rousing speech had everyone wanting more. More of his team, more of his brand of football and more of him as manager of our great football club. The team was rampant winning the last SPL match of season 4-0 with goals from Hooper, Samaras, Maloney and McCourt. For his first season as a manager, Neil Lennon has done well taking the league to the last day of the season, a league cup final and next week's Scottish Cup final against Motherwell to enjoy. God bless and protect him from the bigots and morons that are out to do him harm! Programme, ticket and match stats.

HEARTS SPL37 - 11/05/2011

Neil Lennon was attacked at his dugout by a bigoted moron as he watched his team dish out a total gubbing to Hearts in tonight's SPL match at the sicko dome. Gary Hooper struck twice and Kris Commons added a third to bring his goals total for the season to an amazing 27 (13 with Derby County). Programme, ticket and match stats.

RANGERS GLASGOW CUP FINAL - 09/05/2011

Celtic Under 17's beat Rangers 1-0 at Celtic park in the City of Glagow Cup final on Monday night. A goal by striker Paul George early in the second-half ensured a clean sweep of the trophies available to Celtic's talented development squad. Match programme, ticket and match stats here.

LATEST CELTIC FANZINES - 06/05/2011

As usual the guys that make Celtic fanzines have been buzy making their latest issues. Celtic supporters are lucky to have as many fanzines dedicated to their club as these magazines are almost the only way that you can read the truth about Celtic, Neil Lennon, bigotry, bombs, bullets and the spin from the Scottish press and footballing authorities.

By our count, there are now seven paper-based fanzines on the go. That number increased last month when Issue 1 of a new monthly Celtic fanzine called 67 appeared. It looks like this fanzine has its roots in the WWW and actually started when Issue 0 was trialed as a free PDF download from the 67 Website. Having now read issues 0, 1 and 2 it is a very worthy addition, is well produced and like the others makes very interesting reading. Well done to the Bhoys and Ghirls at 67 and we look forward to your next issue. Click here for our 67fanzine page.

So far, other issues for the month of May are Issue 195 of Not The View and Issue 118 of the peerless Alternative View.

INVERNESS SPL31 - 04/05/2011

Celtic blew the chance to go top of the SPL tonight in Inverness. Shambolic defending, mediocre performances all through the team and an ICT team playing well were the main factors in the 3-2 defeat and the loss of three precious points in the race for the championship. Celtic, one point behind, now need to beat Kilmarnock and Hearts away and Motherwell at home while hoping that Rangers draw one of their remaining games - Hearts and Dundee United at home and Kilmarnock away. Programme, ticket and match stats.

DUNDEE UNITED SPL35 - 01/05/2011

One down four to go in the race for the SPL title. Celtic thumped Dundee Utd 4-1 today at Celtic Park before almost 50,000 fans to stay one point behind the Dark Force with a game in hand. Programme, ticket and match stats.

APRIL 2011

RANGERS SPL YOUTH CUP FINAL - 27/04/2011

10,000 fans saw Celtic youths beat their Rangers counterparts 2-1 at Hampden tonight to add the SPL Youth Cup to the Under-19 league title they won on Saturday. Gregg Spence put the young Celts 1-0 up in 71 minutes but McCabe equalised two minutes from the end of normal time to take the final into another 30 minutes. In the second period of extra-time, Liam Gormley on for Patrik Twardzik scored the winner with his first kick of the ball. Let's hope the big team win their own double as well. Programme, ticket and match stats.

RANGERS SPL34 - 24/04/2011

Neil Lennon: Celtic to the Core Neil Lennon and his hooped heroes went to Ibrox today and got a draw that kept them on course for the SPL title and sent the great Celtic support home happy. The final score was 0-0 but Celtic would have won the match if not for a late penalty miss by Samaras and a couple of last-gasp saves by McGregor in the Rangers goal. Neil lennon remains unbeaten at Ibrox and has a chance of a league and cup double in his first season as Celtic manager. Programme, ticket and match stats here.

KILMARNOCK SPL25 - 20/04/2011

Celtic beat Kilmarnock 4-0 in tonight's re-arranged SPL match at Rugby Park with goals from Commons (2), Hooper and Stokes. Programme and match stats.

SPL ANNOUNCE POST-SPLIT FIXTURES - 14/04/2011

The SPL have announced the post-split fixtures list. A new date for Celtic's trip to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle, which was postponed on 2 April, will be announced shortly. Click here for Celtic's remaining fixtures.

ST JOHNSTONE SPL33 - 12/04/2011

St Johnstone, SPL 33, 12/04/11 Beram Kayal scored the only goal of the game in tonight's SPL match against St Johnstone in Perth. Celtic are now 5 points clear at the top of the league. Click here to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

Earlier today Celtic Under 19's beat Rangers 3-0 at Murray Park to get within a point of Hearts at the top of the SPL Youth League table with two games in hand. Callum McGregor, Tony Watt an Patrik Twardzik scored to give the young Celts a great chance of winning the league two years in row. Hearts have two games remaining - Rangers (h) and Celtic (a), Celtic have St Mirren, Inverness and Motherwell away and Hearts at home. Good luck in the remaing games Bhoys!

CELTIC V SEVILLE CELTS 2003 - JOHN KENNEDY BENEFIT MATCH

The current Celtic team are set to play the Seville Celts of 2003 this Summer in a benefit match for former Celt John Kennedy. Neil Lennon, Johan Mjallby, Alan Thompson, Chris Sutton and Big John Hartson will team up once more to play for a Martin O'Neil Select. Lubo Moravcik has also agreed to play in the match which will take place at Celtic Park on Sunday, May 22. Martin O'Neil will confirm the other former stars that will play for his select at a later date.

LATEST CELTIC FANZINES - 09/04/2011

All of the Celtic Fanzines have been on sale over the last two matches - The Celt Issue 123, Not the View Issue 194, Alternative View Issue 117, Tiocfaidh Ár Lá Issue 46, More than 90 Mins Issue 67.

ST MIRREN SPL32 - 09/04/2011

Celtic beat St Mirren 1-0 at Celtic Park today. Kris Commons came on in the second-half and scored the winner to make sure that Celtic stayed top of the SPL table. Neil Lennon served the last of his 5 match ban and will return to the dugout for Tuesday's SPL match at St Johnstone. Click here to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

HIBERNIAN SPL30 - 06/04/2011

Celtic remain top of the SPL after a 3-1 win against Hibernian at Celtic Park tonight. Click here to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

INVERNESS C.T. SPL31 - 02/04/2011

Celtic's SPL match with Inverness was called off today at the last minute because of a waterlogged pitch. A pitch inspection was arranged for 9.30am when referee Craig Thompson declared the pitch unplayable. The decision was announced at 10am but two late for the thousands of Celtic fans already on the way and hundreds that had already arrived at the stadium. That's not the fault of Inverness C.T. but blame must be directed at the people that allow such a late pitch inspection to take place. If they want to accept TV money and their ridiculous match kick-off times then they should arrange for the referee to be there the night before the match so that any decision about whether a match can go on or not can be made as soon as daylight allows. It's not just the inconvenience of a long journey wasted but the expense of that journey for the ordinary fans and, the fact that they will have to make that journey again and pay the price once more (god knows when but Thursday 14 April seems most likely) . Suites wise up or the fans will walk. Click here to see the match programme and ticket.

MARCH 2011

INVERNESS C.T. SCOTTISH CUP QUARTER-FINAL - 16/03/2011

Celtic are through to a Scottish Cup Semi-Final against Aberdeen at Hampden Park. Joe Ledley struck twice after ICT took the lead through a Rooney penalty. Neil Lennon was forced to sit in the stand but his influence on the team was still there for all to see in his team selection. Match stats and programme here.

HAMILTON SPL29 - 05/03/2011

Celtic beat Hamilton 2-0 in round 29 of the SPL today thanks to a double from Kris Commons. Celtic unveiled a statue to the late and great Jock Stein in a ceremony held before the match. Match stats, ticket and programme here.

FINN HARPS JOHN KENNEDY TESTIMONIAL 06/03/2011

The postponed testimonial against Finn Harps for big John Kennedy has finally taken place.Celtic took a strong team to Ireland to honour the ex-Celt who was injured in his International debut for Scotland and was forced to retire after several failed operations to restore his shattered knee. Three second-half goals from Efraín Juárez, Daryl Murphy (2) and James Forrest gave Celtic a 4-1 victory over the Airtricity League of Ireland side played at Finn Park in Ballybofey. Johan Mjällby took charge for the friendly following death threats aimed at Celtic manager Neil Lennon in the week leading up to the match. Finn Harps issued a new programme from the one issued for the postoned match back in November 2010. A crowd over just over 1,200 attended the testimonial match. Match stats and programme here.

HAMILTON SPL29 - 05/03/2011

FEBRUARY 2011

MOTHERWELL SPL28 - 27/02/2011

Celtic's 17 match unbeaten run stretching back to 10th November 2010 is over after a 2-0 defeat at Fir Park today. Match stats, ticket and programme here.

RANGERS SPL27 - 20/02/2011

Neil Lennon's team gave Rangers a comprehensive drubbing in Sunday's SPL match at Celtic Park. His young Celtic team are on fire and Rangers could do nothing to stop them. Gary Hooper struck twice in the first half and Kris Commons scored the third 20 minutes from the end in the 3-0 victory. Match stats and programme here.

CELTIC POSTER BHOYS MAGAZINE ISSUE 1 - FEB 2011

Celtic Poster Bhoys is a new poster magazine for young Celtic fans. The first issue was available from around the middle of february 2011 and cost £3. Inside are colour glossy posters of most of the Celtic first team (including Shaun Maloney - yes he's still at Celtic Park). The magazine has 23 posters of different sizes plus two giant pull-out photographs in the middle pages. Only two of the pages are used for adverts, one for the young Hoops Club and another for subscriptions to the Celtic View magazine. The official Celtic website say "Celtic Poster Bhoys is a brand new official magazine packed with posters of all your Celtic heroes" and that it is "the ONLY poster magazine that comes direct from YOUR club". How long it will last is anybody's guess but it will all depend on how popular it becomes and many copies are sold. There is no attempt to sell subscriptions to the magazine at the moment and no indication that it will be a monthly or quarterly issue. Again, it looks like this will depend on sales. Click this to see a bigger image.

RANGERS SCOTTISH CUP - 06/02/2011

Celtic drew 2-2 with the forces of darkness in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup today. Rangers took the lead through Ness in only 3 minutes. The Celts poured on the pressure and equalised through derby debutant Kris Commons in the 16th minute. For the rest of the half Celtic played all the football but the home team held out until almost half-time when they were awarded their obligatory penalty when Naismith fell in the box and touched the diving Celtic goalie on the way down. 2-1 down and the Celtic goalie sent off when it should only have been a yellow as Naismith had already lost control of the ball and his chance to score. Despite being a man down Celtic started the second half the way they played the first 45 minutes and soon equalised with a 20 yard cracker from their captain Scott Brown. On it went with Rangers looking like they were a man down instead of Celtic. Fifteen minutes from the end Naismith was red carded for another dive to trick the ref and gain a penalty and will miss the replay set for March 2. Time to give Neil Lennon a longer contract!!!!! Match stats and programme here.

CELTIC TO PLAY IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY - 01/02/2011

Celtic are set to play Athletic Club Bilbao in a friendly match at the San Mamés Stadium on March 26. The match will raise funds in aid of Biscayan Football and will be attended by Angel María Villar, president of the Spanish Football Federation.

This will be the second time that Athletic have organised this friendly with the aim of raising money for Biscayan Football Federation, after last year’s match against the Paraguayan national team. Click this to read a great article on the match with a description of Celtic that will make you proud to be a Tim, 1 of 9 million.

JANUARY 2011

ABERDEEN LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL 29/01/2011

Celtic are through to the League Cup final after a 4-1 win against Aberdeen at Hampden Park. 38,085 fans saw Celtic's new signing Kris Commons give the Celts a 1-0 lead after only 6 minutes and he was given the man-of-the-match award at the end. Just 4 minutes later the semi-final was ended as a contest as Charlie Mulgrew leaped high above the Dons defence to head in Celtic's second goal. Thomas Rogne and Anthony Stokes added two more goals for Celtic before the 35 minutes mark and it was all over. Celtic took off Rogne early in the second-half sufferring from a slight thigh strain, brought on Mexican World Cup star Efráin Juárez at right-back and moved Mark Wilson to centre-half. Match stats and programme here.

HEARTS SPL24 26/01/2011

A stunning strike by James forrest put Celtic 1-0 up in just 7 minutes in this SPL match at Celtic Park. Forrest went off injured just 13 minutes later and was replaced by Paddy McCourt. Celtic suffered the usual incompetent decisions by Scottish referees in the first half. Referee Norris booked Mark Wilson for getting to the ball first in an early tackle while he let Rudi Skacel away with four fouls before finally booking the hearts player for his fifth and just before half-time he let the same player away with tugging the jersey of a Celtic player to stop an attack. Figure that out! The second-half started the way of the first, Iziguirre had his jersey tugged in another of his driving attacks and Anthony Stokes blasted the free-kick into the Hearts net. That was the Gorgie gas on a peep and Celtic drove forward for more goals. The third was added by Anthony Stokes on 71 minutes and Paddy McCourt added a fourth with ten minutes to go, his sixth goal of the season. Match stats and programme here.

ABERDEEN SPL23 - 22/01/2011

Celtic beat Aberdeen 1-0 at Celtic Park today to take full advantage of Rangers' defeat by Hearts in the early kick-off at Tynecastle. The hoops are now 5 points ahead at the top of the SPL. Anthony Stokes scored the vital goal, his fourth in three games and twelfth since his debut in mid-September. Match stats and programme here.

BERWICK RANGERS SCOTTISH CUP - 09/01/2011

Celtic are through to Round 5 of the Scottish cup. Goals from Danny Majstorovic and Scott Brown ensured a 2-0 victory for the hoops at Shielfield Park. Match stats and programme here.

RANGERS SPL21 - 02/01/2010

Neil Lennon's tactics and a brilliant performance from the team saw Celtic dominate today's match from start to finish. Two second-half goals from Georgios Samaras gave Celtic the victory and all three points in the New Year Glasgow Derby at Ibrox. Celtic are now top of the league by 4 points and we plan to stay there! Match stats here.

DECEMBER 2010

CELTIC LAUNCH COOLER NET SITE

Celtic are about to launch a brand new version of their official Web site. It's not fully operational yet but you can try out a beta version right away. The completely revamped site includes a lot of new features and allows you to customise what you see. Have a sneak preview of the latest test version by clicking here - beta.celticfc.net.

CELTIC SIGN FREDDIE LJUNGBERG - 30/12/2010

Celtic have signed Freddie Ljungberg in a deal that will last until the end of this season. Since leaving Weat Ham, he has been playing in the United States for Seattle Sounders and then Chicago Fire. Celtic will officially unveil Ljungberg as a Celtic player at Lennoxtown on New Year's Eve at 10am. Story at the official Celtic Website.

MOTHERWELL SPL20 29/12/2010

Celtic went top of the SPL today thanks to a 1-0 win over Motherwell in the final match of 2010. The victory was thanks to another Paddy McCourt special scored in the 27th minute. Rangers didn't play so Celtic move one point in front but have played two more games than their rivals. Match stats here.

ST JOHNSTONE SPL19 26/12/2010

Celtic's beat St Johnstone 2-0 at Celtic Park today but left it very late, scoring twice in added time. The first came from Cha Du-Ri with a shot from outside the box that was in the net the moment the ball left his boot. That moment was in the 91st minute and two minutes later his fellow countryman Ki Sung-yueng added a second that was even better. Celtic now have to do without the two North Koreans for much of January as both are away on international duty for their country in the Asian Cup. Match stats here.

NOVEMBER 2010

JOHN KENNEDY TESTIMONIAL POSTPONED 28/11/2010

The match between Finn Harps and Celtic for the John Kennedy testimonial match has been postponed because of bad weather. Celtic were due to fly to Ireland on Saturday night for the match on Sunday but were unable to fly out of Glasgow airport. This will disappoint the fans in Ireland that were looking forward to seeing the Celtic first team play in the Republic. Celtic have promised to rearrange the match at the earliest opportunity with details appearing on the Finn Harps Website as soon as it happens. A programme was published for the postponed match but only a few were saved from the mulcher. Here's one of the survivors.

INVERNESS CT SPL15 27/11/2010

Celtic drew 2-2 with ICT at Celtic Park today and missed the chance to go top of the SPL. Ki Sung Yeung scored first before sub Paddy McCourt made it two when he scored Celtic's 600th goal in the SPL since it's inception (current format) in 1998. One other remarkable point about this match was that it was the first time that a Celtic league game was refereed by an official from another country. Referee Alain Hamer from Luxembourg was drafted in by the SFA when Scottish referees went on strike because some of them have been caught lying about events in a Celtic match and another had allegedly been sending sick and sectarian emails using his official SFA email account. They really are a shameless lot and others should join Hugh Dallas by resigning right now! Although it was a disappointing result for Celtic it was great to have a referee that was competent, fair and didn't hate the green and white. Match stats here.

FEYENOORD EUROPEAN CUP FINAL 1970

A Celtic collector has made a programme for the 1970 European Cup final between Celtic and Feyenoord to fill a gap in his collection. As even novice collectors will know, no official programme was issued for this match. Incredible? Yes! Not incredible that a collector has decided to make one 40 years later but that UEFA once allowed this to happen, At almost the same time he thought that maybe other collectors may want a copy of his programme so he has printed a limited edition of 100 and intends to sell them on ebay. If you manage to buy one of these programmes, the seller will donate 20% of the final price to Motor Neurone Disease Scotland. The excellent A5 size programme is professionaly produced, has 12 pages and includes a double-sided coloured glossy insert with details of the game. Click here to see the programme for sale on ebay. You can also make an offer by emailing John Paul on jpaird@sky.com.

CELTIC V RANGERS IN THE SCOTTISH CUP 22/11/2010

Celtic have been drawn with Berwick Rangers in round 4 of the Scottish Cup. The match goes ahead at Berwick's 4,131 capacity Shielfield Park on either Saturday the 8th of January or Sunday the 9th, depending on which matches are selected to be televised: the BBC has the option to show one match and SKY will show two but there has been no agreement on which yet. The Borderers are managed by Jimmy Crease and are currently in 4th position in the Scottish Football League Division 3.

ALTERNATIVE VIEW ISSSUE 112 12/11/2010

Issue 112 of the Alternative View Celtic fanzine is out for subscribers and will be on sale at the SPL match against St Mirren on Sunday. As you can see from the image on the left, the front page headline is "2 LIARS AND A SICKO". The "2 liars" are Dougie McDonald and Steven Craven who lied about a decision during the recent Dundee Utd v Celtic match in Dundee. The "Sicko" is Hugh Dallas who has allegedly sent an email using his official SFA email account containing an image that trivialises child abuse by making it into a joke. The article that goes with the headline makes fantastic reading and exposes the guilty for what they are. The Scottish press would like us to think that this is an isolated incident but one question we all want to know the answer to is how many other lies have Celtic suffered from in the past?

Click here to read a part of the article. The Alternative View is now on Facebook.

DEDICATED TO A HERO OF WW2 - WILLIAM ANGUS V.C.

William Angus VC is the most famous son of Carluke, a small town in Lanarkshire, Scotland. On leaving school he was employed as a miner, but escaped the rigours of that work when his soccer abilities led to him joining Glasgow Celtic as a professional footballer. As he struggled to gain a place in the strong Celtic team of that time, his sporting days were interrupted by the outbreak of war.

William Angus won the Victoria Cross for valour when saving a fellow soldier under almost unbelievable danger and this Web site is dedicated to his memory.

Click here or at the image on the left.

HEARTS SPL13 10/11/2010

HEARTS SPL13 10/11/2010 Celtic lost 2-0 to Hearts, Neil Lennon was sent to the stands by another easily offended 4th official and Joe Ledley was sent off by blunder referee Craig Thomson in a night of high-drama at Tynecastle. Celtic went behind on the half-hour mark to what must be regarded as an own goal by Danny Majstorovic but was mysteriously awarded to Black of Hearts who's weak shot was headed over the advancing Celtic keeper by the Celtic centre-half. Next, Joe Ledley was sent off for what must be one of the best tackles ever seen at that park and shortly after that Celtic lost another when caught short at the back. Celtic should have been given the chance to get back into the match when a Hearts defender clearly handled the ball in the box but to the surprise of everyone at the match, on television and on radio neither Craig Thomson or his assistant referee saw the blatant infringement. Another honest mistake?

Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

ABERDEEN SPL11 06/11/2010

ABERDEEN SPL11 06/11/2010 Hoops heroes Henrik Larsson, Lubo Moravcik and Chris Sutton watched from the stand as Celtic set an SPL record score by beating Abedeen 9-0 at Celtic Park today. The game had just about everything to entertain the 47,000 fans braving a cold and wet Parkhead including two hat-tricks (from Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes), three penalties, two ordering offs, an Aberdeen own-goal, some great anti-SFA banners before the match from the Green Brigade and not a white lie in sight.

Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

OCTOBER 2010

ST JOHNSTONE SPL10 30/10/2010

Naill McGinn notched up a brace and Emilio Izaguirre scored his first Celtic goal in a 3-0 win at McDairmid Park today. St Johnstone will be glad to see the back of Celtic after losing 6 goals in 4 days to the green and white. Neil Lennon dropped Glenn Loovens for young Norwegian Thomas Rogne at centre-back and the team looked better for it. Ki Sung-Yeung continues to improve and had a fine match in the midfield alongside the classy Joe Ledley. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

ST JOHNSTONE CO-OP CUP 27/10/2010

Celtic reached the semi-final of the Co-operative Insurance Cup tonight at McDairmid Park. Two goals from Anthony Stokes and another from Naill McGinn made sure the Celts joined Rangers, Aberdeen and Motherwell in the semi-final draw to be made on Friday. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

Update: Celtic will play Aberdeen in the semi final of the Co-operative Insurance League Cup at Hampden on the weekend of January 29/30 2011. The scheduled Clydesdale Bank SPL match with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park is postponed to a later date tbc.

RANGERS SPL9 - 24/10/2010

Celtic lost their first SPL match since Neil Lennon became manager back in March 2010. In the showdown match against Rangers things started well as Celtic took a 1-0 lead into half-time through a Gary Hooper goal scored just before the break. In the second-half everything changed and a catalogue of defensive errors and another honest mistake by another Scottish referee allowed Rangers to ease to an easy 3-1 victory and the top of the SPL league table. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

DUNDEE UNITED SPL8 - 17/10/2010

Neil Lennon's Celtic beat Dundee United in the Sunday SPL match at Tannadice today. That's a run of eight league victories in a row for the new Celtic manager and preserves his 100% record in the SPL. Include the same from the tail-end of last season and that adds up to an amazing record for the Irishman. The scoring for Celtic was started and ended by new signing Gary Hooper, one in each half of the match in this crucial 2-1 win. This victory keeps Celtic on equal points with league leaders Rangers but with a goal fewer on goal average. With the first Derby match looming this Sunday at Celtic Park everything is set up for one crazy afternoon in Paradise. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

SEPTEMBER 2010

INVERNESS C.T. CO-OP LEAGUE CUP 22/09/2010

Celtic are through to the quarter-final of the League Cup. The hoops continued their good league form into the cup by beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6-0 at Celtic Park tonight. The 17,500 fans that turned up to watch in torrential rain saw an exiting and entertaining match that had Celtic scoring for fun. Georgios Samaras hit a hat-trick, Gary Hooper returned from injury and scored and new bhoy Anthony Stokes scored two, one from the penalty spot. This was one that Celtic were never going to lose and it gave Neil Lennon a chance to give some fringe players a go in the first team. The draw for the quarter-final stage will be made tomorrow at 2.30pm in the SFA Headquarters at Hampden Park. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

KILMARNOCK SPL5 - 19/09/2010

Celtic came from behind to win 2-1 at Rugby Park today. Neil Lennon's team lost it's first league goal of the season when Kilmarnock went ahead in the 7th minute through Conor Sammon but when Stokes was up-ended by Wright in the Kilmarnock box in the 41st minute, Daryl Murphy stepped up to equalise from the penalty spot. Shortly after the break, Anthony Stokes put Celtic ahead, scoring his first goal in the hoops since moving from Hibs. That's five victories in a row now for Neil Lennon's team to make it the best start in the league for over a century.

Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

HEARTS SPL4 - 11/09/2010

Celtic made it four SPL wins in a row without losing a single goal when they destroyed Hearts at Celtic Park today. Goals from James Forrest, Shaun Maloney and Paddy McCourt keep Celtic at the top of the league. Before the match, players and fans held a one minute's applause in honour of the immortal Jock Stein who died managing Scotland to the World Cup finals on September 10 1985. It is 25 years since that terrible night in Cardiff and we still miss him. The Green Brigade must be congratulated for the special display of banners and singing in honour of the first British manager to win the European Cup and set a World record of 9 league titles in row. God bless. Click this for the programme and match stats.

AUGUST 2010

ST MIRREN SPL2 - 22/08/2010

Celtic beat St Mirren 4-0 today at Celtic Park. Goals from Joe Ledley, Shaun Maloney, Jamie Forrest and late sub Ki Sung-Yeung sealed the victory for Neil Lennon's side that takes them to joint top spot with Aberdeen in the SPL. Celtic were on fire for most of the match and looked like a team for the first time this season. The defence looked much better with Efráin Juárez and Joe Ledley filling in as full-backs and Daniel Majstorovic and Jos Hooiveld in the centre. Scott Brown and man-of-the-match Beram Kayal ran the midfield as Celtic launched attack after attack on the Saints goal. The score was 4-0 but could easily have been more with Celtic hitting the St Mirren woodwork at least four times. Neil Lennon has now won 10 SPL games in a row since taking over from Tony Mowbray last season and his team are beginning to look like winners. Click this for the programme and match stats.

INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE SPL1 - 14/08/2010

Celtic got their league campaign off to a winning start with a 1-0 win at the Caledonian Stadium today. Game one in the SPL and already Paddy McCourt has scored what could be the goal of the entire season. In a George Best-like dribble he picked up the ball outside the Caley box, beating several defenders before slamming a shot past the helpless keeper to give the hOOps the lead and the three points. Celtic's latest signing Beram Kayal was on the bench but didn't get on. Unlike almost every other game this pre-season, there were no debuts in this game but Celtic wore their new fluorescent green away strip for the first time. Click this to see the programme, ticket and match stats.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CELTIC VIEW - 11/08/2010

The Celtic View is 45 years old today. Issue 1 appeared on 11 August 1965 and was the first football magazine in Great Britain dedicated to one football team, the football team. It was a far cry from today's glossy publication being printed in newspaper style black and white with a spot of emerald green.. Although it went glossy and more colourful in the 1984/85 season the newspaper style and size remained until 1997/98 with a certain Henrik Larsonn on the front cover, when it changed to the magazine style that we buy today. This issue includes a feature on the 45 year old history of the View that is a reflection of the story of Celtic Football Club through these years. From 1965 the View has reported on the European triumphs of the Lisbon Lions including the European Cup victory in 1967 and the loss to Feyenoord in 1970, Nine-in-a Row, the League and Cup victories of the 80's and the Centenary Double, the signing of Henrik Larsonn and his tearful last game in the Hoops, Martin O' Neill's Treble winning first season and the 6-2 Demolition Derby, a statue erected to our Founding Father outside Celtic Park and the death of a football genius voted Celtic's Greatest Player, Jimmy Johnstone. Click this to see the milestone issue.

CELTIC LEGENDS AT FINN PARK - 08/08/2010

Finn Harps Legends are set to play the Celtic Legends at Finn Park, Ballybofey on Friday 13 August, kick-off 7.30pm. The Celtic Legends team includes team captain Tom Boyd, Regi Blinker, Frank McAvennie, Tommy Johnson and Darren Jackson.The club are taking mail order requests for the match programme and you can pay by Cheque and paypal facility. To reserve a programme email Joe at Finn Harps on programme@finnharps.com to arrange your order. Talking to the Finn Harps Website Tom Boyd said "Everyone is aware there has always been a unique connection between Donegal and Celtic Football Club. Therefore, it is going to give me great pleasure to bring the lads over for what I am sure will be a very enjoyable occasion. I know this is also an important fundraiser for Finn Harps and I am sure our many Celtic Fans over there will come out and support the event". Details about buying tickets for the match can be found on the Finn Harps Website.

CELTIC v FC UTRECHT IN THE EUROPA CUP - 06/08/2010

Celtic drew FC Utrecht of the Netherlands in today's UEFA Europa Cup draw. The Play-off round matches will be played on 19 August at Celtic park and then at the 24,426 capacity Stadion Galgenwaard in Utrecht on the 26th. Celtic have never been drawn together with Utrecht in any UEFA competition or friendly match before. FC Utrecht have yet to win the top division in Holland but have won the KNVB Cup three times, the latest being 2004. No famous names in the Utrecht squad of players which is mainly consists of Dutchmen and a sprinkling of African, Australian and Belgian unknowns. One Scottish connection exists in midfielder Gianluca Nijolt who is the son of ex-Motherwell defender and Scottish Cup winner Luc Nijolt.

SC BRAGA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 04/08/2010

Celtic beat SC Braga 2-1 in tonight's Champions League qualifier but it wasn't enough to overcome the 1st leg 3-0 defeat suffered in Portugal last week. The last thing Celtic needed was Braga to score first but that's what happened in the 20th minute when most of the Celtic defence were drawn out of the box, Alan crossed for Cesar to outjump Cha and head the ball into the net. Celtic hit back in the second-half, Neil Lennon brought on Marc-Antoine Fortune and moved Samaras up front with Hooper. Fortune made an almost immediate impact when he set up Gary Hooper for his first ever European goal in the 51st minute. Next it was Samaras' turn to be the provider, this time it was Efrain Juarez turn to score his first European goal and put Celtic 2-1 up on the night. Celtic battered the opponents goal for the rest of the match but the Braga defence stood resolute and survived to win the tie 4-2 on aggregate. Celtic now drop into the Europa Cup and face a qualifier to reach the group stages. Click to see the programme, ticket, teamsheet and match stats.

ARSENAL F.C. EMIRATES CUP - 01/08/2010

Arsenal survived a late comeback by Celtic to win the Emirates Cup today. The London club were 3-0 up with just a little more than 15 minutes left in the match when Georgios Samaras managed to miss a penalty after Marc Antoinne Fortune was held in the box. On 73 minutes Daryl Murphy scored his first goal for the hOOps (not counting the one scored for a Celtic XI in Lincoln) to bring Celtic back into the game and Ki Sung-Yueng added a second with seven minutes remaining. For the remainder of the match Neil Lennon's team played with character and style trying to get an equaliser that would have meant that Celtic would be the tournament winners but, despite a couple of near things, could not manage it. Cmon the hOOps! Click this to see the programme and match stats for Arsenal v Celtic.

JULY 2010

OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS EMIRATES CUP - 31/07/2010

Celtic produced their best display of the season so far by drawing 2-2 with Lyon in the Emirates Cup today. The hoops were two down to last year's Champions League semi-finalists but a better performance in the second-half coupled with a goal from debut bhoy Gary Cooper in the 82nd minute and another from Georgios Samaras in the last minute means that they sit on top of the tournament group after the first round of matches. Celtic looked a lot better with Cooper up front and McGeady back in the team. Young Jamie Forrest produced a man-of-the-match performance for Celtic and set up Cooper for Celtic's first goal with a great run up the right wing and an inch perfect cross to pick out the front man to hit his first ever goal in the hOOps. Right at the end Celtic were awarded a free kick outside the Lyon box, Charlie Mulgrew sent over the perfect cross and Samaras was there to head the ball past the Lyon keeper. Both teams got a point for the draw and another for each goal scored. Celtic sit top because they hit more shots on target than Lyon did. In the later game Arsenal and AC Milan drew 1-1. Celtic play Arsenal tomorrow in a 4.20 pm Kick-off. Click this to see the programme and match stats for Celtic v Lyon.

EUROFOOT INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT - 30/07/2010

Celtic Under 19's took part in the Eurofoot youth football tournament that tool place in Belgium between the 30 July and 1 August. Celtic's first game on Friday against Club Brugge finished 2-1 with Jordan Lowdon and Patrik Twardzik scoring Celtic's goals. In the second game on the same day the young Celts beat Gent 4-1 with Callum MacGregor, James Keatings, Curtis Jones and Paul George scoring.

On Saturday Celtic beat the eventual tournament winners 1-0 with another goal from Twardzik, the only goal scored against Botafogo in the entire tournament. On the same day Jones scored in a 1-1 draw with Frankfurt and they also contested a goalless draw with STVV.

The group stage ended with Celtic second behind Botafogo in group A and Brondby runners up to Tottenham Hotspur in group B. In the Sunday semi-finals Celtic lost 2-0 to Spurs and Botafogo beat Brondby 4-3 on penaltys after a 0-0 draw. In the 3rd - 4th place game Brondby beat Celtic 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw with Twardzik getting the Celtic goal. Botafogo beat Spurs 2-0 in the final. Click this for more.

SPORTING CLUBE DE BRAGA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 28/07/2010

No programme for tonight's Champions League qualifier in Portugal. Neil Lennon gave competitive debuts to five players in his first ever European match as Celtic manager. Celtic lost the match 3-0 and the prospect of progression to the play-off round looks bleak. Click here for the teams and other match stats.

LINCOLN CITY - 24/07/10

The Celtic reserve team beat Chris Sutton's Red Imps 4-1 in the John Reames Memorial Trophy at the Sincil Bank Stadium in lincoln today. Of the new Summer signings only Daryl Murphy was risked in a team that was made up of one or two fringe first-team players and talented youngsters. Lincoln City scored first through their new signing Albert Jarrett before Daryl Murphy equalised with a shot from 20 yards. Ben Hutchinson added another two before Simon Ferry ended the scoring with the fourth. Programme, ticket and match stats.

THE CELTIC VIEW VOLUME 46 ISSUE 1 - 21/07/2010

The first issue of this season's Celtic View is out today. Scott Brown is on the front cover sporting the new hoops strip and the summer signings Joe Ledley, Charlie Mulgrew, Cha Du-Ri, Daryl Murphy and Efrain Juarez are profiled inside. We hear from backroom bhoys Alan Thompson and Gary Parker and there are match reports from the tour games in America and Canada. No rise in the price at £2.25 but you can get it by subscription at www.cre8ing.com and get a free gift at the same time. Subscriptions cost £105 for 45 issues including postage. Click this to see this issue and more info.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIER MATCH DATES - 20/07/2010

UEFA have confirmed the dates for Celtic's Champions League third qualifying round matches with Sporting Braga. The hoops will play the first leg in the Estádio AXA on Wednesday, July 28 with an 8pm kick-off. The 2nd leg will take place at Celtic Park on Wednesday, August 4 with a 7.45pm start. Serge Gumienny of Belgium will be the referee in the away tie and Ivan Bebek of Croatia will be in charge of the match at Celtic Park. If Celtic manage to beat Braga they face another two ties in the Play-off round before reaching the Group stage. The Play-off round matches are scheduled for August 17/18 and August 24/25.

CELTS LINE-UP IN PHILADELPHIA - 15/07/10

The match with Philadelphia Union started despite the torrential rain that almost saw it postponed earlier in the day. None of Neil Lennon's new signings made his first ever line-up as Celtic manager but Joe Ledley and Charlie Mulgrew eventually made their debuts as subs. The team to start his first game was Dominic Cervi; Milan Misun, Glenn Loovens, Jos Hooiveld, Andreas Hinkel; Paddy McCourt, Paul Caddis, Marc Crosas, Scott Brown; Morten Rasmussen, Paul McGowan. On the bench were Lukasz Zaluska; Mark Wilson, Ben Hutchinson, James Forrest, Charlie Mulgrew, Thomas Rogne, Cillian Sheridan and Joe Ledley. Every sub except Zaluska was used in the match which Celtic lost 1-0.

BOSTON FRIENDLY IS A NO GO FOR RANGERS

The Celtic v Rangers friendly to be played in Boston this summer is not on say Rangers. It appears that Rangers have taken offence to a report in a Boston newspaper that suggested their fans can't be trusted to behave outside of Govan. Celtic will be heading over the pond to play Manchester United in Toronto on July 16 along with two other games in Seattle and Toronto.

BATTLE OF THE HOOPS - 10/07/10

Celtic have confirmed Sporting CP of Portugal as their opponents for the last match of their tour of Canada and America this summer.The match is billed as the Fenway Football Challenge and will take place at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday July 21. Tickets range from $20-$120, and are on sale at www.tickets.com/footballatfenway. Celtic previously played at Fenway Park on May 30, 1931, where they lost to the New York Yankees of the American Soccer League.

SPL FIXTURES RELEASED

The SPL have released the fixtures list for season 2010 / 2011. Celtic travel to newly promoted Inverness Caledonian Thistle for their first match with a 12:15 kick-off for TV. Click this to see the full list of fixtures.

LINCOLN CITY JOHN REAMES MEMORIAL TROPHY - 24/06/10

Celtic will send a full strength team to face Chris Sutton's Lincoln City in a pre-season friendly this summer. Celts return from their tour of the USA and Canada after the match with Seattle Sounderson July 18 and play the Coca Cola Championship side on Saturday July 24. See a list of the friendlies that Celtic have confirmed so far.

THE CELT ISSUE 120 - 23/06/10

The Summer issue of the Celt fanzine is out with new manager Neil Lennon on the front cover. The subscription only fanzine was first published in August 1983 and is the oldest Celtic fanzine still in publication. Click this link to see the current issue or this for every issue since 1983.

LINCOLN CITY FRIENDLY

According to the official Celtic Website, Celtic are in talks with Lincoln City to arrange a friendly match on 24th July 2010. If confirmed Celtic will send a reserve team to Sincil Bank Stadium to play the English Division Two outfit that is managed by Celtic hero Chris Sutton.

THE CELTIC VIEWER - 29/05/10

Celtic have launched a new video content service called the Celtic Viewer. Using the viewer you can see all of Celtic's history on film. There are Movies, games, documentaries and special events like Player of the year awards. The Celtic Viewer is absolutely free after you sign up for a username and password.as the cost are covered by advertizing. It has some really great content so check it out by clicking this link - viewer.celticfc.net.

You can also follow Celtic on their new Facebook page.