The RGC Podcast - Episode 1
Episode 1 - The Meat Loaf Pod People on twitter and bluesky may be aware that regular podcasters (Remy & Paul T - both have been on here but more familiar to bytheminceltic listeners) have been joined by Barcajim3 for The RGC podcast. This is episode 1. It really needs to get out before the game against Club Bugge so apologies for the hap-hazard nature of the logo and the intro. It’s the best...
36m Nov 26, 2024
36m
The second 9iar chronicles - Season 5
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) This was Ronnie’s second season in charge. Cheated out of a double by blind officials, we all went into this season hoping that we would see progress and perhaps even a treble. We knew the new Rangers were coming but t...
11m Nov 24, 2024
11m
Celtic and the bank
Recent news of a planned demolition in Glasgow city centre will take away a big piece of Celtic history. The building which housed The Bank restaurant – owned by legendary manager Willie Maley – is to be knocked down. This was a venue which was right at the heart of Celtic’s heritage. Leanr more about Willie Maley and The Bank in the latest tale from Hail Hail History (https://substack.com/p...
6m Nov 20, 2024
6m
Celtic, East Germany and the Berlin Wall
Saturday 9 November marked 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, seen as the symbolic end of the Cold War. The Bhoys had various experiences playing behind the Iron Curtain, but only one trip to East Germany. The story of this game is the latest tale from Hail Hail History (https://substack.com/profile/263207066-hail-hail-history) Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to disc...
8m Nov 13, 2024
8m
The Second 9iar Chronicles - Season 3
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) The 3rd season of the second 9iar chronicles would end up being the last season of Neil Lennon...for a while. It was one of the least memorable of the 9. We romp the league losing just 1 game and achieving 99 points bu...
11m Nov 10, 2024
11m
Celtic’s Bayard
Willie Maley nicknamed Willie Lyon “Celtic’s Bayard - the Knight without fear and beyond reproach.” Willie Lyon is widely regarded as one of the finest captains in the rich history of Celtic.  He was of that generation whose life was turned upside by the war, suffering a serious leg injury at Normandy and his football career ended at the age of 32. Here’s the story. For more on our history g...
5m Nov 09, 2024
5m
Celtic at 137 - Birthday Bhoys
This podcast is released on the 137th birthday of the hoops. The basic elements of our formation are known by all fans…or are they? A club formed for the dinner tables of the porr of the East End, everyone knows that charity was at the core of our creation but the part played in this story by Brother Walfrid (an Irish Marist Brother) and John Glass (prominent in Scotland’s Irish community circ...
1hr 10m Nov 06, 2024
1hr 10m
The Second 9iar Chronicles - Season 2
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) This was our 125th birthday season and for the first time in our history, there was no Rangers FC to compete against, that club had died with a new team being wished all the best by the old emerging from behind the Bre...
6m Nov 03, 2024
6m
McKeown ghost story
McKeown Ghost Story In this Halloween week, here a spooky tale from Celtic’s history. It’s the true story of how a dead footballer came to face the Bhoys, and come to Celtic Park. This is the latest podcast from @hailhailhistory. Read on. If you dare… The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or pa...
10m Oct 31, 2024
10m
No Kelly no Keltic
No Kelly No Keltic Another tale from the CU archives and the home of Tales from The Celtic Wiki To fans of our generation, the name of Kelly sparks memories of Michael and Kevin and the early 90s battle for the future of the club.  But whilsy these battles for the future resulted in the end of their tenure at Celtic, it should be remembered that the name of Kelly resonated throughout our hist...
7m Oct 30, 2024
7m
The 9iar Chronicles - Season 1
Back in the dark days of the Covid lockdowns, we recorded the 9 in a row chronciles - a fan recollection of those 9 amazing seasons. We always knew there’d be a second series but what period would it cover? We soon found out! We got the gang back together (well, almost - Lachie was on his boat so subbed out to Andrew H) and have recorded the second 9iar chronicles. The first one is an incredi...
2hr 15m Oct 27, 2024
2hr 15m
Celtic and 1974
Celtic and 1974 Another story from Hail Hail History Saturday 26th October 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the 6-3 final versus Hibs. This podcast tells that that story, and all of 1974 too. Celtic have played in some momentous cup finals. However, when it comes to goals, few can match the 1974 League Cup final, when the Bhoys beat Hibs 6-3. It was another remarkable day in a calendar year...
9m Oct 26, 2024
9m
Oh Hampden in the Sun
19 October is a notable Celtic anniversary. On this day in 1957, the Bhoys recorded one of their most famous scorelines: Celtic 7 Rangers 1 This is the full story of that remarkable day, another great tale from @hailhailhistory. Enjoy... This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/su...
7m Oct 18, 2024
7m
Blue Peter
Younger listeners will be stunned(!) to know that the BBC used to have quite and anti-Celtic stance and coverage.  Under the authority of Peter Thompson, they really didn’t seem to like Celtic at all.  Under Thompson, BBC Scotland’s Sports Department employed a sectarian recruitment policy akin to Rangers.  Prejudice seeped into  every aspect of BBC Sport coverage in Scotland but Jock Stein wou...
10m Oct 09, 2024
10m
Celtic and Sligo
Celtic & Sligo Another story from Hail Hail History This week, Brendan will take a Celtic XI to play in Sligo, and in many ways he’s taking a team to the spiritual birthplace of the club. This will not be the first time Celtic take a team across the sea to Sligo, with Celtic playing there back in 1975 with a team managed by Sligo man Sean Fallon. For more information on Celtic’s history or ...
5m Oct 08, 2024
5m
Andrew H in conversation with...Lee Dornan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) Lee Dornan is a Celtic devotee who works in international affairs for SCIAF, a charity he sees with so many parallels to his beloved football club. And tying the two together is his claim that he has set up the first C...
11m Oct 03, 2024
11m
That was a tough watch
Straight after the 7-1 humbling to Dortmund, Lawrence Donegan and I sat down to review the game (and to discuss his substack daily blog about his travels across America). The game was a tough watch but we tried to remove the rawness of the moment and discuss in the reality of the way the team plays week-in, week-out and and the players available. After the trauma of the game, we then went on ...
1hr 16m Oct 02, 2024
1hr 16m
Judas Part 2
Judas Part 2 Another tale from the Celtic Wiki Last time we told the tale of the striker’s arrival at Celtic and his performances that contributed to the dramatic last day title win over Hearts.  Today we hear about the story that led so many Celts to simply call Maurice Johnstone Judas. Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...
14m Oct 02, 2024
14m
Celtic and Germany
The Celts are off to Germany this week on Champions League duty. The Bhoys will hope to build on their fantastic 5-1 start with another good performance. It's far from Celtic's first visit to Germany. For that, you have to go back almost 120 years. It's a tale of boats, trains, big wins and even the death of an iconic Celt. For more, follow Hail Hail History (https://substack.com/profile/26...
6m Oct 01, 2024
6m
Judas Part 1
Judas Part 1 Another tale from the Celtic Wiki For Celts of a certain age, there is not a name that illicits greater emotion than Mo Johnston.  Signed in a record deal in October 1984 he was part of a Celtic forward line that should have achieved even more than it did and during that spell.  He completed perhaps the greatest team goal in Celtic’s history in the 5-0 title triumph at Love Stree...
11m Sep 29, 2024
11m
Celtic and clean sheets
When Celtic take on St Johnstone tomorrow they will be going for a remarkable league clean sheet record. Matthew from Hail Hail History tells us more. Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm...
5m Sep 27, 2024
5m
Celtic and European Scores
Celtic fans will still be dreaming of the 5 goals we scored last midweek against slovan Bratislava and looking forward to the rest of the European campaign with renewed ethusiasm and a sense of expectation of what could be. Following that marvellous result, Matthew of HAILHAILHISTORY decided to look back on previous big Celtic European results. Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like ...
4m Sep 26, 2024
4m
Matthew from Hail Hail History
Subscribers to The Celtic Underground podcast will have getting their weekly free 10 minute Celtic history hits on their podcast feed and substack emails. You may have noticed that interspersed in among the human torpedo re-runs of the tales from The Celtic Wiki that we’ve had some new history hits. These Hail Hail History hits have been proving very popular and se we thought we should hear mor...
54m Sep 25, 2024
54m
Fergus vs Farry
This is the remarkable story of when the Chief Executive of the Scottish Football association actively engaged in preventing Celtic from fielding their new star striker signing.  Fergus want to war with Farry and eventually won. Here’s the story. For more on our history go to https://www.thecelticwiki.com/ Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscriber...
11m Sep 19, 2024
11m
Celtic v Slovan Bratislava 1963/64
Tonight Celtic face Slovan Bratislava 60 years on from the two clubs first meeting. That previous encounter was in the quarter final of the Cup Winners Cup. The home leg came first. It played in February 1964 in front of 53,000 expectant fans. This is the story of that game. Enjoy… The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, c...
6m Sep 18, 2024
6m
Slovan Bratislava and UCL preview
This week Celtic kick off our 13th UCL campaign and do so in the new UCL league format, we shall see what that brings. The boys, with the help of a scouting report from Ross Hall, preview the game and discuss the UCL in general. The boys also discuss the forthcoming subscriber vote on the greatest Celtic UCL XI. Enjoy Thanks for reading The Celtic Underground Substack! This podcast is public...
58m Sep 18, 2024
58m
Celtic v Hearts 1892
This Saturday sees the first visit to Glasgow this season by the team from Midlothian. We don’t have an especially warm relationship with the team often referred to as the lesser version of a certain Glasgow team and the obvious question - has it always been thus? Well, listen to this tale from Matthew of Hail Hail History (https://substack.com/profile/263207066-hail-hail-history) to find out. ...
6m Sep 13, 2024
6m
Bertie of the Celtic
Robert Austin Thomson played for Celtic from 1929 into the 1930s alongside club legend Jimmy McGrory.  His finest year in a Celtic jersey came in 1931 when he was the star of the cup final against Motherwell.  Thomson lived a life of excess and died suddenly at the age of just 30 leaving a wife and two young children. Here’s the story. For more on our history go to https://www.thecelticwiki....
9m Sep 11, 2024
9m
Luke McCowan & Arne Engels Pressers
Celtic pulled the rabbit out of the hat that Andrew H mentioned on here and brought in players on the final day of the window - lifelong Celtic fan Luke McCowan and Belgian prodigy Arne Engels. Signed on the last night of the window, the players both made their debuts in the comfortable Glasgow Derby win and then met with the press this week. We have the audio and video from the meetings with...
22m Sep 10, 2024
22m
Andrew H in conversation with...Ryan Christie
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) It’s the international break and there is therefore still some football going on and we decided to use this two week fallow period to chat with a former Celt who is still playing at international level and down in the ...
1m Sep 10, 2024
1m
Celtic in Manchester
This weekend the Celtic legends secured a penalty shoot-out victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. This charity game saw thousands of pounds raised for the respective foundations. It was also another chapter in the annals of the famous links between both clubs and Celtic’s experiences at Old Trafford. We therefore thought it appropriate to sneak out another tale from Hail Hail History...
5m Sep 09, 2024
5m
Sacred Heart Church and Celtic
Sometimes small actions can have big consequences. 8 September 2024 is151 years since the opening of Sacred Heart Church in Bridgeton. Without this event, there is a chance there would be no Celtic. For more information, follow Hail Hail History (https://substack.com/profile/263207066-hail-hail-history) Enjoy… The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new ...
7m Sep 08, 2024
7m
Celtic's first cup final
Celtic’s First Cup Final (Glasgow Exhibition Cup) Season1888-1889 not only saw Celtic’s first competitive game, but Celtic’s first, second and third cup finals. It would be a year of learning, losing, wining and controversy starting with The Glasgow Exhibition Cup, held to coincide with the International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry. For more information, follow Hail Hail History (ht...
7m Sep 04, 2024
7m
UCL Draw and Glasgow Derby Preview
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com (https://thecelticunderground.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) Everyday is a school day as they say and we’re trying something different so if it doesn’t work out, we’ll have another go! For your listening and viewing delights we have a mixture of prsentations (allegedly). If yo...
41m Aug 30, 2024
41m
Down to business
Down to business Another tale from the Celtic Wiki In an ideal world, Celtic would never have been formed, because in an ideal world there would have been not poverty and discrimination. But we don’t live in an ideal world and this tale from the Celtic wiki talsk about the formation of the club and how/when we changed from a charity to a business. For more on our history go to https://www....
6m Aug 28, 2024
6m
Victory over St Mirren & Brendan postmatch
St Mirren 0 - 3 Celtic Celtic travelled all the way along the M8 to visit St Mirren in Paisley and ran out 3-0 winners. The scoring began inside 3 minutes and from that point on Celtic looked comfortable and were never in any danger of dropping any points.  Three games into the season, three wins and no goals conceded (the only goal against so far was against Hibs in the League Cup). It was ...
25m Aug 26, 2024
25m
Match Review - Celtic breeze past Hibs
Celtic comfortably beat Hibs 3-1 in the Premier Sports League Cup fixture at Celtic Park today. Following the game Harry B and Andrew H discussed the game and the general positivity about the club. The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like t...
40m Aug 19, 2024
40m
The CU 2024 25 Season Preview
Nineteenth season! Let that sink in. 19 seasons most of you have been listenning to this guff. Will you never learn? There are listeners to this podcast who weren’t born when it started. Goodness - there’s even a football club playing in the top flight that didn’t exist when this podcast started. (You can pick up this podcast for free on this Substack app, apple, amazon, google, spotify or whe...
1hr 12m Aug 01, 2024
1hr 12m
Scouting: Behind the stats
If you’ve been online recently you will have noticed an increase in the number of bloggers and tweeters (or whatever people or X are called these days) review players and talent. One of the best of these guys is Ross Hall (the scout, not the hospital). The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid ...
2hr 10m Jul 26, 2024
2hr 10m
A Rough Justice
A Rough Justice Another tale from the Celtic Wiki In March 2011, Celtic & Rangers engaged in “The Shame Game”.  It was a match that involved Rangers players losing the plot and finished with the hyperbole of Alex Salmond summoning then CEOs of Celtic and Rangers (Lawwell & Bain) to a summit to discuss the bahviour of both clubs. At the time The Human Torpedo recorded this slice of Celtic His...
13m Jul 08, 2024
13m
Pt2 - Working at Celtic during the McCann revolution
If you’ve not already done so, please listen to Part 1 of this two part interview with Andrew H Smith on what it was really like being inside Celtic before, during and after the McCann revoltion. As he says - Fergus was a man on a mission and a man with a singular vision on how he wanted Celtic to be as a club and Andre was there, every day, documenting the process. Enjoy - This is exclusive t...
57m Jul 04, 2024
57m
The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bought
The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bought Another tale from the Celtic Wiki What is it about Jimmy McGrory that makes him one of, if not the, greatest ever Celts? He’s our all time leading scorer with 522 goals in 501 games and holds the record for the most goals in a season, with 62 goals from 46 games. Although he was only five feet and six inches tall, he was renowned for his prowess and ability fo...
12m Jul 01, 2024
12m
The Winner Takes It All - Distorted!
We debated long and hard as to whether to publish this podcast because no matter waht we did, we couldn’t resolve the sound distortion issues - especially with Eddie’s mic. Ultimately we decided - what the heck. The worst of it appears to be at the beginning and the end. So this is a free podcast from Celtic Underground. It can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts as well as on Thecelti...
1hr 24m Jun 26, 2024
1hr 24m
French Farce
French Farce Another tale from the Celtic Wiki The Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup was a short-lived Inter-League football competition organised by the French Football Federation that would see teams from the English Football League and the Scottish League compete against teams from the French League. The original idea was to have four teams from Scotland and four teams from England com...
6m Jun 24, 2024
6m
The Rebels Have Won
The Rebels have won 4th March 1994 and Fergus McCann and Brian Dempsey step out into a dark and rainy Glasgow night to make the famous declaration - The game is over, the rebels have won. Jubilation abound and tonight, as we publish this tale from The Celtic Wiki, we remember one of the unsung heroes of that takeover battle - John Keane who sdaly passed away today - 16th June 2024. John was ...
10m Jun 17, 2024
10m
S18 Ep14: Working at Celtic during the McCann Revolution
Working at Celtic During the McCann Revolution Fergus McCann came into Celtic Park and changed everything.  He changed the board and replaced family inheritance with business acumen.  He changed the ground from seats on Terracing to a 60,000 seated stadium.  He built all the foundations that have now established Celtic as THE premier club in Scotland.  He is one of the greatest Celts in histor...
59m May 30, 2024
59m
Working at Celtic During McCann Revolution
Working at Celtic During the McCann Revolution Fergus McCann came into Celtic Park and changed everything.  He changed the board and replaced family inheritance with business acumen.  He changed the ground from seats on Terracing to a 60,000 seated stadium.  He built all the foundations that have now established Celtic as THE premier club in Scotland.  He is one of the greatest Celts in hist...
59m May 30, 2024
59m
S18 Ep13: THE Cup Final Preview Podcast
In the past week we've had the league secured at Rugby Park, a title party at Celtic Park rounded all off with the Cup Final at Hampden on the iconic date of 25th May.  Who else could I ask to discuss this than full-kit Jow Hart love-in man Remy McSwain. Remy and I review everything and jump all over the place because an easy verbal ramble through the past 10 days became a rushed preview and r...
56m May 23, 2024
56m
Cup Final Preview Audio
In the past week we've had the league secured at Rugby Park, a title party at Celtic Park rounded all off with the Cup Final at Hampden on the iconic date of 25th May.  Who else could I ask to discuss this than full-kit Jow Hart love-in man Remy McSwain. Remy and I review everything and jump all over the place because an easy verbal ramble through the past 10 days became a rushed preview and ...
56m May 23, 2024
56m
Charity begins at home
Following securing the league, Andrew Smith met with Celtic FC Foundation CEO Tony Hamilton to ask about the work of the Foundation and discuss the forthcoming charity game against the Dortmund Legends. Andrew asks searching questions such as - aren't all chairtie just a tax on the poor?  But Tony robustly defends the work of the Foundation and the input of the club who are by far the biggest...
42m May 22, 2024
42m