The Celtic Underground

Celtic beat Kilmarnock 1–0 in a game that was part football match, part endurance test and, as Andrew neatly puts it, a bit like a packet of Revels: occasionally lovely, occasionally baffling and every so often you get the coffee one.
Harry, Andrew and Keith pick over a stodgy afternoon that still contained plenty of chances, a disallowed goal, a penalty with all the conviction of a man changing his mind halfway through, Liam Scales turning striker, Kasper Høgh slowly emerging from his chrysalis, and Celtic’s midfield at the end moving like Frank Sinatra trying to catch the train in Von Ryan’s Express.
There’s also time for VAR grumbles, B-team chat, remembrance reflections, blaggis, old game shows and Andrew discovering that blessing yourself left-handed apparently makes you Satan’s son.
In the end, though, it’s three points, an international break and one of those gloriously forgettable wins you’ll be very grateful for in May.
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World football was yesterday shocked by the tragic death of Spanish footballer Jesus de Miguel.
Over the years, Celtic have sadly had numerous connections with footballing deaths. This latest podcast tells the story of these awful events.
Every week, you can listen for free to more tales from Celtic’s past, as told by Matthew Marr (Hail Hail History).
You can also buy his new book ‘Green, white and silverware – Part 1’, describing Celtic’s less well-known trophy wins.
It is available now in the Celtic Shop and on Amazon as hardback, paperback and Kindle. You can get it here: https://amzn.eu/d/0bZ3rJYi
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Andrew and Stephen gather for what begins with the wonderfully reassuring theme of “we’re shite and we know we are” and somehow manages to become an hour-long attempt to work out exactly how shite Celtic are, whether the manager can fix it, whether the players can fix it, whether anyone at the club knows who should fix it.
Along the way there’s Falkirk frustration, managerial rumours, old taxi-driver transfer tales reborn for the social-media age, Martin O’Neill nostalgia, Fergus McCann memories, boardroom communication, Kieran McKenna hope and the recurring suspicion that Celtic might want to stop doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.
Remarkably, despite all that, they finish on something approaching optimism: Celtic still have good players, Europe needn’t be surrendered before kick-off and, with the right mindset, maybe things aren’t quite as bad as everyone thinks. Well… maybe.
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Over the years – although perhaps not this season – Celtic have enjoyed significant success in the League Cup.
The Bhoys first celebrated in this competition 70 years ago this week.
This latest podcast tells the full story of the 1956 League Cup Final.
Every week, you can listen for free to more tales from Celtic’s past, as told by Matthew Marr (Hail Hail History).
You can also buy his new book ‘Green, white and silverware – Part 1’, describing Celtic’s less well-known trophy wins.
It is available now on Amazon as hardback, paperback and Kindle. You can get it here: https://amzn.eu/d/0bZ3rJYi
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Celtic get the three points at Easter Road, but not before battling Hibs, the wind and (at times) themselves.
Andrew, Stephen and Ross pick through another performance from a team still looking suspiciously like a collection of decent jigsaw pieces from several different boxes: the midfield doesn’t quite connect, Kasper Høgh still can’t buy a goal, Alistair Johnston’s hamstring causes another wobble and Europe remains the place where Celtic’s shortcomings are brutally exposed.
There’s also time for Grant Hanley causing actual laughter by appearing up front, a referee apparently wrestling with his own whistle, Dane Murray wondering whether he’s really allowed to invert into midfield, the mystery of Oxlade-Chamberlain’s disappearing game-time and Ross taking an impressively scenic route to the answer “I don’t know”.
Ultimately it’s three points, micro layers recommended, and up the road.
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