A preview of a new series of podcasts by @_Tweet_Celtic_ on Celtic’s first 50 years, from the founding of the club, to the outbreak of the Second World War
Celtic win the the Scottish League for the sixth season in a row, a record that would not be beaten until Jock Stein's side won their seventh consecutive title in 1972.
The Glasgow Cup is won with a final win over Rangers, Peter Somers bows out at the end of his glorious Celtic career, an Edwardian footballing superstar plays a single game on loan in a Scottish Cup match to forget, and Celtic are pushed all the way to the title by a great Falkirk team.
22 Apr 2022
Volume 3: Alec McNair Part 2, 1908/09
A Celtic kit deal controversy, Bobby Templeton in the lion's den, Cup replays galore, a riotous Scottish Cup Final, and eight games in eleven days for Celtic to clinch a fifth league title in a row.
10 Aug 2021
Volume 3: Part 1, Alec McNair 1907/08
Celtic complete the first ever clean sweep in Scottish football, after an injury-ravaged season when they faced serious challenges from Falkirk and Dundee, but came through to win the League and Cup Double for the second season in succession. The season ends in controversy when the idol of Paradise, Alec Bennett, leaves for Ibrox.
1 May 2021
Volume 2: Willie Orr Part 4, 1906/07
Willie Orr's Celtic career comes to an end with Celtic becoming the first team to win the League and Scottish Cup Double in season 1906/07
13 Feb 2021
Volume 2: Willie Orr Part 3, 1904-06
Celtic win their first League title in seven years with a dramatic play off victory over Rangers at Hampden. The veteran Orr defies time and expectations as he holds off competitors for his position and leads Celtic to ever greater success. Plus tragedy and heartbreak for an old hero, and Jimmy Quinn sues the Glasgow News over their report on a red card against Rangers
18 Dec 2020
Volume 2: Willie Orr Part 2, 1900-04
A difficult few seasons for Celtic, as new younger players are introduced to the team. Relationships with Rangers are strained when Celtic draw the Glasgow Cup Final at Ibrox but refuse to play the replay there. Mayhem at Celtic Park on New Year's Day 1902 as Sandy McMahon is sent off for kicking the referee, but escapes further punishment as the referee is struck off in the aftermath. The 1902 Ibrox disaster and its fallout. Culminating with the Scottish Cup Final of 1904, which ushered in a glorious new era for Celtic.
16 Nov 2020
Volume 2: Part 1, Willie Orr 1897-1900
The first three years of Willie Orr's Celtic career, as following incorporation Celtic step up their efforts to win another Scottish Cup
24 Oct 2020
Volume1: James Kelly Part 3, 1894-97
The final years of James Kelly's Celtic playing career, as Celtic hit new heights on the pitch in 1896, before his final season is ruined by internal divisions that come to a head with the incorporation of the club
9 Oct 2020
Volume 1: James Kelly Part 2, 1892-94
Episode #2 of Celtic in Person, James Kelly Part 2, 1892-94. Celtic win their first League Championships as professionalism is legalised in Scottish football, but internal divisions and emerging challengers lead to a crisis of confidence for the new club.
2 Oct 2020
Volume 1: James Kelly Part 1, 1887-92
Episode #1 of Celtic in Person: James Kelly Part 1, 1887-92
25 Sept 2020
Celtic in Person
A brief preview of a new series of podcasts by _Tweet_Celtic_ on the first 50 years of Celtic’s history, from the founding of the club to the outbreak of WWII. We’ll be telling the story over the next month or two in four parts:
#1 James Kelly
#2 Willie Orr
#3 Alec McNair
#4 Jimmy McGrory
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