The Celtic Underground
Kanaal Besonderhede
The Celtic Underground
The Celticunderground podcast is the world's longest running football fan podcast. It is produced by the people behind www.celticunderground.net and TheCelticunderground.substack.com. Just a few Celtic fans talking about Celtic, the greatest football team in the world. thecelticunderground.subst...
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The impossible dream?
Celtic had a woeful summer transfer window. In October we wrote a piece setting out why we were playing so poorly - in the summer and previous Jan wi...
Celtic and final day title wins
A Celtic win – or even draw – tonight will ensure that this year’s title race will go to the final day.
Over the years, the Celts have had numer...
2 to go
When Martin O’Neil arrived back at Celtic Park we were 8 points behind leaders Hearts. He closed that and handed a level playing field to Wilfried Na...
Three to go
There’s now just 4 games to go in the search for an unlikely double, 3 of them in the league. At the weekend Celtic (and the officials) made the vict...
Celtic’s Little Ant - The Bertie Peacock story
65 years, the Celtic career of one popular Celt came to a conclusion.
Bertie Peacock – the Bhoys’ ‘Little Ant’ – ended his time in Glasgow, an e...
Andrew H in conversation...The Miracle at Love Street
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To quote George Michael “If you we...
Andrew H in conversation with...Tom Grant
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We’ve been here before - disputes...
Albert Kidd Day
40 years was one of Celtic’s most celebrated league triumphs. It was a day when the club’s biggest hero was not wearing green-and-white.
This is...
Form, Fixtures & Fine Margins
In this week’s episode the bhoys take stock of our recent run of results and what it means for the title race. While a strong winning streak has pushe...
Celtic and League Trophy Day
45 years ago (25 April 1981) was a small piece of Celtic history. For the first time, the Bhoys received the League trophy in an on-field presentation...
A Celtic mood ring
This week Andrew is joined by a couple of voices you’ll have heard before but not on the regular main podcast as Stephen and Keith join him to talk up...
Andrew H in conversation with...The Kano Foundation
Andrew sums up this chat right at the start when he talks about organisations like The Kano Foundation being the best of us. Most match goers will be...
Where's the coaching
In this episode, Andrew is joined by Saint Anthony to take a hard look at the current state of the club, with a focus on recent performances that have...
Two games in a day to win the title
Celtic have had many dramatic title wins. But 110 years ago to day (in 1916), the Bhoys had to play two games in one day to become champions.
Th...
Farewell to the Lisbon Lions
In May 1971, it was time for Celtic to say farewell to the men that won the European Cup.
For the final time, the Lisbon Lions XI walked out tog...
Five-a-side Celts
When people think of five-a-side football, they probably associate this with friends playing for fun and to get fit.
However, in Celtic history,...
Sand, Strategy & Shite
In this week’s free podcast, Andrew, Matthew and Ross pull no punches as they dissect a dismal 2–0 defeat against Dundee United at Tannadice. On a pit...
Johnny Madden - a hero in 2 countries
Most footballers would love to be a hero at just one club; one famous Celt achieved this in two countries.
Johnny Madden was at the heart of Cel...
Andrew H in conversation with...Frank McGuire
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Jimmy McGrory (the fact he wasn’t...
Johnny Doyle, the man who loved the green
Some men are truly born to ‘wear the green’. That was certainly the case for Johnny Doyle.
A popular Celtic player in the 1970s and 1980s, his l...
Not 'daft as a brush' - The John Clark Story
John Clark was a true Celtic legend.
Not only was a Lisbon Lion, he is also the second longest serving figure in the Bhoys’ history, having been...
The Kendo Nagasaki edition
On Sunday Celtic visited Ibrox. Of the players in the 1st team squad who would be expected to start if all fit, the hoops had almost an entire XI mis...
Back on..schedule or schedule
“Day-ta” or Da-ta”. “Shed-ule or shced-ual”. It’s the important things in life that are discussed weekly on the CU Podcast and that’s why you keep com...
Celtic's first ever trophy
When celebrating Celtic’s history, few people will think of the 1889 Glasgow North Eastern Cup.
But for the Celts, this is where it all began, t...
Andrew H in conversation with...Hugh MacDonald
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This week, Andrew is joined by leg...
Celtic at 'home' at Ibrox
This Sunday, the Celts will head to Ibrox, a ground that has been home to both of the Rangers teams.
However, Celtic have also been the ‘home’ t...
Andrew H in converstion with...Paul T
This week we decided to go back to basics with The Collective. When you’re online all the time talking about Celtic, it can be easy to forget that man...
Winning Is the Only Tactic
Harry and Andrew briefly revisit the dramatic victory over Kilmarnock before the focus quickly shifts to the looming European test against VfB Stuttga...
The story of Bobby Collins
95 years ago this week was the birth of Bobby Collins, one of the most popular Celts of the 1950s.
Collins was involved in numerous memorable Ce...
Celtic's 'love' for the Glasgow Cup
135 years ago this week, the Celts had an important reason to ‘love’ Valentine’s Day.
The Bhoys won what is considered to be their first major t...
From Steptoe to Stoppage Time
This week, Harry and Andrew begin with a wander through childhood memories - growing up in the 1970s, when health-and-safety was optional, teeth were...
The story of Jimmy Delaney
The story of Jimmy Delaney
80 years ago, the Celtic career of one famous Celt came to an end.
Jimmy Delaney was a hugely popular figure at...
Five Alive?
There’s a glass half full and a glass half empty way of looking at this window. It’s a window where it’s possible to have multiple thoughts all happe...
Andrew H in conversation with...Humza Yousaf
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In this episode, Humza Yousaf refl...
Icicle - the long Celtic story of Alec McNair
In January 1921, Celtic players gathered to celebrate the career of a remarkable club figure.
By the time he retired, Alec McNair had spent an a...
VAR’d at Tynecastle
Sunday was a match long on incident but short on quality. Celtic took the lead twice and twice allowed Hearts back into the game, in what was widely a...
The Tragic Tale of Celtic's First Tommy Burns
The Tragic Tale of Celtic’s First Tommy Burns
This Burns Night, Celtic fans’ thoughts will be of Tommy, rather than Rabbie. However, the Celtic...
Andrew H in conversation with...Scottish Sport for Palestine
In this episode of Andrew H in Conversation, Andrew sits down for an open, thoughtful chat about Celtic, its roots, and what the club has always meant...
Celtic v 'defunct teams'
Over the years, the Celts have faced numerous teams who have later gone out of business.
Some of these sides have notable places in Celtic histo...
Celtic in the Americas
This summer, Scotland will head to the Americas in their first World Cup since 1998.
The national team could be playing in the USA, Canada or Me...