Jock Stein 10 March 1965 was a massive day in Celtic’s history. Jock Stein took charge of the club as the manager, and in doing so started on a road which made him a legend. Stein is one of the true giants of Celtic history – and this latest podcast from @hailhailhistory tells his story. There’s a Celtic history tale out every week, free to everyone, whether a CU Subscriber or not and to find out more about the free Celtic walking tours visit Celticwalkingtours.wordpress.com for more information...
Mar 12, 2025•13 min
One of the things that makes football supporting so great is the joy of the moment and the celebration of the club’s history and this is never more evident that the work undertaken by The Celtic Graves Society. This week Andrew is joined by Frank and Jim to discuss the motivation behind the society, how it came to be formed and the work it does in keepin… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.sub...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 47 min
31 years ago – on 4 March 1994 – one story ended for Celtic whilst another one began. Fergus McCann’s takeover was finally successful, removing from power the club’s old Board. It was a change that transformed Celtic, and built the foundations of the club’s 21st century dominance. This latest podcast from @hailhailhistory tells the story of those events. There’s a Celtic history tale out every week, free to everyone, whether a CU Subscriber or not and to find out more about the free Celtic walki...
Mar 06, 2025•14 min
Willie Maley 85 years ago, in February 1940, one of the most significant chapters in Celtic’s history came to an end. Willie Maley – player and manager for more than half a century – ended with time at the club. This latest podcast from @hailhailhistory tells Willie Maley’s remarkable Celtic story. There’s a Celtic history tale out every week, free to everyone, whether a CU Subscriber or not and to find out more about the free Celtic walking tours visit Celticwalkingtours.wordpress.com for more ...
Feb 28, 2025•14 min
Celtic and floodlights A power failure in Glasgow’s east end last month threatened to turn out the lights and end Celtic’s game with Dundee. This would have been the latest chapter in Celtic’s floodlight history, a tale that goes back to the 1890s, and even includes joint teams with Rangers. There’s a Celtic history tale out every week, free to everyone, whether a CU Subscriber or not and to find out more about the free Celtic walking tours visit Celticwalkingtours.wordpress.com for more informa...
Feb 20, 2025•14 min
There are piviotal occassions in your Celtic supporting life when you realise everything has changed. For me, one of those was the night we went out on pens to Valencia. I went to work the next day and proudly claimed - we’ll reach a European final. Tonight is one of those moments. We have an elite manager who has, through tactics and motivation, convinved our players they belong at this level. There is now no turning back. No more signing players for games against Dundee Utd & Motherwell. W...
Feb 18, 2025•49 min
Valentine’s Day is a night for couples – and it’s a day for Celtic fans to love. On 14 February 1891, Celtic won what is considered their first ever major trophy. It’s a tale of success and controversy. To tell this story, here is the latest podcast from @hailhailhistory. There’s a Celtic history tale out every Wednesday, free to everyone, whether a CU Subscriber or not and to find out more about the free Celtic walking tours visit Celticwalkingtours.wordpress.com for more information. Enjoy… Ap...
Feb 12, 2025•10 min
Another transfer window closes and another load of whailing and gnashing of teeth from the Celtic fans (online at least) from many disgruntled hoops who wanted more. On this site we have had Andrew H’s positive review and a critical take (as you’d expect) from Critical Bill. Earlier in the season we had Ross Hall of The Football Talent Report provide us with his review of the summer window and so he is now back to review the January window. Harry B asks him was it good bad or indifferent. as you...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Celtic’s worst ever result Raith Rovers come to Celtic Park this Saturday for a Scottish Cup tie. Any mention of cups and the Fife team will always bring back memories of the 1994 League Cup Final. Losing a final to lower league team is never a good result – but what is Celtic’s worst ever scoreline? This latest podcast from @hailhailhistory examines ten of Celtic’s poorest games. Enjoy… Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom Youtube The Celtic Underground Substack is a reade...
Feb 05, 2025•14 min
As most will know, our ‘In Conversation with…’ series is usually exlcusive to paid subscribers but we decided to make this one free. It’s a wee bit different to most in conversations with Jenna talking openly and emotionally about both her mum and her dad. It’s quite an emotional discussion and one that will be appreciated by anyone who has lost their parents. You can listen to our podcasts wherever you pick up your pods. Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom Thanks for read...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Celtic today travel to Birmingham to face Aston Villa in the Europe’s premier competition. But one 1890s clash between the two sides aimed to decide who was the best team in the world… This the latest tale from Celtic’s history brought to you by @HailHailHistory. Enjoy… Thanks for listening The Celtic Underground Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticun...
Jan 29, 2025•7 min
With the postponement of the Dundee game on Saturday (result - I was away in London and would have missed it) then there’s only one show in town for this week’s podcast and it’s Europe. The last match podcast was a preview of the Young Boys game and so in this podcast we review (in our usual complete ramble that doesn’t really review) the YB game and preview the Villa match. In between we discuss VAR, Kyogo, Maeda and Jota. For nearly 20 years we’ve been rambling away like this, but you keep com...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 14 min
There was tear in the eye for many a Celt today with the departure of Kyogo, a player who clearly appeared to loved playing football, performing with what seemed like a permanent grin. But his departure has been tempered with the return of Jota. The deal was officially confirmed by Celtic today with the press conference late afternoon. Enjoy… (Oh and there’ll be a Eurovision podcast out very very soon). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
Jan 27, 2025•9 min
Most Celtic fans prefer to toast Tommy rather than Rabbie on Burns Night. However, in the past, some Celts were involved in a famous tribute to the Ayrshire poet, who is remembered each year on 25 January. This the latest tale from Hail Hail History History. Enjoy… Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom 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...
Jan 22, 2025•7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com A product of the Celtic youth system, Mark was unfortunate to come into the first team around the time when fans had lost faith in the senior management running the club. It wasn’t a happy time to be around Celtic and Mark and others suffered from the general environment. Despite this he achieved what many of us could only dream of - puling on the hoo…...
Jan 19, 2025•10 min
It;s exactly 14 days since we released our last matchday podcast. In that time, there’s been around 15million hours of alternjtive Celtic chat on other Celtic podcasts and almost the same number of Celtic games. The bhoys briefly chat about the games and the “weak as piss” performance in the second half at Dundee. We discuss playing teams from Dundee almost every week and the excessive fixture calendar preventing any coaching, any rest and whether that impacts enjoyment. We discuss transfer goss...
Jan 18, 2025•55 min
Celtic are back in Scottish Cup action this weekend, and aim to retain their trophy. The Bhoys have long and successful record in the Scottish Cup. But of all their victories, arguably none was more dramatic or historic than the 1904 final. For the full story - including how its legacy is felt even today - listen to the latest tale from Hail Hail History history. Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theceltic...
Jan 15, 2025•9 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com Over the near 20 years of the CU podcast we’ve been blessed with the array of Celtic fans, celebrities and players who have accepted our request to come on the podcast. Here at CU towers we like to mix up the guests between players and famous fans and following last weeks Brian O’Neil/Pierce Brosnan mash up (that joke only works if you watched the podc…...
Jan 12, 2025•12 min
The story of Celtic is a fascinating one, with many different aspects to it. First thoughts of Celtic will naturally turn to Glasgow’s east end, but in fact the Bhoys have connections right across Glasgow. If you’re looking for something differenet for the new year, a series of walking tours tell more about these tales, and are free to attend. This is the latest tale from Hail Hail History , who runs these walks. Enjoy… Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom Thanks for listen...
Jan 08, 2025•4 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com Looking more like Pierece Brosnan than the fresh faced lad who played for his bhoyhhod heroes, Brian O’Neil sat down with Andrew H to discuss his Celtic career. For the younger listeners (do we have any) Brian was a tall elegant midfielder, turned in a centre half, turned into a striker. Yes - Brian was mucked about by managers working with the limite…...
Jan 05, 2025•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com To quote Nick Berry - Every loser wins. Every dog has its day and Rangers had their day on Thursday. They played to the best of their ability and we played to the worst of ours and when both sides hit those extremes, the best they could muster was a 3-0 to bring themselves to with 11 (eleven) points of the finest team in Scotland. In this podcast for p…...
Jan 04, 2025•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com It was the oddest of odd seasons. 50,000 supporters bought season books for games they never saw in person. Instead logging on to Celtic TV to watch games that were instantly forgettable as the players struggled to perform in empty stadia. Covid tests, social distancing rules and punishments that seemed to change with the wind in a season where mira…...
Jan 02, 2025•16 min
Celtic will head to Ibrox tomorrow for their first game in 2025. This season marks 125 years since the opening of this ground, and Celtic have a fascinating history there, including some unique firsts and achievements. The full story can be heard in this latest podcast from Hail Hail History Enjoy… This can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts including Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive ...
Jan 01, 2025•8 min
The end of 2024 is nearly upon on us. The Rangers chat about VAR has come to a screeching halt now that there’s been a blatant error in their favour and the Celtic chat centres around how brilliant we are, how marvellous 2024 has been and could 2025 get even better. With everything going on, Eddie & I decided to log-on and have a chat to discuss the recent events in our game, discuss the Motherwell & St Johnstone games have a preview of Jan 2nd and a brief chat about any ongoing transfer...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Season 2019/20 was the first full season of Neil Lennon’s second term and Celtic went on to secure a 4th consecutive treble - in the strangest manner possible with it taking place over 2 seasons because this was the Covid curtailed season. It was one of the strangest seasons we will encounter in our lifetimes with debate about whether to call the season early amid mass spreading events and the on-off nature of the Celtic v Rangers game at Ibrox that wasn’t to be. Enjoy…. This will not be the las...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 34 min
First recorded way back in 2010 (yes, we’ve really been going that long) this tale reviews our history of playing on Christmas Day. It may seem strange to many hoops that football leagues had a full fixture card on Christmas Day but it used to be a regular occurrence. Here’s the story. For more on our history go to https://www.thecelticwiki.com/ Enjoy…and Merry Christmas to you and yours. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episod...
Dec 24, 2024•5 min
The Celts celebrated last Sunday as penalty shootout victory handed them the League Cup. Celtic have a long and varied history with penalty kicks settling matches, with games involving finals and different continents. The full story of this is the latest tale from Hail Hail History 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...
Dec 22, 2024•9 min
On Sunday Celtic secured another Hampden victory over Brendan with a penalty shoot-out league cup win. Celtic were below their best and Rangers capitalised on mistakes to make this cup final closer than it should have been. Unfortunately the marvellous efforst of Maeda (goal and penalty) and Schmichael (save and penalty) have been overlooked by the fallout from a “more outside” penalty call. Listening to the coverage, it seems that penalties in extra time are like playing the joker in It’s a Kno...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min
I have been obsessed with penalties since I was a young kid. The first time I played for any team was in a competition that we won on penalties. I was in goals and saved a couple. After that I loved penalty shoot-out practice and picking the shooter’s side and so when, over the years, I hear pundits saying penalties are a lottery I’ve always thought - nonsense. In recent years, Celtic have had a less than stellar record in penalties and that got me trawling the web for solutions which I where I ...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 10 min
This Sunday, the Bhoys have the chance to win the season’s first trophy. Taking on Rangers at Hampden, the Celts will hope to bring the League Cup back to Celtic Park. Ahead of this game, this podcast – the latest from hailhailhistory – tells the story of Celtic’s previous League Cup Finals. Enjoy… This can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts including Apple podcasts Spotify Amazon Player.fm Spreaker Audioboom Thanks for listening to The Celtic Underground Podcast! This post is public so...
Dec 14, 2024•10 min
