Celtic Exchange: Celtic Football Club in Focus

Daizen Maeda continues to puzzle and delight in equal measure with the Japanese frontman grabbing his first hat-trick in the Hoops during Sunday’s Scottish Cup victory over Livingston. He was the man of the moment as Celtic took their place in the semi finals (eventually) where they’ll now face Aberdeen at Hampden Park. For Brendan Rodgers his perfect Scottish Cup record continues, having now won...

Daizen Maeda celebrated 100 appearances in a Celtic shirt by grabbing a hat-trick against Livingston to ensure the Bhoys take their place in the Scottish Cup semi-final. The 4-2 scoreline perhaps papers over the cracks of a less than convincing performance but in cup football it's all about taking your place in the next round, and that's exactly what Brendan Rodgers side have done. Kyogo rounded o...

Celtic will put the title race on the back burner this weekend as they get set to face Livingston in Sunday's Scottish Cup Quarter Final at Celtic Park. Brendan Rodgers holds the incredible record of winning EVERY game he's managed in the competition and will be looking to extend that run against David Martindale's side. For the players a return to Hampden Park for the Semi Final is all the incent...

🎙️🍀 Welcome to a new collection of recordings by The Celtic Exchange where we explore the tales of Celtic fans across the globe by speaking to Celtic Supporters Clubs near and far in the coming months. This week we're delighted to be joined by Ian O'Sullivan and Conor Horgan of the Cork No.1 CSC as they share their stories with us in the latest episode. Founded in Celtic's Centenary Year of 1988...

Celtic left Tynecastle on Sunday knowing they could possibly have done more on the day, but also with a niggling feeling that we were ultimately undone by some questionable VAR calls. Brendan Rodgers didn’t hold back after the game and simply said what we were all thinking in terms of how some of the key decisions were reached. We now await the SFA’s ruling on his comments. Elsewhere Mark Lawwell...

Celtic travelled to Tynecastle today knowing a win would put us back of the Scottish Premiership table. However, a combination of puzzling VAR decisions, as well as our own failure to respond and adjust cost us all three points on a frustrating day in Edinburgh. Losing Yang on the 16th minute was the turning point of the game, and Hearts capitalised with a goal from the spot followed by a second f...

Celtic travel to Tynecastle brimming with the confidence that scoring seven goals give you! All of a sudden players like Yang, Taylor, Johnston, Iwata, Idah and others have rediscovered their form, and with ten league games remaining there's no better time. Speaking at his press conference this afternoon Brendan Rodgers said that this stage of the campaign starts, so on that note let the fun begin...

Celtic knew just how important it was to follow on from the fightback against Motherwell with something notable against Dundee and that's exactly what they done on an explosive night at Celtic Park. CCV got the ball rolling after just 7 minutes and the Bhoys never looked back from there as they dismantled the Dens Park side. The Hoops had seven different scorers on a night where they showed just h...

🎙️🍀 Welcome to a new collection of recordings by The Celtic Exchange where we explore the tales of Celtic fans across the globe by speaking to Celtic Supporters Clubs near and far in the coming months. This week we're delighted to be joined by Sean Kelly, founder of the Detroit CSC. A passionate fan from the US who following enjoyable experiences at both the France CSC and Windsor CSC decided to...

Celtic have beaten Dundee 3-0 both home and away this season and most of us of a green and white persuasion would take more of the same on Wednesday night. The players themselves will have been boosted by Sunday's fightback at Fir Park and should be raring to go at Celtic Park. The manager has some big calls to make with Adam Idah, Yang, Luis Palma and Cameron Carter-Vickers all coming off the ben...

What a difference one half of football can make. At around 12.45pm on Sunday Celtic were staring down the barrel of a result that would have seen them drop points for a third game in the last five. Irish frontman Adam Idah was having none of it though as he and his team-mates produced a second half turnaround that few who watched the first 45mins thought possible. We’ve witnessed a few false dawns...

Other cliches are available but calling today's win against Motherwell a game of two halves seems to be the right fit for Celtic's latest performance. Despite freshening things up with 4 changes to the starting XI Brendan Rodgers' side couldn't get going in the opening 45minutes with the home side taking the lead just before the break. Half-time however saw Adam Idah introduced from the bench and...

Last time Celtic were at Fir Park it took a whole lot of character as well as a touch of class by Matt O'Riley to ensure the Hoops headed home with all 3 points. This time around those traits will be needed more than ever as the Bhoys look to get back on track after the disappointment of last week's draw with Kilmarnock. Brendan Rodgers will be boosted by the return of Cameron Carter-Vickers and A...

🎙️🍀 Welcome to a new collection of recordings by The Celtic Exchange where we explore the tales of Celtic fans across the globe by speaking to Celtic Supporters Clubs near and far in the coming months. This week we're delighted to be joined by Brian and Eddie, two Glasgow Bhoys who are now representing the club as proud members of the newly formed Swindon CSC.. The passion from the guys comes acr...

🍀 A failure to beat Kilmarnock for the 3rd time in 4 meetings this season means Celtic are now playing catch-up in the Scottish Premiership for the first time this campaign. With 12 league games remaining and with things not clicking at present for Brendan Rodgers something clearly needs to change. Whether that's the system, the players or the management team itself remains very much to be seen -...

Saturday's draw with Kilmarnock followed a pretty familiar pattern for Celtic. Start the game reasonably well, get the opening goal, fail to add to it, get nervous, drop points! It's a pattern that must be addressed immediately if Celtic are to have any hopes of reclaiming the title this season. For Brendan Rodgers - despite remaining unbeaten in 10 games - its back to the drawing board. Join Tino...

It's as tight as can be at the top of the Scottish Premiership just now as Celtic prepare for another vital league fixture this weekend. Kilmarnock are the visitors to Celtic Park for Saturday's 3pm kick off and will be buoyed by the fact that they've won twice already against the Hoops this season. It's a game for leaders and Brendan Rodgers will be looking for his big players to come to the fore...

🎙️🍀 Welcome to a new collection of recordings by The Celtic Exchange where we explore the tales of Celtic fans across the globe by speaking to Celtic Supporters Clubs near and far in the coming months. 🇺🇸 We're delighted to launch the series with one of the many supporters clubs in the US as Mike and Paul from the Chicago CSC share their story with us. Approaching their 30th anniversary the guys...

There’s been a pressure around Celtic and Brendan Rodgers since his return to the club was even first rumoured in the summer and the tension has ramped up notably in recent weeks – despite a 9 game unbeaten run. The manager has shown he’s up for the challenge however, and in the last week his team stepped up with two big wins which keeps us on course for battling it out in both the league and in t...

It's all felt a big negative recently but Celtic went some way to lifting that with a solid performance against St Mirren in the Scottish Cup this afternoon. Goals from Kyogo and Maeda were enough to secure the win and the Hoops now move on to the quarter finals where they'll face Livingston. A clean sheet from Joe Hart and his backline provided further encouragement and the victory means the Hoop...

Celtic take a break from league duty this weekend as they take on St Mirren in the Fifth Round of this season's Scottish Cup. It's a short hop over to Paisley for the Bhoys where they'll come up against a side in buoyant mood given how they've performed this season under Stevie Robinson. The league must be the priority for Brendan Rodgers and his side but the cup represents another important piece...

The three points were the priority on the night and on that note it was a case of job done for Celtic with the 2-1 win over Hibs. The result however was very much in the balance as we entered the closing stages and it took a late penalty from new Bhoy Adam Idah - his second of the game - to secure the points. For Brendan Rodgers it was his first win in five attempts at Easter Road and though he'll...

The midweek clash with Hibs at Easter Road presents Brendan Rodgers and his players with an immediate opportunity to right some of the wrongs from Saturday's disappointment at Pittodrie. The Edinburgh side are facing some challenges of their own and are currently toiling outside the Top 6 under Nick Montgomery. Celtic will be boosted by the return of Daizen Maeda from international duty whilst new...

Celtic performed woefully in the January Transfer window and followed it up with an equally disappointing display at the weekend as they dropped two vital Scottish Premiership points at Pittodrie. All in all its been a bad week for the club, but will we see a response? The pressure’s now firmly on Brendan Rodgers to do his bit on the park, and for Michael Nicholson to do his bit behind the scenes...

Given the week we've had it was almost inevitable that Celtic would add further frustration at Pittodrie this afternoon. The tension off the park seems to have made its way to Brendan Rodgers and his players who were unable to do enough against managerless Dons on the day. It brings to a halt a six game winning run, and despite a first goal for Nicolas Kuhn and a decent showing from Adam Idah up t...