Celtic Exchange: Celtic Football Club in Focus

Cometh the hour, cometh the Tony Ralston! Celtic clinch a dramatic late winner on a wet Wednesday night in Dingwall as the hoops show pure grit and determination to get the job done. Tony was the hero on the night as 10 man Celtic took all three points courtesy of his powerful 97th minute header. The squad is light, but the wins keep coming, and Ange and the Bhoys can now look forward to Sunday’s...

It's another huge week for Ange Postecoglou and his players as they take on a vital league fixture at Ross County before heading to Hampden for Sunday's League Cup Final against Hibs. Celtic have their injury worries but have still managed to rack up the wins with Sunday's victory over Motherwell our 5th straight league win in a row. Kyogo, James Forrest and Mikey Johnston are our latest players t...

Tino and Paddy joined Hamish from 67 Hail Hail to cover all the key talking points from the 1-0 win over Motherwell. With the injuries mounting up it was a makeshift side without a recognised No.9 that took to the field, but a well worked set piece finished off by Tom Rogic was enough to secure all three points. That's now 5 league victories on the bounce, with a clean sheet in the last 3, as Celt...

A 5 goal thriller sees Celtic come out on top with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Betis at Celtic Park! With so many fixtures on the horizon Ange made an incredible 11 changes to the side that beat Dundee Utd at the weekend, and many of the youngsters done their chances no harm at all over an entertaining 90 minutes. Our goal-scorers on the night are 21, 21 & 22 years of age respectively, which is v...

This week we were delighted to take part in the ACSOM (A Celtic State of Mind) Charity Weekender, where a number of prominent Celtic podcasts came together to provide back to back content across the entire weekend in order to raise some much needed funds for the parishes of St Mary’s (Calton) and St Alphonsus (The Barras). A phenomenal amount of over £20k had been raised so far and if you’d like t...

Celtic took all three points against Hearts in a hard fought battle at Celtic Park tonight to remain four points off the top in the Scottish Premiership title race. Celtic had the better of the chances overall but a one goal lead is always precarious and it could’ve ended level had it not been for some brave defending, particularly from man of the match, Carl Starfelt. credit to the side overall f...

Lionel Messi picked up a record 7th Ballon d'Or at a glitzy ceremony in Paris this week - once again pipping a famous Portuguese to the title - but the "World's Best Player" can count himself lucky that Jota only made the move to Celtic late in this summer's transfer window, else things might have been very different! We're at it here of course (mostly!) but there's no doubting the talent the youn...

A deserved, hard fought 3 points for the Hoops as Celtic run out 2-1 winners at Celtic Park. Jota opened the scoring with Callum McGregor making sure of the points with a fortunate effort in the second half. We’ve seen the Bhoys play better than they done today but were worthy of the points on the day given what they brought to the game. Next up are Hearts on Thursday night as a busy run of Decemb...

Comeback man Jamesie Forrest was the star of the show on Saturday night, slamming home the winner at Hampden to take us into next month's League Cup Final. He has a knack of coming up with big goals in big moments and as a player with just short of 500 appearances for the club his stats are truly remarkable. He's a player who could prove vital to Ange across the remainder of the season! We also pa...

Celtic booked their place in next month's League Cup Final as a James Forrest strike was enough to see us over the line in a stuffy semi final against St Johnstone.  Celtic were the dominant force overall but semi finals are rarely pretty affairs and it wasn't until that late goal that we could begin thinking about a return to Hampden. St Johnstone - as expected - set up in a very defensive shape,...

Felipe Jota and Kyogo Furuhashi have a phenomenal 28 “goal contributions” in all competitions for Celtic so far this season. Twenty-eight! We've only just put the clocks back! With 6 goals between them this week alone, the dynamic frontmen continue to steal the headlines, and rightly so. The two have become increasingly influential since their arrival at the club and alongside captain Callum McGre...

Keeganball meets Angeball in a thrilling six goal encounter at Dens Park as Celtic run out 4-2 winners! Doubles from Jota and Kyogo were enough to secure the points and to record our 4th straight away win in the league. The goalscorers stole the show but Tony Ralston also continued his recent strong form and was involved in 3 of the 4 goals in an excellent display overall. We now head into the lat...

A big away win in Europe for Celtic as the hoops pick up a crucial 3 points in Hungary!  The front 3 of Kyogo, Jota and Abada were on exceptional form and now have an impressive 22 goals between them already this season!  All three goals were well worked but the third was a thing of beauty, clinically slotted him by Abada after more great work by Kyogo and his beautiful wee feet! Learn more about...

More dropped points against the hammer throwers that are Livingston in a frustrating afternoon at Celtic Park cost us the chance to go top of the table this weekend. Despite our opponents industrial approach however it’s up to us to break them down and Celtic couldn’t find a way through on Saturday – despite being handed a golden opportunity with a penalty in the dying stages. As with any dropped...

A frustrating draw at Celtic Park today saw us miss the opportunity to hit the top of the table. Did Ange get it wrong by dropping Kyogo? By opting for Abada over Johnston? By restoring Bitton to the midfield. Hindsight’s 20/20 but some big calls and we’ve fallen short once again against an organised, but limited, Livingston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celtic are now just 2 points off the top of the table after a thrilling win over Hibs at Easter Road. Celtic blew their opponents well in a scintillating first half performance with goals by Ralston, Carter-Vickers and Kyogo - and in truth it could have been more than 3! An important 3 points and potentially a very important night in the title race as we now look towards Livingston on Saturday and...

Gorgios Giakoumakis stole the headlines this weekend, riffling home an impressive volley on his first start for the club to open the scoring against St Johnstone. We’ve waited a while for our new No.7 to make his mark but hopefully this is the first of many goals the Greek striker bags for the club. Fellow summer signing Josip Juranovic was also on target from the spot to seal a 2-0 win (a scoreli...

Celtic continue their winning form with a professional 2-0 win over the Saints - goals coming from new Bhoys Giorgos Giakoumakis and Joisp Juranovic. Meanwhile Jota (who else?) helped himself to another Man of the Match bottle of champagne! A third 2-0 win on the bounce and confidence continues to increase throughout the squad. Next up, another tough away fixture against Hibs at Easter Road on Wed...

Celtic picked up their first 3 points of this season's Europa League group stages as they took care of fellow Group G opponents Ferencvaros in an enjoyable afternoon at Celtic Park. Jota was star of the show (again) with a brilliant assist and an all round solid performance but notable mention to McGregor, Starfelt and the ever influential Joe Hart who led by example from the back. Momentum is the...

Celtic recorded back to back away league wins for the first time since who knows when with a comfortable 2-0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park. Jota was the main man once again and opened the scoring, but ex-Motherwell man David Turnbull stole the headlines with a stunning long range strike to seal the three points. Ange now feels the team is in a more settled place than at any other time in his rei...

Celtic win on the road once more, running out 2-0 winners over The Steelmen. That’s back to back away wins for us for the first time since (*checks notes….) nae idea! A tough place to go and an important 3 points for Ange and the Bhoys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our on-loan Portuguese winger stole the headlines at Pittodrie on Sunday with a late winner which relieves the recent pressure on both his team-mates and on manager Ange Postecoglou. Since signing on a season long loan deal on deadline day Jota has been one of our most consistent performers during what's been a fairly turbulent time and he could have picked no better time than the dying stages of...

Celtic pick up their first away win of the season with a crucial 3 points at Pittodrie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celtic fall shirt to a very decent Bayer Leverkusen side on match day 2 of the Europa League. The game saw the return of captain Callum McGregor and Kyogo Furuhashi to give Ange and the team a much needed boost but ot wasn’t enough to see us pick up anything from tonight’s game. Next up, and far more important, is a trip to Pittodrie to play Aberdeen in Sunday’s lunchtime kick off. Learn more abou...

Celtic's form for September makes for grim reading and with Bayer Leverkusen visiting this week in the Europa League there's a likelihood that things may get worse before they start to get better. This poor form coincides with a horrendous injury list, with James McCarthy and Josip Juranovic the latest to join Callum McGregor, Kyogo Furuhashi, James Forrest, Giorgios Giakoumakis and Chris Julien a...