Celtic Underground

Pieces of Eight Yes, it’s the pirate podcast (you’ll understand when you listen) and we are reviewing the tenure of Neil Lennon as Celtic manager.  We look at his departure last time, his re-appointment and assess whether this was some catastrophic turn of unlucky events for Neil or the inevitable outcome of appointing someone not qualified for the job and I would suggest that the panel have a ran...

Celts on The Rocks   This week I am joined by Lachie Mor and Duncan Smillie of Glasgow Rocks to discuss the current situation at Celtic.   We review the inept Ross County performance and then go on to discuss the nature of the vitriol against senior people at the club (manager CEO) and question if that is the “Celtic Way” - can we not disagree with the board’s decision on Lennon without being so d...

Celts on The Rocks This week I am joined by Lachie Mor and Duncan Smillie of Glasgow Rocks to discuss the current situation at Celtic. We review the inept Ross County performance and then go on to discuss the nature of the vitriol against senior people at the club (manager CEO) and question if that is the “Celtic Way” - can we not disagree with the board’s decision on Lennon without being so disag...

Marketing Celtic   I know, I know, all we want is a succesful team on the pitch and you have no time for all this marketing and “brand” chat that revolves around modern football and if that’s the sum total of your thoughts on marketing a football club then this podcast is not for you.   If, however, you see maximising income as the way of getting the best players in the pitch then hopefully you wi...

Marketing Celtic I know, I know, all we want is a succesful team on the pitch and you have no time for all this marketing and “brand” chat that revolves around modern football and if that’s the sum total of your thoughts on marketing a football club then this podcast is not for you.  If, however, you see maximising income as the way of getting the best players in the pitch then hopefully you will...

And so after 17 years in the job Peter is leaving.    Peter Lawwell was first employed by Celtic as the club's Financial Controller from 1990 to 1991 under then Chief Executive Terry Cassidy. In September 2003, he returned to Celtic succeeding Ian McLeod as Chief Executive. The job title was changed for Lawwell to Executive Director, Head of Operations as many of the previous Chief Executives had...

And so after 17 years in the job Peter is leaving.   Peter Lawwell was first employed by Celtic as the club's Financial Controller from 1990 to 1991 under then Chief Executive Terry Cassidy. In September 2003, he returned to Celtic succeeding Ian McLeod as Chief Executive. The job title was changed for Lawwell to Executive Director, Head of Operations as many of the previous Chief Executives had p...

Dear Dr Jo   This past week saw the passing of Big Shuggie Edvaldsson and formerCeltic manager Dr Jozef Venglos.   Jóhannes Eðvaldsson signed for Celtic in 1975 and made 127 appearances for the club.   He scored 24 goals for Celtic playing in defence, midfield and attack but made his name mainly as a central defender.   Dr Jozef Venglos was the first foreign born & raised manager of a club in...

Dear Dr Jo This past week saw the passing of Big Shuggie Edvaldsson and formerCeltic manager Dr Jozef Venglos. Jóhannes Eðvaldsson signed for Celtic in 1975 and made 127 appearances for the club.  He scored 24 goals for Celtic playing in defence, midfield and attack but made his name mainly as a central defender. Dr Jozef Venglos was the first foreign born & raised manager of a club in the Eng...

Tell me when it’s over   And the hits just keep on coming… This past week Celtic have dropped points to Livingston twice (once to a team made up of their fringe players) and still the management team remains unchanged.   On the podcast we discuss the possible rational behind this, the issues with the players, the Livi game and of course that press conference.   As a podcast that has (at times) bee...

Tell me when it’s over And the hits just keep on coming… This past week Celtic have dropped points to Livingston twice (once to a team made up of their fringe players) and still the management team remains unchanged.  On the podcast we discuss the possible rational behind this, the issues with the players, the Livi game and of course that press conference. As a podcast that has (at times) been ver...

What’s going on?   Who could have predicted, that going to Dubai, in the middle of the world’s worst pandemic in 100 years could end up being a PR disaster…?   Sunday night the news broke that we had a player with Covid. Then it started to come out that, due to the nature of everyone being in close proximity, 13 players and 3 coaches would be unavailable for the game against Hibs.   With perhaps a...

What’s going on? Who could have predicted, that going to Dubai, in the middle of the world’s worst pandemic in 100 years could end up being a PR disaster…? Sunday night the news broke that we had a player with Covid. Then it started to come out that, due to the nature of everyone being in close proximity, 13 players and 3 coaches would be unavailable for the game against Hibs.  With perhaps a 5% c...

2020 - A Year in Review   Twenty Twenty vision was hard work - a year of two halves.   We ran away with the league until Covid came and we were robbed of the 9iar celebrations.   When won a quadruple treble and again robbed of the celebrations.   In the grand scheme of things it will be just one year of missing going to games and there are worse things happening in the world however it hurt to mis...

2020 - A Year in Review Twenty Twenty vision was hard work - a year of two halves.  We ran away with the league until Covid came and we were robbed of the 9iar celebrations.  When won a quadruple treble and again robbed of the celebrations.  In the grand scheme of things it will be just one year of missing going to games and there are worse things happening in the world however it hurt to miss the...

I don’t want to talk about it!   The maltesers edition.   And there it was - in the 62nd minute the final flickers of the 10iar dream were snuffed out when Nir Bitton climbed all over the back of Alfredo Morelos and Madden was presented with the opportunity to reduce us to 10 men and any chnce of clawing back the huge deficit went.   It wasn’t the Bitton sending off that killed the chances of winn...

I don’t want to talk about it! The maltesers edition. And there it was - in the 62nd minute the final flickers of the 10iar dream were snuffed out when Nir Bitton climbed all over the back of Alfredo Morelos and Madden was presented with the opportunity to reduce us to 10 men and any chnce of clawing back the huge deficit went. It wasn’t the Bitton sending off that killed the chances of winning th...

Quadruple Treble No illiterative headlines name for the podcast - it’s a simple history making name.  The remarkable dominance of Celtic over Scottish football continues as the third and final trophyof the 2019/20 season is secured and Celtic become world beaters by securing a fourth consecutive treble. After a first 45 mins where we looked like we would go on to score 4 or 5 it was squeaky bum ti...

Quadruple Treble   No illiterative headlines name for the podcast - it’s a simple history making name.   The remarkable dominance of Celtic over Scottish football continues as the third and final trophyof the 2019/20 season is secured and Celtic become world beaters by securing a fourth consecutive treble.   After a first 45 mins where we looked like we would go on to score 4 or 5 it was squeaky b...

Custer’s Last Stand   And the hits just keep on coming…..this week it was St Johnstone.   Where do we go from here?   Is it down to the lake I fear?   After the Ferencvaros game Antnony Murray and I were very critical of the manager and after 30 mins I got St Anthony on to be the voice of reason and calm us all down.   Since then there has been no discernible improvement in performances and so we...

Custer’s Last Stand And the hits just keep on coming…..this week it was St Johnstone.  Where do we go from here?  Is it down to the lake I fear? After the Ferencvaros game Antnony Murray and I were very critical of the manager and after 30 mins I got St Anthony on to be the voice of reason and calm us all down.  Since then there has been no discernible improvement in performances and so we thought...

No longer surprising   Sorry to have such long breaks between podcasts, honestly, we’re not just waiting for defeats but I know many will be in the working every hour God sends boat at the moment and getting an hour to do a podcast is challenging.   Enough of that negativity - onto the hoops!   As you’ll hear on the podcast, Antony Murray has just been teaching Julius Ceaser and one quote from tha...

No longer surprising Sorry to have such long breaks between podcasts, honestly, we’re not just waiting for defeats but I know many will be in the working every hour God sends boat at the moment and getting an hour to do a podcast is challenging. Enough of that negativity - onto the hoops!  As you’ll hear on the podcast, Antony Murray has just been teaching Julius Ceaser and one quote from that cam...

Count The Trophies   Following the Scottish Cup Semi-Final victory Celtic are on course for another treble - 4 in a row would be quite incredible and you would assume that everything in the garden is rosy…but it’s not.   Thursday night saw another abysmal European result for the club and another performance were body language was dreadful on and off the pitch and it was hard to believe that this i...

Count The Trophies Following the Scottish Cup Semi-Final victory Celtic are on course for another treble - 4 in a row would be quite incredible and you would assume that everything in the garden is rosy…but it’s not.  Thursday night saw another abysmal European result for the club and another performance were body language was dreadful on and off the pitch and it was hard to believe that this is a...