The Celtic Underground

The season is over but the talking never stops and of course how can we not stop talking about a double treble season?   In order to fill the void of the summer we have the special guests, season reviews and player ratings to go through and so first up is the Celtic Underground End of Season Review and with such a season we need all hands on deck to discuss it and so joining Harry are Mark Cooper,...

This week we are joined by the Celtic CEO.   Yes big Pedro himself sat down on the joint CU & ByTheMin Couch to discuss all things Celtic.   The chat is wide ranging and we could have covered one hundred and one subjects, but you know that you’ve got 30 minutes with Peter so you have to be selective so Paul & I from ByTheMinCeltic decided we should focus on the future and specifically those matter...

This week we have a podcast guest returning after 6 years!   You will recall the days of Eddie Pearosn presenting when I was just a regular guest along with many others including one Antony Murray.   The problem was when Eddie wandered off to his cave after taking his vows of abstenance and austerity, he took his roladex with him and the contact details of many guests were lost forever…or so I tho...

This week we celebrate the 7 in a row champions - we didn’t just win it, we won it in style!   Celtic today were absolutely bloody brilliant.   From the very first minute we were up for the challenge, forcing 3 corners inside the first 5 minutes or so and anyone at the game (whatever team they support) would have known at that point that we were going home as Champions however few could have expec...

This week I am joined by Stephen Wray to discuss the Hibs game and preview the game against New Rangers.   The diea behind the podcast was to keep it to just those two gmes but with the end approaching and the type of season we’ve had it’s difficult to not meander into a discussion about some of the performances this term and what players will have a “could do better” on their report card.   Despi...

This week is a little self-indulgent. It is 15 minutes short of two hours long because we just wanted to revel in the glory of Sunday. Sunday wasn’t just about the score; it was about the manner of our victory. An imperious performance of a team at the top of their game who knew that we were vastly superior to our rivals.   Following last week’s rather somber and critical podcast we had to get Mar...

This week regulars Harry & Mark Cooper are joined by a man who is no stranger to the Celtic podcast world but is a debutant on The Celtic Underground podcast, Mr Stephen Wray.   We went into the podcast to discuss the lesser quality performances of the team this season and admitted that, considering we are just 3 wins from completing a double treble that it may seem a little negative however hopef...

Today Celtic came up against Ross County and in front of a sold out Celtic Park (bar some empty seats of non attending season book holders) they ran out comfortable 3-0 victors.   It was not Ross County’s day.   They gave away a silly penalty, their captain jumped on Scott Browns balls and gpt sent off and their keepr had a back spasm which resulted in him having to leave the park.   From a Celtic...

This week Saint Anthony is joined by a very special guest - Rosemary Burns.   Rosemary discusses her work with the Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust and of course life and football with Tommy.   The Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust was founded in 2009 by the Burns family after the Celtic legend lost his battle with skin cancer on 15th May 2008.   This year will be the 10th anniversary of Tommy’s passing...

This week I am joined by two of the best football coaches working in Scottish football today - Mr Stevie Woods and Mr John Kennedy.   The two gents were generous enough to set aside an hour of their time at Lennoxtown to discuss all things football.   They start with a review of their careers, their earliest memories of Celtic and what it felt like to make their pro debuts.   We then move on to th...

Sunday sees another Glasgow Derby game and this one is againts the newets Glasgow team in top flight football, the one who have never beaten us over 90 minutes.   Their recent status might explain why, despite having a large support, they cheer getting the cup draw against the giants of Scottish football.   Brendan also has quite a good record against this team with 8 games played, 6 victories and...

Celtic defeated Morton 3-0 on Saturday to progress to the Semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.   Apart from a sprightly first 15 minutes the game was all Celtic however the first half may have had dominance, but it was pretty dull and passive football.   I’m not sure it comes across in the audio but it was clear in the press conference that Brendan was very unhappy with the first half performance and...

Following the postponement of the Dundee game midweek and the freezing temperatures across the central belt, there had been an expectation among many that the Morton cup game this Saturday would be off.   But it isn’t so we needed a podcast.   There has been quite a bit of debate online about whether the game should proceed and I was in that camp however the roads and pavements around Celtic Park...

This week we have another Podcast Xtra with the thoughts of Brendan and the St Johnstone guys following the borefest at Celtic Park this Sunday.   We have the Brendan post match thoughts along with the comments of the St Johnstone manager and a player who I’ve no Idea who he is.   The fact that ST Johnstone have players and I don’t know who they are, that not one of them would get a starting game...

This past Tuesday saw one of the most sparkling performances of the team over the past few months.   A young team with 5 Brendan signings starting and 7 Brendan signings playing at some point, we had a host of players 23 and under and I’m sure at one point the most spoken language on the park was French!   Having won the game by half-time the second half wasn’t quite   as exciting but if it was a...

Regular followers of me on social media will know that I have been trying to get a memebr of the SNP to come on the podcast to provide a counter position on the OBFA.   We have had James Kelly MSP who is proposing the repeal of the Act and we’ve had people from FAC on a couple of times but depsite a couple of fallen through promises no-one from the SNP…until now.   Anyone with a passing interest i...

The Offensive Behaviour At Football act - a more useless piece of legislation I’ve yet to come across, but that’s not my opinion, that’s the view of lawyers, judges, civil liberty campaigners, minority rights groups and of course the evidence of our own eyes and ears and the evidence of government statistics.   If it was meant to stop a problem it has completely failed.    Regular listeners will k...

It’s January and the winter break so sureley we’ve got nothing to talk about….DON’T YOU BELEIVE IT!   We’ve got loads and loads so who better to get on than the man who could start a fight in a telephone box Mr Lawrence Donegan.    Lawrence is a man of many talents   and many of you will know him from his role as the argumentative host of the ByTheMinCeltic podcast whilst others will know him simp...

Today, Friday 5th January, Celtic completed their second signing of the January transfer window with the capture of Lewis Morgan.   The 21 year old former Rangers youth player has signed on a 4.5 year contract and will stay at St Mirren for the remainder of this season under the guidance of Jack Ross.   A two footed winger, Celtic have high hopes for the youngster who becomes the first Scottish pl...

On Saturday 23rd December Celtic defeated the second best team in Scotland 3-0.   The first half was tight but once Celtic scored there was only ever going to be one winner.   After the game Kristopher Ajer, Brendan Rodgers, Mark Reynolds and Derek McInnes spoke to the press.   Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

Following the 2 goal victory over Partick Thistle the Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers spoke with the press.   He gave his opinion on the game, the way the players improved through the match and also gave some post match comments about the Thistle player who thumped the ball into the crowd.     Following Brendan Alan Archibald gave his post game thoughts and then finally there was the well groomed a...

It happened!   We lost!   3 Players slipped on their arse, the goal keeper had a headrush and pulled down a Hearts player and we thumped it long all second half.   Apart from that we also played poorly…! Yet despite ALL of this we remain top of the league and remain on course for another title and part of the way there to a remarkable back to back treble.   We broke a 100 year record and went 69 g...

The past week has seen Celtic lose a two goal defecit to Hibs (a game we should have won by 5 or 6) followed by the Europa League Draw, followed by a FREEZING victory over Hamilton and then all rounded off with a lovely Christmas letter to all season book holders from the club.   With such an action packed week we’ve already squeezed a podcast extra in but have also decided to get @LachieMor1 back...

The slump continues as Celtic reach 69 games unbeaten in domestic football.   At this rate we’ll be slumping ourselves to back to back trebles!   Following on from completely dominating the game against Hibs but losinga   2 goal lead we had the visit of Hamilton.   An excellent strike and a Jozo gift almost lead to Hamilton getting two goals in this game too but in truth this was a game that would...

Tuesday night was a pivotal game in our season.   Provided we didn’t lose by 3 or more goals we could enjoy European football after Christmas and this was achieved but perhaps not in the way we would have liked…but we’re there.   Following the complaint by Mark Cooper that he always gets the graveyard shift of a post Euro defeat I decided to get another guest on this weeks podcast and so we have L...