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    Exclusive Photos – Forgotten Celtic Match Day Photos from 1970s

    David FauldsBy David FauldsMarch 22, 2024Updated:September 25, 20241 Comment2 Mins Read
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    Over the past few days Celtic Shorts has brought you some rare and exclusive Celtic photographs. We have shown you photos of the seats being put into the Jungle in 1993 then followed that up with some exclusive images, published for the first time ever, of the new North Stand in the days before it opened.

    This evening we go back to the 1970s and feature some new, exclusive and never published before match-day photos covering a selection of games against the likes of Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen, Dundee and maybe a few more.

    Kenny Dalglish

    You’ll see players like Kenny Dalglish, Bobby Lennox, Paul Wilson, Tommy Callaghan, Ronny Glavin and many others.

    Can you identify the games?

    Superb collection of prints

    All these photographs come from a collection of prints and slides that belong to former Celtic Director Tom Grant, a keen amateur photographer.  Tom had previously given us a superb collection of prints during lockdown. These featured the demolition of the three sides of the old Celtic Park and the building of the new stadium we all know and love today.

    With around 800 new photographs that had to be digitalised, we completed this task and have occasionally been featuring these on firstly The Celtic Star and now this week on our new site Celtic Shorts.

    Hope you enjoy these new photos and we’ll have another batch tomorrow and again on Sunday…

    The games are all from the opening weeks of the 1975/76 season. Aberdeen at home and Hearts at Tynecastle in the League Cup section August 1975.
    Rangers at Ibrox (end August) and Dundee at home (early September) were the opening two League games in the SPL 19-team League era.
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    Celtic in the 1970s Celtic photos Celtic Shorts Tom Grant
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    David Faulds

    Founder and editor on Celtic Shorts and publisher on dozens of top quality Celtic books including those on celticstarbooks.com. Publisher on The Celtic Star ahead of its sale. Earliest Celtic memories are a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email me if you'd like to get involved. editor@celticshorts.com

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    1 Comment

    1. Danny Osborne on March 23, 2024 2:24 am

      This was most definitely a walk down memory lane for me; just pure joyful nostalgia. It’s not that I ever need reminding how lucky I am to be a Celtic supporter;
      believe me, I don’t. Three quarters of a century under my belt, and Celtic Football Club has been a constant.
      A terrible beauty Indeed.

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