Mikey Johnston’s brilliant start to his loan spell at West Brom has made him a huge fans favourite at the Hawthorns with the West Brom supporters demanding that the club get him signed up in the summer on a permanent contract. Attracting interest But the on-loan Celtic winger is also attracting interest among the Championship sides who have had a close-up view of Johnston tearing up their division and it looks like West Brom are going to be facing a stiff challenge from elsewhere if they are to sign the 24 year-old Irish international. West Brom failed to insert an…
Author: David Faulds
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
Celtic have offered a new long term contract to breakthrough midfielder Daniel Kelly. The 18 year-old has made quite an impact in recent weeks, including of course scoring that magnificent goal against Dundee at Celtic Park. And there’s also new deals in the offing for Rocco Vata and Liam Scales as Brendan Rodgers begins planning for next season. 28th February 2024 Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scottish Premiership Football, Celtic versus Dundee Daniel Kelly of Celtic shoots and scores for 7-0 in the 63rd minute. Photo David Young Bundesliga Interest There has been significant interest in Daniel Kelly from Bundesliga sides…
Holders Celtic have been drawn against Aberdeen in the Men’s Scottish Cup semi-final. The ties will be played at Hampden on the weekend 20 and 21st April. Former Aberdeen and Scotland goalkeeper Jim Leighton made the draw live on BBC Scotland after Hearts edged out Morton by 1-0 down at Cappielow this evening. Celtic have a very strong record over Aberdeen in cup ties at Hampden in recent times and who can forget that extra-special final in 2017 when Tom Rogic scored that unbelievable winner to wrap up an incredible Invincible Treble for Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic. More of the same…
And it’s a Glasgow Derby! Celtic FC Women have drawn theRangers in the semi-finals of the Women’s Scottish Cup. We’ve beaten Ayr United, Hamilton Accies and Montrose to get to this stage, and we’ll be looking to go all the way in our defence of the trophy that we’ve won in both 2022 and 2023. The tie will be played on either the 27th or 28th of April and it will take place at Hampden Park. A good crowd will be expected, and I’ll certainly be there to cheer on the Ghirls in green! In the other semi-final, Spartans will…
Elena Sadiku aspires to be Celtic’s Queen of Queens – here’s how it can happen… Elena Sadiku, after a difficult start to her new job as Celtic FC Women’s Head Coach, has certainly turned things around. She has her team playing high octane, intense football that few sides can live with in the women’s game North of the Border, and her Celtic side is now scoring for fun. Celtic at sixes and sevens Last weekend Partick Thistle conceded 7 goals against Elena’s Ghirls and yesterday the Montrose keeper had to pick the ball out of her net on half a…
Brendan Rodgers yesterday laid out the reasons why the best winger at Celtic has very little chance of starting again for the club. But in doing so the Celtic manager opened up the possibility that he might now be minded to use the player in question in another way. A significant impact There’s a popular Celtic podcast called 20-Minute-Tims and that is exactly what James Forrest could bring to Celtic’s season. Coming off the bench as he did yesterday afternoon to make a significant impact on the proceedings. And of course in doing so the veteran winger, who is in…
Brendan Rodgers has confirmed his top priority this summer in the transfer market. The Celtic manager has had advance warning from his goalkeeper Joe Hart that the veteran Englishman is going to hang up his gloves at the end of the season. Sums up Joe Hart That leaves the Celtic manager with a mammoth task of replacing a top professional who has been absolutely magnificent during his three years at the club both on and off the park. Indeed the photograph we’ve just featured on Celtic Shorts sort of sums up Joe Hart’s contribution to the Celtic cause. Celtic v…
Here are five Celtic photographs that we found particularly interesting from Celtic’s 4-2 win over Livingston yesterday afternoon in the Scottish Cup quarter-final tie. Celtic ran out 4-2 winners and while there can be no doubt that Celtic merited the victory, it’s also fair to say that the contest ended up being much closer than the scoreline suggests. Here are the photos… 1. JOE HART’S MAGNIFICENT MOMENT Celtic v Livingston – Scottish Gas Scottish Cup – Quarter Final – Celtic Park Celtics Kyogo Furuhashi centre and Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart react following the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final match at…
Earlier today Celtic TV has released the Unique Angle video of the Bhoys winning 4-2 against David Martindale’s Livingston at Celtic Park yesterday afternoon. A hat-trick from Daizen Maeda and a welcome goal for his Japanese compatriot Kyogo Furuhashi sent Celtic into this evening’s Scottish Cup semi-final draw. Celtic will be joined by Aberdeen, theRangers and the winners of tonight’s last remaining quarter final tie where Greenock Morton take on Hearts down at Cappielow. Perhaps there could be a shock on the cards in this one? Potential shock at Cappielow The game is live on BBC Scotland with a kick-off…
Livingston boss David Martindale reckons that Joe Hart’s save from Livingston defender Michael Nottingham’s header ‘kept Celtic in the game’. The Scottish Cup quarter-final at Celtic Park yesterday afternoon could have gone either way in the closing stages. Daizen Maeda of Celtic celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Scottish Cup Quarter Final match between Celtic and Livingston at Celtic Park on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) Celtic eventually ran out 4-2 winners with late goals from Daizen Maeda (to complete his hat-trick) and Kyogo making the difference after the scoreline was tied at 2-2. And…
Kuhn deserves some more time. Today is the perfect opportunity, but he’s got to grab that chance. It’s fair to say that Nicolas Kuhn hasn’t exactly impressed since his £3 million move from Rapid Wien in the January window. However it’s far too early to judge the German winger as he’s only just in the door. 11th February 2024 St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scottish Cup Football, St Mirren versus Celtic Nicolas Kuhn of Celtic on the ball ActionPlus Vagelis Georgariou Kuhn’s Big Chance But he hasn’t exactly looked like a player who can improve us and propel us to the…
Kenny Dalglish this morning gave his take on the controversial decisions taken by the match official in the Hearts v Celtic Scottish Premiership match at Tynecastle last Sunday. And the former Celtic and Liverpool legend reckons that Brendan Rodgers had every right to say what he did afterwards, as King Kenny hit out at the Scottish FA for their silence on the matter this week. Blatant mistakes “It’s not right that Brendan Rodgers has been charged by the SFA for his comments after Celtic lost 2-0 to Hearts,” Kenny Dalglish stated in his weekly column in today’s Sunday Post. “He…
Former Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis scored his first hat-trick in a 4-1 home win for Atlanta City in the new season opener against New England Revolution. The Giakoumakis hat-trick was watched by a crowd of 67,727 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. That iwas the third biggest in world football yesterday behind only Bayern Munich and Manchester United’s home attendances. First @MLS hat trick for GG. Unstoppable. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/RRxiWc3L1Q — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) March 10, 2024 Afterwards the former Celtic striker said to the club’s official website: “If you score four, five goals, you send a message. It’s good to do that…
Chris Sutton can’t understand why Brendan Rodgers allowed Alexandro Bernabei to leave the club this week given Celtic’s lack of cover in the left back position for the title run-in. However few Celtic supporters will have any real complaints about the Irishman’s decision, with Bernabei rightfully carrying the can for the recent last minute goal conceded against Kilmarnock at Celtic Park that cost the team two vital points. The straw that broke the camel’s back That was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Rodgers and he is paid to make these sort of decisions. It’s hard to argue…
Brendan Rodgers spoke about the ‘desperately sad situation’ that resulted in Liel Abada leaving Celtic this week. The Celtic manager described it as a situation where there was no other alternative but to part company with the hugely talented 22 year old forward. Best solution The best solution, Celtic felt, was to allow, with great reluctance on the Celtic manager’s part, Abada to move to MLS side Charlotte FC for a bargain transfer fee of £10m. That’s a sum that Celtic could easily have doubled had the player developed under Rodgers’ guidance over the new few seasons. That was the…
Alan Stubbs yesterday spoke to the mainstream media ahead of Celtic’s Scottish Cup quarter-final against Livingston at Celtic Park. The former Celtic defender was doing promotional work the Scottish Cup broadcasting partner Viaplay. Stubbs has Celtic’s interests at heart when it comes to considering the ups and downs of Scottish football and he’s more concerned about the Hoops than at any time in the last few years. The Englishman reckons that there are little signs that Brendan Rodgers is displaying that show that he is far from happy with this Celtic squad. And he believes that there are going to…
Liel Abada has posted an emotional farewell message on his Instagram account after completing his transfer from Celtic to MLS side Charlotte FC. Celtic have confirmed the transfer on the official club website but at the time of writing there has been nothing about the deal on the official social media channels. That’s not a bad shout given the tensions that exist surrounding Celtic supporters backing Palestine and the Israeli backlash to that support. Abada though can go and resume his playing career in a country that is Israel’s closest ally. Here’s what Liel has had to say this evening……
Celtic this evening confirmed that Liel Abada has been transferred to, Charlotte FC.. The club has agreed a deal with the MLS side with the transfer fee being in the region of £10m. Abada has been unhappy at Celtic since October when the Green Brigade’s banner on the day the violence began in the region broke out. SIGNED ✍️ Liel can’t wait to see y’all soon in the QC 👑 pic.twitter.com/WLQ0JNvWvb — Charlotte FC (@CharlotteFC) March 7, 2024 Incredible backlash That led to an incredible backlash against Celtic in Israel – but nowhere else – and Abada was targeted by…
Peter Grant has hit out at the Scottish FA, the refereeing chiefs and the match officials for their disgraceful interpretation of the rules of the game at Tynecastle on Sunday and in the aftermath as the former Celtic and Scotland midfielder insists that he told us. Grant has always insisted that VAR would be a disaster in Scottish football and so it seems to be the case. If it was scrapped today few in Scottish football – maybe just theRangers fans – would mourn its ‘loss’. theRangers supporter working VAR Grant reckons that the SFA merely defended the indefensible in…
Brendan Rodgers faces an Ibrox lock-out for next month’s vital Scottish Premiership match. Yesterday the Scottish FA disgracefully cited the Celtic manager for his post-match comments at the weekend. This happened because theRangers supporting VAR official John Beaton effectively re-refereed the game to substantially influence the outcome. In doing so Beaton negated the damaged down the day before when Motherwell unexpectedly defeated theRangers at Ibrox. Referee John Beaton Photo Malcolm Mackenzie PSI Incompetence A furious Celtic manager hit out at the VAR official for the sending off of Yang and the penalty decision awarded to Hearts after the ball struck…