The Celtic History Podcast Liam Kelly

God Save Ireland is a patriotic Irish song that has a major place in Celtic's history. This is the story behind the ballad.

In 1901, Rangers won the Glasgow Exhibition Cup in very controversial fashion. A year later, Celtic would become champions of Britain and end up keeping a trophy engraved with the words 'Won By Rangers FC'. Here's how!



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In the late 1800s, Celtic hosted the World Cycling Championships at Paradise. The decision to do so would have a major impact on the future direction of the club.



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The story of a group of Celtic supporters who took forceful action against agents from English clubs, who kept signing Celtic players in the days before professionalism was introduced to Scottish football.

In 2002 an official greatest Celtic XI was voted for by supporters. However, no players from before the Lisbon Lions era featured in the team. To ensure that the heroes from the first 80 years of Celtic's history are not forgotten, it was decided that a podcast on the Greatest Celtic XI, comprised of players who did not play for the club after 1966, should be arranged.

Joining me to discuss this topic were renowned historians David Potter and Matt Corr, while David Faulds took on the role of host.

The three of us historians came up with a team each and an article will now be published on The Celtic Star website, where fans can vote on the matter to decide upon one definitive Pre-Lisbon 11.

Visit thecelticstar.com to see the article.

To view the video version of this podcast, please visit The Celtic Star YouTube channel.

Celtic Park suffered two stadium fires in the first half of the 20th century. The impact is still felt today as some incredibly valuable items were destroyed. This short episode tells the story of those events