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The Celtic Underground
The Celticunderground podcast is the world's longest running football fan podcast. It is produced by the people behind www.celticunderground.net and TheCelticunderground.substack.com. Just a few Celtic fans talking about Celtic, the greatest football team in the world. thecelticunderground.subst...
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The CU Top Ten Season 2025/26
Well folks, it’s that time of year - the end of season awards and unlike the press and players who vote with a month remaining, we wait until everythi...
Celtic Park's Opening Games
30 years ago – in July 1996 - the Lisbon Lions stand was opened at Celtic Park, continuing the ground’s redevelopment.
There are four stands at...
Celtic and the five continents
45 years ago, Celtic completed their own Olympic Challenge.
For the first time, the Bhoys played a game in Africa, completing the full ‘Olympics...
Penny wise, pound foolish?
Celtic have finally appointed Maloney and Fotherignham and the bhoys discuss what the delay in getting this deal done say about the club. Were they s...
More than a club Episode III
This is episode II of our special series focussing on supporters clubs from near and far. In this week’s episode, Paul shares the rich history of the...
Treble Yell - Celtic & Scotland's 3 main trophies
25 years ago, the Celts completed their first 21st century treble.
This achievement – delivered by new manager Martin O’Neill – was the club’s f...
General football chat
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The domestic season may be over bu...
Jimmy Johnstone & Bobby Lennox Testimonial
50 years ago, Celtic Park rose to acclaim two club legends: Jimmy Johnstone and Bobby Lennox.
And this testimonial match even included another p...
Martin's the man
Will he/Won’t he? The big debate in the days following the cup final seemed to be whether Dermot would or wouldn’t appoint Robbie Keane. all the whi...
Celtic's first visit to South America
This week, Scotland begin their World Cup campaign, the first time they have done this in the 21st century.
95 years ago, it was Celtic’s turn f...
Football and brain injuries
For decades, football, boxing and other contact sports have thrilled millions, but an uncomfortable question continues to grow louder: what price do a...
Controversy at the 1946 Victory Cup
Controversy in matches featuring Celtic and Rangers is hardly unusual.
One particularly notable game took place 80 years ago this week. It featu...
Celtic’s 1921 ‘Tour de France’
Celtic’s 1921 ‘Tour de France’
105 years ago, Europe was still hurting from the tragedy of World War One.
In 1921, the Celts took part in...
Just champion
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The podcast was supposed to be rec...
Celtic and Dunfermline at Hampden
This weekend, Celtic face Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup Final.
It will be the sixth meeting between the sides in a national final, and the pre...
The impossible dream?
Celtic had a woeful summer transfer window. In October we wrote a piece setting out why we were playing so poorly - in the summer and previous Jan wi...
Celtic and final day title wins
A Celtic win – or even draw – tonight will ensure that this year’s title race will go to the final day.
Over the years, the Celts have had numer...
2 to go
When Martin O’Neil arrived back at Celtic Park we were 8 points behind leaders Hearts. He closed that and handed a level playing field to Wilfried Na...
Three to go
There’s now just 4 games to go in the search for an unlikely double, 3 of them in the league. At the weekend Celtic (and the officials) made the vict...
Celtic’s Little Ant - The Bertie Peacock story
65 years, the Celtic career of one popular Celt came to a conclusion.
Bertie Peacock – the Bhoys’ ‘Little Ant’ – ended his time in Glasgow, an e...
Andrew H in conversation...The Miracle at Love Street
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To quote George Michael “If you we...
Andrew H in conversation with...Tom Grant
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We’ve been here before - disputes...
Albert Kidd Day
40 years was one of Celtic’s most celebrated league triumphs. It was a day when the club’s biggest hero was not wearing green-and-white.
This is...
Form, Fixtures & Fine Margins
In this week’s episode the bhoys take stock of our recent run of results and what it means for the title race. While a strong winning streak has pushe...
Celtic and League Trophy Day
45 years ago (25 April 1981) was a small piece of Celtic history. For the first time, the Bhoys received the League trophy in an on-field presentation...
A Celtic mood ring
This week Andrew is joined by a couple of voices you’ll have heard before but not on the regular main podcast as Stephen and Keith join him to talk up...
Andrew H in conversation with...The Kano Foundation
Andrew sums up this chat right at the start when he talks about organisations like The Kano Foundation being the best of us. Most match goers will be...
Where's the coaching
In this episode, Andrew is joined by Saint Anthony to take a hard look at the current state of the club, with a focus on recent performances that have...
Two games in a day to win the title
Celtic have had many dramatic title wins. But 110 years ago to day (in 1916), the Bhoys had to play two games in one day to become champions.
Th...
Farewell to the Lisbon Lions
In May 1971, it was time for Celtic to say farewell to the men that won the European Cup.
For the final time, the Lisbon Lions XI walked out tog...
Five-a-side Celts
When people think of five-a-side football, they probably associate this with friends playing for fun and to get fit.
However, in Celtic history,...
Sand, Strategy & Shite
In this week’s free podcast, Andrew, Matthew and Ross pull no punches as they dissect a dismal 2–0 defeat against Dundee United at Tannadice. On a pit...
Johnny Madden - a hero in 2 countries
Most footballers would love to be a hero at just one club; one famous Celt achieved this in two countries.
Johnny Madden was at the heart of Cel...
Andrew H in conversation with...Frank McGuire
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Jimmy McGrory (the fact he wasn’t...
Johnny Doyle, the man who loved the green
Some men are truly born to ‘wear the green’. That was certainly the case for Johnny Doyle.
A popular Celtic player in the 1970s and 1980s, his l...
Not 'daft as a brush' - The John Clark Story
John Clark was a true Celtic legend.
Not only was a Lisbon Lion, he is also the second longest serving figure in the Bhoys’ history, having been...
The Kendo Nagasaki edition
On Sunday Celtic visited Ibrox. Of the players in the 1st team squad who would be expected to start if all fit, the hoops had almost an entire XI mis...
Back on..schedule or schedule
“Day-ta” or Da-ta”. “Shed-ule or shced-ual”. It’s the important things in life that are discussed weekly on the CU Podcast and that’s why you keep com...
Celtic's first ever trophy
When celebrating Celtic’s history, few people will think of the 1889 Glasgow North Eastern Cup.
But for the Celts, this is where it all began, t...
Andrew H in conversation with...Hugh MacDonald
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This week, Andrew is joined by leg...