The Celtic Underground

The Celts celebrated last Sunday as penalty shootout victory handed them the League Cup.Celtic have a long and varied history with penalty kicks settling matches, with games involving finals and different continents.The full story of this is the latest tale from Hail Hail History This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

On Sunday Celtic secured another Hampden victory over Brendan with a penalty shoot-out league cup win. Celtic were below their best and Rangers capitalised on mistakes to make this cup final closer than it should have been. Unfortunately the marvellous efforst of Maeda (goal and penalty) and Schmichael (save and penalty) have been overlooked by the fallout from a “more outside” penalty call. Listening to the coverage, it seems that penalties in extra time are like playing the joker in It’s a Knockout and would have counted for double.Just before we recorded we had the SFA Var show where Collum threw his staff under the bus and said “they’re rubbish”, but as the boys say - we’ve had bad decisions in the past and were told to get over it so Clemente and Co - it wasnae give…get over it.As we’re approaching Christmas, this pod’s free so please share the CU love.Thanks for reading and listening to The Celtic Underground Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it.Enjoy…Apple podcastsSpotifyAmazonPlayer.fmSpreakerAudioboom This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

I have been obsessed with penalties since I was a young kid. The first time I played for any team was in a competition that we won on penalties. I was in goals and saved a couple. After that I loved penalty shoot-out practice and picking the shooter’s side and so when, over the years, I hear pundits saying penalties are a lottery I’ve always thought - nonsense.In recent years, Celtic have had a less than stellar record in penalties and that got me trawling the web for solutions which I where I stumble across the wisdom of Geir Jordet and his book ‘Pressure - Lessons from the psychology of a penalty shootout’. What a book!This podcast was recorded with Geir before the Cup final victory over Rangers but after you listen, watch again. Watch the teams before the pens. Look at who is (and not) in the huddle. Watch our players v theirs at the halfway line and in particular watch Schmichael with the ball after every pen and watch the keeper dependant technique of Engels.This podcast is free. Please share with all your friends the joy of CU.This can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts includingApple podcastsSpotifyAmazonPlayer.fmSpreakerAudioboom This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This Sunday, the Bhoys have the chance to win the season’s first trophy.Taking on Rangers at Hampden, the Celts will hope to bring the League Cup back to Celtic Park.Ahead of this game, this podcast – the latest from hailhailhistory – tells the story of Celtic’s previous League Cup Finals. Enjoy…This can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts includingApple podcastsSpotifyAmazonPlayer.fmSpreakerAudioboomThanks for listening to The Celtic Underground Podcast! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Celtic breazed past Hibs (in terms of goals for) on Saturday but gave up an alarming array of chances. Harry and Ross debate whether that was tactical issues, players being too relaxed, the weakest game out of 4 or other reasons.The bhoys then move on to Tuesdays UCL away game in Croatia and assess whether it will be another sore one in Europe or whether we have really turned a corner.Enjoy…This can be picked up wherever you get your podcasts includingApple podcastsSpotifyAmazonPlayer.fmSpreakerAudioboomThanks for reading The Celtic Underground Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Celtic Advent CalendarIt will be Christmas time soon, and many people are counting down the days using an Advent calendar.This Celtic Advent calendar tells you more about interesting numbers in the club’s history.This is the latest tale from @hailhailhistory. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Long standing listeners will know that the Celtic Underground Podcast and Mogwai go back a long way. If you’ve ever heard the Tales from The Celtic wiki or the more recent Hail Hail History Tales you will have heard The Sun Smells Too Loud playing in the background and, for the unitiated, that is by Stuart’s band Mogwai.Born in Lanark, Stuart is a founding member of Mogwai and after 10 studio albums, there is now a film out about this iconic band - If the Stars Had A Sound, which takes us from the bands formation through to the most recent album. The Guardian describes the film as follows “It has a purist approach, taking cues from the band’s anti-logorrheic approach by offering only a loose biography and comparatively little by way of analysis. All the better to let their majestic instrumental squalls fill the space, unencumbered by too much guiding commentary.”But as we all know, Stuart has a love of Celtic and he and Andrew explore all of this on the podcast. He also gives us an exclusive on how we nearly had the perfect Celtic/Mogwai collaboration.As a taster to non-subscribers of the quality of content produce by Celtic Underground, we’ve made this “In Conversation” podcast free to all.If you like it, why not subscribe, or share the joy of CU with others…Christmas is coming afterall… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.comWe are now at season 6 of 10 that we discuss in the second 9iar chronicles and what a season! It started with 13 ,000 at Celtic Park welcoming and manager and it ended with 13 ,000 at the Hydro celebrating 60 years of the Lisbon Lions. I don't think I've given a spoiler away. I think most listeners know what season this is. It's quite a season.Enjoy…I…

30 November marks Scotland’s national day, celebrating the country’s patron Saint, Andrew.Over the years, many Andrews have turned out for the Celts, and there have been various other connections between Celtic and the name Andrew.Learn more in this latest tale from Hail Hail History Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 1 - The Meat Loaf PodPeople on twitter and bluesky may be aware that regular podcasters (Remy & Paul T - both have been on here but more familiar to bytheminceltic listeners) have been joined by Barcajim3 for The RGC podcast. This is episode 1.It really needs to get out before the game against Club Bugge so apologies for the hap-hazard nature of the logo and the intro. It’s the best I could do between being a taxi driver to Harry B jnr and bedtime on Tuesday evening.When I get a minute I’ll source their podcast links.Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.comThis was Ronnie’s second season in charge. Cheated out of a double by blind officials, we all went into this season hoping that we would see progress and perhaps even a treble. We knew the new Rangers were coming but their meteoric(!) rise had stumbled (of how we laughed). It was the first season without a Celtic v Rangers match or Edinburgh derby in…

Recent news of a planned demolition in Glasgow city centre will take away a big piece of Celtic history.The building which housed The Bank restaurant – owned by legendary manager Willie Maley – is to be knocked down.This was a venue which was right at the heart of Celtic’s heritage.Leanr more about Willie Maley and The Bank in the latest tale from Hail Hail History Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Saturday 9 November marked 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, seen as the symbolic end of the Cold War.The Bhoys had various experiences playing behind the Iron Curtain, but only one trip to East Germany.The story of this game is the latest tale from Hail Hail History Enjoy… This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.comThe 3rd season of the second 9iar chronicles would end up being the last season of Neil Lennon...for a while. It was one of the least memorable of the 9. We romp the league losing just 1 game and achieving 99 points but that would be the only silverware.We reached the group stages of the Champions league but that would be the end of the achievements i…

Willie Maley nicknamed Willie Lyon “Celtic’s Bayard - the Knight without fear and beyond reproach.”Willie Lyon is widely regarded as one of the finest captains in the rich history of Celtic.  He was of that generation whose life was turned upside by the war, suffering a serious leg injury at Normandy and his football career ended at the age of 32.Here’s the story.For more on our history go to https://www.thecelticwiki.com/Enjoy…PS - If you are a free subscriber and to see if all the bonus stuff is worth the cost (and of course it is) then use this link for a 30 day free trial but be quick, the link’s not valid for long.https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/5061e026 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This podcast is released on the 137th birthday of the hoops. The basic elements of our formation are known by all fans…or are they?A club formed for the dinner tables of the porr of the East End, everyone knows that charity was at the core of our creation but the part played in this story by Brother Walfrid (an Irish Marist Brother) and John Glass (prominent in Scotland’s Irish community circles, including those with Irish home rule political allegiances) has led to some debate among fans as to whether religion and/or politics were equally motivating among the founding fathers.Andrew and Matthew of Hail Hail History chat through all aspects of the history of our formation and its impact on other Scottish/Irish clubs.Enjoy…To celebrate our 137th birthday, this is a free podacast available to all. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecelticunderground.substack.comThis was our 125th birthday season and for the first time in our history, there was no Rangers FC to compete against, that club had died with a new team being wished all the best by the old emerging from behind the Brechin Hedge. How would we fare in this brave new world?Domestically we would win a double and in Europe we would reach the last 16 of th…

McKeown Ghost StoryIn this Halloween week, here a spooky tale from Celtic’s history.It’s the true story of how a dead footballer came to face the Bhoys, and come to Celtic Park.This is the latest podcast from @hailhailhistory.Read on. If you dare…The Celtic Underground Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

No Kelly No KelticAnother tale from the CU archives and the home of Tales from The Celtic WikiTo fans of our generation, the name of Kelly sparks memories of Michael and Kevin and the early 90s battle for the future of the club.  But whilsy these battles for the future resulted in the end of their tenure at Celtic, it should be remembered that the name of Kelly resonated throughout our history.This is the story of an older time and how, without the Kelly’s there’d possible be no Celtic.We’re republishing these 10+year old tales from the Celtic wiki along with new history tales from @hailhailhistory and there will be a Celtic history story out every Wednesday.Enjoy…PS - If you are a free subscriber and to see if all the bonus stuff is worth the cost (and of course it is) then use this link for a 30 day free trial but be quick, the link’s not valid for long.https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/5061e026 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe

Back in the dark days of the Covid lockdowns, we recorded the 9 in a row chronciles - a fan recollection of those 9 amazing seasons. We always knew there’d be a second series but what period would it cover? We soon found out!We got the gang back together (well, almost - Lachie was on his boat so subbed out to Andrew H) and have recorded the second 9iar chronicles.The first one is an incredible season that starts with Rangers seeking their 4th consecutive title and Neil Lennon’s coat on a shoogly peg and ends with Celtic Champions and Rangers dying…wonderful times.This episode is free to all, but the remainder will be out every Sunday to paid subscribers only HOWEVER if you want to trial out the paid service you can use the link below for a free 30 day trial!!https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/5061e026Enjoy This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecelticunderground.substack.com/subscribe