Celtic View: Celebrating 60 Years of Celtic History
On August 11, 1965, a modest four-page, black-and-white newspaper slipped onto the streets of Glasgow and into Celtic history. On the front: the new Scottish Cup winners and their commanding manager, Jock Stein. Above the fold, a simple idea. In reality, the start of a publishing institution.
That paper was the first issue of the Celtic View. Sixty years on, it is still here, still talking directly to the support, and still holding its place as the oldest club publication in football.
What began as a weekly, newsprint bulletin is now something very different. The latest edition is a glossy, 100-page quarterly magazine, a modern production that still carries the same heartbeat as that first issue – Celtic, in full voice, on every page.
This new issue leans into celebration. It looks back on last season’s Double-winning campaign, a year when Celtic once again finished with silverware in their hands and songs in the stands. The story of that season runs through the magazine, threaded between interviews, features and World Cup memories that stretch the club’s reach far beyond Glasgow’s east end.
Featured Voices
The cast list is heavyweight. Martin O’Neill sits down to reflect, a manager whose own Celtic story is written in trophies and unforgettable nights. Current captain Callum McGregor adds the perspective of the dressing room, the man who now carries the armband and the responsibility that comes with it. Alistair Johnston offers the voice of the modern defender, a player who has quickly understood what this club demands.
The champions speak in numbers. There is reaction from Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, Callum Osmand, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Forrest and Liam Scales – a cross-section of experience, new arrivals and long-serving winners. Forrest, in particular, embodies an era; his medal haul earns a feature of its own, a reminder of just how often he has been there when the ribbons were green and white.
The lens then widens. World Cup Celts step into focus: Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda and Yang. Their stories carry Celtic into international arenas, proof that the club’s influence travels with its players, whether they are academy graduates or recruits from far beyond Scotland.
Women’s Game
The women’s game stands on equal footing in these pages. The Women’s Scottish Cup triumph is given its due through the voices of Grant Scott, Kelly Clark, Adelaide Gay and Morgan Cross. Their achievement is not a footnote; it is part of the same winning culture that runs through the club.
Features and Highlights
Then come the features that speak to memory and mythology. Henrik Larsson’s World Cup memories bring back the days when a Celtic icon shone on the biggest stage of all. “Story of the Season” pieces together the campaign’s key beats, while “Martin O’Neill’s Trophy Triumphs” rewinds to an era that reshaped the modern club.
Late drama gets its own chapter in “Celtic’s Late, Late Shows”, a nod to the stoppage-time winners and nerve-shredding finishes that have become part of the club’s folklore. “Nygren’s Numbers” breaks down the impact of Benjamin Nygren, and “Last-Day Title Wins” revisits those tense afternoons when the destination of the league hung on a single result.
For the statisticians and nostalgists, there is a World Cup Quiz to test recall and obsession in equal measure.
From a four-page paper conceived by former newspaperman Jack McGinn – who would later become Celtic chairman – to a 100-page magazine celebrating a Double and a global footprint, the Celtic View has tracked almost every twist of the club’s modern journey.
The latest issue is out this week, on sale in official Celtic stores and online, ready to write its next chapter into a story that began with Jock Stein on the front page and no intention of ever being just another newspaper.
