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Celtic Helps Out Cork City
By: Matt |Cork City FC of Ireland have found themselves in quite the predicament these days. The world wide financial crisis has hit football in the recent years. Easily the hardest hit by this have been the smaller clubs in leagues or smaller leagues as a whole. The rebels of Cork City would definitely [...]
Bleh
By: Matt |Well, the honeymoon is over. After a red-hot start to the pre-season, Celtic let in an early goal against Dinamo Moscow and were not able to add one themselves to create a difficult task for the trip to Moscow to move to the next round of qualifying in the Champions League. Celtic started [...]
Mowbray Surprisingly Interested in a West Brom Linked Defender
By: Matt |Tony Mowbray made public that Celtic are interested in the young defender Josh Thompson. Unsurprisingly, Thompson would be coming from West Brom. While he doesn’t come from West Brom proper, Mowbray invited Thompson, the Stockport County defender, to West Brom for a week’s trial last season but would now like to bring him [...]
Dinamo Moscow Preview
By: Matt |Since The Offside does not yet have a Dinamo Moscow page (contact Daryl if you’re interested in the position though!), I tried to search the rest of the internet for a Dinamo Moscow blogs or writers, but could not come up with any. Or least none in English, and my Russian is a little [...]
Picture of the Undetermined Amount of Time: Haw, Haw, Haw.
By: Matt |They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and when I am busy, posting a picture rather than writing a thousand words seems economical. It could also be an important and/or a interesting picture that I would like to share. However, I hesitate to call it a “picture of the week” or something like [...]
Cocky Cockney’s Sent Packing
By: Matt |Celtic sent out a squad filled with reserves out in the final game of the Wembley Cup, but it did not matter as they sent the 4th best team in London home, Spurs, with a 2-0 defeat. The victory means that Celtic were the winners of the Wembley Cup, finishing above Barcelona, Spurs, and [...]
Interview with the Enemy: Spurs
By: Matt |In this edition of “Interview with the Enemy”, we talk to Drew of the Spurs Offside. Spurs and Celtic meet on Sunday for the final match of the Wembley Cup. After Celtic defeated Al-Ahly 5-0 on Friday, Celtic is in the drivers seat to take the Wembley Cup. A defeat of Spurs [...]
Celtic Debut Bumblebee in Style
By: Matt |Celtic wore their new “Bumblebee Kit” today and they did the famous kit justice by easing their way to a 5-0 victory over Egyptian side Al-Ahly today in the opening match of the Wembley Cup. Massimo Donati started the rout shortly after the half-hour mark for Celtic, before Shaun Maloney, Chris Killen and a [...]
Fox Hunting
By: Matt |As the deadline for players to be eligible for the Champions League qualifier approaches, word has come out that Celtic have brought Championship Left Back Daniel Fox to Celtic Park for a medical and to discuss financial terms. The highly-rated 23-year-old has shot to the top of Tony Mowbray’s wish-list, with the new Celtic [...]
Celtic 0-Cardiff City 0: Pre-season Finishing
By: Matt |Celtic and Cardiff City finished today’s match with a scoreless draw. Celtic put forth a strong starting XI for the first half, though with some obvious Italian midfielder exceptions, and were able to create some attractive football and some good chances. Unfortunately, Celtic were not able to capitalize on this pressure in the [...]






