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of all the latest Celtic books, videos,
DVDs and music |
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Celtic greatest games |
Another fine history by David Potter. |
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Celtic when football was football |
Pictorial record of life at the club through the decades. |
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Dan Doyle |
The life and death of an Irish rover. |
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Celtic Paranoia - The Laptop Loyal diaries |
A dirty job, but we should be thankful that someone chose to do it. |
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The Celtic Miscellany |
Revised and updated version of the (nearly) pocket sized Celtic encyclopedia by Andrew Smith. |
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Happy Birthday Dear Celtic - The Inside Story of the Hoops' Memorable Centenary Season |
Another fix for nostalgia junkies, albeit from a more recent era. |
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Tommy McInally - Celtic's Bad Bhoy |
Social history as well as the memories of a fascinating Celt. |
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Celtic Minded 3 |
The third book in the thoroughly enjoyable series of essays. |
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Political Football - The Life and Death of Belfast Celtic |
The extraordinary history of Belfast's Hoops. |
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A bhoy Called Bertie - The Life and Times of Bertie Auld |
Often funny, as you might expect from Bertie |
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Totally Frank - The Frank McGarvey Story |
Frequently disturbing glimpse into the turbulent life of an ex-Celt. |
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Football My Life |
If only he’d listened when they told him he’d be bonkers to take the Celtic manager’s job. |
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The Celtic Story: The Will To Win |
Visually stunning full-length comic book story of Celtic Football Club. |
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The Zen of Naka: The Journey of a Footballing Genius |
Better than average book about a better than average player. |
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The Official Biography of Celtic: If You Know The History |
A well written addition to your Celtic bookshelf. |
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The Celtic Miscellany |
Plenty to keep you amused in this wee gem. |
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An Encyclopaedia of Scottish Football |
A fine reference book partly authored by david potter. |
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Charlie Tully Celtic's Cheeky Chappie |
Another excellent book from the pen of Tom Campbell |
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Celtic's Cult Heroes |
They've all passed through Parkhead's gates... |
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Celtic - The Encyclopaedia |
Essential reading for trivia buffs. |
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The Battle of Montevideo - Celtic Under Siege |
An NTV recommendation. |
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Celtic and Ireland in Song and Story |
An excellent publication. |
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The Best of the Celtic View: the 100 covers that made you laugh, cry and cheer |
How can you resist it? |
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Celtic United: Glasgow and Manchester, Two Football Clubs, One Passion |
An interesting read for fans of the Hoops and United. |
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Never Turn The Other Cheek - Paddy Crerand |
A cut above the usual player biography. |
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Celtic's Lost Legend - The George Connelly Story |
A tough read in parts but worth it. |
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Thirty miles From Paradise - My Story by Bobby Lennox and Graham McColl |
One of the better player biographies and a worthy tribute to a great Celt. |
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Celtic The Lisbon Lions - A Celebration of the European Cup Campaign 1967 |
Highly recommended Lions book by Andy Dougan |
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The Lisbon Lions - The Real Inside Story |
The Lions deserve better than this 40th anniversary tie-in by Alex Gordon |
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Heroes
Are Forever - The Life and Times of Celtic Legend Jimmy McGrory |
John
Cairney's essential life story of a real Celtic great. Recommended. |
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You
Can Call Me Stan |
You can call it crap. |
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Ten
Days That Shook Celtic |
Ten
authors describe exactly what it says on the tin. An NTV recommendation. |
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Pointless
- a season with Britain's worst football club |
A
funny insight into life on the other side of the tracks. |
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The
Roar of the Crowd |
Much
more than a statto's bible. |
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Rough
Guide 11s - Celtic |
Enough
to while away the time on a coach trip - a short one. |
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Gordon
Strachan - the Biography |
Interesting
in parts but doesn't get too far beyond the popular conceptions of
WGS. |
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The
Mighty Quinn - Celtic's First Goalscoring Hero |
David
W Potter does a sterling job in keeping the great man's memory alive. |
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Tommy
Gemmell - The Autobiography |
Another
Lion looks back. |
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Hail
Cesar |
Big
Billy's autobiography leaves a few stones unturned. |
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Celtic's
Paranoia... All in the Mind? |
A
fully revised edition of Tom Campbell's compelling book is still the
paranoiac's bible. |
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Jock
Stein: The Definitive Biography |
Archie
MacPherson lays claim to the definitive Stein biography... he might
have a case. |
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Bobby
Collins - The Wee Barra |
Affectionate
portrait of a Celtic legend of the 50s. |
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Celtic
Minded |
An
eclectic mix of essays on Celtic, religion and Scottish society. |
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The Official tribute to Henrik Larsson |
The
club's official Larsson cash-in book comes close... but no cigar. |
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Bhoys
Bears and Bigotry |
Bill
Murray's updated Celtic and Rangers book returns to some familiar territory.
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My
search For Celtic's John |
Another
heavyweight contender. |
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Celtic
in Europe: From the Sixties to Seville |
Excellent
chronicle of the peaks and (many) troughs of Celtic in European competition. |
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Bobby
Murdoch: Different Class |
A
must read biography of a Celtic legend. |
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Walk
On: Celtic Since McCann |
A
worthy retrospective on the club's most recent history. |
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Scoring - An Expert's Guide |
A lad's own story. |
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Willie
Maley: The man Who Made Celtic |
A
major new work on one of the great figures in Celtic's history. |
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Martin
O'Neill - The Biography |
A
readable insight into the manager's life - well, some of it anyway. |
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The
Road to Seville |
The
club's official Seville commemoration fails to do justice to its subject. |
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Over
and Over: the Story of Seville |
The
Daily Record's Seville cash-in... and don't they deserve it? |
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The
Essential History of Celtic |
Another
addition to the Celtic history genre |
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Celtic
in the League Cup |
David
Potter's journal of the Hoops in the third trophy |
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the
head bhoys - celtic's managers |
A
history of the Parkhead hot seat. |
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lubo
moravcik - a life less ordinary |
...
But a book quite ordinary |
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celtic's
paranoia: all in the mind? |
tom
campbell's latest - another important addition to the celtic library |
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henrik
larsson books |
one
resounding hit and a definite miss |
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talking
with Celtic |
interviews
with some famous - and not so famous - Celts of the past |
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the
Martin O'Neill Story |
a
turkey |
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keep
the faith |
the
story of Celtic's treble winning season |
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the
mighty atom |
the
life and times of Celtic legend Patsy Gallacher |
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the
man in black |
a
very amusing history of the tyro maniacs more popularly known as the
bastards in the black |
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broken
dreams: vanity, greed and the souring of british football |
you'll
need a strong stomach to put up with some of the characters featured
in this brilliant expose of agents and chairmen |
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full
time: the secret life of Tony Cascarino |
a
better book than he ever was a player at Celtic! |
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not
playing for Celtic: another paradise lost |
David
Bennie trumps Fever Pitch |
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Celtic The Official History: 4 disc dvd; |
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a very watchable record of the 2007-08 season. |
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Lots of goals against Rangers... what more do you want? |
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Review of the 2006-07 season. As watchable as any of these. |
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John
Hartson tribute made while he was still on 99 goals. Says it all. |
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A
Celtic View version of Sutton's career in the Hoops. |
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Some
of them, anyway. The ones they could find film of/ get permission
to use. |
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Plenty
of goals against TFoD. |
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Brilliant
tribute to 'Celtic's Greatest Ever Player'. |
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Utterly
shameless attempt to cash in on a good result - and not a particularly
good video either. |
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The
official tribute to the king of kings. |
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Celtic's
official record of the tournament makes for essential viewing. |
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STV's
documentary about the fans - enjoyable. |
| Celtic
TV |
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Imagine
the Celtic View as live TV and you get... |
| greatest
ever celts |
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the
best ever celts... but where's Jimmy McGrory? |
| hoops
we did it again |
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the
official view of the 2001-02 season |
| for
the love of lubo |
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more
lubo on video |
| lubo:
a gift from god |
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all
hail the slovak genius |
| the
treble |
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see
it all again ... and again ... and again |
| ton'gue
in cheek |
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the
Tongue's finest moments in a Celtic jersey |
| music |
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More
interesting to learn about than listen to your hero's favourite music |
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ultimate celtic album |
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Quite
a title to live up to |
| stadium |
| celtic
park |
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see
ourselves as others see us thanks to this review from groundstours.co.uk |
| theatre |
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a
unique theatrical experience |