The Celtic Underground
337 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe Celticunderground podcast is produced by the people behind www.celticunderground.net. Just a few Celtic fans talking about Celtic, the greatest football team in the world.
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Viva Espana
August 16, 2020 20:30 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBViva Espana We have had a very eventful time of things both on and off the park at Celtic since our last podcast discussing the current squad. In that last podcast Juco James disected the pros and cons (minus the pros) of continuing to play Scott Brown. we then had the Killie game which was the usual purgatory on plastic. We lack creativity and gave away a stupid goal and many fingers pointed at Jullien and Brown. After that we had the Boli 24 hour Spanish holiday jaunt. In betwee...
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.6
August 13, 2020 20:12 - 54 minutes - 124 MBAntony Murray returns to discuss the all time Celtic XI of another hoops fan. This week Paul Rutherford picks his favourite Celtic XI with some alternative options from the norm. Enjoy...
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.5
August 02, 2020 20:02 - 1 hour - 150 MBThe first game of the new season has just finished with a 5-1 victory over Hamilton so if you're looking for Celtic chat, we have episode 5 of the Lifetime XI podcasts. It's the first official podcast of our 15th season and features our old friend Lawrence Donegan. He's had plenty of time to get the pronunciations correct so hopefully no mangling. It's Antony Murray with Lawrence Donegan's best XI. Enjoy...
Big Data, The Squad and Brown
July 28, 2020 09:06 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBBig Data, The Squad and Brown Data and statistics are increasingly playing a big part in sport but our guest today suggests that football remains largely in the dark ages in this field. His belief is that this is changing, and rapidly and those clubs that are late adopters will find themselves at a long term disadvantage. For those who follow him on twitter, @Jucojames has been at the forefront of detailing the numbers behind Celtic performances and, once we get past how he ende...
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.4
July 23, 2020 16:56 - 51 minutes - 117 MBThis week we continue with Antony Murray discussing with guests their all time Celtic XI. This week the guest is our very own Lachie Mor. Regular listeners will know that Lachie has been attending games since before Stein and so with an array of talent to choose from including the Lions, the first 9iar team and the Seville team his all time XI will be an interesting listen. Enjoy...
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.3
July 14, 2020 17:57 - 51 minutes - 119 MBIt's a simple concept, get a guest on and ask them to choose their favourite/best all time Celtic eleven but sometimes the simplest things are the best things and today we bring you episode 3. Hosted by Antony Murray listen and decide if you agree. If you don't tweet myself or Antony or email [email protected] and we'll get you on.
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July 06, 2020 21:13 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBTransfers and season books Most of our output during these past few footballless months have been our specialist series - the 9iar chronicles and the new Lifetime 11 podcast series. There has been little else going on bar the season-book stooshie but far more important things going on in wider life and therefore we haven’t been as prolific as usual on the podcasts. We decided that needed to change! We contacted Lawrence Donegan and Antony Murray and had a chat about all that is...
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.2
July 02, 2020 21:14 - 1 hour - 146 MBIt's like buses, you wait for ages and then they come along with the frequency of, well, buses! It's episode two of the Celtic Lifetime XI podcast from Antony Murray. This week his guest is Kes Devaal. Both guys can be found on Twitter @KesDevaal and @antonymurray25
The Celtic Lifetime XI Podcast No.1
June 24, 2020 21:48 - 1 hour - 158 MBThis is the first in a series of Celtic Underground podcast where Antony Murray discusses with guests their lifetime Celtic XI. This week Antony chats with Gregg Kennedy to review his Lifetime XI.
The 9iar Chronicles - Season (not) Ten 197475
May 28, 2020 21:35 - 2 hours - 60.9 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season not the ten 1974/75 Two Cups - but no Ten-in-a-Row League Position – 3rd - finishing 11pts behind Rangers who won the League and 4pts behind Hibernian League Cup – Winners Scottish Cup – Winners Drybrough Cup - Winners European Cup - First Round Celtic were to miss out on a world record of ten consecutive League championships this season and had to be content with the two domestic cups and the Drybrough Cup in it's last year. This season saw the r...
The Rugby League One
May 27, 2020 19:53 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBThe Rugby League Podcast! Welcome to the Celtic Underground Rugby League podcast. Listeners will be wondering why a Celtic fans podcast is talking about rubgy league - because we want to. Although born in Scotland, all my relatives are from Cumbria and specifically, for those who know the area they are from an area steeped in rubgy league history - Whitehaven, Cleator Moor and into Workington. When I grew up my mum’s dad was in to horse racing and Rugby League, Working Tow...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season Nine 1973/74
May 21, 2020 22:40 - 2 hours - 58.7 MBA Double and Nine-in-a-Row League Position – 1st - Ninth League title in a row - a record League Cup – Losing Finalists Scottish Cup – Winners Drybrough Cup - Losing Finalists European Cup - Losing Semi-Finalists The most outstanding accolade of the season was the completion of nine League championship titles in a row closely followed by reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup for a fourth time they had reached that stage or beyond since 1967. For a club the size of Celtic in a n...
The CU Top Ten 2017-18 plus 9iar 2020
May 18, 2020 23:19 - 1 hour - 42 MBThe Celtic Underground Top Ten season 2017-18 A topical podcast this week as we review the top ten players for the 7th season of the current 9iar….but don’t worry, the first 20 mins are disccusing the fact that tonight, as we record the podcast, Celtic are officially champions of Scotland AGAIN and have officially achieved 9iar AGAIN. First up we have a very special message from the manager to all our listeners (yes, we actually do) and then we have a 20 minute chat about achievi...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season Eight 1972-73
May 13, 2020 00:04 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season 8 1972/73 (Courtesy of The Celtic Wiki) The New to the Fore. League Position – 1st - Eighth League title in a row - a record League Cup – Losing Finalists Scottish Cup – Losing Finalists Glasgow Cup - Not played this season Drybrough Cup - Losing Finalists European Cup - Second Round So close to being a Double; so close to being a Treble! And in the end a record consecutive eighth League Championship title. Season 1972-73 should have been the ...
SPFL TO RFC - WTF
May 07, 2020 22:29 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBSPFL TO RFC - WTF? It’s here, the dossier that everyone (well everyone in scottish football) was waiting for. The evidence, the whistle blower, the reports of bullying, the substantiation, the smoking guns, deep throat, the bombshells that would lead to the resignation of the CEO were all…well NOT there. Unfortunately RFC seem to confuse questions with evidence and fact with opinion. Following it’s publication, their CEO (who sits on the SPFL board that is so useless) appe...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season Seven 1971-72
May 06, 2020 23:32 - 2 hours - 55.6 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season Seven, 1971/72 A Blend of Old and New League Position – 1st - Seventh League title in a row - a record League Cup – Losing Finalists Scottish Cup – Winners Glasgow Cup - Not played this season Drybrough Cup - Losing Finalists European Cup - Semi Finalists Season 1971-72 was a significant season as it really marked the start of a new chapter for the club, of players that had begun to appear the previous season but made their true marks this s...
The 9iar Chronciles - Season Six 1970/71
April 28, 2020 21:26 - 2 hours - 62 MBThe 9iar Chronciles - Season Six 1970/71 Merely Champions? Merely a Double? The End of an Era? League Position – 1st - Sixth League title in a row League Cup – Losing Finalists Scottish Cup – Winners Glasgow Cup - Semi-Final European Cup - Quarter Final Celtic won their sixth successive League Championship and the League and Scottish Cup Double - the 7th time they had achieved this. But many folk were now shaking their heads and saying that the team was not what it was. T...
Haley on working at the front-line of Covid
April 23, 2020 20:38 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBCovid or Novid As you will hear, this is not our usual Celtic Underground guest - for a start she doesn’t go to games… More importantly that attending Celtic games however, she is working to save lives. Haley (my niece) is a nirse currently working in A&E, sometimes in general accodent & emergency, other times (liek this past week) on the Covid19 ward. To use the hospital jargon, she is either Covd or Novid. Don’t worry, the content won’t unnerve (it might even put your mind a...
The 9iar Chronciles - Season Five 1969/70
April 21, 2020 15:11 - 2 hours - 55.5 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season Five 1969/70 A brilliant season that was nearly incredible! League Position – 1st - Fifth League title in a row League Cup – Winners Scottish Cup – Losing finalists Glasgow Cup - European Cup - Losing finalists When you look at that list of season accomplishments above you would have to conclude that it was so close to being a very successful season. The Double was very nearly a treble and close to a European quadruple. The truth is in...
The 9iar Chronciles - Season Four 1968-69
April 14, 2020 22:55 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season Four 1968/69 TREBLES ALL ROUND! League Position – 1st - Fourth League title in a row League Cup – Winners Scottish Cup – Winners Glasgow Cup - Semi-Final European Cup - Quarter Final An extremely successful season, the second treble season and the 6th League and Cup double. Only two blips dotted the horizon. Those were the quarter final loss to AC Milan, who went on to win the European Cup this season, and losses home and away to Rangers i...
Andrew Smith - Aitch is Retired
April 12, 2020 23:51 - 1 hour - 48 MBAitch is retired! I love having guests on the podcast. Most of the time we have myself and the usual team of guys discussing the events of the day affecting our cub however every so ogten we get guests on to provide us with a little something extra. What makes the guest so great is that they give up, what usually ends up being 2 hours+ of their day to be “interviewed” by a complete amatuer and they do so willingly and for free. What is also great is when the guest has so many stories that ...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season Three 1967 68
April 07, 2020 21:37 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBThe 9iar chronicles - Season Three 1967/68 The Second Greatest Season EVER in the History of the Club - and a Double season. League Position – 1st - Third League title in a row League Cup – Winners Scottish Cup – First Round Glasgow Cup - Winners European Cup - First Round After the highs of 1967-68 it would be difficult to know how to go forward with the club. That Jock Stein had a vision of where the club should be was without doubt. He had clearly shown that the club could ...
The 9iar Chronicles - When The Lions Devoured Catenaccio
April 03, 2020 15:30 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBTale from the Celtic Wiki plus the radio commentary of the goals There is little introduction required for Celtic fans of this game - 25th May 1967. Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan. This 9iar extra features a return of The Human Torpedo and a Tale from The Celtic Wiki and the radio commentary of the goals from the game. Enjoy...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season Two 1966/67
April 02, 2020 20:31 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBThe 9iar chronicles - Season Two 1966/67 This is the second in our nine in a row diaries and it is the story of the most remarkable season - The greatest season ever in the history of the club and one of the greatest seasons of any football club anywhere. • League Position – 1st - Second League title in a row League Cup – Winners Scottish Cup – Winners Glasgow Cup - Winners European Cup - Winners Every competition that the club entered it won. There can be no better season ...
Opta Celtic
March 29, 2020 12:21 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBThe UK (and most of Europe) lockdown continues but that never stops the Celtic chat. This week I am joined by someone who I have met many times at post game Celtic press conferences and someone I have been meaning to get on for some time - John Gallagher. John is a former professional footballer who played and coached at a level below the top flight but far above the standard most of us could only dream of however the main reason I have John on the pod is because John generates the Op...
The 9iar Chronicles - Season One 1965/66
March 24, 2020 21:23 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBThe 9iar Chronicles - Season 1965-66 This current period we are hoping to achieve the magical 10+ in a row and eclipse the 9 in a row done by another Glasgow team through the 1990s. Biu of course they were not the first club to achieve that level of success. The first Scottish team to win 9iar were the magical Glasgow Celtic, managed by the incredible Jock Stein and the first season in that run was 1965-66. Celtic has been in the wilderness of the Scottish game prior to the ret...
Medicine dictates crowning Celtic
March 19, 2020 23:57 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBWe are in unprecedented times and that requires an unprecedented quality of guest and so this week we have an actual brain surgeon on the podcast! Originally @pablo567 was going to be on to discuss heading of the football and dementia however with the current crisis we thought it would be better to have him on to discuss how the SPFL wrap up the season. We discuss at length when and why Celtic will be crowned Champions. In addition to the football we also manage to squeeze in wh...
Copenhagen Catastrophe
February 28, 2020 23:28 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBOn Thursday night Celtic played Copenhagen and during the game we decided to give them a little thank you for being such good hosts the previous week. So we took 3 goals, tied them up in a parcel, put on a lovely bow a gift wrapped the best present we could… Yes we are so generous that we gifted them safe passage to the last 16 of the Europa League by making an absolute pigs ear of the home leg following the 1-1 draw in Denmark. In this podcast we pick over the bones of Thursday...
Podcast Xtra - Celtic knock 5 past Hearts
February 13, 2020 00:13 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBPodcast Xtra - Celtic 5 Hearts 0 Tonight Celtic thumped Hearts by 5 goals at Celtic Park with the atmosphere greatly enhanced with some late goals just down the M77 at Kilmarnock meaning that the lead at the top of the table is now 10 points. After the game Neil Lennon, Jozo, the Hearts manager and a Hearts player spoke with the press. The Hearts manager rambled and I’m not sure he’ll be their answer. It was a great night. Enjoy…
January Window Pains?
February 02, 2020 18:49 - 54 minutes - 25.2 MBIt wasn’t until nearly the 80th minute today against Hamilton that Celtic fans could start to relax today and had we not achieved that win and capitalised upon RFC dropping points at home to Aberdeen then the recriminations over the (lack of) activity in the January window would have been unbearable on scoial media however the manager made key substitutions in the second half and we went on to score 4 goals and continue our 3+ goals a game since the return to league activity following the wi...
Three Goals A Game and Clear
February 01, 2020 13:35 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBCeltic have returned to SPFL action in positive fashion, scoring 9 goals by knocking three past each of Kilmarnock, Ross County and St Johnstone. We have scored more goals and gained more points than all but 4 of the seasons this century after the equivalent number of games and with our progress in Europe and already a domestic trophy in the cabinet we remain on course for another remarkable season. With all of this the angst and frustration among many in our support is difficult to unders...
2010 - 2019 The Celtic Decade
January 19, 2020 20:45 - 1 hour - 37 MB2010 – 2019 was the Celtic decade. It started in an inauspicious manner with us limping along through the season with a failing manager and, 3 months in, a 4-0 thumping by St Mirren meant enough was enough and a change was made. Neil Lennon took over the reigns on a temporary basis, won 8 league games in a row and was given the job full time. The decade ended with a manager leaving, Neil Lennon being given the job on a temporary basis, seeing us through to the 8th title in a row and getti...
Half season Report Card
January 08, 2020 23:52 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBWe’re still in the limbo-land of the winter break and whilst the players are training in the hotbed of the birth of World Ward III we here at CU Towers thought there needed to be a half year report card for the hoops. We therefore decided we needed a panel of esteemed football experts to review the season so far and in the best Juke Box Jury fashion ascribe whether it had been a hot or a miss. After getting various knock backs we dialled up Duncan and Lachie to review the season so fa...
Goodbye Bonkers 2019
December 31, 2019 20:31 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBHappy New Year! The Celtic Underground podcast will now be entering our THIRD decade of podcasting, we may be getting old and we may be Celtic Da’s but who cares?!? We have set the pace for football fans podcasts in Scotland and will continue to do so into the 2020s and although our final recorded podcast of 2019 covers one of those exceptionally rare things of the last 10 years (a defeat) it is only one loss in a decade of complete domestic dominance and in a period of winning ...
Merry Christmas Everyone
December 24, 2019 14:09 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBTo quote Noddy Holder It’s Chriiiisssstmaaaas! As we record this podcast it’s Christmas Day (and for those in earlier time zones you’re probably picking this up on Christmas day or later) and so what do we have to do bar make sure the final presents are wrapped, the food is ready to be made and fun is ready to be had. In preparation for having more important things to do I decided to have one last podcast before the festivities so I called up Hullbhoy and had a little chat. On ...
Oh My Days
December 09, 2019 23:32 - 1 hour - 34 MBWhat a game and what a week. We have had the over dramatic descriptions of how well they played and how on another day blah, Blah BLAH…the scores on the doors is Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers. Celtic have won 10 trophies in a row. The Celtic X Men! We now know - they had umpteen booked and could have been worse. The “offside” Celtic goal was either marginally on or marginally off - ie too close to call and Morelos cannot score against us. What we also know for certain is that Celtic are th...
Ryans World
December 01, 2019 23:11 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBThe world’s longest running football fans podcast is back with a same day match review following our 4-1 victory away at Ross County. Following the midweek triumph over Rennes, these are the types of games that have seen us trip up over the years - after a thrilling and successful midweek European tie in front of a full house at Celtic Park it must be quite a come down to go to Dingwall and play ‘County’. Despite this the current squad showed all their professionalism and romped to a ...
Podcast Xtra - Beating the Livvy thugs
November 25, 2019 20:27 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBToday Celtic defeated Livingston by 4 goals to nil. That’s twice I’ve seen them play - they are not a football team, but a bunch of cloggers. A hard physical side who do their best to stop Celtic playing aided and abetted by sympathy reffing. Fair play to Gary Holt, his job is to have Livingstone playing at the highest standard they can and use the rules and refs as they are to achieve this and there will be a number of clubs in Scotland with much higher budgets who aren’t even in the same l...
Podcast Extra - Lazio the day after
November 08, 2019 23:15 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThe day after the night before… Following the historic victory in Rome over Lazio, Neil Lennon had his pre-Motherwell match press conference at Celtic Park today. It wasn’t much of a pre-Motherwell press conference and more of a post Lazio one. Neil reflected on the magnitude of the victory and the positive impact he believes it will make on the club, the team and the relationship between the players and the fans. There is mention of the January window, his thoughts on the draw...
Podcast Extra - Victory Over Lazio
October 24, 2019 23:54 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBTonight saw Celtic secure a hard won victory over an excellent Lazio team to move top of the Europea League Group at the half way point. After the game we got the views of Neil Lennon, the Lazio manager and Kris Ajer. Enjoy…
Rock On Celtic
October 23, 2019 22:22 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week we are joined by Glasgow sport entrepreneur Duncan Smillie. Owner of the Glasgow Rocks Basketball team, Duncan is also a big Tim and se he again joins us to discuss Celtic and a wee bit about his team. The bhoys review the Livingston game before quickly moving on to the victory over Ross County. They discuss plastic pitches, Tom Rogic and injury time before moving on to a preview of the Lazio game on Thursday. After all of that the guys still find time to discuss The Rocks...
Celtic Crush Cluj
October 05, 2019 14:27 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBThis week saw the return of European action and a packed Celtic Park witnessed an excellent performance as Celtic beat Cluj an exacted some revenge for the defeat that took us out of Champions League Football this term. The game saw another goal for Scotland’s premier striker Odsonne Edouard and Mohamed Elyounoussi join Larsson, Brattback and Cadete as people who have scored for and against Celtic in European football. After such a great performance I called up @hullbhoy and we r...
Podcast Xtra - Celts defeat Killie
September 22, 2019 15:27 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBCeltic had to come from behind today in their victory over Kilmarnock. A well organised Killie team took the lead with their first chance of the game but an Edouard double either side of half time and a Christie goal made sure of the points. There was still time for what looked like an odd penalty decision for Killie that Fraser Forster saved. After the game we got the comments from the Celtic and Kilmarnock managers (with Massimo Donatti doing some translating). Enjoy…
Strong and Stable in Europe
September 19, 2019 22:08 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBThis podcast is recorded within hours of the excellent away result in France where Celtic were unlucky not to end up deserved winners but instead took a very creditable 1-1 away result against Rennes. Games at the elite level are won and lost on fine margins and when they got their penalty not log after we’d nearly taken the lead, whilst I was concerned that we’d gone behind I was hopeful that we would get, and convert, at least one more chance. We should have had a penalty for a foul...
Celtic Blow Away The Hype
September 05, 2019 07:03 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBOn the first Sunday in September Celtic once again visited Ibrox and as per the bulk of the last few years since the new club arrived in the league, we won. There had been quite a bit of hype around this game with Rangers having won the pre-season cup of hype and many in the media and among their fans were confidently saying (the same thing as the last 3 years) that this time they really were back and 55 is coming blah blah blah. Celtic did their talking on the pitch and blew away the...
Podcast Xtra - Mohamed Elyounouissi
August 31, 2019 15:21 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MBFriday evening (30th Aug) Celtic confirmed the signing of Mohamed Elyounoussi on a 1 year loan from Southampton. Signed in June 2018 by Southampton for £16m from Basel, he plays mainly as a winger or number 10. He has 22 caps for Norway and has played 216 games as a professional scoring 67 goals (2 against Celtic!). Whether he features in the Glasgow Derby we shall see however my guess is that he’ll make the bench. Anyway, here’s another articulate foreign player joining ...
Celtic Remain in Europe
August 30, 2019 08:05 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBCeltic wiped away the tears of disappointment from Cluj by crushing Swedish champions AIK 4-1 in their own backyard therefore ensuring progression to the group stages of the Europa League. The hoops progressed 6-1 on aggregate and have now scored 22 goals in European football this season and 48 goals in all competitions so far this season. Whilst the Europa League isn't UCL, there are still some challenging potential sides with the Europa League Group stages looking like the UCL from 20...
Down Up Down Up
August 22, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBThe last podcast was recorded two domestic league games ago. Since then we have; SOLD KT Scored 12 league goals got knocked out of UCL Required extra time to get past Dunfermline It’s been quite a couple of weeks so we get Antony Murray onto the podcast to review these events and preview AIK Stockholm Enjoy…
Podcast Xtra - 7th Heaven Hoops
August 03, 2019 18:07 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBYo ho ho it’s magic you know, it’s gonna be 9 in a row… 1 game down, 37 to go on our way to securing the record equalling 9 in a row and what a way to start. Direct, free flowing attacking football. Midfielders given instruction to shoot on site, forwards with dancing feet and an opposition who were woeful. This on a day when cloudy Glasgow was hot and humid as America’s deep south and you had the perfect afternoon of football. Thunder and lightning rages all around as I pull ...
YEAR 14 - Season 201920 Preview
July 31, 2019 22:14 - 1 hour - 68 MBWhilst the international campaign commenced the domestic season commences this weekend against St Johnstone and so it’s time for the Celtic Underground 2019/20 season. This is our 14th season podcasting to the Celtic faithful and thanks to everyone who listens to and downloads our drivel, whether you’ve been doing it for 14 years (heaven help you) or a new listener. This week’s podcast features @Harrybradycu @lachiemor1 and @S_J_H1978 as they discuss the successful European campa...