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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The Celtic Underground Podcast No.216 - Dom Sullivan on Celtic, McNeil, Fergie and Football
April 11, 2014 21:01 - 49 minutes - 46 MBThis week St Anthony is joined by former Celtic midfielder Dom Sullivan. Dom signed for Celtic in 1979 from Aberdeen for the not too triffling amount of £80,000, following the road taken by his former manager Billy McNeil. This was a time when squads were small, typically championship winning teams could have as few as 15 or 16 players making first team appearances through the season therefore when a young Paul McStay broke into the side, eventually Dom moved on in 1983. In his ti...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No. 215 - Seville: The Celtic Movement
April 05, 2014 00:51 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBPODIUM! Sorry but how could I possibly have someone on discussing a CQN Book and not make one podium reference? Anyway, this week I am joined by Brogan Rogan Trevino & Hogan to discuss the latest output from the Celtic conglomerate CQN - Seville: The Celtic Movement. BRTH sets explains that at times many of us (especially the online Celtic community over the last 2 -3 years) can get too hung up on all the politics surrounding the Scottish game and forget that going to the football w...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No. 214 - Stephen Sullivan on Celtic and Iron Men
April 01, 2014 22:30 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThis is our first podcast since becoming the champions again and cenemting ourselves as the most succesful living club in Scotland. No matter how succesful we become we must savour every success and one man who knew that was Sean Fallon. A Celtic great for decades, Sean saw many good and bad times and his biographer, Stephen Sullivan is the guest for this weeks podcast. Stephen, formerly of The Celtic View and Celtic website joins St Anthony to dicsuss all things Celtic and specificall...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.213 - Neil Mochan Jnr
March 07, 2014 22:27 - 57 minutes - 53.8 MBThis week St Anthony returns with another fantastic guest able to provide an insight into the history of the club - a man with a very famous name in the club's history: Neil Mochan. Neil Mochan Jnr discusses his fathers 40 years plus association with the club and also the fothcoming book. An excellent listen. St Anthony can be found on twitter @Stephen62572390
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.212 - Liaising with the bampots
March 05, 2014 22:59 - 51 minutes - 48.2 MBThis week Harry Brady managed to sneak back into Celtic Park for another interview with fan liaison officer John Paul Taylor. JP was on a podcast at the start of the season outlining the purpose of his new position back at Celtic Park and after 8 months Harry re-visits to see if it's all going to plan. JP is his usual open and honest self, providing an overview of his work to date and also where the club are with the Green Brigade, safe standing, kick off times and other matters. Also ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.211 - Fergus Tribute - A 20 year Rebel Anthology
March 04, 2014 01:48 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB"The Game Is Over, The Rebels Have Won" These words are burned into my soul, won of the most defining moments for our club in my lifetime. Our club was miandering towards oblivion, caught in the headlights of the Ibrox juggernought. Following the Ibrox disaster, Rangers had created the most modern stadium in Scotland. Complete with commercial revnue streams available to no-one else they had then taken advantage of thefreezing out from European football of English clubs to hoover up th...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No. 210(b) - Jock Brown, General Manager Part 2
February 28, 2014 08:06 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThis is the second of our two podcasts with forner General Manager Jock Brown where he discusses his time at Celtic. This week there is more on his relationship with Wim Jansen and Murdo McLoed, how he would do anything to ensure there was no 10 in a row and his sadness at the leaks coming from the lesser member of that management duo. Brown alos talks of his respect for Dr Jo and the excitement when Dr Jo took him to see Lubo. If you've not listened to 210 (a) I would suggest doing th...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.210 (a) - Jock Brown , General Manager Part 1
February 26, 2014 22:30 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week Harry is joined by another man from Celtic's recent history, but this time it is one of the more controversial figures - former general manager Jock Brown. At the club for just for 17 months, his tenure coincided with the final push of the failed Murray regime to achieve ten in a row and consequently this period also saw the hight of the media campaign to unsettle Celtic. Many would argue Fergus assisted that campaign by dismissing Tommy Burns and then appointing Brown along w...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.209 - Joe, Joe, Super Joe!
February 18, 2014 23:56 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThis week St Anthony is joined by the ever young Joe Miller. For me Joe was the start of the realisation that I may never ever get to play for Celtic. Born in the year of the lisbon success, I was studying for my O Grades when this young lad, the same age as my brother burst onto the scene at Aberdeen. I began to realise I may be too late... After 60 first team games for the Dons young Joe signed for his bhoyhood heroes and graced the hoops for 6 years. Joe returned to the Dons and a...
The Celtic Underground Podcast no.208 - Carl Muggleton, For The Love Of Football
February 14, 2014 08:10 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBJanuary 1994 and Celtic football club is approaching its lowest ebb. Whilst the new owner of Rangers decides to accelerate the south side's clubs splash the cash philosophy, over at Celtic the club lurches ever closer to oblivion. In a desperate attempt to hide the reality, the Celtic board provide manager Macari with some limited funds to spend on players to appease the fans. In come the likes of Martin, Biggins and Miggleton. History has not judged that Celtic team well but were all the p...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.207 - Paradise Road
February 11, 2014 15:32 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBOnce again this week Harry makes way for the professionals as St ANthony talks with author of Paradise road, Mr Stephen O'Donnell. Paradise Road tells the story of Kevin ‘Garra’ McGarry and his assortment of Celtic fan mates from Kirkintilloch as they struggle to get by in their mundane lives which are only brightened by the existence of their favourite football team. Both authors can be found on twitter; @StephenODauthor and @Stephen62572390
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.206 - The Quality Street Gang
January 28, 2014 23:53 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBI know, you wait for ages for a podcast then two come along at once however you don't have to suffer Harry Brady twice as (apart from a wee intro) this week it is St Anthony who takes the reigns and he is joined by Pual Dykes, author of the book The Quality Street Gang. This book details the story of a bygone age when a collection of promising youngsters joined Celtic in the 1960's and became the most talented reserve side that Scottish football has ever had the privilage of witnessing. To...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No. 205 - Winning Runs, Signing Players and 20 years ago
January 25, 2014 23:46 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBThis week marks the first podcast of 2014, and first footing Harry is Lachie Mor. Armed with his lump of coal and hawf, Lachie discusses the performance at Motherwell and again the pair discuss the point of many fans - they're not fussed about a winning run if it is replaced by a run of games for some of our younger players. After discussing this and just how good VVD is, the pair also touch on where the club was 20 years ago because we have a very special anniversary looming. The contribu...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 204 - A Celtic football podcast ... about football
December 13, 2013 00:25 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBAfter a week when the online chat has been about pyro, seats and signing policies, Harry Brady is joined by St Anthony to discuss... football! The initial concept of the bhoys is to talk about the great performances of Hearts and Motherwell and the inglorious display in Barcelona. Instead the bhoys discuss a bit of the good displays in Edinburgh and Motherwell and then move onto the challenge of how to move the best youths in Scotland into becoming the best first team players in Scotland, ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.203 - Clifford Stott on Policing, Dam Sq & OB Act
November 26, 2013 13:19 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBThis week Harry is joined by Dr Clifford Stott - one of the world's leading experts on crowd management and specifically policing of football supporters. For once Harry's chat is limited as he listens to a real expert talk about crowd control and policing at football and what should and shouldn't happen. In a Celtic context, the guys specifically discuss the recent issues in Amsterdam where Dr Stott identifies that there MUST have been a breakdown in communication and decision making over ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 202 - Police Thugs In Amsterdam
November 20, 2013 23:58 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThis week Harry is once again joined by Hullbhoy and discuss the appalling behaviour of the Dutch police along with some football - and the pleasant sight of 4 Celtic goals being scored in one game against Ross County. The situation with regards to Amsterdam is continually evolving. since recording Peter Lawwell has confirmed that Celtic have engaged the services of a leading Dutch football lawyer and will meet head on anyone who causes a problem for the Celtic support and as this podcast ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 201 - 2013 AGM Preview
November 14, 2013 22:41 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBThis week, the guys move off the subject of the Celtic Champions League XI and move onto business matters - The 2013 Celtic AGM. Harry & Hullbhoy share their business expertise to come up with the perfect preview of a plc AGM - The guy with the deepest pockets gets his way! Whilst it's not quite like that, the Harry & Hullbhoy preview the meeting by agreeing that the first 9 resolutions are the board's and will be passed by upwards of 96% of the vote. They agree that non board resolutions...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 200 (d) - Celtic CL XI, The Strikers
November 12, 2013 23:21 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBAfter a brief brake caused by IT malfunctions and diary challenges, we're back to finalise our review of the ultimate Celtic Champions League XI. This week Harry is joined by Hullbhoy to discuss the guys who win games - the strikers. Very quickly Harry & Hullbhoy establish that the striking duo is Larsson and A.N.Other. Also very quickly they whittle the candidates of that A.N. Other role to just 4 viable candidates, without overly criticising the others. To vote on the ultimate Celtic C...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 200 (c) - Celtic CL XI, The Midfielders
October 05, 2013 00:23 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBWith the midfield such an important part of the team, it was decided that Harry needed two experienced hands to help him discuss the selection challenges and so he has been joined by two well known members of the Celtic Underground selection panel, St Anthony and Lachie Mor. Straight away St Anthony puts his cards on the table to say Charlie Mulgrew would not get in his midfield, but says it in a nice way!. The group then discuss the pros and cons of many and agree that they would prefer t...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 200(b) - Celtic CL XI The Defenders
September 25, 2013 22:53 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBMark Cooper joins Harry Brady this week to discuss the men who stood in front of last weeks keeprs, the defenders. Historically known as the sieve for its porous attributes Mark and Harry review the famous MoN back three before moving on to a general discussion of the full backs and centre halves in the more traditional back 4's which followed. Mark's affection for Izzy and MacNamara are not hidden well, nor is his indifference to Paul Telfer. Once again, this is a review of the 67 player...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 200(a) - Celtic CL XI, The Keepers
September 17, 2013 01:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBWith Celtic commencing their next campaign in a Group of Champions, and Celtic Underground reaching the milestone of 200 podcasts, this week Harry is joined by The Human Torpedo as they start the process of The Celtic Underground Celtic Champions League XI. This week it is the no1 spot - The Keepers. Harry and The Human Torpedo manage to make a discussion about 5 players last an hour and at the end it's pretty clear who they think the No1 is out of Douglas, Hedman, Marshall, Boruc and For...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 199 - @ByTheMin The Return Leg
September 12, 2013 23:27 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBThis week sees the long awaited (about 3 weeks) return of Lawrence Donegan to the podcast for the heavily trailed discussion about his @bythemin empire. Lawrence joins Harry to discuss how @bythemin started on twitter and his aim that it might one day be the bastion of proper sports journalism. From this they go on to discuss the Stiliyan Petrov game last week and then the recent Ian Black betting scandal which hasn't been too scandalous and the obvious issues this leads to around gambling a...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 198 - Stiliyan Petrov
September 05, 2013 16:26 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week Harry is joined by a very special guest - Mr Stiliyan Petrov. Stiliyan very kindly took time out of his hectic schedule organising the Stiliyan Petrov game at Celtic Park this Sunday to discuss football with a fauning fan. They obviously discuss the forthcoming charity match at Celtic Park where some of the greatest Celts of the last 20 years (and more) will return to once again grace the hallowed grounds. Additionally Stiliyan gives an insight into his time at Celtic and more o...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 197 - Inverness, Shaktar and the transfer window
August 27, 2013 21:04 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBHot on the heels of reviewing Kazakhstan and previewing Inverness with Lawrence Donegan, Harry has got his act together and has pulled together a podcast reviewing Inverness and previewing the Shaktar 2nd leg. Harry is joined by Hullbhoy who provides his insight into these two games, past and present and assures us all that Celtic will win 3-0 AND will sign some players before the end of the transfer window, whenever the SFA decide that is. Mixed in with all of this, Harry adds some audio ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 196 - An @bytheminPodcast
August 23, 2013 15:37 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week Harry is joined by musician, journalist, golfer, Celtic fan and alround good guy Lawrence Donegan. They start with the good intentions of discussing Celtic, football and @bytheminsport and @bytheminCeltic but focuss so much on customer service (or lack thereof) at football that they run out of time for the twitter stuff and postpone that for Lawrence Donegan podcast part II. After discussions Celtic and football with Lawrence, the recent tweets by new(?) to twitterland @theCeltic...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 195 - Fan Liaison And The Return of Heroes
August 03, 2013 09:32 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBReturn of The Pod! The podcast soundtracks are dusted down after a summer of golf, cricket and not very much else. Harry Brady cranks up the machine, puts the needle on the records and off we go. This week Harry if joined by John Paul Taylor, formerly of the ticket office Parsih who, after an 8 year sabatical is now our fan liaison officer. John Paul justifies himself as a true Celt before going on to explain the wide remit he now has. Harry also reminds all of the very special place we...
The Celtic Underground Podcast Number 194 - The Hibees Hampden Preview
May 25, 2013 15:59 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week Harry is joined by....well actually he's Johnny nae mates as he singulalrly undertakes a betting and historical preview of playing Hibs at Hampden. No podcast is truly complete with some music and the Human Torpedo and so this weeks podcast has some appropriate sounds of games gone past and a wiki piece entitled The Hammer of The Hibs - who ese but John (Dixie) Deans. Hopefully you donwload before the game and get some decent betting form and odds and we all have a lovely Hampden...
The Celtic Underground 193 - Toffees, Season Books and Celtic's Prince Charlie
May 11, 2013 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBTRhis week the podcast returns after an absence of 6 weeks, enforced only by laziness. Harry is joined by St anthony where they discuss the ongoing issue of 2013 - what excuse can we provide as to why the away from is useless. The duo also praise the board for the season book pricing strategy for next season and then find time to discuss Moyes to Man Utd and who may or MAY NOT succedd him at Everton. Some semblence of order is restored at the end when the Human Torpedo provides another sl...
The Celtic Underground Podcast 192 - Tony Hamilton - An Insider View
March 15, 2013 00:35 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week Harry is invited into the very heart of the club for a conversation with Tony Hamilton. Tony discusses his role and time at Celtic to date and then provides an insight into the new post he will have from 1st April this year, taking forward the Celtic charity. Tony's passion for Celtic and the belief that our charitable aims are as relevant today as they were when the club was funded are clear for all. We then have the return of The Human Torpedo with another tale from the wiki. ...
The Celtic Underground Podcast No.191 - The Celtic Charity
March 06, 2013 15:34 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week Harry is joined by Mark Cameron of the Celtic Chairty fund. The guys discuss the marvelous evening at Celtic Park on Friday 1st March The Lions Roar Again, an event compared by Archie MacPherson and where all in attendnace were privilaged to meet the living legends of the 1967 team. Harry & Marck talk about the fact that this evening and the work of the Celtic Charity fund, after a difficult week, restored Harry's faith in Celtic. The bhoys then briefly touch on Juve game. Ther...
The Celticunderground Podcast 190 - Mad As Hell
March 02, 2013 02:35 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis week, I'm Mad As Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore. I'm joined initially by Mark Cameron and we talk briefly about the Lions Roar Again as a taster for some changes which will see the celtic Charity and Celtic Foundation become one with Tony Hamilton becoming the new CEO. I then discuss a raft of issues with Lachie Mor before the sound goes wonky and wetie matters up on Celtic, cheats and other matters.
The Celticunderground Podcast 189 - Juve
February 12, 2013 01:07 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBThis week I'm joined by Hullbhoy and we discuss the only game in town - Celtic. Reserves thumping Celtic. Figures that spell show we're on the best financial footing. Juve in last 16 Champions league. If Carling did football clubs…we know what the Juve result would be!! Enjoy
The Celticunderground Podcast 188 - The Good, The Bad and The Very Exciting
February 08, 2013 23:05 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBAnd the podcast returns! Just as you thought I'd done a bunk and joined Eddie as a monk in his cave, after a 6 week absence the podcast is back! This week I am joined by St Anthony of CU, KDS and Celtic Wiki fame. We discuss the 4 goals a game enjoyment of SPL home games, the disaster at Hampden v St Mirren, league reconstruction and have a brief look forward to Juve. Hope you enjoy. Oh and at the end we have a musical tribute to raving Loony Charlie Green.
The Celticunderground Podcast 187 - The Far Flung Celtic Family
December 21, 2012 00:02 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBEstadio Nacionale joins Harry Brady to discuss the challenges of supporting Celtic from afar along with the challenges of Doha traffic and getting a decent roll and bacon. Harry then rambles on about the last 16 draw against Juve and then The Human Torpedo presents another tale from the Celtic Wiki - A Rapid Exit. The music this week are two charity tracks to be downloaded from iTunes - Rod Stewart and the Justice Collective and with our inevitable run to Wembley, Estadio chose Nothing Can...
The Celticunderground Podcast 186 - London Calling Ten Twinkle Toes
December 15, 2012 10:43 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBThis week, Harry Brady is joined by Lachie Mor and we also have the return of The Human Torpedo. Lachie joins Harry to discuss the last three games - Good, Nervous and Ugly. They discuss getting through to the last 16 and how the atmosphere through the game was tempered by events in Spain. Then then move on to domestic matters and the pleasing Killie performance and only breifly discuss Arbroath - we won, that's about it! There is then a new Celtic Wiki bit - Ten Twinkle Toes, narrated a...
The Celticunderground Podcast 185 - The Same But Different
December 04, 2012 23:59 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBAfter the car crash podcast number 184 where Harry Brady tinkered about to see how the controls all worked, this week he has been released to do a full podcast. Harry starts off by explaining that Michael Dolan has crossed the stream but that his history has been taken forward by the special guest Hullbhoy. Harry tries to start the new era in controversial fashion by talking about the disapointing nature of home domestic form, but the two lads quickly get onto the wonderful European run. ...
The Celticunderground Podcast 184 - It's Not Very Good So Don't Be Upset
November 20, 2012 01:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBHarry begins with an explanation as to why there has been no podcast for so long and explains where Eddie has gone. After this 2 minute review he then tries (and fails) to explain that this is just a wee podcast to allow him to find his feet. This will NOT be in the UK's top 100 podcasts of 2012, so please take it in the manner it's intended!