The Celtic Underground

Long standing listeners will know that the Celtic Underground Podcast and Mogwai go back a long way. If you’ve ever heard the Tales from The Celtic wiki or the more recent Hail Hail History Tales you will have heard The Sun Smells Too Loud playing in the background and, for the unitiated, that is by Stuart’s band Mogwai.

Born in Lanark, Stuart is a founding member of Mogwai and after 10 studio albums, there is now a film out about this iconic band - If the Stars Had A Sound, which takes us from the bands formation through to the most recent album. The Guardian describes the film as follows “It has a purist approach, taking cues from the band’s anti-logorrheic approach by offering only a loose biography and comparatively little by way of analysis. All the better to let their majestic instrumental squalls fill the space, unencumbered by too much guiding commentary.”

But as we all know, Stuart has a love of Celtic and he and Andrew explore all of this on the podcast. He also gives us an exclusive on how we nearly had the perfect Celtic/Mogwai collaboration.

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We are now at season 6 of 10 that we discuss in the second 9iar chronicles and what a season! It started with 13 ,000 at Celtic Park welcoming and manager and it ended with 13 ,000 at the Hydro celebrating 60 years of the Lisbon Lions. I don't think I've given a spoiler away. I think most listeners know what season this is.

It's quite a season.

Enjoy…

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30 November marks Scotland’s national day, celebrating the country’s patron Saint, Andrew.

Over the years, many Andrews have turned out for the Celts, and there have been various other connections between Celtic and the name Andrew.

Learn more in this latest tale from Hail Hail History

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Episode 1 - The Meat Loaf Pod

People on twitter and bluesky may be aware that regular podcasters (Remy & Paul T - both have been on here but more familiar to bytheminceltic listeners) have been joined by Barcajim3 for The RGC podcast. This is episode 1.

It really needs to get out before the game against Club Bugge so apologies for the hap-hazard nature of the logo and the intro. It’s the best I could do between being a taxi driver to Harry B jnr and bedtime on Tuesday evening.

When I get a minute I’ll source their podcast links.

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This was Ronnie’s second season in charge. Cheated out of a double by blind officials, we all went into this season hoping that we would see progress and perhaps even a treble. We knew the new Rangers were coming but their meteoric(!) rise had stumbled (of how we laughed).

It was the first season without a Celtic v Rangers match or Edinburgh derby in…

Recent news of a planned demolition in Glasgow city centre will take away a big piece of Celtic history.

The building which housed The Bank restaurant – owned by legendary manager Willie Maley – is to be knocked down.

This was a venue which was right at the heart of Celtic’s heritage.

Leanr more about Willie Maley and The Bank in the latest tale from Hail Hail History

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Saturday 9 November marked 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, seen as the symbolic end of the Cold War.

The Bhoys had various experiences playing behind the Iron Curtain, but only one trip to East Germany.

The story of this game is the latest tale from Hail Hail History

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The 3rd season of the second 9iar chronicles would end up being the last season of Neil Lennon...for a while. It was one of the least memorable of the 9. We romp the league losing just 1 game and achieving 99 points but that would be the only silverware.

We reached the group stages of the Champions league but that would be the end of the achievements i…

Willie Maley nicknamed Willie Lyon “Celtic’s Bayard - the Knight without fear and beyond reproach.”

Willie Lyon is widely regarded as one of the finest captains in the rich history of Celtic.  He was of that generation whose life was turned upside by the war, suffering a serious leg injury at Normandy and his football career ended at the age of 32.

Here’s the story.

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This podcast is released on the 137th birthday of the hoops. The basic elements of our formation are known by all fans…or are they?

A club formed for the dinner tables of the porr of the East End, everyone knows that charity was at the core of our creation but the part played in this story by Brother Walfrid (an Irish Marist Brother) and John Glass (prominent in Scotland’s Irish community circles, including those with Irish home rule political allegiances) has led to some debate among fans as to whether religion and/or politics were equally motivating among the founding fathers.

Andrew and Matthew of Hail Hail History chat through all aspects of the history of our formation and its impact on other Scottish/Irish clubs.

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