Celtic View: A 100-Year Celebration of Tradition and Glory
On August 11, 1965, a modest four-page, black-and-white newspaper slipped onto the streets of Glasgow and into Celtic history. On the front: the new Scottish Cup winners and their manager, Jock Stein, staring out with the quiet authority of a club about to change everything.
The title at the top was simple enough – the Celtic View – but what followed was anything but ordinary. Born from the vision of former newspaperman Jack McGinn, who would later become chairman of the club, it grew into something no other club could match. Decades on, the Celtic View still holds its place as the oldest club publication in football, a thread running through generations of supporters.
What began as a weekly paper is now a glossy, 100-page quarterly magazine. The ink has changed, the paper has changed, the game itself has changed. The heartbeat is the same.
From four pages to a 100-page celebration
The latest issue leans fully into that heritage and the present-day glory. It’s framed by last season’s Double-winning triumph, but it doesn’t stop at the trophy lifts. It digs into the personalities, the memories, and the moments that shape Celtic.
Martin O’Neill, the man who carved his own era into club folklore, sits down for a major interview. His voice runs through the pages again in a feature on his trophy triumphs, revisiting the silverware that defined his time in the dugout.
Current captain Callum McGregor adds the perspective of the modern leader, while Alistair Johnston offers the sharp, honest view of a defender who has quickly understood what it means to wear the shirt. The champions’ reaction is captured across the squad, with Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, Callum Osmand, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Forrest and Liam Scales all contributing to the story of a season that ended with another title in the cabinet.
World Cup threads and Celtic roots
The magazine doesn’t just look inward. It stretches across continents and tournaments, with a strong World Cup flavour woven through.
Henrik Larsson’s World Cup memories bring back a time when a Celtic icon shone on the biggest international stage. Those recollections sit alongside a new generation of World Cup Celts: Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda and Yang all feature, underlining how far the club’s influence now reaches.
Numbers tell their own story too. “Nygren’s Numbers” breaks down the impact of one of the newer faces, while “Celtic’s Late, Late Shows” relives the stoppage-time drama that has become a familiar part of recent campaigns. Last-day title wins are revisited, the tension and release of those decisive afternoons laid out again in print.
James Forrest, a player whose career spans multiple eras of the modern club, gets his due with a focus on his remarkable medal haul. Few embody longevity and success at Celtic quite like him.
Women’s game, same relentless standards
The women’s side takes its rightful place in this landscape. The Women’s Scottish Cup campaign is covered in depth, with Grant Scott, Kelly Clark, Adelaide Gay and Morgan Cross all featuring. Their voices and stories underline that the demands, expectations and ambitions at Celtic are shared across every team that carries the badge.
A World Cup quiz adds a lighter touch, pulling readers into the global theme that runs through the issue, testing knowledge while echoing the international reach of the club and its players.
From Jock Stein’s Scottish Cup winners on a monochrome front page to a 100-page, full-colour celebration of a Double-winning season and a worldwide Celtic footprint, the journey of the Celtic View mirrors the club itself – rooted in tradition, constantly evolving, never standing still.
The latest edition is out this week, on sale in official Celtic stores and online, ready to write its next chapter in green and white.
