Celtic View: Celebrating 58 Years of Club History

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 posed with their manager, Jock Stein, a team on the brink of something far greater than they yet knew. Above them, a new title: the Celtic View.

It was the brainchild of Jack McGinn, a newspaperman with ink in his veins and Celtic in his heart, who would later rise to become chairman of the club. His idea was simple but bold – a publication by the club, for the supporters, telling Celtic’s story in Celtic’s own voice. Nearly six decades on, that voice is still talking. Louder than ever.

What began as a weekly, monochrome paper has grown into a glossy, 100-page quarterly magazine, the oldest club publication in football and a survivor in an era when so many others have folded. The latest issue leans into that heritage and the present in equal measure, a celebration of all things Celtic and, in particular, last season’s Double-winning campaign.

This edition is heavy with big names and big moments. Martin O’Neill, a figure forever etched into the club’s modern folklore, sits down to reflect on his trophy-laden years and those defining days when Celtic reasserted themselves at the summit of the Scottish game. Callum McGregor, the captain who now carries that responsibility, offers his own perspective from the heart of the current side.

There is a strong current of dressing-room insight. Alistair Johnston, Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, Callum Osmand, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Forrest and Liam Scales all feature, giving a sense of the depth and personality inside the squad. The “Champions’ Reaction” pieces pull the curtain back on how it felt to get over the line and lift silverware again.

The magazine stretches far beyond domestic duty. A substantial World Cup strand runs through the issue, tracking the “World Cup Celts” who have carried the club’s name onto the global stage. Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda and Yang all come under the spotlight, their journeys framed through the prism of international football and what it means to represent Celtic at that level.

The women’s game is given proper prominence too. The Women’s Scottish Cup campaign is revisited through the voices of Grant Scott, Kelly Clark, Adelaide Gay and Morgan Cross, underlining how the club’s identity now runs through both sides of the badge. Their stories add another layer to a season in which Celtic’s colours were visible across every corner of the game.

Nostalgia, as ever with Celtic, is never far away. Henrik Larsson’s World Cup memories are revisited, a reminder of when one of the club’s greatest icons lit up the biggest stage of all. “Story of the Season” knits together the key twists and turns of the most recent campaign, while “Martin O’Neill’s Trophy Triumphs” revisits an era when Celtic regularly turned pressure into silver.

There is room, too, for the drama that has defined so many title races. “Celtic’s Late, Late Shows” relives those stoppage-time rescues and last-gasp winners that have become part of the club’s mythology. “Last-Day Title Wins” does something similar, zooming in on the afternoons when everything came down to 90 frantic minutes.

For the statisticians and the curious, “Nygren’s Numbers” breaks down the impact of Benjamin Nygren in detail, while “James Forrest’s Medal Haul” charts the remarkable collection amassed by one of the most decorated players of his generation in Scottish football. A World Cup Quiz adds a touch of interaction, inviting supporters to test their knowledge of the club’s global footprint.

From a four-page paper to a 100-page magazine, from black-and-white to full colour, the Celtic View has tracked the club’s journey from Jock Stein’s Scottish Cup winners to today’s Double champions. The latest issue, available this week in official Celtic stores and online, is not just a publication. It is another chapter in a story the club started telling its supporters in 1965 and shows no sign of finishing any time soon.