Celtic View: Celebrating Nearly Six Decades of Club Identity
On August 11, 1965, a modest four-page, black-and-white newspaper appeared on Glasgow streets with a simple promise: Celtic, in the club’s own words. The front page carried the new Scottish Cup winners and their manager, Jock Stein, a team on the brink of changing European football. The title was Celtic View. Nobody knew it would become a fixture of the club’s identity.
The idea came from Jack McGinn, a newspaperman by trade who would later rise to become Celtic chairman. His creation has outlived boardrooms, managers, eras and even formats. Celtic View is now recognised as the oldest club publication in football, a survivor from a different media age that has adapted without losing its soul.
From that first, ink-smudged weekly to today’s glossy quarterly, the scale has shifted dramatically. What began as four pages is now a 100-page magazine, and the latest issue leans fully into celebration. It looks back on Celtic’s Double-winning triumph last season and dives into the personalities, moments and memories that shaped it.
The magazine is heavy with voices from across the club’s past and present. Martin O’Neill, a manager synonymous with Celtic’s modern resurgence, sits alongside current captain Callum McGregor and defender Alistair Johnston. There’s a dedicated Champions’ Reaction section, with Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, Callum Osmand, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Forrest and Liam Scales all adding their perspectives to a title-winning campaign.
The World Cup thread runs strong too. World Cup Celts such as Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Alistair Johnston, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda and Yang feature, tying the club’s story to the global stage and underlining how far the reach of Celtic now extends.
The women’s game has its own deserved platform. The Women’s Scottish Cup section brings in Grant Scott, Kelly Clark, Adelaide Gay and Morgan Cross, reflecting the growth and ambition of Celtic’s women’s side and the club’s broader modern identity.
Around those interviews, the features dig into the mythology. Henrik Larsson’s World Cup Memories offer a reminder of a legend’s summer stages. Story of the Season revisits the key beats of the latest campaign, while Martin O’Neill’s Trophy Triumphs retrace a golden period. Celtic’s Late, Late Shows relive those stoppage-time rescues that have become part of the club’s character. Nygren’s Numbers breaks down the data behind a new face, and Last-Day Title Wins returns to the nerve-shredding finales that still live vividly in supporters’ minds. James Forrest’s Medal Haul underlines the scale of one man’s contribution to an era. There’s even a World Cup Quiz to test how much of this history the readers truly carry.
From Stein to McGregor, from a thin black-and-white paper to a 100-page glossy, Celtic View has tracked the club’s journey for almost six decades. The latest issue, available this week in official Celtic stores and online, doesn’t just report that story. It revels in it, and asks what the next chapter will look like.
