Celtic View

Former Celtic defender and current Brentford and Norway star, Kristoffer Ajer, is our special guest on the Celtic View Podcast as we build up to Sunday’s League Cup final against Rangers. Ajer won nine trophies during his five years as a Celtic player and he takes time to look back on his Hoops’ career, with a special look at the last final against Rangers at Hampden Park in 2019. He sits down to reflect on his early days as a Celtic player, looks back on his favourite derby moments and cup finals, plus spills all the stories about the players in the dressing room at Paradise. Ryan and Paul are also in the studio to look forward to Sunday’s match, reflecting on their own derby memories and unpicking where the game might be won for Ange Postecoglou’s side. There’s also all the build-up to Celtic FC Women’s derby match against Rangers in the SWPL on Friday night as they look to close the gap on leaders Glasgow City. It’s the second podcast of the week, with Darren O’Dea and Stephen McManus sitting down wit

It’s a big week for Celtic as they get set to try and retain their title in Sunday’s League Cup final against Rangers at Hampden Park. To get in the mood for the big tie, the Celtic View Podcast has two special podcasts this week, reflecting on our previous two League Cup final victories over Rangers. On Friday, Ryan Christie of Bournemouth and Kris Ajer of Brentford reflect on the 2019 victory. In this episode, B team coaches Darren O’Dea and Stephen McManus look back on the 2009 final, where goals from O’Dea and Aiden McGeady allowed McManus to lift the trophy up the steps at Hampden Park. The pair look back on all the moments in the lead-up to the match, bringing you the details of what it was like to prepare for a final under Gordon Strachan with some exclusive stories from the changing room. They then recount the match, and O’Dea remembers his big moment when he scored the crucial opening goal in extra-time that helped deliver the cup. The coaches then preview the upcoming final and give their take

Ryan and Paul are back in the Celtic View Podcast studio to look ahead to another big weekend of action for Celtic. The team first of all review last weekend’s action for the first team in their 5-1 Scottish Cup win over St Mirren, plus victories for the B and women sides. There’s a review of the Scottish Cup quarter-finals draw with both men’s and women’s sides being drawn away to Hearts in the last eight. Aberdeen head to Celtic Park on Saturday and the team reflect on their own memories of the fixture, talking about some of the biggest moments against Alex Fergusson’s side in the 1980s, to the recent battles in cup finals. Glenn Loovens was the special guest on the podcast this week and in this episode we give you a taster of his interview which is live on the Celtic FC YouTube and podcast sites. To end, Ryan and Paul bring back the predictions game, where each week they take one another to see who knows the most about the football fixtures. Make sure you follow the podcast on the @CelticView Twitte

Former Celtic, Cardiff City, Feyenoord and Netherlands defender Glenn Loovens is the latest guest on the Celtic View Podcast. Spending four years at Celtic, Loovens won a league title, Scottish Cup and League Cup, playing a key role in each trophy lift. In this latest episode, Loovens tells all about his four year spell at Celtic and all his memories of those big moments. It’s a hilarious insight from the retired central defender who tells some unbelievable stories from the dressing room inside Celtic Park. There are stories all about the likes of Neil Lennon, Simon Ferry, Bobo Balde, Scott Brown and more that every Celtic fan will want to hear! It’s the first podcast of this week and make sure you stay up to date on the @CelticView Twitter page for the second instalment later this week, as Ryan and Paul will be in the studio to look ahead to the big Celtic fixtures coming up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time in 2023, the Celtic View Podcast is back in the studio as the team reflect on the start to the year so far for the Celts. Paul and Ryan reflect on Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic since their return from the World Cup and look back on some of the big moments that include reaching the League Cup final. They also look back on the women and B teams and their starts to 2023 with both sides in the hunt to win their league titles. The special guest this week is Stefan Johansen, the three time Scottish Premiership winner and Scotland Player of the Year for 2015. The Queens Park Rangers midfielder joined Celtic in 2014 for a three-and-a-half year spell, and the Norwegian reflects on the big moments during his Hoops career, including a League Cup derby win and the Europa League match at home to Inter Milan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“I signed for Celtic then went to work in a car wash!” | Niall McGinn on the Celtic View Podcast #22 Former Celtic player Niall McGinn is the special guest on the Celtic View Podcast this week as he shares some brilliant stories about his time at the club. Hear from the ex-Hoops winger on the latest episode as he talks about his early days with Derry City and details how close he made it as a Gaelic football player. McGinn then shares all about how his move to Celtic came about and how he celebrated by working in a car wash. There’s all the great stories about his early days in the Youth Academy at Celtic and moving through into the first-team and making his debut. The former Aberdeen man talks about the big moments and goals from his time at the club and shares some dressing room tales about his teammates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Celtic Youth Academy graduate, Jackson Irvine, is the special guest on this week’s Celtic View Podcast. The Australian international and current St. Pauli midfielder shares some hilarious stories on his journey from Australia, to Celtic and his time in the first-team. Hear exactly what it was like for a Celtic player in the early 2010s to try and break into a first-team and hear some brilliant tales about changing room antics. Irvine also shares details on the likes of James Forrest and Callum McGregor who he shared a youth team dressing room with, and remembers his debut and Neil Lennon’s angry reaction in the match. It’s a hilarious listen with the former Celtic player, as he also talks about Ange Postecoglou who managed Irvine at Australia, and the impact he had on him as a player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Lambert reacts to Celtic in League Cup final & incredible '98 title memories – Celtic View Podcast #20 The Celtic View Podcast is back for 2023 and Paul Lambert is our special guest for the first pod of the New Year. The former title winning captain reflects on Ange Postecoglou’s sides 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock in the League Cup semi-final, and looks ahead to the Glasgow derby in the final. Lambert is full of praise for the current team and he shares his thoughts on the job the manager is doing and what he thinks the team can achieve over the second-half of the season. A treble-winner at Celtic, Lambert also looks back on his own time at the football and shares some brilliant stories of the big games he played in and the players he shared the dressing room with. With 2023 being 25 years since the 1998 title-winning campaign, and 20 years since the UEFA Cup final run, Lambert reflects on his memories of those two memorable campaigns. He also takes some of your fan questions, which brings out a hil

Greg Taylor and Matt O’Riley join the last edition of the Celtic View Podcast for 2022 in a bumper episode. Left-back Taylor is our special guest as he sits down with Paul Cuddihy to chat all about the World Cup break, the return of the football, and there’s some festive chat with Christmas around the corner. Midfielder Matt O’Riley takes part in a special Celtic View feature where he discusses his favourite music tracks that get him up for the big matches. The full interview is only available in the latest Celtic View magazine, as O’Riley shares all about his father’s very own musical career and his Christmas single. There’s all the chat from the return of the domestic football, as Celtic scored an 87th minute winner away to Aberdeen on Saturday thanks to a Callum McGregor goal. There’s all the build up to matches against Livingston and St Johnstone, and a look at the festive period for the B team and the women’s team. ---

Former manager Martin O’Neill is on for the second part of his exclusive interview with the Celtic View ahead of the release of his new autobiography. Last week’s podcast brought Martin’s stories of his early years and start to life at Celtic, while in the final edition, the Hoops great shares all about his time at Paradise. Celtic Women’s player Tiree Burchill is in the Celtic View Podcast studio as our special guest. The 17-year-old has had a breakthrough year in Fran Alonso’s side and she chats about her rise to the first-team and making it at her childhood club. Following in the footsteps of her dad Mark Burchill who also came through the Celtic Youth Academy in the 1990s, Tiree talks about her father’s influence on her career. There’s also all the chat about the women’s side this season, with one final game this Sunday at home to Motherwell in the final match before the winter break. To end, Ryan Maher puts Tiree under the spotlight in the 60-second quickfire quiz, to see if she can beat Giorgos Gia

Former Celtic manager and club hero Martin O’Neill joins this week’s podcast for a special interview. Under O’Neill, Celtic rose back to the top of the domestic game and climbed the heights of Europe, and he sits down to talk all about his playing and management career with Paul Cuddihy, including those top moments at Celtic Park. Speaking after the launch of his new autobiography ‘On Days Like Years – My Life in Football,’ O’Neill speaks about his early years and the start to his management career at Celtic. The Celtic View team also bring you all the updates from inside the club, with new signing Yuki Kobyasahi landing in Glasgow, and Alistair Johnston’s move from Canada confirmed. There’s B team and women’s team chat, as well as their usual predictions game and all the debate around the World Cup. 00:00 : Start 01:28 : New signings 11:58 : Martin O’Neill interview 35:00 Women’s team & B team update 42:25 : World Cup debate & Predictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho

The Celtic View Podcast is back for another weekly episode, as the team brings you all the latest from the brand new Celtic View Christmas magazine which is out now. The 100-page magazine is packed full of exclusive interviews, great Celtic features and lots of brilliant competitions including the chance to win matchday hospitality at Celtic Park for 10 people, courtesy of club sponsor Dafabet. The team behind the View bring you all the insight into what goes into making the magazine and talks about some of their favourite interviews with the likes of Reo Hatate, Ange Postecoglou and Matt O’Riley. There are plenty of celebrity Celtic fans interviewed for the magazine and in episode 16 the podcast brings you a sneak peek of one of those. DJs LF System rose to the top of the charts this year with their single Afraid to Feel going eight weeks at number one in the UK charts and they sit down to chat about their incredible year, their love for Celtic and their friendship with fellow Hoops fan Lewis Capaldi. T

The Celtic View Podcast comes to you from Sydney, Australia, the base for Celtic’s recent trip to face Sydney FC and Everton in the Sydney Super Cup. With the team down under and away from the studio, this week’s podcast brings you an exclusive interview with Josip Juranovic, who is away with Croatia at the FIFA World Cup. Before flying out to the World Cup, Juranovic sat down with the Celtic View for the brand new 100-page edition which is set to be out this week and the only place you can read the full interview. Make sure you keep your eyes out for the magazine which is packed full of exclusive interviews and prizes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the domestic campaign shuts down for the World Cup, the Celtic View Podcast take you back through the first part of the season and let you decide what the biggest moments, goals, and players have been so far. We asked you to decide the winner in six categories for Atmosphere of the Season, Performance of the Season, Game of the Season, Signing of the season, Goal of the Season, as well as Player of the Season. The Celtic View Podcast team debate four options in each category to see if they agree with your choices, as we go through big moments like the Glasgow Derby win against Rangers and the return of the Champions League against Real Madrid. Plus, they analyse the individual performances of some of the stand out performers in Jota, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kyogo and Greg Taylor. With the team flying out to Australia this week for the Sydney Super Cup, Sydney born Harry Kewell and Aaron Mooy join the pod to look ahead to the tour Down Under and Aaron’s involvement in the World Cup. It’s an exciting trip f

Former Celtic and Sweden defender Mikael Lustig is the special guest on the Celtic View Podcast as the right-back called time on his playing career. Lustig spent seven-and-a-half years at Celtic and was a fan favourite winning 16 major honours, and he speaks to Paul Cuddihy all about his Celtic career and his recent retirement. The Celtic View team also have all the chat from the weekend’s action as Celtic left it late through goals from Kyogo and Liel Abada to move seven points clear in the Scottish Premiership with a 4-2 win over Dundee United. They also look forward to the last week of league action before the World Cup with Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic facing Motherwell and Ross County before the break. There’s also a look at the B team who recorded an emphatic and impressive victory over Open Goal Broomhill in the Lowland League, with another double header this week. To finish, the team go through their predictions for the week’s action, as Ryan Maher and Paul Cuddihy go up against you the supporters this s

The Celtic View Podcast is back for its weekly round-up of all things Celtic and Moritz Jenz is our special guest as the German defender sits down for a bumper chat about all things football and about his life away from Celtic. Having signed from Lorient in the summer, Jenz opens up on how his move came to fruition, while also discussing his early years at the Fulham academy, how he's settling into life off the park, and his friendship with Matt O'Riley. The 23-year-old also looks back on a dream debut, answers your fan questions and takes part in our 60-second quick-fire quiz. There's plenty to discuss in the studio as the team reflects on the 3-0 win over Livingston that was capped by Greg Taylor's goal in his 100th appearance. There's also all the chat ahead of a busy week with the Celts taking on Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League on Wednesday, before hosting Dundee United in the league on Saturday. Ryan Maher and Paul Cuddihy also review and preview the action for the B team

The Celtic View Podcast is back for its weekly round-up of all things Celtic and there’s plenty to talk about as VAR announced itself on the Scottish Premiership in noisy fashion during Celtic’s 4-3 win away to Hearts. It was an incident filled afternoon in Edinburgh as Greg Taylor scored the winning goal to extend Celtic’s lead at the top of the table to four points. Ryan and Paul review all the action and look ahead to the next league tie against Livingston, plus the huge UEFA Champions League tie at home to Shakhtar Donetsk at Celtic Park. The exclusive interview comes from Jiri Jarosik, the former Celtic midfielder who scored in the last meeting between Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk at Celtic Park in November 2007. On that night, it was a 2-1 win for Celtic and Jarosik looks back on that game and his Celtic career. There’s also all the latest from the women’s team and B team, with the young Celts also facing Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Youth League, and the women’s big league meeting with Glasgow City

Ryan Maher is joined by Paul Cuddihy for another episode of the Celtic View Podcast as the pair look back on James Forrest’s hat-trick to earn the winger his 100th goal for the club. The team look back on an impressive weekend as the Celts stayed top of the Scottish Premiership table with a 6-1 victory over Hibernian, with goals from Giorgos Giakouamkis, Daizen Maeda and the landmark moment from Forrest. Callum McGregor is our special guest, as Paul sits down with the captain to speak about the release of his upcoming autobiography ‘The Making of a Celtic Captain,’ which is out in club stores from October 20. It’s a fascinating chat as McGregor details his journey from Youth Academy to title winner, and what it was like to put the book together alongside Paul. There’s also all the build-up to another huge week for the first-team with the quarter-finals of the League Cup on Wednesday away to Motherwell, before a league visit to Tynecastle to face Hearts on Saturday. There’s also all the chat from the women

Ryan Maher is joined by Paul Cuddihy for another episode of the Celtic View Podcast as the pair look back on a frantic game for Celtic on Saturday, as Giorgos Giakoumakis scored a 95th minute winner over St Johnstone to stay at the top of the Scottish Premiership, just minutes after the Perth side snatched an injury time equaliser. The team also look ahead to the huge UEFA Champions League clash for the Hoops against RB Leipzig on Tuesday at Celtic Park, in what’s set to be a raucous Celtic Park atmosphere in Europe. Paul Lambert joins the podcast with his vast knowledge on German football to reflect on the Celt’s defeat over in Leipzig last week and look ahead to Celtic’s chances against the Bundesliga outfit on match day four. Then, Scott Sinclair, a Celtic icon during his three-and-a-half year spell, also joins to reflect on the last meeting between the sides at Celtic Park in what was a memorable 2-1 for the Hoops in the UEFA Europa League in 2018, plus, the former Chelsea and Swansea City winger also

Ryan Maher is joined by Paul Cuddihy for another episode of the Celtic View Podcast as the pair look back on a busy weekend of action for the Celtic sides with three wins out of three for the first-team, women’s team and B team. There’s also a big preview to the huge UEFA Champions League clash away to RB Leipzig on Wednesday, as former BT Sport Scottish football commentator, and now German football commentator, Derek Rae joins to give all the details on the Bundesliga side. The young Hoops are also in action in Germany in the UEFA Youth League and Ryan sat down with captain Matthew Anderson to look ahead to the match, before putting him through his paces in the 60-second quiz. Lucy Ashworth-Clifford was a guest on last week’s episode and this week she takes part in the ‘My Game, My Words’ series, as she opens up about her life journey and describes how she made it to where she is today. To end, the team have a new predictions game where Ryan and Paul will go head-to-head with you the supporters each we