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Glasgow Celtic Writer @ https://substack.com/@markmcgowan100?r=4abe5k&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile ๐Ÿ“ŒZaire

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Mark McGowan (@markmcgowan100) James Forrest (49) Another sub appearance and another assist for the most clandestine of all conmen, the Baron of brinkmanship, the prince of precision, James Forrest. Like Sunday, he snuck on the p...

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05.03.2026 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rangers 2 โ€“ 2 Celtic โ€“ 01/03/2026 Despite results, despite 4 different managerial spells across 3 managers, despite off the field turmoil, protests and the suffocating discontent surrounding the club in general, weโ€™re still very much ...

Reo Hatate is in no way a โ€œwater carrierโ€ type midfielder, but his introduction seemed to completely hydrate the rest of the team at Ibrox. The Japanese midfielder has seemed redundant lately. Enervated and dulled, less inquisitive with the ball.

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04.03.2026 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glory awaits for the Celtic

Not a problem.

2-1 win incoming

01.03.2026 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Re: Celtic - Then the rain came - 25/02/2026 Celtic 1 v Hibs 2 - 22/02/2026.

Weekly article up on Substack.

Free to read and subscribe.

Lots of good Celtic content on Substack if you havenโ€™t joined yet.

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25.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trusty has no excuses regardless of what else happened with VAR

23.02.2026 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lot to pick at but you canโ€™t really legislate for what Trusty done. A moment of utter madness.

Iโ€™ve seen folk suggesting itโ€™s soft as well๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚.

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22.02.2026 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark McGowan (@markmcgowan100) There was an underlying feeling that this had been coming, that bad news was in the post. In never arrived though. Fast forward to 3:53pm; relief and rapture, rang load from the Celtic support. Julia...

This weekโ€™s Celtic: In General is up.

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18.02.2026 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ NEW PODCAST SERIES๐Ÿšจ

๐ŸŽ™๏ธMaking a Modern Football Club: Rebuilding Celtic FC

๐Ÿ” Episode Two: โ€˜Identity, Recruitment and

โ–ช๏ธDefining the Celtic identityโ€จโ–ช๏ธThe four core pillarsโ€จโ–ช๏ธRole-based recruitmentโ€จโ–ช๏ธThe iceberg player modelโ€จโ–ช๏ธEnding window-to-window variance

Listen โฌ‡๏ธ
thecynic.co/podcasts/mod...

14.02.2026 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re in the club house with our feet up.

Hopefully they tear strips off each other and it ends a draw.

Was fuming at HT but we canโ€™t accuse the players of chucking it regardless of how bad we are. Fighting spirit has been evident this week.

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15.02.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have allocated some spare time later to drink it in. Delicious

15.02.2026 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Desperate stuff this.

Deep down, we kind of knew this was coming.

Off the ball Hatate is not interested and weโ€™re not good enough to carry anyone.

Need a miracle 2nd half

15.02.2026 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark McGowan (@markmcgowan100) 10 minutes earlier it had looked like it was all over. One battle after another, just to eventually succumb to Livingston at home. What a way to go. Regardless of how bad Celtic are though, you never...

Re: Celtic -13/02/2026.

A look back at Wednesday and a look ahead to a big Sunday.

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13.02.2026 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Celtic: in general. โ€“ 10/02/2026 A brief look back, and ahead.

Celtic: In general

My weekly Monday article. Is available to read on Substack. Free to subscribe.

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10.02.2026 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You would phone the cooncil if Hearts were playing out your back.

Horrible team.

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10.02.2026 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Outstanding and very studious coverage of Celtic.

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09.02.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Time to come up clutch.

Hopefully players handle it better than I do haha.

Anxious wreck already and itโ€™s 3 weeks away.

08.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Make or break time.

08.02.2026 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tough 11 days incoming.

Stuttgart(A)
Rangers(A)
Aberdeen(A)
Rangers(A) in the cup.

Bring it on.

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08.02.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ NEW PODCAST SERIES๐Ÿšจ

๐ŸŽ™๏ธMaking a Modern Football Club: Rebuilding Celtic FC

๐Ÿ” Episode One - โ€˜The State of Playโ€™

โ–ช๏ธDomestic vs European Realityโ€จโ–ช๏ธStructural Weaknessโ€จโ–ช๏ธIdentity Instabilityโ€จโ–ช๏ธRecruitment Processโ€จโ–ช๏ธAcademy Pathways

Listen โฌ‡๏ธ
thecynic.co/podcasts/mod...

08.02.2026 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Twitter is awash with tears of anger. 97th minute I think.

Ah well.

07.02.2026 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The game finishes when the whistle goes. Let them greet.

The whole country despises us and I take great satisfaction from that. Shows how much weโ€™ve tormented them for coming on 2 decades.

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07.02.2026 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letters from Zaire #7 Fever Pitch.

My monthly newsletter is now available on Substack.

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06.02.2026 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was buzzing for that tonight but a pitch like that can be a real leveller in games like this.

Hopefully works out for us in the long run. A free midweek to get energy levels back up isnโ€™t the worst thing either.

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04.02.2026 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Derek McInnes being an emotional wreck and charging our dugout was not a good look.

The real pressure part of the season is still a month or so off(last 8 games) and calls for calm heads.

Something McInnes doesnโ€™t have.

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03.02.2026 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Celtic: Monday to Friday. Tomas Cvancara may not be the answer to all our prayers, but he does fulfil a much needed role.

A quick look at this week.

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23.01.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Atalanta, Munich, Feyenoord and tonight.

Well worth the money we paid.

22.01.2026 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In swingers from both sides is the way to go for me. That was a great delivery.

22.01.2026 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are we just seeing this KT on in swinging corners thing.

What a ball that was.

Superb from the starting back 4 tonight. Thatโ€™s a few of those in Europe for Trusty.

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22.01.2026 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are no words that can truly describe the mess Celtic have got themselves into.

Nothing can describe just how inept we are at recruitment.

What an absolute gift this will be for Hearts or Rangers if we lose it.

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16.01.2026 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark McGowan (@markmcgowan100) Wilfried Nancyโ€™s management of Celtic was terminated โ€œWith immediate effect.โ€ Thatโ€™s one of those things people say that could probably be assumed. It just sounds right. Like a โ€œconvenience storeโ€. I ...

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09.01.2026 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0