Confirmed – Guy Fawkes Day Celtic in the Thirties Launch

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·16. Oktober 2024

Confirmed – Guy Fawkes Day Celtic in the Thirties Launch

A second review for Matt Corr’s new books, Celtic in the Thirties Volumes One and Two, plus Guy Fawkes day launch and news on an unpublished series of articles from the late great Celtic Historian David Potter, starting today on The Celtic Star…

Celtic in the Thirties – imagery from Celtic Curio

Celtic In The Thirties by Matt Corr. Volume One reviewed by Martin Gorman…

Celtic in the Thirties, Vol One by Matt Corr. Image The Celtic Star

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The history of Celtic Football Club is thankfully full of triumphs, but it is also not short of heartbreaking tragedy. In the 1930s, there were various Celtic line-ups who almost captured the club’s story in microcosm. In this decade there were wonderful trophy wins, but there was also heartbreak of the worst kind.

In-depth storytelling

This era in Celtic’s history deserves to be given in-depth storytelling, and Matt Corr has done this quite wonderfully with his latest books. Matt’s writing of this part of the Celtic story not only details the football games and classic wins going on throughout the 1930s decade but provides an emotional telling of some of the saddest episodes in the club’s history.

We might not have a lot of actual footage of the 1930s Celtic teams, but thankfully we have storytellers like Matt who can bring their stories to life for us to read about and enjoy, again and again.

Martin Gorman

Celtic in the Thirties by Matt Corr, Volumes One & Two, Published by Celtic Star Books, November 2024. Image The Celtic Star

Celtic in the Thirties – Volumes One and Two – Launch date now confirmed…

We can confirm today that the new release on Celtic Star Books, Celtic in the Thirties, Volumes One & Two by Matt Corr will arrive back from the printers on Tuesday 5 November, which just happens to be Guy Fawkes night and the same day Celtic take on RB Leipzig in the Champions League at Celtic Park.

Since launching our pre-sale for the two volumes of Celtic in the Thirties a week ago, we have been astonished at the number of Celtic supporters from all around the world who have placed their orders for both books. So Celtic in the Thirties is looking like becoming a collector’s item.

Thank you to everyone who has placed their order and we’re sure you will be delighted by these two wonderful, beautifully produced hardback books, which incidentally feature some exclusive imagery from Celtic Curio.

SOLD OUT!

Walfrid and The Bould Bhoys and The Celtic Rising

Two of our biggest-selling books to-date are the late David Potter’s wonderful account of Celtic in 1965, titled The Celtic Rising and Walfrid and The Bould Bhoys by Liam Kelly, David Potter and Matt Corr. Both books are completely sold out but are available on Kindle (click on green text above to order), as indeed will be the two volumes of Celtic in the Thirties.

The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter. Photo Rosemary Potter

Talking of David Potter, a few years ago, when Matt Corr decided to write the authoritative history of Celtic in the 1930s, David, off his own back, worked on a number or articles on the great Celtic players of that decade and submitted them to both The Celtic Star and also to Matt to assist with his research. It was a typically generous thing for David to do. These articles have never been published before, as we set them aside for the launch period for Celtic in the Thirties, which initially was scheduled for last October.

David Potter named as recipient of Celtic’s 2024 Special Recognition Award, Celtic POTY Awards, Hydro Glasgow, May 2024. Photo Celtic FC

David Potter’s Celtic in the Eighties – coming in 2025

Sadly David passed away in July 2023 before Matt’s book was complete. However through those wonderful and unpublished articles, he is still ‘doing his bit’ to help his fellow Celtic author, Celtic Star colleague and friend in promoting his new books by giving his own take on the Celtic players of that iconic decade in the Celtic story.

Celtic in the Thirties – Volume One

Celtic in the Thirties – Volume Two

We’ll start publishing David Potter’s articles on the Celtic stars of the 1930s later today.

One other thing to mention on this is that what turned out to be David Potter’s final Celtic book has yet to be published. When myself and the two authors agreed that Matt would write a book on the 1930s we agreed at the same time that David would write about Celtic in the 1980s.

So David Potter’s final book is his take on Celtic in the Eighties and Celtic Star Books will publish this in 2025, with the permission of David’s widow Rosemary already given. Matt will ‘return the favour’ by committing his time to editing the book, which as always will be entertaining and educational on all things Celtic for the period and the people David enjoyed writing about.

Get your two volumes of Celtic in the Thirties

If you have already ordered Celtic in the Thirties, your books will be posted on Wednesday 6 November. You can also get your copies sent in the post on Wednesday 6 November by ordering now from celticstarbooks.com and we’ll do the rest!