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·06 de novembro de 2024

Celtic in the Thirties – Signed, sealed and ready for delivery

Celtic in the Thirties arrived today after th delivery lorry got lost yesterday and returned the pallets to his depot in Bellshill. You thinking what I was thinking?

Celtic players pose for a team photo on the pitch prior to the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic FC and RB Leipzig at Celtic Park on November 05, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

That allowed Matt Corr to make the game last night so it worked out fine given it was such a remarkable evening at Celtic Park. Today Matt was on duty at Celtic Park as a tour Guide before a making a quick dash to collect copies of both volumes of the book to deliver back to Celtic Park for the Celtic superstore, shops and of course the official Celtic shop website.

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Then it was back home to sign copies for everyone who has ordered the books from Celtic Star Books and these will all be posted out tomorrow. Here’s Matt signing the first batch, it’s gonna be a long night!

Author Matt Corr signing copies of Celtic in the Thirties, Volumes One & Two – out now on Celtic Star Books.

You can order your own signed copies from Celticstarbooks.com and you only pay postage on one book only. There’s a short summary on both books below…

Celtic in the Thirties, Volumes One & Two by Matt Corr – out now on Celtic Star Books.

Celtic in the Thirties – Volume One by Matt Corr

At the beginning of the 1930s, as a new Celtic Park emerged to dominate Glasgow’s east end skyline, Willie Maley was assembling the most exciting, attacking young Celtic team, seeking to restore the grand old club to its former glory and take his side across the Atlantic to the New World for the first time, thus fulfilling a long-held dream.

What happened over the next few years is perhaps the most remarkable series of events in the long history of the fairytale club, featuring a cast list of names who are revered to this day.

Legends such as the three Young Princes, John Thomson, Jimmy McGrory and Peter Scarff…and so many others.

With input and insights from family members of those involved, follow author Matt Corr as he takes you step by step through the historic triumphs, the ground-breaking adventures and the heartbreaking tragedies which made up the first part of that incredible decade.

It is a football story like no other.

Author Matt Corr, still wearing his Celtic Tours uniform, gets to see copies of Celtic in the Thirties, Volumes One & Two – out now on Celtic Star Books.

Celtic in the Thirties – Volume Two by Matt Corr

Following the series of tragedies which dominated the first part of the decade, Willie Maley and Jimmy McMenemy are building another truly great Celtic side, which will establish Glasgow’s grand old team as not just the best in Scotland but far beyond.

New heroes such as Jimmy Delaney, Malcolm MacDonald and so many others emerge to join the remaining old guard, led by the Great McGrory, and soon records are tumbling as the Celts reach new heights, embarking on a glorious trophy-laden spree which culminated in the stunning Empire Exhibition success in our Golden Jubilee year of 1938.

And the end of the decade brought the outbreak of war and the passing of an era which had spanned more than half a century, as the veteran Maley reluctantly took his leave of Celtic, the cause to which he had devoted his life.

With input and insights from family members of those involved, author Matt Corr takes you step by step through the historic triumphs and achievements of Willie Maley’s last great Celtic team.

It is a remarkable story.

You can order both volumes of Celtic in the Thirties from celticstarbooks.com now…

Celtic in the Thirties, Volumes One & Two by Matt Corr – out now on Celtic Star Books.