Kevin McCluskie

Ahead of Thursday’s Europa League opener against Ferencváros, I caught up with Simon Zoli - Editor-in-Chief at NB1.hu and one of the leading voices in Hungarian football - for his insight on the Budapest side and where they might test Celtic. Ferencváros’ start under Balázs Borbély Zoli, thanks for speaking to A Celtic State of Mind. To begin, how do you assess Ferencváros’ start under Balázs Borbély, especially after the early setbacks against Paks and Vasas? "Ferencváros’ start to the...

The 1954 World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland, was supposed to be the crowning moment of the great Hungarian football team of the era. Instead, defeat to West Germany signalled the beginning of the end of one of football’s greatest teams, lit the flames of revolution in Budapest, and sparked the imagination of a Scottish onlooker in the 62,500-strong crowd. Some dates live long in the memory of football fans around the world. Key moments involving their clubs are etched into the backs of...

The 1966/67 season has been indelibly etched in the hearts of all Celtic fans. The club completed an extraordinary domestic clean sweep, winning the League Cup, Scottish Cup, Glasgow Cup, and Scottish League Championship. In Europe, Celtic’s finest hour came when Billy McNeill lifted the European Cup at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, after Jock Stein’s Lions had defeated Inter Milan. Jock Stein was widely recognised as the British Manager of the Year, and the Lisbon Lions were crowned as...