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Celtic today revealed that midfielder Shaun Maloney is suffering from an achilles injury the player first picked up during the Old firm encounter earlier this month.

It had been hoped that Maloney – equal top scorer for the Bhoys in the SPL this season – had overcome an injury that saw him withdraw from the Scotland squad for their trip to Japan. However, the winger was substituted at half time in the midweek cup loss to Hearts, and rumours suggest he will visit a specialist in a bid to overcome this latest in a long list of injuries that have blighted his Celtic career.

A crowd of just 18,000 turned up to witness Celtic suffer another poor home result for the Bhoys as a Michael Stewart second half penalty was enough to knock the holders out of the Co-operative Insurance cup. Celtic have only won two of the nine games played at home this season and a support accustomed to success are becoming extremely frustrated by the lack of results.

Tony Mowbray decided to play with just one recognised striker and surprisingly the striker chosen was New Zealand international Chris Killen, unfortunately for Killen he failed to seize his chance to impress both the fans and the manager.

Hearts carved out the first chance of the game within a minute of the start...

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray today revealed that wing wizards Aiden McGeady and Shaun Maloney are competing with one another this season, to see who can score the most goals.

In August, Mowbray revealed that he had set both players a target of 10 goals this season; this to ensure the onus for scoring was not placed only on strikers Scott McDonald, Marc-Antoine Fortuné, and Georgios Samaras.

While Celtic’s start to the season has been stuttering, with the Bhoys seemingly reliant on the firepower of...

The revolving door of injuries for Celtic continues, but at least the amount coming back from injury outnumbers those headed to the physio room. Scott Brown will continue to take some much needed time for a recurring ankle complaint while Danny Fox and Marc Antoine Fortune are said to be at the cusp of readiness for the Hoops. Hopes are that they can join the ranks and reclaim their starting spots for the betterment of the team.


If fully fit, Fortune may have an easier time challenging for his spot back as the Celt's have seemed to miss his subtle, but...

Celtic sit on the top of the SPL today, after a far from convincing win against a spirited Hamilton outfit, played in testing conditions.

The Bhoys seemed to be coasting towards the three points, after dominating the first half - scoring two goals in the process – but Mickael Antoine-Curier’s 83rd minute goal for the Accies ensured a fraught end to proceedings.

Indeed, were it not for the athleticism of Lucasz Zaluska in the 88th minute, when he produced a wonderful save to deny James McCarthur, the pressure on Celtic gaffer Tony Mowbray may well have been cranked up further still.

Mowbray’s men opened up a commanding lead...