A highly atmospheric image of Celtic Park in the sixties has emerged from the Glasgow City archives.
Pictures from that era are very rare and although the archive claims that the picture is circa 1964 the roof on The Jungle is post 1966 while the roof on the East Terrace was installed a year later.
With cover on four sides of the ground Celtic Park was something of a rarity in the sixties, a stadium fit for the winners of the 1967 European Cup and a venue that no European side wanted to visit.
Fantastic rare image of Celtic Park c1964. Taken from one of our private collections of photographs.
Ref: TD1575/2/11 pic.twitter.com/7mCXywmfCx— Glasgow City Archives (@GC_Archives) June 30, 2024
Almost all of the flats in the picture have been flattened while in the mid/late nineties the new look Celtic Park emerged with only the South Stand, opened in 1971 surviving the transition.
Now into its fifties there is regular chat about how the South Stand can be upgraded and brought in line with the three other stands that ensure that Celtic Park dominates the east end skyline.
Without wishing to sound like a feckin’ know-all, that photo wasn’t taken in 1964. The new roof was put on the jungle in 1966 and the Rangers end cover was from 1967, so it’s between 1967 and 1970/71 when the main stand was re-roofed. One of David Potter’s books is called ‘The Dear Old Paradise – The Changing Face Of Celtic Park’ – it’s all in there.
east terracing was covered in 19 68.
the cover on the old jungle was replaced for the start of the 1966-67 season and the east terracing (rangers end) was covered for the start of the 1968-69 season.
Not 1964, Celtic paraded the European cup around Celtic park in 1967 and there was no cover on the east terracingas that’s where I was on my dad’s shoulders that day
Super picture, but the date can not be 1964
as the rangers end was not covered until 1967
Good old pic all the same – My goodness these imposing floodlight pylons brings back memories so they do !