Legendary Celtic Historian Tom Campbell has passed away | OneFootball

Sad news, reported by Ottawa’s Celtic Supporters Club, that Tom Campbell author of so many Celtic books including The Glory and The Dream which he co-wrote with Pat Woods, has passed away in hospital after a short illness.

Tom Campbell (left)  and Pat Woods, co-authors of The Glory and The Dream. Photo The Celtic Star

A member of Tom’s CSC posted this on Kerrydale Street.

Some of the comments on Kerrydale Street on the passing of Tom Campbell.

“Very sad news.  I was fortunate enough to spend  alot of time with Tom and his pal, David Potter. And I was honoured and privileged to contribute a chapter to one of Tom’s very many books – Ten Days That Shook Celtic – though my effort required a great deal of editing. Apologies again, Tom.

“Tom was a fabulous guy. He and David Potter would spend hours walking the Lomond Hills in Fife and talking about Celtic. Both had encyclopaediac knowledge of the history of our Club. If only their conversations about Celtic had been recorded for us all to hear.

Jimmy McGrory, image Celtic Curio

“After one such walk in the Lomonds, Tom and David visited my home, to welcome my newly born, baby son into the Celtic Family with a Celtic bib and tales of the exploits of Jimmy McGrory and Henrik Larsson.

Henrik Larsson 21.05.2003. imago/Colorsport.

“However, one story epitomises my recollections of Tom. He’d been invited to a Celtic match at Celtic Park as a guest and post-match was in the Boardroom, enjoying hospitality. He recalled meeting a very attractive woman (Tom had an eye for the ladies), chatting with her and enjoying her company. She then introduced Tom to her husband – Martin O’Neill. Thanks, Tom. RIP, old friend.”

Martin O’Neill (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

“He was a fantastic researcher who wrote some phenomenal books recording Celtic’s post War ascendancy to the top of Europe.”

“Sad news, a huge contributor to chronicling our history. RIP.”

The Glory and The Dream

The Glory and The Dream

“That is sad news, always worthwhile reading on Celtic. Actually was just thinking it had been a long while since I have gone through The Glory and The Dream, surprised my copy hasn’t fallen apart as I was reading so often. Also enjoyed Rhapsody in Green and Tears in Argentina.”

“Sincerest condolences to his family and friends. The club and support owe him a huge debt of gratitude for all his tireless work in chronicling the history of our club. It’s contributions like his which help make our club both a family and something unique in an increasingly commercialised sport. Thank you for all your hard work on our behalf.”

“Not just a great historian of our club but also one the oldest supporters at 92.”

‘Celtic Paranoia…all in the mind?’ by Tom Campbell

“That is very sad news. His book, ‘Celtic’s Paranoia – All in the Mind’ is a wonderful piece of writing. RIP.”

“Sad news indeed. His ‘Glory and the Dream’ brought alive the early years of the club, and beautifully portrayed an idea of Glasgow Celtic that will live forever.”

“RIP Tom. People will be reading your books as long as there’s a Celtic football club. Not a bad legacy.”

“That is desperate news. I loved his books. The Glory And The Dream by Tom and Pat Woods is my favourite history of the club. RIP Tom. Go ndéana an Tiarna trócaire ar d’anam.”

“Wrote some amazing books on our history. RIP Tom.”

(L-R) Willie Fernie, Billy McPhail, Neilly Mochan and Sammy Wilson. Photo The Celtic Wiki

Tom was an early contributor on The Celtic Star and we’ll re-publish some of his contributions to celebrate the life and works of a great Celtic man. As mentioned above Tom was a great friend of David Potter and he was delighted to write a foreword and book review for David’s book on Willie Fernie.

The Glory and the Dream remains the iconic Celtic book. There have been hundreds, maybe thousands published over the years that tell the story of Celtic but if you had to narrow it down to just one you would surely selected The Glory and The Dream.  Indeed every Celtic support should read it at least once.

Rest in peace Tom and thanks for writing for The Celtic Star, no doubt urged on to do so by your great pal David Potter.

Hail Hail

This from The Celtic View and that’s Pat Woods alongside Tom Campbell. Photo by myself actually.