Conall McKee
Conall McKee
















I'm a 21 year old from Downpatrick, County Down. Nobody in my family is in any way interested in sport besides my father who in his younger days enjoyed a bit of amateur boxing but soccer is not followed or understood in the McKee house. So, you can imagine the looks of bewilderment I get when Celtic are playing and there is a guy swinging from the rafters in the living room. As well as that, they now realise when we have been beaten and I am avoided like the plague. I think my mother wants her son back as I now spend most of my time watching Celtic, writing blogs about Celtic and talking to people who frankly don't care, about Celtic. I personally want my life back, I used to leave the house occasionally........
In all seriousness though, I began supporting Celtic after a family friend took me to my first game at the age of 10. I was immediately hooked. I loved the whole experience, the boat journey, the singing on the bus and the camaraderie amongst the support. There was a real togetherness that appealed to me, even though everyone was much older than me I was treated as one of their own and welcomed with open arms. That first game back in 1999 we beat Aberdeen 7-0 and a guy called Henrik Larsson had me in awe. I always made the trip over with the same people and it was the highlight of the year anytime I got to watch the hoops. I still have my lucky hooped scarf from that first trip to paradise, although I think the luck is running dry on it to be fair.
I love supporting the team whether it's through going to games, blogging, tweeting, watching them on T.V. and indeed listening to the podcasts which are great and now a permanent fixture of the Celtic routine we all go through. I love the fan driven media that is so appealing to a club like Celtic where we know better than to rely on the traditional voices of contempt. In between my Celtic obsession I try to scrape through a politics degree at university and hold down a part time job as a struggling musician. When these loose ends are tied up a permanent seat at Parkhead awaits.

