Many individuals have made valuable contributions towards the success of this project. I gratefully acknowledge all assistance given including, in particular, the following:-

Tom McGouran, the author of previous books on Celtic Programmes, in which I found a vast amount of my required research. Tom also provided numerous older programmes from his fantastic collection. He also found a new skill as my proof reader at various stages of the project. Laterly Tom supplied a good number of ticket scans when I decided to add them to the project.

Derek Taylor, from Kollectables Shop, Parnie Street, Glasgow. Derek provided assistance when I needed to call on his knowledge gained over years of collecting Celtic Memorabilia.

Many of you will have communicated with me over the past two years through email and my Celtic Collector's Club web site (www.celticcollectorsclub.co.uk). I have made many new Celtic friends through collecting Celtic memorabilia and the web site. I have friends in all corners of the globe and have gained many programmes and information through you all. Thank you.

Many people have assisted, when I found the project of the CD just too much for me at times. To Glenn Duijzer from the Dutch Bhoys CSC, Bernd Jatzwauk (Green Pages Celtic fanzine, Germany), Kenny McNeill, Jack Boyle, Jim McGarry from www.celticprogrammesonline.com , Andrew and Hugh Reilly, John Duffy, David Hood from www.celticbadges.com . Dougie Fleck for sending scans of some rare match tickets - and all others too many to name, thank you.

I must also thank the many collectors of programmes from other clubs throughout the UK since 2002. I had many gaps to fill during my research and without exception these guys had all the information to hand and gave me assistance and the scans I needed. To Easton Thain (Highland League), Reg Thacker (for Aston Villa), Alan Rosentel (Spurs), Gary Spain (Irish), John Ure (Hearts), Kevin Stirling(Aberdeen), Rikki Ragina (Hibernian) , Brian Johnson (Hibernian) and many other all experts in programme collecting from their own club or league. Thanks also to Eric Gregor, Michael Hewitt, Iain McKee, Alan Thomson and Danny Jacobs who have assisted me with each edition.

Lastly to my wife who has seen me sitting at a computer for over a year , whilst surrounded by programmes and books. You can get my attention again.

Hail Hail

Joe Gilhooley