A Celtic State of Mind was named as the UK's Best Football Podcast at the prestigious Football Blogging Awards.

In this latest episode, Paul John Dykes chats to Jim Simonette of the Jimmy Johnstone Academy and Rabin Omar of Elgin City, where they discuss:

* Moving from the Netherlands to Scotland at the age of 10;
* Joining the Jimmy Johnstone Academy at 13;
* Signing for Annan and breaking into the first-team at 17;
* Starring against top-flight opposition;
* Suffering racism in Scottish football;
* Being called up to the Iraq Under-23 squad;
* The uncertainty of COVID-19.

A Celtic State of Mind has gone from strength-to-strength over the last couple of years, and there are many more guests lined up in the weeks ahead from the world of sport, music, film, art, broadcasting, literature and politics.

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