Celtic Football Club is delighted to announce that it has teamed up with our colleagues at Hibernian FC on a fantastic initiative which will see both clubs deliver a joint Audio Descriptive commentary on Monday night’s match at Celtic Park.

Both clubs provide a regular commentary service for supporters with different forms of visual impairment and with fans of both clubs returning to the match on Monday,

Celtic commentator Kevin McColgan will join Hibernian’s man with the mic, George Thomson to provide a special welcome back during the match.

Kevin said: “All football fans will be delighted to get back to matches and myself and George can’t wait for Monday night as much as the supporters.

“This is my first season of doing commentary for our visually impaired fans and it is something I love so much. One of the first people to message me was George from Hibernian and he invited me along to the match at Easter Road earlier in the season.

“It was a great experience as we shared ideas and opinions of how we could improve both clubs’ experience for our fans. This is a great opportunity to showcase the friendship between our two clubs which we have built up off the pitch.

“To be joining together in a commentary position for the game should not only make for a fair and balanced service for all listeners on the night but this is also the first time that this has happened in Scotland between two opposing teams.

“Hopefully this initiative will raise awareness of what we do for our visually impaired supporters, which can only be a good thing and will allow us to further enhance this service.”

He added: “On Monday we will welcome visually impaired fans of both clubs. While unfortunately these fans face certain challenges, these guys come week in, week out to matches to feel the same noise, with the same passion and same excitement as all other supporters.

“We are here just to add to this, to help them paint the picture of the match, something they all enjoy and something we love to provide.

“It goes without saying, we have both promised to be absolutely impartial!”

George Thomson of Hibernian FC said: “It has been a real privilege to be one of the commentators at Hibernian FC in Edinburgh and I have been providing Audio Descriptive Commentary (ADC) to fans at Hibs for four seasons.

“I believe passionately in this service we provide to fans who are blind, visually impaired and fans with autism. What we do in our role is to be the eyes of the fans and to simply help give them a better fans’ experience when they attend a game.

“ADC is different and unique compared to TV and radio commentary as specific adjectives and descriptions are used to describe the action on the pitch. At Monday’s game our two commentator teams have struck up a strong and unique friendship in sharing together what we are passionate about.

“This is the first of its kind where two teams are joining together to raise awareness of what we do which is simply give visually impaired fans a better matchday experience, something both clubs are hugely passionate about.”

Celtic and Hibs join forces on commentary for visually impaired fans