Mulgrew claimed Celtic tried to sign Miller but McGlynn says there was nothing in it
18:00, 09 Feb 2026Updated 19:31, 09 Feb 2026
Falkirk manager John McGlynn during his side’s win over Stenhousemuir(Image: SNS Group)
John McGlynn has shot down claims a deadline day move for Calvin Miller to Celtic was ever on the cards.
The Falkirk boss has insisted there was never any contact between the two clubs over the 28-year-old.
As the transfer window closed last week there were suggestions that Miller had been set for a return to his boyhood club, only for the move to stall at the eleventh hour.
Former Scotland internationalist Charlie Mulgrew had said that Miller’s agent had got the call a few to say the deal was ready to be done, something McGlynn scoffed at.
“There is never an agent who has done a deal in my life,” said the Bairns manager. “Never can an agent do a deal.
“There was no communication between Celtic and Falkirk Football Club – none whatsoever. It is a lot of nonsense.
“Celtic have never spoken to anyone at Falkirk He is not the first player and he won’t be the last (for people to try and unsettle).”
Meanwhile, Brad Spencer is looking to book a Hampden date after Falkirk’s extra-time Scottish Cup win over a stubborn Stenhousemuir side on Sunday night.
It set up a home tie against either Spartans or Dundee United with the midfielder desperate to make the most of the opportunity.
Falkirk made it to the semi-finals in 2023, the season before Spencer joined the club. Having heard all about it, he wants to experience it for himself.
“That run was the year before I joined,” he said. “Inverness, I think it was, in the semis. They had a good cup run that year and the boys still talk about it.
“We’re going to have a hard game against Dundee United or Spartans at home. A home tie is all we wanted. We’ve got a hard game on Wednesday now to focus on (against Dundee) and then Dundee United at the weekend.”
Spencer dug Falkirk out with a cracker of a goal and then set up Barney Stewart for the second to avoid any penalty drama.
He had missed a shot just a minute before scoring but was never going to allow himself to be distracted by it.
“I was thinking ‘God, I’m going to get caned for that’. I had to make up for it so I was delighted!
“I took a couple of touches then just thought ‘smash it, hit the target’ and got there in the end.
“It’s about moving on. It’s the same as a bad pass or a mistake, things like that.
“You just need to move on from it. If you sit and dwell over it you’ll be here all night banging your head against a brick wall.
“It’s about keeping the head down and trying to make up for it and that’s what I did.
“We had a few games like that in League One and there’s a good group of the squad here that played in League One.
“We faced that quite a lot, teams that would sit in and try and frustrate us.
“It was just about continuing to probe and keep going and everything like that.”