Celtic F.C.

Association football club in Glasgow, Scotland
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Chart of Celtic ‘s annual mesa positions in the scottish Football League ( 1890–present ) The Celtic Football Club ( ) is a scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the scots Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 [ nb 1 ] with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant irish population in the East end of Glasgow. They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5–2. celtic established themselves within Scottish football, winning six consecutive league titles during the first decade of the twentieth hundred. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein, when they won nine back-to-back league titles and the 1967 european Cup. Celtic have played in green and white throughout their history, adopting hoops in 1903, which have been used ever since. celtic are one of only five clubs in the world to have won over 100 trophies in their history. [ 2 ] The club has won the Scottish league championship 51 times, most recently in 2019–20, the scottish Cup 40 times and the Scottish League Cup 19 times. The club ‘s greatest season was 1966–67, when celtic became the inaugural british team to win the european Cup, besides winning the Scottish league championship, the scots Cup, the League Cup and the Glasgow Cup. Celtic besides reached the 1970 european Cup Final and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, lose in both. Celtic have a long-standing cutthroat competition with Rangers, and the clubs are known as the Old firm, seen by some as the world ‘s biggest football bowler hat. The club ‘s fanbase was estimated in 2003 as being around nine million worldwide, and there are more than 160 celtic supporters clubs in over 20 countries. An estimate 80,000 fans travelled to Seville for the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, and their “ inordinately patriotic and sporting behavior ” in hurt of kill earned the club Fair Play awards from FIFA and UEFA .

history

celtic Football Club was formally constituted at a meeting in St. Mary ‘s church hall in East Rose Street ( now Forbes Street ), Calton, Glasgow, by irish Marist Brother Walfrid [ 3 ] on 6 November 1887, with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the East end of Glasgow by raising money for the charity Walfrid had instituted, the Poor Children’s Dinner Table. [ 4 ] Walfrid ‘s move to establish the clubhouse as a mean of fund-raise was largely inspired by the exercise of Hibernian, which was formed out of the immigrant irish population a few years earlier in Edinburgh. [ 5 ] Walfrid ‘s own suggestion of the name Celtic ( pronounce Seltik ) was intended to reflect the club ‘s irish and scots roots and was adopted at the like meet. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The cabaret has the official dub, The Bhoys. however, according to the Celtic crusade office, the newly established golf club was known to many as “ the bold boys ”. A postcard from the early twentieth hundred that pictured the team and read “ The Bould Bhoys ” is the beginning know case of the alone spell. The extra h imitates the spelling system of Gaelic, wherein the letter b is often accompanied by the letter h. [ 8 ]
A team photograph from the early days of the golf club ( around 1889 ), before the adoption of the hoop jersey. On 28 May 1888, Celtic played their first official meet against Rangers and won 5–2 in what was described as a “ friendly meet ”. [ 9 ] Neil McCallum scored Celtic ‘s first finish. [ 10 ] Celtic ‘s first kit out consisted of a white shirt with a greens choker, black shorts, and emerald greens socks. [ 11 ] The original cabaret crown was a dim-witted fleeceable crossbreed on a loss ellipse background. [ 11 ] In 1889 Celtic reached the final of the scottish Cup in their first season taking part in the competition, but lost 2–1 to Third Lanark. [ 12 ] Celtic reached the final examination again in 1892 and this time were victorious after defeating Queen ‘s Park 5–1, the club ‘s first major award. [ 13 ] respective months by and by the cabaret moved to its new ground, Celtic Park, and in the surveil season won the Scottish League Championship for the first prison term. [ 9 ] In 1895, Celtic set the League read for the highest home score when they beat Dundee 11–0. [ 14 ] In 1897, the club became a secret circumscribed company [ 15 ] and Willie Maley was appointed as the first ‘secretary- coach ‘. [ 16 ] Between 1905 and 1910, Celtic won the Scottish League Championship six times in a rowing. [ 9 ] [ 17 ] They besides won the scots Cup in both 1907 and 1908, the first times a scots clubhouse had always won the double. [ 9 ] [ 18 ] During World War I, Celtic won the league four times in a row, including 62 matches unbeaten between November 1915 and April 1917. [ 9 ] [ 19 ] The mid-1920s saw the emergence of Jimmy McGrory as one of the most fecund goalscorers in british football history ; over a sixteen-year toy career, he scored 550 goals in 547 games ( including 16 goals for Clydebank during a season on lend in 1923–24 ), a british goal-scoring record to this day. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In January 1940, Willie Maley ‘s retirement was announced. He was 71 years old and had served the club in varying roles for closely 52 years, initially as a player and then as secretary-manager. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Jimmy McStay became coach of the club in February 1940. [ 24 ] He spent over five years in this role, although due to the second World War no official competitive league football took place during this time. The scots Football League and scots Cup were suspended and in their locate regional league competitions were set up. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Celtic did not do peculiarly well during the war years, but did win the Victory in Europe Cup held in May 1945 as a one-off football match to celebrate Victory in Europe Day. [ 27 ] Ex-player and captain Jimmy McGrory took over as coach in 1945. [ 28 ] Under McGrory, Celtic defeated Arsenal, Manchester United and Hibernian to win the Coronation Cup, a one-off tournament held in May 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Elizabeth II. [ 29 ] He besides led them to a League and Cup double in 1954. [ 30 ] On 19 October 1957, Celtic defeated Rangers in the final of the Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow, retaining the trophy they had won for the first time the previous class ; the 7–1 scoreline remains a record acquire in a british domestic cup concluding. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The years that followed, however, saw Celtic conflict and the golf club won no more trophies under McGrory. [ 33 ]
Jock Stein in an Amsterdam hotel, ahead of a european Cup quarter-final against AFC Ajax ( 1971 ) Former Celtic captain Jock Stein succeeded McGrory in 1965. [ 34 ] He won the scots Cup in his first few months at the baseball club, [ 35 ] and then led them to the League title the comply season. [ 36 ] 1967 was Celtic ‘s annus mirabilis. The cabaret won every competition they entered : the Scottish League, the scots Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the european Cup. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Under the leadership of Stein, the club defeated Inter Milan 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, on 25 May 1967 to become the first british team, [ 39 ] [ 40 ] and indeed the beginning from outside Spain, Portugal and Italy to win the contest. They remain the alone Scottish team to have reached the final. The players that day, all of whom were born within 30 miles of Glasgow, subsequently became known as the “ Lisbon Lions “. [ 41 ] The following season Celtic lost to Racing Club of Argentina in the Intercontinental Cup. [ 42 ] celtic reached the european Cup Final again in 1970, but were beaten 2–1 by Feyenoord at the San Siro in Milan. [ 43 ] The golf club continued to dominate scots football in the early 1970s, and their scots Championship win in 1974 was their ninth consecutive league title, equalling the joint worldly concern record held at the time by MTK Budapest and CSKA Sofia. [ 44 ] celtic enjoyed further domestic success in the 1980s, and in their Centenary season of 1987–88 won a scots Premier Division and Scottish Cup double. [ 45 ] The golf club endured a slump in the early 1990s, culminating in the Bank of Scotland informing directors on 3 March 1994 that it was calling in the receivers as a resultant role of the cabaret exceeding a £5 million overdraft. [ 46 ] however, expatriate businessman Fergus McCann wrested control of the golf club, and ousted the family dynasties which had controlled Celtic since its foundation. According to media reports, McCann took over the golf club minutes before it was to be declared bankrupt. [ 47 ] McCann reconstituted the club business as a populace limited company – Celtic PLC – and oversaw the renovation of Celtic Park into a 60,832 all-seater stadium. In 1998 Celtic won the title again under Dutchman Wim Jansen and prevented Rangers from beating their nine-in-a-row record. [ 48 ] Martin O’Neill took bang of the club in June 2000. [ 49 ] Under his leadership, Celtic won three SPL championships out of five ( losing the others by identical small margins ) [ 50 ] and in his first temper in charge the club besides won the domestic soprano, [ 51 ] make O’Neill only the second gear Celtic coach to do sol after Jock Stein. [ 52 ] In 2003, around 80,000 celtic fans travelled to watch the club compete in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Celtic lost 3–2 to Porto after excess fourth dimension, despite two goals from Henrik Larsson during normal clock. [ 55 ] The lead of the thousands of travelling celtic supporters received far-flung praise from the people of Seville and the fans were awarded Fair Play Awards from both FIFA and UEFA “ for their inordinately firm and sporting behavior ”. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Gordon Strachan was announced as O’Neill ‘s refilling in June 2005 and after winning the SPL title in his first gear year in tear, [ 58 ] he became only the third Celtic director to win three titles in a quarrel. He besides guided Celtic to their first UEFA Champions League hard degree in 2006–07 [ 59 ] and repeated the feat in 2007–08 [ 60 ] before departing the club in May 2009, after failing to win the SPL title. [ 61 ] Tony Mowbray took charge of the club in June 2009, [ 62 ] and he was succeeded a year late by Neil Lennon. [ 63 ] In November 2010, Celtic set an SPL record for the biggest succeed in SPL history, defeating aberdeen 9–0 at Celtic Park. [ 64 ] Celtic celebrated their hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary in November 2012, the same workweek as a Champions League match against Barcelona. [ 65 ] They won 2–1 on the night to complete a memorable workweek, [ 66 ] and finally qualified from the group stages for the round of 16. [ 67 ] Celtic finished the season with the SPL and Scottish Cup double. [ 68 ] The cabaret clinched their one-third straight league title in March 2014, [ 69 ] with goalkeeper Fraser Forster setting a new record during the campaign of 1,256 minutes without conceding a goal in a league match. [ 70 ] At the conclusion of the temper, coach Neil Lennon announced his passing from the club after four years in the role. [ 71 ] norwegian Ronny Deila was appointed director of Celtic on 6 June 2014. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] He went on to lead the team to two straight league titles and a League Cup, but the team ‘s performances in european competition were inadequate. After being eliminated from the scots Cup by Rangers in April 2016, Deila announced he would leave the clubhouse at the end of the season. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] On 20 May 2016, Brendan Rodgers was announced as Deila ‘s successor. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] His first season saw the team go on a retentive unbeaten run in domestic competitions, during which time the baseball club won their hundredth major trophy, defeating aberdeen 3–0 in the League Cup Final in November 2016. [ 77 ] Celtic besides clinched their sixth consecutive league entitle in April 2017 with a record eight league games to spare, [ 78 ] and finally finished with a record 106 points, becoming the first scottish side to complete a top-flight league temper undefeated since Rangers in 1899. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] Celtic clinched their fourthly soprano by defeating Aberdeen 2–1 in the 2017 scots Cup Final, the solution of which saw the club go through the stallion domestic temper unbeaten. [ 81 ] Celtic continued their unbeaten domestic run into the comply season, finally extending it to 69 games, surpassing their own 100-year-old british criminal record of 62 games, before last losing to Hearts in November 2017. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Celtic retained the League Cup that same month by defeating Motherwell in the final examination, [ 84 ] and went on to clinch their seventh straight league style in April 2018. [ 85 ] They went on to defeat Motherwell again in the 2018 scots Cup Final to clinch a irregular back-to-back domestic treble ( the “ bivalent treble ” ), the first baseball club in Scotland to do so. [ 86 ] Rodgers left the club midway through following season to join Leicester City ; [ 87 ] Neil Lennon returned as caretaker coach for the rest of the temper and helped Celtic impregnable an unprecedented third consecutive domestic double ( the “ treble soprano ” ), defeating Hearts 2–1 in the 2019 scots Cup Final. [ 88 ] Later that month, he was confirmed as the club ‘s newly director. [ 89 ] In December 2019, Lennon led Celtic to a 1–0 succeed over Rangers in the 2019 Scottish League Cup Final, the club ‘s tenth consecutive domestic trophy. [ 90 ] By March 2020, Celtic were 13 points ahead in the league when master football in Scotland was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] they were confirmed as champions in May 2020 following a SPFL board meet where it was agreed that completing the entire league campaign was impracticable. [ 93 ] The completion of the 2019–20 scots Cup was delayed, with the semi-finals and final – between Celtic and Hearts as in the previous class – not taking place until late autumn/winter of 2020. celtic won on penalty-kicks after the sides tied at 3–3 after supernumerary clock time, clinching a fourthly consecutive double. [ 94 ] however, Celtic struggled throughout the 2020–21 temper with poor performances in Europe, knocked out of the League Cup by Ross County, and by February 2021 were trailing 18 points behind Rangers in the league – effectively ending their hopes of winning “ ten in a row ” league titles. Lennon resigned on 24 February 2021, with adjunct coach John Kennedy taking interim charge of the team. [ 95 ] In the close weeks of the season, Celtic were knocked out of the scottish Cup by Rangers which condemned them to their first trophy-less season since 2010, [ 96 ] and finished the league crusade 25 points behind their Glasgow rivals. [ 97 ]

Crest and colours

The club crest adopted on the team ‘s football shirts in 1977, based on a badge originating from the 1930s . The extra crest that was adopted in seasons 1987–88 & 1988–89 to celebrate the club ‘s centennial . special commemorative cap used in season 2017–18 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the club ‘s european Cup Final gain in 1967. For most of Celtic ‘s history their home airstrip has featured green and white horizontal hoops, but their original leach consisted of a white top with blacken shorts and black and greens hoop socks. The top besides featured the Marist Brothers ‘ badge on the right hand side, consisting of a green Celtic cross inside a red r-2. [ 11 ] [ 98 ] In 1889, the cabaret changed to a green and ashen vertically striped top and for the future fourteen years this remained unchanged although the color of the shorts alternated between white and black several times over this period. The lead did not feature a crown. [ 11 ] [ 99 ] In 1903, Celtic adopted their now celebrated green and white hooped tops. The newfangled plan was worn for the foremost time on 15 August 1903 in a match against Partick Thistle. [ 11 ] Black socks continued to be worn until the early 1930s, at which point the team switched to green socks. Plain white socks came into use in the mid 1960s, and egg white has been the overriding tinge worn since then. [ 11 ]

History of Celtic football strips[11]

1888

1889–1903

1903–1932

1932–1965

1965 onwards
The club began using a badge in the 1930s, featuring a four leaf clover logo surrounded by the club ‘s formal title, “ The Celtic Football and Athletic Coy. Ltd ”. [ 100 ] however, it was not until 1977 that Celtic finally adopted the club crest on their shirts. The forbidden segment was reversed out, with white lettering on a green background on the team shirts. The text around the clover logo on the shirts was besides shortened from the official golf club crest to “ The Celtic Football Club ”. [ 100 ] For their centennial year in 1988, a commemorative cap was wear, featuring the Celtic cross that appeared on their first shirts. The 1977 version was reinstated for season 1989–90. [ 11 ] From 1945 onwards numbered shirts lento came into manipulation throughout Scotland, before becoming compulsory in 1960. By this time Celtic were the last golf club in Britain to adopt the use of numbers on the team strip to identify players. The hidebound and ideal Celtic chair, Robert Kelly, baulked at the prognosis of the celebrated greens and white hoops being disfigured, and as such Celtic wore their numbers on the players ‘ shorts. [ 11 ] This strange custom survived until 1994, although number shirts were worn in european rival from 1975 onwards. [ 11 ] Celtic ‘s tradition of wearing numbers on their shorts rather than on the back of their shirts was brought to an end when the Scottish Football League instructed Celtic to wear numbers on their shirts from the begin of the 1994–95 season. Celtic responded by adding numbers to the top of their sleeves, however within a few weeks the football authorities ordered the club to attach them to the bet on of their shirts, where they appeared on a large white mend, breaking up the green and white hoops. [ 11 ] In 1984 Celtic took up shirt sponsorship for the beginning time, with Fife-based double glaze fast CR Smith having their logo emblazoned on the front of the team jersey. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] In season 1991–92, Celtic switched to Glasgow-based cable car sales company Peoples as sponsors. [ 103 ] The golf club failed to secure a shirt sponsor for temper 1992–93, and for the first meter since the early 1980s celtic took to the plain in ‘unblemished ‘ hoops. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] Despite the loss of market gross, sales of the new unsponsored replica top increased dramatically. [ 105 ] Celtic regained shirt sponsorship for season 1993–94, with CR Smith returning as shirt sponsors in a four-year deal. [ 101 ] [ 106 ] In 2005 the club severed their connection with Umbro, suppliers of their kits since the 1960s and entered into a contract with Nike. To mark the fortieth anniversary of their european Cup succeed, a special crown was introduced for the 2007–08 season. The star that represents this victory was retained when the common peak was reinstated the following temper. [ 11 ] In 2012, a ex post facto manner kit out was designed by Nike that included narrower hoops to mark the cabaret ‘s hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary. A particular crown was introduced with a celtic knot design embroidered round the traditional badge. A third-choice strip based on the first strip from 1888 was besides adopted for the temper. [ 11 ] In March 2015, Celtic agreed a new kit softwood worth £30 million with Boston -based sportswear manufacturer New Balance to replace Nike from the begin of the 2015–16 season. [ 107 ] All of the kits for the 2017–18 season paid tribute to the Lisbon Lions, with the kits having a line on each side to represent the handles of the european Cup. The kits besides included a commemorative peak, designed specifically for the season. [ 108 ] The regular crest was reinstated the following season, although the away denude featured a Celtic cross once again in reference to the club ‘s inheritance. [ 11 ] In March 2020, Celtic announced a newfangled five-year partnership with Adidas starting on 1 July 2020, in a distribute believed to be the biggest kit sponsorship ever in scottish mutant. [ 109 ]

stadium

Celtic ‘s stadium is Celtic Park, which is in the Parkhead area of Glasgow. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,411, [ 110 ] is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the eighth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford, Twickenham, Wembley, the London Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the Millennium Stadium. It is normally known as Parkhead [ 111 ] or Paradise. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] Celtic opened the original Celtic Park in the Parkhead area in 1888. [ 114 ] The club moved to a unlike locate in 1892, however, when the rental agitate was greatly increased. [ 115 ] The raw web site was developed into an ellipse shaped stadium, with huge terrace sections. [ 116 ] The read attendance of 83,500 was set by an Old tauten derby on 1 January 1938. [ 115 ] The terraces were covered and floodlights were installed between 1957 and 1971. [ 115 ] The Taylor Report mandated that all major clubs should have an all-seated stadium by August 1994. [ 117 ] Celtic was in a regretful fiscal position in the early 1990s and no major make was carried out until Fergus McCann took control of the club in March 1994. He carried out a plan to demolish the previous terraces and develop a new stadium in a phase rebuild, which was completed in August 1998. During this development, Celtic spent the 1994–95 season play at the national stadium Hampden Park, costing the club £500,000 in rend. [ 118 ] The entire cost of the newfangled stadium on its completion was £40 million. [ 119 ] Celtic Park has been used as a venue for Scotland internationals and Cup Finals, peculiarly when Hampden Park has been unavailable. [ 120 ] Before the first World War, Celtic Park hosted versatile other sporting events, including composite rules shinty-hurling, [ 121 ] track and airfield and the 1897 Track Cycling World Championships. [ 115 ] alfresco masses, [ 115 ] and First World War recruitment drives have besides been held there. [ 122 ] In more late years, Celtic Park has hosted the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, [ 123 ] the 2005 Special Olympics National Games and the 1990 Special Olympics european Games. [ 124 ] Celtic Park has occasionally been used for concerts, including performances by The Who and U2. [ 125 ] In June 2018, Celtic announced a series of stadium improvements that would be implemented before the 2018–19 season. These include the installation of new LED floodlights and a raw entertainment organization, a stadium-wide PA organization and a new hybrid act surface. [ 126 ]
A bird’s-eye view of Celtic Park

Supporters

In 2003 Celtic were estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in the US and Canada. [ 127 ] There are over 160 celtic Supporters Clubs in over 20 countries around the world. [ 128 ] An estimate 80,000 celtic supporters, many without match tickets, travelled to Seville in Spain for the UEFA Cup Final in May 2003. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] [ 129 ] The club ‘s fans subsequently received awards from UEFA and FIFA for their behavior at the meet. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] [ 130 ] Celtic has the highest average home attendance of any scots clubhouse. [ 131 ] They besides had the 12th highest average league attendance out of all the football clubs in Europe in 2011. [ 132 ] A study of stadium attendance figures from 2013 to 2018 by the CIES Football Observatory ranked Celtic at 16th in the populace during that time period, and their proportion of the distribution of spectators in Scotland at 36.5 %, the highest of any clubhouse in the leagues examined. [ 133 ] In October 2013, French football magazine So Foot [ francium ] published a list of whom they considered the ‘best ‘ football supporters in the world. celtic fans were placed third, the only british supporters on the list, with the magazine highlighting their rendition of You ‘ll Never Walk Alone before the start of european ties at Celtic Park. [ 134 ] On 23 October 2017, celtic fans were awarded with the FIFA Fan Award for their tifo commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the club ‘s european cup acquire. The prize “ celebrates the best fan moment of November 2016 to August 2017 ”. [ 135 ]

The Old firm and sectarianism

Celtic ‘s traditional rivals are Rangers ; jointly, the two clubs are known as the Old Firm [ 136 ] and seen by some as the world ‘s biggest football bowler hat. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] The two have dominated Scottish football ‘s history ; [ 136 ] between them, they have won the Scottish league backing 106 times ( as of recently 2021 ) since its origin in 1890 – all early clubs combined have won 19 championships. [ 139 ] The two clubs are besides by far the most supported in Scotland, with Celtic having the sixth highest home attendance in the UK during season 2014–15. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] Celtic have a historic association with the people of Ireland and Scots of Irish descent, both of whom are chiefly Roman Catholic. [ 142 ] traditionally fans of rivals Rangers came from scots or Northern Irish Protestant backgrounds and corroborate Unionism in Ireland. [ 142 ] The clubs have attracted the confirm of opposing factions in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Some supporters use songs, chants and banners at matches to abuse or show support for the Protestant or Catholic religions and proclaim patronize for Northern Irish paramilitary groups such as the IRA and UVF. [ 143 ] There have been over 400 Old firm matches played. [ 144 ] The games have been described as having an “ air of hatred, religious tension and intimidation which continues to lead to violence in communities across Scotland. ” [ 143 ] The competition has fuelled many assaults and even deaths on Old Firm Derby days. Admissions to hospital emergency rooms have been reported to increase ninefold over normal levels [ 145 ] and in the period from 1996 to 2003, eight deaths in Glasgow were directly linked to Old Firm matches, and hundreds of assaults. [ 145 ] [ 146 ] Both sets of fans fought on the pitch after Celtic ‘s victory in the 1980 scots Cup Final at Hampden Park. [ 147 ] There was good fan perturb during an Old Firm match played in May 1999 at Celtic Park ; missiles were thrown by celtic fans, including one which struck referee Hugh Dallas, who needed aesculapian treatment and a humble number of fans invaded the peddle. [ 148 ] Celtic have taken measures to reduce sectarianism. In 1996, the club launched its Bhoys Against Bigotry campaign, by and by followed by Youth Against Bigotry to “ educate the young on having … respect for all aspects of the community – all races, all colours, all creeds ”. [ 149 ]

irish republicanism

Some groups of celtic fans have expressed their support for irish republicanism and the irish Republican Army by singing or chanting about them at matches. [ 150 ] [ 151 ] In 2008 and 2010, there were protests by groups of fans over the team wearing the poppy for Remembrance Day, as the symbol is offense to many in Ireland. [ 152 ] [ 153 ] Celtic expressed disapproval of these protests, saying they were damaging to the picture of the club and its fans, and pledged to ban those involved. [ 153 ] In 2011, UEFA and the scottish Premier League investigated the cabaret over pro-IRA chants by fans at unlike games. UEFA fined Celtic £ 12,700, while the SPL took no action, as the club had taken all reasonable action to prevent the chants. [ 154 ]

celtic media

In 1965, Celtic began publishing its own newspaper, The Celtic View, now the oldest club magazine in football. [ 155 ] It was the inspiration of future chair Jack McGinn, who at the time was working in the circulation department of Beaverbrook Newspapers. [ 156 ] McGinn himself edited the wallpaper for the first few years, with circulation initially reaching about 26,000 copies. [ 157 ] As of 2019 it is a 72-page glossy cartridge holder with over 6,000 weekly readers, and the top sell club magazine in the United Kingdom. In 2004, Celtic launched their own digital television groove called Celtic television receiver, which was available in the UK through Setanta Sports on satellite and cable platforms. Due to the collapse of Setanta in the UK in June 2009, Celtic TV stopped broadcasting, although the club hoped to find a new broadcast partner. [ 158 ] From 2002, Celtic ‘s Internet television receiver groove Channel67 ( previously known as Celtic Replay ) broadcast Celtic ‘s own content cosmopolitan and offered hot couple coverage to subscribers outside the UK. It besides provided three on-line channels.

influence on other clubs

due to Celtic ‘s large following, respective clubs have decided to emulate or have been inspired by Celtic. As the golf club has a boastfully pursue, particularly in Northern Ireland, several clubs have been founded there by local Celtic fans. The most luminary and successful was Belfast Celtic, formed in 1891 just as Celtic. Upon incorporation as a limited company in 1901, however, the club adopted the name “ Belfast Celtic ”, the entitle “ celtic football Club Ltd ” already being registered by the Glasgow golf club. [ 161 ] Their home from the lapp year was Celtic Park on Donegall Road in west Belfast, known to the fans as Paradise. [ 162 ] It was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until it withdrew from the Irish League in 1949. [ 163 ] Donegal Celtic, presently playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, [ 164 ] was established in 1970, [ 165 ] with the Celtic part being taken on due to the massive local following for Scotland ‘s Celtic and once Belfast Celtic. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] They are nicknamed The Wee Hoops and play at Donegal Celtic Park on Suffolk Road in Belfast. [ 165 ] A club by the diagnose of Lurgan Celtic was originally formed in 1903, with the obvious pitch of aiming towards the Roman Catholic community of the town, adopting the name and color of the Glaswegian Celtic. [ 168 ] The County Armagh baseball club presently plays in the NIFL Championship. [ 169 ] In the Republic of Ireland, both Tuam Celtic A.F.C. and Castlebar Celtic F.C. free rein at grounds called Celtic Park. Throughout Scotland and England, other clubs have been named after and adopted Celtic ‘s kit. These include the now defunct Scottish club Blantyre Celtic F.C. ; [ 170 ] Irish clubhouse Listowel Celtic F.C. ; [ citation needed ] and English lower-league clubs Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., which was founded in 1908–09 by irish immigrants employed in the local iron ore mines, [ 171 ] Celtic Nation F.C. ( now defunct ) [ 172 ] [ 173 ] and West Allotment Celtic F.C. . [ 174 ] Somerset golf club Yeovil Town F.C., who traditionally wore an all-green shirt, modified their uniform to emulate Celtic ‘s, inspired by the Scottish cabaret ‘s 2003 UEFA Cup run. [ 175 ] Outside the british Isles, South African golf club Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., one of the most democratic baseball club in the country with a big fan floor in the Free State, is besides named after Celtic F.C. Founded in 1969 as Mangaung United, in 1984, the then owner Molemela took over the club and changed the appoint to Bloemfontein Celtic. Based in Bloemfontein, they play in the Premier Soccer League. [ 176 ] In the United States of America, Hurricanes F.C. of Houston, Texas rebranded as Celtic FC America in 2019 and play in the Texas Premier Soccer League. [ 177 ]

celtic and charity

Celtic was initially founded to raise money for the poor in the East end of Glasgow and the club placid retain potent charitable traditions nowadays. [ 178 ] In 1995 the Celtic Charity Fund was formed with the drive of “ revitalising Celtic ‘s charitable traditions ” and by September 2013 had raised over £5 million. [ 179 ] [ 180 ] The Charity Fund has since then merged with the Celtic Foundation, forming the Celtic FC Foundation, and continues to raise money for local, national and external causes. [ 181 ] [ 182 ] On 9 August 2011 Celtic held a testimony match in respect of erstwhile actor John Kennedy. Due to the humanitarian crisis in East Africa, the entire proceeds were donated to Oxfam. An calculate £300,000 was raised. [ 183 ] Celtic hold an annual charity fashion show at Celtic Park. In 2011 the independent beneficiaries were Breast Cancer Care Scotland. [ 180 ] Yorkhill Hospital is another charity with whom Celtic are affiliated and in December 2011 the club donated £3000 to it. Chief Executive Peter Lawwell said that ; “ Celtic has always been much more than a football club and it is important that, at all times we play an authoritative role in the wide community. The club is delighted to have enjoyed such a long and positive connection with Yorkhill Hospital. ” [ 184 ]

possession and finances

individual company

celtic were formed in 1887, and in 1897 the cabaret became a Private Limited Company with a nominal share capital of 5000 shares at £1 each. [ 9 ] [ 185 ] The follow year a further share exit of 5000 £1 shares was created to raise more capital. The largest number of shares held were by businessmen from the East end of Glasgow, notably James Grant, an irish publican and engineer, James Kelly, one of the baseball club ‘s original players turned publican, and John Glass, a builder and driving impel in the early on years of the baseball club. [ 185 ] His shares, upon his death in 1906, passed on to Thomas White. [ 186 ] The Grant, Kelly and White families ‘ shareholdings dominated ownership of the club throughout the twentieth hundred. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] [ 189 ]
The late 1940s saw Robert Kelly, son of James Kelly, become chair of the club after having been a director since 1931. Desmond White besides joined the board around this time, upon the death of his forefather Thomas White. [ 190 ] By the 1950s, a meaning number of shares in the club had passed to Neil and Felicia Grant, who lived in Toomebridge, County Antrim. These shares accounted for more than a sixth of the cabaret ‘s sum issue. [ 191 ] Club president Robert Kelly ‘s own kin share-holding was of a exchangeable size, and he used his conclude kinship with the Toomebridge Grants to ensure his power base at Celtic was unchallengeable. [ 191 ] When Neil Grant died in the early 1960s, his shareholding passed to his sister Felicia, leaving her as the largest share-holder in Celtic. [ 191 ] [ 192 ] This gave ascent to the myth among celtic supporters of the “ old lady in Ireland ” who purportedly had the ultimate read in the function of the club. [ 191 ] Celtic ‘s board of directors had a reputation of being mean and authoritarian. In particular they were known for frequently selling their top players and not paying their staff enough ; they were besides seen as miss ambition, which caused friction with respective managers. [ 193 ] Jimmy McGrory ‘s tenure as director is broadly considered a period of underachievement, but with Chairman Robert Kelly ‘s tyrannize influence. many have questioned how much agency McGrory always had in team choice. [ 194 ] [ 195 ] Even Jock Stein ‘s time as director ended on a sour note when he was offered a set on the Celtic board, but in a role involving slate sales. Stein felt that this was demeaning, stating he was “ a football man, not a slate salesman ”. He declined this propose and decided to stay in football management, joining Leeds United rather. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] [ 198 ] Billy McNeill won a trophy in each of his five seasons as director, but was still paid less than the managers of Rangers, Aberdeen and Dundee United. He left the club in June 1983 after his request for a contract and pay wax was publicly rebuffed by the board. McNeill moved on to manage Manchester City, stating that to remain at Celtic would have been humiliating. [ 197 ] McNeill ‘s successor, Davie Hay, besides had his difficulties with the Celtic board. When trying to sign players in 1987 to strengthen his police squad to compete with high-spending Rangers, the board refused to pay for them ; president Jack McGinn was quoted as saying that if Hay wanted these players, “ he will have to pay for them himself ”. [ 199 ] By the end of the 1980s the Celtic circuit board consisted of chair McGinn and directors Kevin Kelly, Chris White, Tom Grant and Jimmy Farrell. Neither McGinn nor Farrell were members of the traditional family dynasties at Celtic. Farrell was a partner in the Shaughnessy law firm that had long-standing connections with Celtic, and was invited to become a film director in 1964. McGinn had set up The Celtic View in the 1960s and subsequently became the golf club ‘s commercial director. He was given a buttocks on the board and became Chairman in 1986. [ 200 ] In May 1990 the former Lord Provost of Glasgow, Michael Kelly, and property developer Brian Dempsey were invited to join the Celtic board. [ 201 ] [ 202 ] Dempsey did not last long however, as a quarrel about a proposed move to Robroyston resulted in him being voted off the board five months late. [ 203 ]

McCann takeover and passage to plc

Throughout the 1960s and 70s Celtic had been one of the strongest clubs in Europe. however, the directors failed to accompany the wave of economic development facing football in the 1980s, although the club continued to remain successful on the plain, albeit limited to the domestic scene in Scotland. [ 204 ] In 1989, the club ‘s annual budget was £6.4 million, approximately a third american samoa much as Barcelona, with a debt of around 40 % and on-field success deteriorating. [ 189 ] In the early 1990s the position began to worsen as playing achiever declined dramatically and the club slipped far into debt. [ 204 ] In 1993 fans began organising pressure groups to protest against the control panel, one of the most outstanding being “ Celts for Change ”. They supported a takeover wish led by Canadian-based businessman Fergus McCann and early film director Brian Dempsey. Football writer Jim Traynor described McCann ‘s try to buy the club as “ good against evil ”. [ 205 ] Despite declining attendances and increasing unrest amongst supporters, the Kelly, White and Grant family groupings continued to guard their command of Celtic. [ 204 ] [ 189 ] On 4 March 1994, McCann bought Celtic for £9 million, ultimately wresting control from the syndicate dynasties that had run the clubhouse for about 100 years. [ 206 ] [ 207 ] When he bought the golf club it was reported to be within 24 hours of entering receivership due to exceeding a £5 million overdraft with the Bank of Scotland. [ 187 ] [ 208 ] He turned Celtic into a populace express company through a share publish which raised over £14 million, the most successful partake issue in british football history. [ 187 ] [ 209 ] He besides oversaw the construction of a new stadium, the 60,000 seater Celtic Park, which cost £40 million and at the clock was Britain ‘s largest club stadium. [ 119 ] [ 187 ] [ 210 ] This allowed Celtic to progress as a club because over £20 million was being raised each year from temper tag sales. [ 187 ] McCann had maintained that he would only be at Celtic for five years and in September 1999 he announced that his 50.3 % post in Celtic was for sale. McCann had wanted the possession of Celtic to be spread american samoa widely as possible and gave first predilection to existing shareholders and season-ticket holders, to prevent a fresh consortium take over the baseball club. [ 211 ] 14.4 million shares were sold by McCann at a rate of 280 pence each. McCann made £40 million out of this, think of he left Celtic with a £31 million profit. During his tenure, turnover at Celtic rose by 385 % to £33.8m and operating profits rose from £282,000 to £6.7m. [ 119 ] McCann was often criticised during his prison term at Celtic and many people disagreed with him over building a stadium which they thought Celtic could n’t fill, not investing enough in the team and being excessively focused on finance. however, McCann was responsible for the fiscal recovery of the golf club and for providing a identical commodity platform for it to build on. After he left Celtic, the clubhouse were able to invest in players and achieved much success such as winning the double in 2000–01 and reaching the 2003 UEFA Cup Final. [ 119 ] [ 187 ] After McCann ‘s exit, Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond was left as the majority stockholder. He purchased 2.8 million of McCann ‘s shares to increase his stake in the club from 13 % to 20 %. [ 212 ] In 2005, Celtic issued a contribution offer designed to raise £15 million for the club ; 50 million newly shares were made available priced at 30p each. It was besides revealed that majority stockholder Desmond would buy around £10 million deserving of the shares. £10 million of the money raised was for building a new train center and youth academy, expanding the clubhouse ‘s ball-shaped scouting network and induct in coach and player growth programmes. The perch of the money was to be used to reduce debt. Building a young person academy was significant for celtic to surpass both Hearts and Rangers who had superior young facilities at the time. [ 213 ] The share issue was a success and Celtic had more applicants than shares available, [ 214 ] The new Lennoxtown train center was opened in October 2007. [ 215 ] celtic have been ranked in the Deloitte Football Money League six times. This lists the top 20 football clubs in the world according to tax income. They were ranked between 2002 ( 2000–01 temper ), 2006 ( 2004–05 season ) and 2008 ( 2006–07 season ). [ 216 ] [ 217 ] Celtic ‘s fiscal results for 2011 showed that the club ‘s debt had been reduced from £5.5 million to £500,000 and that a pre-tax profit of £100,000 had been achieved, compared with a passing of over £2 million the previous year. Turnover besides decreased by 15 % from £63 million to £52 million. [ 218 ] In May 2012, Celtic were rated 37th in Brand Finance ‘s annual evaluation of the world ‘s biggest football clubs. Celtic ‘s brand was valued at $ 64 million ( £40.7 million ), $ 15 million more than the previous year. It was the first meter a scottish club had been ranked in the top 50. Matt Hannagan, Sports Brand Valuation Analyst at Brand Finance, said that Celtic were constrained by the amount of money they got from the SPL and that if they were in the Premiership then, due to their boastfully fan base, they could be in the top 10 clubs in the earth. [ 219 ] [ 220 ] Later that month David Low, the fiscal adviser who advised Fergus McCann on his takeover of Celtic in 1994, said that Celtic ‘s ‘enterprise value ‘ ( how much it would cost to buy the club ) was £52 million. [ 221 ]

Players

First-team police squad

As of 17 September 2021[222]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve and Youth squads

For Celtic ‘s reserve and youth squads, see celtic F.C. Under-20s and Academy .

Women ‘s team

Celtic have a nerve pathway for female players, from football team years previous upwards. [ 223 ] In 2007 the club launched their women ‘s first team, sometimes known as celtic Women. The women ‘s team reached the scottish Women ‘s Cup Final in their first season, and won their first trophy in 2010, the scottish Women ‘s Premier League Cup. [ 224 ] In December 2018 they announced a move to full-time train, becoming the first professional women ‘s football team in Scotland. [ 225 ]

erstwhile players

For far information, see List of Celtic F.C. players for players with over 100 appearances or early stated luminary, List of Celtic F.C. international footballers and category : celtic FC players for a general list of ex-players .

club captains

For far information, see celtic club captains

Greatest ever team

SIMPSON McNEILL MURDOCH GEMMELL McGRAIN JOHNSTONE AULD McSTAY LARSSON DALGLISH LENNOX

Greatest ever Celtic team

In 2002 the greatest ever Celtic team was voted by supporters : [ 227 ]

club officials

managerial history

Brendan Rodgers led Celtic to a alone unbeaten domestic treble in the 2016–17 season

Halls of fame

As of 1 June 2020, 27 celtic players and managers have entered the scots Football Hall of Fame : [ 230 ]

Scotland Roll of Honour

The Scotland national football team roll of honor recognises players who have gained 50 or more international caps for Scotland. Inductees to have played for celtic are : [ 231 ]
Numbers in brackets indicate the number of caps the above players won whilst at Celtic. [ 232 ]

scottish Sports Hall of Fame

In the scottish Sports Hall of Fame, five celtic players have been selected, they are :

Honours

domestic honours

[ 238 ] [ 239 ]

Scottish League Championship: 51

Scottish Cup: 40

Scottish League Cup: 19

Continental honor

early awards

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1

France Football European Team of the Year: 1

FIFA Fair Play Award: 1

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UEFA Fair Play Award: 1

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FIFA Fan Award: 1

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1 Awarded to the fans of Celtic .

Trebles

League Title, Scottish Cup, League Cup: 7[243]

Doubles

League Title and Scottish Cup: 12[244]

League Title and League Cup: 6[244]

Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup: 1[244]

Records

golf club records

individual records

As of 1 July 2021, Celtic are sponsored by : [ 276 ]

^ Although the clubhouse was “ formally constituted ” in 1887, no matches were played until 1888. The latter date is listed by the club as their foundation date ; for exercise, on the golf club badge .
^ Newspaper reports at the clock indicate that the formally returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated far 10,000 supporters locked out of the footing for safety reasons. however, the ground ‘s capacity was gauged at the time as being around 88,000 and respective subsequent sources ( including the club ‘s official web site ) have since revised the attendance up to 92,000 .

References

Sources

Campbell, Tom; Woods, Pat (1987). The Glory & The Dream. Grafton Books. ISBN 0-586-20005-3.
Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
Wilson, Brian (1988). Celtic – A Century With Honour. Willow Books. ISBN 0-00-218230-0.