Celtic Football Club................. A brief History.

November 6th 1887.

Celtic Football Club is formerly constituted in St Mary's church hall in Glasgows Calton. The purpose ststed is to alleviate poverty in Glasgows east end.

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May 28th 1888

Celtic beat Glasgow Rangers 5 - 2 in a friendly. It is Celtics first match.

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1892

Celtic win the Scottish Cup for the first time. Some months later they move to a new ground. where it presently resides.

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1893

Celtic win their first ever Scottish League Championship.

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1897

Willie Maley is appointed secretary-manager

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1905 - 1910

Celtic win the League title for the 6th successive season.

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1907

Celtic win the 'double' by winning the Scottish cup and Scottish League for the first time in the national sports history. Celtic repeat the feat the following season.

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1914 - 1917

Celtic win the championship for the fourth time in a row.

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1937

Celtic beat aberdeen in Scottish cup final in front of a record crowd of 146,433 fans. the attendance remains a record for a club match in Europe.

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1939

Celtic win the Exhibition Cup by defeating Everton 1 - 0 at Ibrox.

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1956

Celtic win the League cup for the first time after a decade of trying. Partick thistle were beaten 3-0 in a replay as the celts triumphed.

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1957

Celtic defeat their rivals Rangers and retain the League Cup in a memorable 7 -1 victory.

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1965

Jock Stein takes over control of team affairs from Jimmy McGrory.

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1967

Celtic complete a remarkable season by winning every competition they entered.

Scottish League,  Scottish Cup,  League Cup,  Glasgow Cup,  and  of course  Celtic  won  the  European Cup,  becoming  the  first  British  club  to  do  so.

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1974

Celtic win the league once again to make it nine in a row.

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1978

Billy McNeill  succeeds Jock Stein  as  Celtic  manager.

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1983

Davie Hay  succeeds  Billy McNeill  as  Celtic manager.

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1985

Celtic  defeat  Dundee Utd  2 - 1  in the 100th  Scottish  cup  with  Davie  Provan  scoring  a spectacular  winner.

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1986

Celtic win  the  League on  the  last  day  of  the  season  with a  5  goal  victory  at  Love  street  while Heart  of  Midlothian  failed  to  secure  the  win  they  needed  in  Dundee.

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1987

Billy  McNeill  returns  to  manage  Celtic  as  Davie  Hay  Leaves  the  club.

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1988

Celtic  celebrate  their  centenary  with  a  League  and  Scottish  Cup  Double.

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1991

Liam  Brady  is  appointed  the  new  Celtic  Manager as  Billy  McNeill  leaves  the  club.

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1994

Fergus McCann  saves  the  club  with  a  large  cash  injection  and  a  five  year  business  plan.  Tommy  Burns  is  appointed  manager.

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1997

Wim  Jansen   is  appointed  head  coach  and  with  Murdo  Macleod  as  his  assistant  they  steer  Celtic  to  a  nine in  a  row  stopping  League  Championship.

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2000

Martin  O'Neil  is  appointed  manager  as  John  Barnes  is  shown  the  door  for  a  catastrophic  result  against  minnows  Inverness  caley  thistle.  O'Neill  captures  the  treble  in  his  first  season and  further  endears  himself to  the  parkhead  faithfull  by  masterminding a  6 - 2 victory  against  Rangers.

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2003

Only  one  word  can  sum  up  that  season........... SEVILLE.

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2005

Gordon  Strachan  replaces  Martin  O'Neil  as  first  team  coach  as  he  leaves  to  nurse  his  sick  wife.  Strachan  is  currently  the   Celtic  Manager  and  has  recently  captured  the League  title  for the  third  time  in  a  row.

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2008

Currently  Celtic  are  Scottish  Champions  and  will  enter  next  seasons  Champions  League  without  having  to  play  any  qualifying  rounds.