Coordinates	30°19′10″N81°39′36″N
clubname	Celtic
fullname	The Celtic Football Club
nickname	The Bhoys, The Hoops, The Celts
founded	1888
ground	Celtic ParkGlasgow, Scotland
capacity	60,832
chairman	John Reid
manager	Neil Lennon
league	Scottish Premier League
season	2010–11
position	2nd
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Celtic Football Club () () is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007–08 season, the Scottish Cup 35 times and the Scottish League Cup 14 times. Celtic's home stadium is Celtic Park, the biggest football stadium in Scotland, with a capacity of 60,832. Together with their Glasgow rivals, Rangers, they form the Old Firm, one of the most famous and fierce rivalries in sport. The club's traditional playing colours are green and white hooped shirts with white shorts and white socks.

In 1967, Celtic became the first British team, and only Scottish team, to win the European Cup: the players, subsequently known as the Lisbon Lions, were all born within a 30-mile radius of Parkhead. Celtic won every competition they entered that season: the Scottish League Championship, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup and the Glasgow Cup. Celtic also reached the 1970 European Cup Final, but were beaten by Feyenoord.

In 2003, Celtic reached the UEFA Cup Final, where they lost 3-2 to FC Porto. An estimated 80,000 Celtic supporters travelled to Seville for the occasion. Celtic fans received awards from UEFA and FIFA for their behaviour at the match. In April 2003 the club was estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in North America.

History

Formation

Celtic were formally founded in St. Mary's Church Hall on East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow, by Brother Walfrid, an Irish Marist brother, on 6 November 1887. Brother Walfrid's move to establish the club as a means of fund raising for his charity, The Poor Children's Dinner Table, was largely inspired by the example of Hibernian who were formed out of the immigrant Irish population thirteen years earlier in Edinburgh, with 7 of Celtic's first eleven players signing from Hibernian. Walfrid's own suggestion of the name ''Celtic'' was intended to reflect the club's Irish and Scottish origins, and was adopted at the same meeting.

The club's official nickname is The Bhoys, the spelling of which denotes an Irish pronunciation, in reflection of the club's heritage. The club's first tangible bit of evidence for their nickname is a postcard from the earliest years of the 20th century, which refers to the Celtic team of the time as "the bould bhoys" (sic), while the team were already known as the "Bold Boys" soon after the club was founded. The term "Boys" was used for most football teams of Glasgow at the time, most probably in reference to the local, sectarian, youth gangs prevalent in Glasgow at the time, the (Catholic, Irish) Timalloys and the (Protestant, Loyalist) Billyboys.

On 28 May 1888, Celtic played their first official match against Rangers and won 5–2. During their formative years, Celtic played in a white shirt with a green collar and a red Celtic cross on the breast, then switched to green and white vertical stripes around 1890. They made the switch to their green and white hoops in 1903.

1967

1967 was Celtic's most successful ever year. The club won every competition they entered: the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup, and the European Cup. Managed by Jock Stein, and captained by Billy McNeill, the club defeated Inter Milan 2–1 in Lisbon, Portugal on 25 May 1967. Celtic thus became the first British team, and the first from outside Spain, Portugal and Italy to win the competition. They remain the only Scottish team to have reached the final. The winning players subsequently became known as the 'Lisbon Lions'. The East Stand at Celtic Park is dedicated to the Lisbon Lions, and the West Stand to Jock Stein. Celtic reached the European Cup Final again in 1970, but were beaten 2–1 by Feyenoord at the San Siro in Milan.

Stein managed Celtic to nine straight Scottish League wins from 1966 to 1974, establishing a world record which was not equalled until 1997.

2003

Celtic qualified for the 2003 UEFA Cup Final by beating clubs including Blackburn Rovers, Celta Vigo, Stuttgart and Liverpool. Around 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to watch the Final, which was played in Seville. Celtic lost the match 3–2 to FC Porto after extra time. The Celtic fans were presented with Fair Play Awards from both FIFA and UEFA "for their extraordinarily loyal and sporting behaviour".

2010-11

Celtic began the 2010–11 pre-season by signing Cardiff City midfielder Joe Ledley and defenders Charlie Mulgrew and Cha Du-Ri on free transfers, while Daryl Murphy, Emilio Izaguirre and Efraín Juárez signed for undisclosed fees. Former club captain Stephen McManus left for Middlesbrough for a fee of £1.5 million, and goalkeeper Artur Boruc left for Fiorentina.

In July Celtic were drawn in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Portuguese side Braga. Celtic lost the first leg of the tie 3–0 away from home. Celtic won the return leg 2–1, but went out of the Champions League 4–2 on aggregate. Celtic were knocked out of European football altogether in August, after they lost their Europa League qualifying match against FC Utrecht 4–2 on aggregate.

Celtic won their first eight league games of the SPL season, before losing to Rangers, who also had a 100% record, 3–1. Celtic started November beating Aberdeen 9–0 in an SPL record victory. They then lost to Hearts and drew at home against Dundee United and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, with a victory over St Mirren the only consolation. The Inverness match was notable because it was officiated by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer, who had stepped in because of the Scottish football referee strike. Celtic began 2011 by beating Rangers 2–0 at Ibrox, and beat their rivals again 3–0 on 20 February. Celtic finished the season in second place in the SPL table, a point behind Rangers.

In the League Cup, Celtic beat Inverness 6–0 and St Johnstone 3–2 before beating Aberdeen in the semi-final. In the final, they lost 2–1 to Rangers after extra time.

In the Scottish Cup, Celtic entered in the fourth round, beating Third Division team Berwick Rangers 2–0, and drawing 2–2 with Rangers in the fifth round. They beat Rangers 1–0 in the replay and booked their place in the final beating Aberdeen 4–0 at Hampden Park. In the final Celtic beat Motherwell 3-0, with goals scored by Ki Sung-Yeung, Charlie Mulgrew and an own goal from Stephen Craigan.

Current season

Celtic's first signings of the 2011–12 season were Adam Matthews and Kelvin Wilson on free transfers from Cardiff and Nottingham Forest respectively. Celtic also signed Kenyan international Victor Wanyama from K. Beerschot AC for £900,000. While Germany and Sweden internationals Andreas Hinkel and Freddie Ljungberg both left the club after their contracts expired. Three former youth academy player left on free transfers, with Graham Carey and Paul McGowan both joining St. Mirren after Celtic agreed to end their contracts and Ryan Conroy going to Dundee after his contract expired. Three players left on loan deals, Niall McGinn joined League One Brentford, Darren O'Dea went to Championship side Leeds and Efraín Juárez joined up with his former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre at La Ligas Real Zaragoza.

Celtic started their pre-season with a three match tour of Australia, facing Central Coast Mariners, Perth Glory, and Melbourne Victory. They then finished second in the Dublin Super Cup after facing Inter Milan on 30 July and a League of Ireland select team the next day. The other team competing was Manchester City who won the competition. Celtic also played three other friendlies against Premier League teams Wolves and Swansea City. As well as Championship side Cardiff. Celtic played four friendlies in between there first and second SPL matches. With the Dublin Super Cup and both Premier League sides being played in the one week between Celtic's matches against Hibs and Aberdeen.

Celtic's U19 squad will play in the inaugural tournament of the prestigious NextGen series.

Celtic were drawn against Swiss Cup winners FC Sion in the play-off round of the Europa League.

Celtic's first SPL match of the season was against Hibernian at Easter Road on 24 July. Celtic won 2-0 thanks to goals from Stokes and Ki.

Crest and colours

For Celtic's first season they wore a white top with black shorts and black and green hooped socks. This kit featured a green celtic cross inside a red circle. Next season they changed to a green and white vertically striped top and for the next fourteen years this remained unchanged. In 1903 Celtic adopted their now famous green and white hooped tops.

Stadia

Celtic's stadium, Celtic Park, which is based in Parkhead, Glasgow, is the sixth largest stadium in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Scotland. However, only one, Old Trafford, is a regularly used football stadium. The capacity of Celtic Park has been 60,832 since the redevelopment to an all seater stadium in the mid 1990's.

Supporters

In 2003 Celtic were estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in the USA and Canada. There are over 160 Celtic Supporters Clubs in over 20 countries around the world. In 2009 marketing agency, Sports Revolution estimated that there were 7 million Celtic fans in Japan, mainly due to the influence of Shunsuke Nakamura.

In the 2010-11 season, Celtic had the highest average home attendance of any Scottish club. They also had the 13th highest average attendance in Europe.

In 2003, an estimated 80,000 Celtic supporters, many without match tickets, travelled to Seville in Spain for the UEFA Cup Final, The club's fans subsequently received awards from UEFA and FIFA for their behaviour at the match.

Old Firm rivalry

Celtic's traditional rivals are Rangers; collectively, the two clubs are known as the Old Firm. The two have dominated Scottish football's history; between them, they have won the Scottish league championship 96 times since its inception in 1890 - all other clubs combined have won 19 championships. The two clubs are also by far the most supported in Scotland, with Celtic having the third highest home attendance in the UK. Celtic have a historic association with the people of Ireland and Scots of Irish descent, who are both mainly Catholic. Traditionally fans of rivals Rangers came from Scottish or Northern Ireland Protestant backgrounds and support British Unionism.

The clubs have attracted the support of opposing factions in the political difficulties of Northern Ireland, which intensified the rivalry in Scotland. Anti-sectarian charity Nil by Mouth notes that some supporters use songs, chants and banners on match days to express abuse or support towards the Protestant or Catholic faiths and proclaim support for Northern Irish based terrorist groups such as the IRA and UVF. A study in 2008 by the University of Strathclyde found that the Old Firm rivalry was "strongly linked to the conflict in Northern Ireland".

There have been nearly 400 Old Firm matches played as of 2011. The games have been described as having an "atmosphere of hatred, religious tension and intimidation which continues to lead to violence in communities across Scotland." The rivalry 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 and journalist Franklin Foer noted that in the period from 1996 to 2003, eight deaths in Glasgow were directly linked to Old Firm matches, and hundreds of assaults. Rangers fans' singing of the ''Famine song'' has also caused controversy.

Both sets of fans fought an on-pitch battle in the aftermath of Celtic's 1–0 victory in the 1980 Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park. There was serious fan disorder 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 medical treatment, and a small number of fans invaded the pitch.

Sectarianism

In March 2008, UEFA investigated Celtic fans for alleged sectarian singing at a match against Barcelona. However the case was dropped before the end of the month due to a lack of evidence. In 2008, a Celtic fan was convicted of a religiously aggravated breach of the peace for wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "dirty horrible huns".

Both clubs have taken measures to reduce sectarianism. In 1996 Celtic launched their ''Bhoys Against Bigotry'' campaign, later followed by ''Youth Against Bigotry'' to "educate the young on having ... respect for all aspects of the community — all races, all colours, all creeds".

Irish republicanism

Some groups of Celtic fans express their support for Irish republicanism and the IRA by singing or chanting about them at matches. In 2008 and 2010, there were protests by small groups of fans over the team wearing the poppy symbol for Remembrance Day, as it is a divisive symbol in Ireland. Celtic have expressed disapproval of these protests, saying they are damaging to the image of the club and its fans, and that they will ban those involved.

Celtic media

In 1965, Celtic began publishing ''The Celtic View'', the oldest club magazine in football.

In 2004, Celtic launched their own digital TV channel called Celtic TV, 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 is no longer broadcasting, although the club are hoping to find a new broadcast partner.

Since 2002, Celtic's Internet TV channel Channel67 (previously known as Celtic Replay) has broadcast Celtic's own content worldwide and offers live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK. It also now provides three online channels.

Celtic and charity

Celtic was initially founded to raise money for the poor in the East End of Glasgow and the club still retain strong charitable traditions today.

On 9 August 2011 Celtic held a testimonial match in honour of former player John Kennedy, due to the humanitarian crisis in East Africa. The entire proceeds were donated to Oxfam. An estimated £300,000 was raised.

In 1995 the Celtic charity fund was formed with the aim of "revitalising Celtic's charitable traditions" and has so far raised over £3million.

Ownership and finances

On 15 August 2011, Celtic's financial results for year ending 30 June 2011 were published, showing that the club's debt had been reduced from over £5.5 million to £500,000 and that a pre-tax profit of £100,000 had been achieved. Compared with a loss of over £2 million the previous year. Turnover also decreased by 15% from £63 million to £52 million.

Current squad

First team squad

Out on loan

Reserve and youth squads

For Celtic's reserve and youth squads, see Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

2011-12 transfers

:''Click here for a list of Celtic transfers in season 2011-12''

Non-playing staff

Board of directors

Position !! Name
Chairman	John Reid (politician)>John Reid
Chief Executive	Peter Lawwell
Financial Director	Eric J. Riley
Senior Independent Director	Tom Allison
Independent Non-Executive Director	Dermot Desmond
Independent Non-Executive Director	Brian Duffy
Independent Non-Executive Director	Ian Livingston
Independent Non-Executive Director	Brian Wilson (Labour politician)>Brian Wilson
Company Secretary	Robert Howat
Commercial Director	Adrian Filby
Director of International Development	Jason Hughes

Management

Position !! Name
Manager	Neil Lennon
Assistant Manager	Johan Mjällby
First Team Coach	Alan Thompson (footballer)>Alan Thompson, Garry Parker
Reserve Team Coach	Danny McGrain
Head of Youth and Academy	Chris McCart
Head of Intermediate Academy	John McLaughlin
Under 19 Coach	Stephen Frail
Under 17 Coach	Miodrag Krivokapić (footballer)>Miodrag Krivokapić
Goalkeeping Coach	Stevie Woods
Club Doctor	David Pugh
Head of Sports Science	Kenny McMillan
Physiotherapist	Graham Parsons
Kit Controller	John Clark (footballer born 1941)>John Clark
Football Development Manager	John Park

Honours

Domestic honours

Scottish League Championships: 42

:: 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

Scottish Cup: 35

:: 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011

Scottish League Cup: 14

:: 1956-57, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2008–09

European honours

European Cup: 1

:: 1967 1970 ''(runners-up)''

UEFA Cup:

:: 2003 ''(runners-up)''

Minor and special honours

Glasgow Cup: 31 (Contested by under 18 youth teams from 2008)

:: 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975*, 1982, 2008, 2011

British League Cup: 1

:: 1902

Ferencvaros Vase: 1

:: 1914

Navy and Army War Fund Shield: 1

:: 1918

Empire Exhibition Trophy: 1

:: 1938

Victory In Europe Cup: 1

:: 1945

Saint Mungo Cup: 1

:: 1951

Coronation Cup: 1

:: 1953

Alfredo di Stefano Trophy: 1

:: 1967

CNE Cup of Champions: 1

:: 1968

France Football European Team of the Year: 1

:: 1970

Drybrough Cup: 1

:: 1974

Translink Cup: 1

:: 2009

World of Soccer Cup: 1

:: 1977

Feyenoord Tournament: 1

:: 1981

Dubai Gold Cup: 1

:: 1989

Wembley Cup: 1

:: 2009

Fenway Football Challenge: 1

:: 2010

Jock Stein Friendship Cup: 2

:: 2008, 2009

Youth honours

Scottish Youth Cup: 11

:: 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011

Under 18 Scottish Premier League: 2

:: 2000, 2003

Under 19 Scottish Premier League: 5

:: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011

Under 21 Scottish Premier League: 3

:: 2002, 2003, 2004

Reserve Scottish Premier League: 8

:: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Other awards

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award: 1

:: 1967

France Football European Team of the Year: 1

:: 1970

FIFA Fair Play Award: 1

:: 2003 (awarded to the fans of Celtic FC)

UEFA Fair Play Award:

:: 1 * 1975 trophy shared with Rangers after a 2–2 draw

Managers

16 0 1 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0

!Name	!Scottish League	!Scottish Cup	!Scottish League Cup	UEFA Champions League>European Cup	!Total
align=left	1897–1940		|	14	—	—	30
align=left	1940–1945		|	0	—	—	0
align=left	1945–1965		|	2	2	—	5
align=left	1965–1978		|	8	6	1	25
align=left	1978–1983		|	1	1	0	5
align=left	1983–1987		|	1	0	0	2
align=left	1987–1991		|	2	0	0	3
align=left	1991–1993		|	0	0	0	0
align=left	1993–1994		|	0	0	0	0
align=left	1994–1997		|	1	0	0	1
align=left	1997–1998		|	0	1	0	2
align=left	1998–1999		|	0	0	0	0
align=left	1999–2000		|	0	0	0	0
align=left	2000		|	0	1	0	1
align=left	2000–2005		|	3	1	0	7
align=left	2005–2009		|	1	2	0	6
align=left	2009–2010		|	0	0	0	0
align=left	2010–		|	1	0	0	1

Records

Club records

The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 147,365 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a world record gate for a national cup final Highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds United in the European Cup semi-final, 15 April 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 136,505 Record home attendance: 92,000 against Rangers on 1 January 1938. A 3–0 victory for Celtic UK record for an unbeaten run in professional football: 62 games (49 won, 13 drawn), from 13 November 1915 until 21 April 1917 – a total of 17 months and four days in all (they lost at home to Kilmarnock on the penultimate day of the season) SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (77), from 2001 to 2004 14 consecutive League Cup final appearances, from season 1964/65 to 1977/78 inclusive, a world record for successive appearances in the final of a major football competition

Most goals scored in one Scottish top-flight league match by one player: 8 goals by Jimmy McGrory against Dunfermline in 9–0 win on 14 January 1928

Highest score in a domestic British cup final: Celtic 7–1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957 Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football – Mark Burchill vs Jeunesse Esch in 2000; 3 minutes (between 12th minute and 15th minute), a record at the time Earliest SPL Championship won. Twice won with 6 games remaining, against Kilmarnock on 18 April 2004 and Hearts on 5 April 2006 Biggest margin of victory in the SPL. 9–0 against Aberdeen, 6 November 2010 Celtic and Hibernian hold the record for the biggest transfer fee between two Scottish clubs. Celtic bought Scott Brown from Hibernian on 16 May 2007 for £4.4m Most expensive export from Scottish football, Aiden McGeady to Spartak Moscow, August 2010

First weekly club publication in the UK, ''The Celtic View''

First European club to sign a player from the Indian sub-continent

First British club to reach the final of the European Cup, and the only Scottish, and first British team to win the European Cup

Individual records

Record appearances: Billy McNeill, 790 from 1957–1975

Most capped player: 102, Kenny Dalglish

Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 468 (1922/23 – 1937/38)

Most goals in a season (all competitions): Jimmy McGrory, 59 (1926/27) (49 League/10 Scottish Cup)

Most goals in a season (league only): Jimmy McGrory, 50 (1935/36)

:''All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.'' {|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" align="left" style="text-align: center;" |+Top Goalscorers |- !class="unsortable"|Rank !class="unsortable"|Name !class="unsortable"|Career !Goals |- |1 |align="left"|Jimmy McGrory |1922–1937 |550 |- |2 |align="left"|Bobby Lennox |1961–19781979–1980 |273 |- |3 |align="left"|Henrik Larsson |1997–2004 |242 |- |4 |align="left"|Stevie Chalmers |1958–1971 |231 |- |5 |align="left"|Jimmy Quinn |1900–1917 |217 |- |6 |align="left"|Patsy Gallacher |1911–1926 |192 |- |7 |align="left"|John Hughes |1960–1971 |189 |- |8 |align="left"|Sandy McMahon |1891–1903 |171 |- |9 |align="left"|Jimmy McMenemy |1902–1920 |168 |- |10 |align="left"|Kenny Dalglish |1969–1977 |167 |} {|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" align="center" style="text-align: center;" |+Top League Goalscorers |- !class="unsortable"|Rank !class="unsortable"|Name !class="unsortable"|Career !Goals |- |1 |align="left"|Jimmy McGrory |1922–1937 |397 |- |2 |align="left"|Jimmy Quinn |1900–1917 |187 |- |3 |align="left"|Patsy Gallacher |1911–1926 |186 |- |4 |align="left"|Henrik Larsson |1997–2004 |174 |- |6 |align="left"|Bobby Lennox |1961–19781979–1980 |167 |- |6 |align="left"|Stevie Chalmers |1958–1971 |159 |- |7 |align="left"|Jimmy McMenemy |1902–1920 |144 |- |8 |align="left"|Sandy McMahon |1891–1903 |130 |- |9 |align="left"|Adam McLean |1917–1928 |128 |- |10 |align="left"|John Hughes |1960–1971 |115 |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |+Most Appearances |- !class="unsortable"|Rank !class="unsortable"|Name !class="unsortable"|Career !Apps |- |1 |align="left"|Billy McNeill |1957–1975 |790 |- |2 |align="left"|Paul McStay |1981–1997 |678 |- |3 |align="left"|Roy Aitken |1976–1990 |669 |- |4 |align="left"|Danny McGrain |1970–1987 |661 |- |5 |align="left"|Packie Bonner |1978–1995 |642 |- |6 |align="left"|Bobby Lennox |1961–19781979–1980 |587 |- |7 |align="left"|Bobby Evans |1944–1960 |548 |- |8 |align="left"|Jimmy Johnstone |1962–1975 |515 |- |9 |align="left"|Jimmy McMenemy |1902–1920 |515 |- |10 |align="left"|Tommy Burns |1975–1989 |504 |}

Notable former players

See List of Celtic F.C. players for players with over 100 appearances, List of Celtic F.C. international footballers and Category:Celtic FC players

Greatest ever team

{| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px" |- | |- | Greatest ever Celtic team |} The following team was voted the greatest ever Celtic team by supporters in 2002: Ronnie Simpson Danny McGrain Tommy Gemmell Bobby Murdoch Paul McStay MBE Billy McNeill MBE – Voted Celtic's greatest ever captain Bertie Auld Jimmy Johnstone – Voted Celtic's greatest ever player Bobby Lennox MBE Kenny Dalglish MBE Henrik Larsson MBE – Voted Celtic's greatest ever foreign player

Scotland Football Hall of Fame

So far 18 Celtic players and managers have entered the Scottish Football Hall of Fame: Bertie Auld

Kenny Dalglish MBE

Jimmy Delaney

Bobby Evans

Tommy Gemmell

Jimmy Johnstone

Maurice Johnston Paul Lambert

Henrik Larsson

Bobby Lennox

Willie Maley

Danny McGrain

Jimmy McGrory

Billy McNeill

Bobby Murdoch

Jock Stein CBE

Gordon Strachan

John Thomson

Scotland Roll of Honour

The Scotland national football team roll of honour recognises players who have gained 50 or more international caps for Scotland. Inductees to have played for Celtic are:

Roy Aitken

Tom Boyd

John Collins

Kenny Dalglish MBE

Danny McGrain

Paul McStay

Kenny Miller

Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

In the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame 5 Celtic players have been selected, they are:

Kenny Dalglish MBE

Jimmy Johnstone

Jimmy McGrory

Billy McNeill MBE

Jock Stein CBE

Other notable former players

William Angus VC – A World War I hero who was awarded the Victoria Cross

Neil Clarke – First foreigner (from outside UK and Republic of Ireland) to play for Celtic

Mohammed Salim – First Asian player to play in Europe

John Thomson – Died in a collision while playing against Rangers

Gil Heron – Jamaican footballer, an early black player in British football and father of noted poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron

Sponsors

As of January 2011, Celtic are sponsored by:

Tennents

Nike

Thomas Cook

Scottish Leader (whisky producer)

MBNA

Coca-Cola

Citylink

Lomond Audi

Football Saver

Powerade

Clydesdale Bank

ESPN

Sky Sports

See also

Sport in Scotland

Football in Scotland

Richest football clubs

List of Celtic F.C. players

Lennoxtown Training Centre

Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

Celtic Boys Club

Celtic F.C. and World War I

References

External links

Official website

Category:Scottish football clubs Category:Sport in Glasgow Category:Publicly traded sports companies Celtic Category:Culture in Glasgow Category:Scottish Premier League teams Category:1888 establishments in Scotland

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Connie Dover is an American singer-songwriter who primarily writes and performs Celtic music and American folk music. Born in Arkansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, she started her career playing bluegrass music before joining Celtic band Scartaglen in the early 1980s. In the 1990s, she began a solo career and has released four solo albums since 1991's ''Somebody'', all on the Taylor Park Music label, with noted Scottish musician Phil Cunningham of Silly Wizard serving as producer. She completed recording a CD of traditional Christmas songs and carols with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, entitled ''The Holly and the Ivy'', which was released in 2008.

Her broadcast performances include guest appearances and features on NPR's ''Weekend Edition'' (Saturday and Sunday), ''A Prairie Home Companion'', ''The Thistle & Shamrock'', ''Mountain Stage'' and ''E-Town''.

Connie's work as a writer and composer has flourished alongside her performance career. She received a 2007 Emmy Award for her production of acoustic music for the KCPT public television production ''Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War''. Her original music earned a Grand Prize in the 2007 Yellowstone & Teton Song Contest, sponsored by the Western Folklife Center (Elko, Nevada), and she is a recipient of the Speakeasy Prize in Poetry, sponsored by The Loft, America's largest independent literary center. Her book of poems, Winter Count, was published in 2007 by Unholy Day Press.

Connie has twice been a finalist for the AFIM Indie Award, and other accolades for her music include being named a Top Ten Folk Release by Tower Records' ''Pulse!'' Magazine, a Winning Favourite Folk Release by The Scotsman, Scotland's National Newspaper, a Boston Globe Top Ten Folk Release, a nomination for Scotland's Living Tradition Award Album of the Year and a Creative Achievement Award from Time Warner's Hollywood On-Line. She has been a finalist for two Native American Music Awards, and for two New Age Voice Music Awards for Best Vocalist and Best Celtic Release.

Discography

''Somebody'', Taylor Park Music, 1991

''Wishing Well'', Taylor Park Music, 1994

''If Ever I Return'', Taylor Park Music, 1997

''The Border of Heaven'', Taylor Park Music, 2000

''The Holly & The Ivy'', Taylor Park Music, 2009 (with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra)

External links

Official website

[ Entry on Allmusic]

NPR Story

Category:People from Arkansas Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American female singers Category:American folk singers Category:Musicians from Missouri Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people

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