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media outlets as a method of communicating accurate information to the outside world about the inner workings of the club.
When Jock Stein was Celtic manager, he instigated a trend in British football that subsequently became known as the "tracksuit manager", where he trained publicly with the playing staff and hosted media/press conferences.
In 1965 Celtic published the The Celtic View, the UK's first ever regular football club newspaper.
In 2004 Celtic launched its own digital TV channel Celtic TV available in the UK through Setanta Sports on satellite and cable platforms. Since 2002 Celtic's Internet TV channel, Channel67 (previously known as Celtic Replay), has broadcast Celtic's own content worldwide, offers live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK, and now provides 3 online channels.
Recent seasons
2003-2004
After a draw in the opening game of the season, Celtic notched up a record-setting 25-match winning run, now a British record in top-level football, giving Celtic a healthy lead in the title race. Celtic did not lose a game until after the club's 39th championship was delivered.
The 2003-2004 season also saw Celtic notch up four league wins over Rangers, and one in the Scottish Cup - the first time in either club's history when a five-match "whitewash" had been achieved.
Club hero Henrik Larsson played his final professional match for Celtic in the 2004 Scottish Cup Final victory over Dunfermline, scoring two goals, with Bulgarian Stilian Petrov's goal following Larsson's goals to overturn an early setback, and handing Celtic their second double under Martin O'Neill.
Larsson is now widely acknowledged as one of the club's greatest ever players, and ranks amongst the top three goalscorers in the club's history.
2004-2005
Following a close race for the SPL title, with Rangers closely following, the club extended their lead at the top of the SPL table to two points as they lined up for the final game of the season, with a win at Motherwell F.C. required to seal the title. With two minutes remaining on the clock, Celtic were leading 1 – 0 — a result which would have handed them the league.
However, Motherwell's Scott McDonald netted two last-minute goals giving the Fir Park side an unlikely victory. Rangers defeated Hibernian F.C. 1 – 0 at Easter Road, thereby winning the league championship title. Earlier in the season Celtic recorded a record seventh straight win over city rivals Rangers.
Celtic ended the season one week later with a 1–0 win over Dundee United F.C. in the Scottish Cup Final, which was marked by fans as Martin O'Neill's final match as manager.
On 25 May, 2005, O'Neill announced he would resign as manager of Celtic at the end of 2004/05 season along with first team coach Steve Walford and assistant manager John Robertson. It was widely reported that O'Neill decided to take time out of football in order to care for his ailing wife Geraldine, who is ill with lymphoma.
Martin O'Neill is now recognised as Celtic's most successful manager since Jock Stein, third greatest after Stein and Willie Maley and is credited with helping to restore some pride in Celtic's ability to compete on the European stage. However, O'Neill was not able to emulate Stein's dominance of the game in Scotland and in Europe.
2005-2006
Former Aberdeen F.C. player and Scotland international Gordon Strachan from Edinburgh took charge of the club on 1 June 2005, on a 12-month rolling contract, similar to O'Neill's arrangement with the club; his contract effectively extending for one calendar year from any current date. Garry Pendrey was appointed as Strachan's assistant manager.
In his first competitive match, against Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July, 2005, Celtic lost 5-0 in the first leg of an important Champions League 2nd Round qualifier, suffering the worst European defeat in the club's history and the widest margin of defeat since the 1963-64 season, when the club lost 6-0 to Kilmarnock F.C. at Rugby Park.
In Strachan's first domestic match of the 2005-2006 SPL season, Celtic relinquished a 3-1 half-time lead over Motherwell F.C. at Fir Park on 30 July 2005, the game ending in a 4-4 draw after Celtic managed to equalise through a goal by Craig Beattie.
The nine goals against Celtic in Strachan's first two competitive matches is the biggest goal tally scored against the club in successive matches for 14 years.
In the return leg of the Champions League 2nd Round qualifier against Artmedia at Celtic Park, Strachan's vastly improved side won 4-0 but were eliminated from European competition 5-4 on aggregate.
However, following these setbacks, and a defeat against Rangers in the pair's first match of the season at Ibrox, Celtic recorded a series of victories, including beating Rangers twice, and returned to the top of the SPL - a vast improvement on their form at the start of the season.
Celtic knocked arch rivals Rangers out of the League cup on 19 November 2005. Signed Roy Keane on a free transfer from Manchester United. Celtic were knocked out of the Scottish Cup on 8 January 2006 by First Division Clyde F.C.
Celtic beat Rangers again on 12 February to make it 17 wins from the previous 21 Old Firm games. Celtic won the CIS Cup, with a 3-0 win over Dunfermline Athletic F.C. on 19 March. They have already created a new scoring record for the SPL, an 8 - 1 victory against Dunfermline in February 2006.
On 5 April 2006 Celtic clinched their 40th title thanks to a goal from John Hartson in a 1-0 win against Hearts at Celtic Park. The title was Celtic's fourth title in six years. This feat was achieved with six games remaining until the end of the season and before the SPL split. The Bhoys lifted the SPL trophy on Easter Sunday 2006 at home to Hibernian F.C., after a 1-1 draw. Roy Keane played a fantastic few months and earned himself a winners medal.
In April 2006, Celtic's reserve and Under-19 teams also won their championships, completing a clean sweep of Scotland's league competitions. It was the fifth consecutive league title for the reserve team.
Club records
- The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen F.C. in 1938 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football.
- Celtic currently hold the 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 F.C. on the last day of the season). Although this was during the 1st World War years.
- Celtic also hold the SPL record for an unbeaten run of home matches (77), spanning from 2001 to 2004 (this run was ended by a 3-2 defeat to Aberdeen on 21 April, 2004), and the record for the longest run of consecutive wins in a single season (25 matches).
- Record Victory: 11-0, against Dundee in 1895.
- Record defeat: 0-8 against East Stirlingshire F.C. in 1937.
- Record Home defeat: 0-5 against Heart of Midlothian F.C. in 1895.
- Record post war home defeat 1-5 Aberdeen 1948.
- The four Record European victories 9-0 KPV Kokkola (Finland), 1970. 8-1 Suduva (Lithuania), 2003. 7-0 Waterford (Rep.Ireland), 1970, 7-0 Valur Rekjavik, 1975.
- Record European defeat: 0-5 against FC Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July, 2005.
- Record victory against Rangers: 7-1 1957 Scottish league cup final.
- Record points earned in a season: 72 (Premier Division, 1987/88, 2 points for a Win); 103 (Scottish Premier League, 2001/02, 3 points for a win), which is also the SPL points tally record.
- Record home attendance: 92,000 against Rangers F.C. in 1938. A 3-0 victory for Celtic.
- Most Capped Player: 80, Pat Bonner: Republic of Ireland
- Most Scotland Caps: 76, Paul McStay.
- Record Appearances: Billy McNeill, 790 from 1957 - 1975.
- Most goals in a season: Henrik Larsson, 53.
- Record scorer: Jimmy McGrory, 468 (plus 13 whilst on-loan at Clydebank).
- First British club to reach the final of the European Cup.
- First and only Scottish club to reach the final of the European Cup.
- First Scottish, British and northern European team to win the European Cup.
- Only club in history to have won the European Cup with a team comprised entirely of home-grown talent (all last four in 1967, in which year Celtic achieved the feat of winning every competition they played in).
- Hold the record for the highest score in a domestic cup final: Celtic 7 - 1 Rangers, Scottish League Cup Final 1957.
- Hold the record for the highest attendance for a club football match anywhere in Europe: Celtic v Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final 1937 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 146,433. Unofficial attendance 147,365.
- Hold the record for the highest attendance for a European club competition match: Celtic v Leeds Utd in the European Cup semi-final 1970 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Official attendance 133,961.
- Fastest hat-trick in European Club Football - Mark Burchill v Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in 2000.
- Earliest SPL Championship won. Won with 6 six games to go against Hearts on 5 April 2006.
Major honours
- European Champions Cup (1): 1967. Runner-up 1970.
- UEFA Cup Runner-up 2003.
- Scottish League Champions (40): 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.
- Scottish Cup (33): 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.
- Scottish League Cup (13): 1957, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006.
Other honours
- Glasgow Cup (29): 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 (* 1975 shared with Rangers after 2-2 draw)
- Glasgow Merchant's Charity Cup (23)
- Glasgow International Exhibition Cup: 1902
- Scottish League Commemorative Shield: 1904/05, 1909/10
- Ferencvaros Vase: 1914
- Empire Exhibition Trophy: 1938
- Victory In Europe Cup: 1945
- Saint Mungo Cup: 1951
- Coronation Cup: 1953.
- Alfredo di Stefano Trophy: 1967
- Statuette of Samothrace: 1970 (L'Equipe European Team of the Year)
- Drybrough Cup: 1974.
- Polar Bear Trophy: 1975 (Presented by Valur of Iceland)
- Real Madrid Silver Cabin: 1980
- Tennents' Sixes: 1992.
All time scorers
Top 10 all time goal-scorers (including, League, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European goals):
- Jimmy McGrory - 468 (McGrory also holds the record for the most professional career league goals in British football history).
- Bobby Lennox - 273
- Henrik Larsson - 242
- Stevie Chalmers - 231
- Jimmy Quinn - 217
- Patsy Gallacher - 192
- John Hughes - 188
- Sandy McMahon - 177
- Jimmy McMenemy - 168
- Kenny Dalglish - 167
Top 10 League goal-scorers:
- Jimmy McGrory- 397
- Jimmy Quinn - 187
- Patsy Gallacher - 186
- Henrik Larsson - 174
- Bobby Lennox - 167
- Stevie Chalmers - 159
- Jimmy McMenemy - 144
- Sandy McMahon - 130
- Adam McLean - 128
- John Hughes - 115
All time Appearances
Top 10
- Billy McNeill- 790
- Paul McStay - 677
- Roy Aitken - 669
- Danny McGrain - 661
- Pat Bonner - 642
- Bobby Lennox - 587
- Bobby Evans - 548
- Jimmy McMenemy - 515
- Jimmy Johnstone - 515
- Tommy Burns - 504
Celtic managers
Willie Maley, 1897 - 1940- Jimmy McStay, 1940 - 1945
- Jimmy McGrory, 1945 - 1965
- Jock Stein, 1965 - 1978
- Billy McNeill, 1978 - 1983
- David Hay, 1983 - 1987
- Billy McNeill, 1987 - 1991
Liam Brady, 1991 - 1992- Lou Macari, 1992 - 1994
- Tommy Burns, 1994 - 1997
Wim Jansen, 1997 - 1998
Jozef Venglos, 1998 - 1999
John Barnes, 1999 - 2000
Martin O'Neill, 2000 - 2005- Gordon Strachan, 2005 -
Current Team
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6.BALDE 44.McMANUS 12.WILSON 2.TELFER 25.NAKAMURA 18.LENNON (c) 19.PETROV 7.ŻURAWSKI 10.HARTSON 29.MALONEY |
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In: Season 2006/07
- Kenny MILLER - Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - Free.
- Gary CALDWELL - Hibernian F.C. - Free.
Jiří JAROŠÍK - Chelsea F.C. - £2,000,000.- Evander SNO - Feyenoord Rotterdam - £250,000.
- Derek RIORDAN - Hibernian F.C. - £150,000
Out: Season 2006/07
- Dion DUBLIN - Free.
- Sandy WOOD - Montrose F.C. - Free
- Roy KEANE - Retired.
John HARTSON - West Bromwich Albion F.C. - £500,000.
Reserve & Youth players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Famous Players
Greatest ever team
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McNEILL MURDOCH GEMMELL McGRAIN JOHNSTONE AULD McSTAY LARSSON DALGLISH LENNOX |
| 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
- Billy McNeill
- Bertie Auld
- Jimmy Johnstone
- Paul McStay
- Kenny Dalglish
Henrik Larsson- Bobby Lennox
- Jock Stein- voted greatest ever Celtic Manager
- Billy McNeill- voted greatest ever Celtic captain
- Jimmy Johnstone- voted greatest ever Celtic player
UEFA Ranking
Current Club Ranking
- 22
Deportivo la Coruna - 23 Ajax
- 24 Celtic
- 25
Auxerre - 26 Middlesbrough
- Full List
Current National League Ranking
- 09
Romanian League - 10
Belgian League - 11 Scottish League
- 12
Ukrainian League - 13
Greek League - Full List
See also
- Category:Celtic F.C.
- Category:Celtic F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. season 2005-06
- Celtic Park
- History of Celtic F.C.
- Pronunciation of Celtic
- Lisbon Lions
- European Cup 1966-67
External links
- Official club website
- Celtic Online
- Fans Forum
- CelticMinded Fans Forum
- Not the View fanzine
- Tiocfaidh Ár Lá - For Celtic & Ireland Fanzine
- Tiocfaidh Ár Lá - TÁL Fanzine Forum
- E-Tims online fanzine
- TalkCeltic Forum
- Kerrydale Street Forum
- Open Football Celtic
- Vital Football Celtic
- Glasgow University CSC
- Celtic FC UK
- Glasgow Celtic
- Celtic Quick News
- BBC Sport Celtic portal
- Come On The Hoops
- Guardian article on pronunciation of 'Celtic'
- Celtic support official FIFA Charity campaign
- Celtic FC news page on Carling.com
- The Huddle Board
- The Alternative Jungle
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