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The Early Years
Celtic football club were formed in 1888, the idea of Sligo-born Brother Walfrid (pictured), leader of Catholic teaching institute, the Marist Order, in Glasgow.
Brother Walfrid saw Celtic as an opportunity to raise money for his charity, The Poor Children's Dinner Table, and as something Glasgow's Irish population could feel proud to be a part of.
It was Walfrid who decided upon the name Celtic, a reflection of both its Irish and Scottish roots, that was adopted at a meeting to form the club in November 1887.
In May 1888 Celtic played their first fixture, beating Rangers in a friendly 5 -2.
Within four years the club had taken the Scottish Cup and, a year later, recorded their first victory in the Scottish League.
It was no surprise then that Celtic - under manager Willie Maley - quickly established itself as one of the most successful sides in British football.
Between 1892 and the outbreak of World War One, The Bhoys claimed eleven league titles, including six titles in a row between 1905 and 1910, and nine victories in the Scottish Cup.
Celtic's dominance of the Scottisg game wanned in the 20s but the club continued to play attractive attcking football with legends like Patsy Gallagher, Jimmy McGrory and, in goal, John Thomson firm Celtic Park favourites.
In the 1930s the Hoops claimed Scottish Cup victories in 1931, 1933 and 1937 and League Championships in 1933 and 1937.
The era is overshadowed though by the tragic death of goalkeeper John Thomson during an Old Firm game in September 1931.
The brave Thomson dived at the feet of Rangers' forward Sam English, and suffered a skull fracture. He died in hospital that same night.

A Grand Old Team
Celtic emerged after World War II with Jimmy McGrory as new manager.
What followed was seven trophyless seasons and the drought only ended in 1951 when they claimed the Scottish Cup.
Then in 1953 the Bhoys added the Coronation Cup to their haul of honours after victories over Arsenal and Manchester United and Hibs in the final.
That success was followed in 1954 by a league and cup double.
Celtic also ended their League Cup hoodoo with victories in 1956 and 1957, the latter a famous 7-1 victory over arch-rivals Rangers.
In 1957 ex-Celtic skipper Jock Stein took over the club's reserve team.
He moved on to boss Dunfermline but was brought back to Celtic Park as manager in 1965. What followed was beyond the wildest dreams of any Celt.
The former Lanarkshire coal miner took charge in March 1965 and the very next month he led the club to Scottish Cup - their first trophy since 1958.
Stein continued to work his magic as he built a side as good as any in the world by combining individual talents, such as Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Murdoch, Billy McNeil and Tommy Gemmell, and a superb team spirit.
In 1966 Celtic won their first league title in 12 years and also picked up the League Cup.
The following 1966-67 season Celtic completed a feat which has gone down in footballing history.
With their brilliant brand of attacking footbal the Bhoys sealed the domestic treble, before facing the greatest test in the club's history - the European Cup final.
In National Stadium near Lisbon Celtic were simply magnificent as they defeated Inter Milan 2-1 to take the European Cup back to Britain for the first time.
Even Inter's coach, Helenio Herrera, described Celtic's performance and the result as a "victory for sport".
Celtic reached the European Cup final again in 1970 but they fell at the final hurdle, with an under-par performance against Dutch side Feyenoord.
On the domestic front Celtic and Stein continued to dominate and won a then world-record nine league championships in a row between 1966 and 1975.
Stein introduced new talents such as Kenny Dalglish, Lou Macari and David Hay as Celtic swept all before them in Scotland.
Their dominance of the league ended in 1975 but the Bhoys hit back the following season to claim the double.
In the summer of 1977 fans favourite Dalglish departed for Liverpool and at the end of the season Stein stepped down as manager as a glorious era came to the end.

From Stein to O'Neill
As the 80s dawned, Celtic, under the management of European Cup winning captain Billy McNeill, remained a major force in Scottish football winning the title in 1981 and 1982, the League Cup in 1982 and the Scottish Cup in 1980.
Striker Charlie Nicholas had been instrumental in the Celts success and in season 1982-83 he hit an astonishing 46 goals.
However the Celtic board allowed Nicholas to move to Arsenal and his departure was quickly followed by that of McNeill after a dispute over pay.
Former Celt David Hay took over from McNeill and in 1985 guided them to victory in the centenary final of the Scottish Cup.
He added the League Championship to his tally the following season, after one of the most dramatic finishes in the history of the competition. On the last day of the season Celtic had to win by five goals against Saint Mirren, while league leaders Hearts would have to lose to Dundee. Hearts topped the league before Christmas and remained there for the rest of the season.
Astonishingly, Hearts lost 2-0, while Celtic cruised to a 5-0 win, stealing the title.
Hay though couldn't compete with the big money signings being made by new Rangers boss Graham Souness as the Gers began to dominate the domestic scene.
And the end of season 1986-87 Hay was sacked and Billy McNeill returned to Paradise.
McNeill's return was the start of a golden year for Celtic, going 31 games unbeaten and clinching the double in the club's centenary year.
He added the Scottish Cup the following season but Celtic were set to enter the most difficult period in the club's history.
After another barren season McNeill was axed in 1991.
His successor Liam Brady lasted two turbulent years in charge as Celtic fans became increasingly angry at the running of the club by the 'family dynasty' in the boardroom with "Sack the Board" a constant chant on the terraces.
Lou Macari became manager in October 1993 but Celtic continued to struggle.
Off the field the Bank of Scotland informed the club they had exceeded their £5m overdraft and it was ready to call in the receivers on Thursday 3rd March 1994.
The board finally agreed to sell the club to Fergus McCann, and he took control eight minutes before the club was declared bankrupt.
McCann appointed former Bhoys favourite Tommy Burns as manager and in 1995 Celtic ended their trophy famine by winning the Scottish Cup.
Burns was axed though at the end of season 1996-97 after failing to win the league title.
Season 1997/98 saw a continental approach being adopted by Celtic Football Club with the appointment of Football General Manager, Jock Brown and Head Coach, Wim Jansen.
Jansen added considerably to the squad using cash raised from the club float of the stock market to bring in players such as Henrik Larrson.
The first trophy success of the season came when Celtic defeated Dundee United 3-0 to lift the Coca-Cola Cup.
The season culminated in Celtic winning the Premier League Championship on 9th May 1998 on the final day of the league. In front of a capacity crowd at Celtic Park, the team defeated St Johnstone 2-0 to bring the Championship Trophy back to Celtic Park for the first time in 10 years.
The end of the season however saw the departure of Wim Jansen after a dispute with General Manager Jock Brown.
Czech Jozef Venglos was appointed Head Coach but after a trophyless season was replaced with ex-England internationalist John Barnes as head coach while Kenny Dalglish became director of football.
However after a run of bad results and being unable to beat rivals Rangers, John Barnes parted company in February 2000. Kenny Dalglish took over the reigns as interim Head Coach.
Season 1999/00 culminated in the team winning the CIS Insurance Cup in March against Aberdeen but Celtic finished a distant second in the league.
For season 2000/01 Celtic turned to Derry man Martin O'Neill.
O'Neill - a boyhood Celtic fan - was the most sought after manager in English football after transforming Leicester City from mediocre also rans into one of England's top teams, winning two League Cups in his spell in charge and guiding the club to Europe.
Despite the best efforts of Leicester to keep their man the pull of Celtic was too great and O'Neill moved to Glasgow to fulifl his dream of joining Celtic.