CONTENTS
04 RONNY DEILR
07 CAPTAIN'S NOTES
10 THE OPPOSITION
IB 0NEST0WRTCH
26 JRMESFORREST
38 DRVIE HRY
42 FOUNDATION
44 BOBBY PETTR
48 CELTIC: THE
EARLY YEARS
SO GEORGE McCLUSKEY
54 ON THIS DRY
56 HERDS WE WIN
58 JOHRN NEESKENS
60 RJRX 2-2 CELTIC
62 UEFR EUROPR LEAGUE
FIXTURES RNO
RESULTS
64 FIXTURES
66 QUIZ
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SOCIAL MISSION STATEMENT
MANAGING DIRECTOR Steve Hanrahan
EXECUTIVE ART EDITOR Rick Cooke SENIOR EDITOR Paul Dove
PROGRAMME EDITOR Paul Cuddihy DEPUTY EDITOR Joe Sullivan
PRODUCTION EDITOR Michael McGuinness
REPORTERS Mark Henderson, Kenny McKay, Martin Dalziel
DESIGN Lee Ashun, Colin Sumpter
SALES MARKETING Elizabeth Morgan, Claire Brown
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Introduction
Celtic Football Club is legendary and
as with most legends as much myth
as fact surrounds its history and what
the Club stands for today. The Social
Mission Statement aims to simply
define what the dub stands for and
seeks to promote within society.
History
Celtic Football Club was founded in
1888. Its principal founder was a
Marist Brother named Walfrid. The
□ub had two principal aims: The first
aim was to raise funds to provide
food for the poor of the East End of
Glasgow, an area of the City that was
greatly impoverished and had a high
rate of infant mortality. Within the
East End was a large Irish community
and friction was growing between
the native Glaswegians and the new
influx of Irish. Brother Walfrid saw
the need for social integration and
his vision was a football club that
Scottish and Irish, Protestants and
Catholics alike could support. A new
football club would be a vehicle to
bring the communities together and
this was the second aim. The Marist
brother sought for the Club to have
both a Scottish and Irish identity
and hence, the Club's name "Celtic"
came about, representing a bridge of
cultures across the Irish Sea
Current Positioning of
Celtic Football Club
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish
football club with proud Irish links.
The primary business of Celtic
is as a football club. It is run on a
professional business basis with no
political agenda. However, the dub
has a wider role and the responsibility
of being a major Scottish social
institution promoting health,
well-being and social integration.
Who is Celtic Football Club for?
Celtic Football Club is for people
who want to support a football
club that strives for excellence in
Scotland and in Europe, is proud of
its history, supportive of its local
community and seeks to support
the following aims: 'To maximise all
opportunities to disassociate the dub
from sectarianism and bigotry of any
kind. To promote Celtic as a Club for
all people, regardless of gender, age,
religioa race or ability."
Summary
Celtic is a club for everyone who
believes in football as a medium for
healthy pleasure, entertainment and
social integration. The Club always
has been and always will simply aim
to be the team of the people.
