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Celtic FC
Celtic Football Club is a professional Scottish football club. It competes in the Scottish Premier League, which is the topmost level of competition in Scotland. The club?s proper name is ?The Celtic Football Club?. Right until 1994, the club was called ?The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd?.

The Celtic Football Club plays its home matches at the Celtic Park. This park can hold 60,832 people, and right now it is believed to be the second largest club stadium within the U.K. During the 2005-06 season, Celtic Park received an attendance of around 58,149. This made it second only to Manchester United in average attendance for any football club stadium within the U.K.

The Celtic Football Club and their rivals, the Rangers F.C., formed the ?Old Firm?. This is known to be the most well-known and roughest rivalries in sport. With such stiff competition, a team relishes all the support it can get. The Celtic Football Club has been associated with the Catholic community in Glasgow, where it has tremendous support from the Irish Catholics.

The Celtic Football Club became the first British and northern European team to emerge as winners in the European Champions Cup in 1967. Prior to their triumph, clubs from Italy, Portugal and Spain won this championship. In that season, the Celtic Football Club triumphed in all competitions they participated in. The competitions they won include: the Scottish League, the European Cup, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the Glasgow Cup.

Formation:
A charity that Brother Walfrid set up was called the ?The Poor Children's Dinner Table?. Walfrid's aimed at establishing the football club in order to raise funds for his charity. Walfrid was inspired by the Hibernian F.C. that was established through the immigrant Irish population thirteen years earlier.

The Celtic Football Club was constituted by Brother Walfrid on the 6th of November, 1887. This historic day took place at St. Mary's Church hall, which is located at East Rose Street, Calton, Glasgow.

The Celtic Football Club played its first match on the 28th of May, 1888. It beat the ?Rangers? 5-2 in a friendly game. The Celtic Football Club played this match with 8 'guest' players that were from the Hibernian football club.

The Old Firm and Sectarianism:
The Celtic Football Club has had strong ties with the Catholic people in Ireland. The Celtic Football Club and the Rangers have admitted that their supporters have been known to perpetuate cultural intolerance and sectarian beliefs. The word ?sectarian? typically implies religious and cultural belonging. It may also be used to imply contempt or hatred towards others who do not belong to a particular sect.

Celtic and the media:
The Celtic Football Club has been known to avoid engaging with the media. They have always aimed at maintaining direct contact with fans. This has helped the club to communicate accurately with the outside world. In this way, they have also prevented false reports being circulated, and have managed to pass on information about their inner workings in the way they want to. The Celtic Football Club also started publishing ?The Celtic View?. This was the first regular football club newspaper in the U.K.

Recent Seasons:


2006-07season:
During this season, there was lack of competition, and the Celtic Football Club itself was in great form. The team was so predictable that the bookmakers, Paddy Power, made an unexpected move. They paid out on the Celtic Football Club as winners. This took place just 13 matches after the season commenced. Two weeks later, The Celtic Football Club was 15 points ahead of the second best.

2007-08 season:
For this season, the Celtic Football Club was further strengthened. They signed Chris Killen, Scott McDonald, Scott Brown, and Massimo Donati. Neil Lennon, their previous captain, is no longer with them after. After serving the club for seven years, he moved on to join Nottingham Forest.

Records:
The Celtic Football Club?s triumph over Aberdeen F.C. in 1937 had a record crowd of 146,433. This was at Hampden Park in Glasgow, and it is an unbroken club match record in European football.

The Celtic Football Club presently also has an undefeated run in professional football. It has 62 games, with 49 wins, and 13 draws, from the 13th of November, 1915 till the 21st of April, 1917.

The Celtic Football Club also has the SPL record. It has an unbeaten string of 77 home matches between 2001 and 2004. They also hold the longest string of consecutive wins in one season, which is 25 matches.

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