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First Celtic player to appear at a World Cup: Willie Fernie and Neil Mochan (for Scotland against Austria 8 June 1954). [citation needed] First Celtic player to score at a World Cup: Bobby Collins (for Scotland, against Paraguay, 11 June 1958). [citation needed] Most World Cup appearances while a Celtic player: Pat Bonner, 9. [citation needed]
The Glasgow Cup was secured a week later when Celtic beat Partick Thistle 4–0; Stevie Chalmers opening the scoring, and Bobby Lennox scoring a hat-trick. [7] Celtic's progression to the Scottish Cup was relatively straightforward aside from being taken to replay in the semi-final by Clyde. [8]
The Celtic team from that year has also received much recognition. They have become known as the Lisbon Lions and are widely considered the greatest team in Celtic's history. All of Celtic's players were born within a 30-mile radius of Glasgow. [28] In 2000, Celtic named a stand at Celtic Park after the Lisbon Lions. [29]
Celtic have been in the Scottish top division since the inaugural Scottish Football League season in 1890. [3] The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (/ ˈ s ɛ l t ɪ k /), [a] is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football.
Some of the trophies won by Celtic FC. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Parkhead, Glasgow.The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers. [1]
Celtic were then drawn against Liverpool in the first round proper. Celtic went into the first leg in Glasgow as massive underdogs, and the match seemed to be going as expected when 17-year-old Michael Owen put the English side ahead on 6 minutes. Celtic continued to struggle during the opening 20 minutes but began to find form as the first ...
On their previous visits to Glasgow this season, they've also been on the wrong end of 6-0 and 5-0 scorelines against Rangers and Celtic respectively. The Staggies' current goal difference of -23 ...
The 2024 final was Celtic's 61st appearance in a Scottish Cup final (a national record), while it was the 54th final appearance by Rangers. [2] It was the 441st meeting between the Old Firm rivals and the first in a Scottish Cup final since 2002.