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Celtic was founded as a charity for poor Irish immigrants in Glasgow by Brother Walfrid, a Marist Brother originally from County Sligo, Ireland. [71] Consequently, Celtic is strongly associated with Scotland's Irish Catholic community [72] [73] and have a significant number of supporters in Ireland and among members of the Irish diaspora elsewhere.
Club Finishing position in 2015-16; Banbridge Town: 6th Bangor: 10th (NIFL Championship 1) (Relegated for not reapplying for championship licence) Donegal Celtic: 12th(NIFL Championship 1)
– The Livi for Life Supporters Trust owned roughly 5% of the club, as of April 2021. [124] Raith Rovers F.C. – Raith Supporters Trust and Raith Rovers Supporters Club held a combined 5% of the club, as of March 2021. [124] Rangers F.C. – Club 1872, a supporters' group, owned 10.71% of the club, as of 2017. [125] Stenhousemuir F.C.
The club's fanbase was estimated in 2003 as being around 9 million worldwide and there are more than 160 Celtic supporters clubs in over 20 countries. An estimated 80,000 fans travelled to Seville for the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, and their "extraordinarily loyal and sporting behaviour" in spite of defeat earned the fans Fair Play awards from both ...
When compared to other clubs in Scotland, the Old Firm maintain considerably higher attendances; [235] Scottish football regularly posted Europe's best figures for per-capita match attendance in the 2020s, but roughly one third of this total was Rangers supporters, one third was Celtic supporters and the other third was divided between 40 clubs ...
The obvious absentee from the list is Celtic, which was first conceived in 1887 and began playing the following year; in contrast, Clydesdale were one of the leading clubs who had provided players for Scotland in the 1870s but were defunct by the time of the association's founding. The Glasgow representative team of 1880
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers left midfielder Arne Engels, 21, out of recent games "just to let him see from the outside looking in and take that pressure away from him". (Scotsman - subscription)
Colville Park (Central Scottish Amateur Football League); Drumchapel Amateur (Caledonian Amateur Football League); Dukla Pumpherston (charity and exhibition matches); East Kilbride YM (Caledonian Amateur Football League)