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A journalist covering the event reported that it was like "moving from the graveyard to paradise", referencing the proximity of the adjacent cemetery, hence the nickname "Paradise". Celtic Park is located at 95 Kerrydale Street, just off London Road. The stadium itself is commonly referred to as 'Parkhead' because of its location. The stadium ...
Fans travelling to Celtic Park also use Bellgrove and Bridgeton stations, which are both approximately one mile away. [95] Between 1897 and 1964, Celtic Park was served by the eponymous Parkhead Stadium railway station. [96] The stadium is served by First Glasgow bus route numbers 2 , 8 , 61 , 64 , 240 and 255 along with McGills service 164 .
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.
Shortly after this two smaller groups of Hibs and Celtic casuals were involved in street battles that took them into the Barras area of the city. The fighting became more vicious and eventually a Celtic boy was knocked out when a sandwich board was used to strike him on the head. [3] 10 November 1986 Hibernian v Celtic, Easter Road
Celtic had already issued a warning to the group after safety breaches in August 2013, and following the incident at Fir Park, Celtic issued "precautionary" suspensions to 128 supporters. 250 season-ticket holders in the group's adopted section of the Celtic Park, section 111, were moved to other parts of the ground, or given the option of a ...
James Maley died on 9 April 2007 in his native Glasgow from pneumonia, aged 99, survived by, in his immediate family, his wife, nine children and five grandchildren. His death was marked by his fellow Celtic Football Club fans, [2] even though many were unaware of his story. [10]
The attendance of 147,365 for the 1937 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park is a European record for a club match. [ 54 ] [ 4 ] [ 2 ] The attendance of 136,274 for the 1952 Scottish Cup Final between Motherwell and Dundee is a Scottish record for a match not involving Celtic, Rangers or the Scotland national team.
The origin of the term is unclear but may derive from the two clubs' initial match in which the commentators referred to the teams as "like two old, firm friends", [12] or alternatively may stem from a satirical cartoon published in 'The Scottish Referee' sports newspaper prior to the 1904 Scottish Cup final between the sides, depicting an elderly man with a sandwich board reading "Patronise ...