One of the most important things in my life, apart from my family and the occasional dram of whisky is Celtic Football Club!
I would like to share with you my reasons why I am so passionate about the club and why I still make the 900 mile round trip to see them play as often as I can.
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Advantages: Celtic is more than a football club, great to watch, outstanding supporters and so much more! Disadvantages: none
...occasional dram of whisky is Celtic Football Club!
I would like to share with you my reasons why I am so passionate about the club and why I still make the 900 mile round trip to see them play as often as I can.
Growing up in Glasgow during the sixties I was what was called a “tom boy” and could always be found playing football in the back green with the lads. In those days girls were actively discouraged from playing football, ... ...of this wonderful club. Celtic has always been more than a football club. I hope this opinion will show that, and you will understand the role of Celtic FC within the community, the country and wherever Celtic supporters can be found.
Brother Walfrid, a Marist priest from Sligo who was working in the East End of Glasgow, founded the club in the 1880’s. Celtic Football Club has changed a great deal in recent years. The ownership ... more
One of the most important things in my life, apart from my family and the occasional dram of whisky is Celtic Football Club!
I would like to share with you my reasons why I am so passionate about the club and why I still make the 900 mile round trip to see them play as often as I can. Growing up in Glasgow during the sixties I was what was called a “tom boy” and could always be found playing football in the back green with the lads. In those days girls were actively discouraged from playing football, especially in schools, due to a ban on women being allowed to play on SFA grounds. The history and the reasons behind this I will save for a future opinion. So throughout my school years I played hockey and supported football. During that time Scottish football was dominated throughout those years by my local team, Celtic. Watching them play when I was a youngster was a joy and an education I will never forget. The celebrations of winning the European Cup in 1967 are as fresh in my mind today as they were all those years ago, as I watched the whole of Glasgow party! As I grew up my understanding of football and the club I supported became the centre of my life. Celtic’s Social Charter explains the very essence of what it means to be part of this wonderful club. Celtic has always been more than a football club. I hope this opinion will show that, and you will understand the role of Celtic FC within the community, the country and wherever Celtic supporters can be found.
Brother Walfrid, a Marist priest from Sligo who was working in the East End of Glasgow, founded the club in the 1880’s. Celtic Football Club has changed a great deal in recent years. The ownership of the Club has been transformed from few to many since becoming a PLC. The finances of the Club have been placed on a sound and solid basis. Celtic Park, while remaining on the site of past triumphs, has developed beyond recognition. The club continues to change in order to meet the aspirations of its fans and to live up to the principles behind Brother Walfrid’s reasons for founding the Club.
Jock Stein who managed the club from 1965 to 1978, always sought to impress upon the fans the importance of the founding principles of the Club and the need for the fans to live up to those principles. High expectations of management, players and supporters continues to be the norm at Celtic Park and the Social Charter aims to set out the best that Celtic stands for.CELTIC'S SOCIAL CHARTER
Charitable Principles.
Supporting the charitable principles of its founder, Brother Walfrid set up Celtic as a way of raising money to support children in the East End of Glasgow by providing money for the Poor Children's Dinner Table
The Celtic Charity Fund has been set up by Celtic to put into practice Celtic's charitable principles. This fund is used in three principal areas of support. Children’s needs charities Community action on drugs Projects that develop and promote religious and ethnic harmony
Other areas include Supporting the homeless Helping the unemployed Support and research for projects aiding the afflictions of illness, famine and innocent families within areas of war.
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Healthy Communities
Promoting health and well-being, understanding and positive social integration. Celtic began in part as a way of using sport to bridge cultures between Scotland and Ireland. Celtic continues to seek ways to bring people together and create understanding.
Celtic acts as a medium for promoting health and well-being of the community. The club supports initiatives that offer hope to those affected by the scourge of drug misuse and actively encourage positive links between the education sector and the Club through the Match Day Visit Programme. Celtic continues to expand links with Scottish schools to support learning in the areas of sport, health, social issues and personal and social development. The club works in partnership with others in schemes that bring people together to promote positive social integration to share positive values associated with the best in football. The club supports schemes that help to build bridges between different cultures and sectors of society within Ireland and Scotland. They also aim to support schemes in Northern Ireland that have as their aim the building of bridges between different communities.
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Equality
Celtic acts as an inclusive organisation and is open to all regardless of age, sex, race, religion or disability. Celtic has always been a Club willing to offer a welcome to all.
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Fair Play and appreciation of skills
Celtic stands for all who are associated with the club uphold a shared set of values that include success, fair play, tolerance, respect and appreciation of skills.
The club achieve this in several ways. The Celtic spirit on the field has always involved flair, commitment and willingness to play exciting football. There are a set of positive values that Celtic would like to be shared by management and staff, players and fans. Celtic players are expected to carry out their work to the best values linked to sport. Everyone associated with Celtic appreciate good skills in football. The club offers respect to all opponents and everyone associated with Celtic will avoid abusive actions and language in supporting success for Celtic. They promote the values associated with the Charter throughout the activities of the Club. Celtic welcomes all true football fans to Celtic Park.
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The Match Day Programme
Celtic's Match Day Visit programme targets three areas of the Social Charter. Any group sharing the clubs ideas in challenging bigotry and racism can be invited to participate in the activities on Match Days. The three areas are challenging bigotry, promoting involvement in football of ethnic minorities and working with groups to assist social integration.
Challenging bigotry
Celtic together with the Education Department of Glasgow City Council have produced a set of materials Youth Against Bigotry which permit schools, teachers and pupils to begin to tackle issues around sectarianism. Schools can enter into an Award scheme in this area and in June of each year the best projects are invited to Celtic Park to receive thanks from the club for their participation. Work in this area in line with the clubs opposition to bigotry permits schools or classes to be invited to the Match Day Visits, which take place at all the home league games, except Old Firm games. The Match Day Visits are for parties of around 25 usually made up of two groups who arrive at Celtic Park around two and a half hours before kick off. The day includes a video about Celtic's history, a presentation about Celtic's opposition to bigotry, a brief tour of the stadium and Boardroom, a snack in the Celtic Suite and a chance to meet a player as well as a ticket for the game. Hundreds of schools have taken part in this scheme and teachers make the point that the message of anti-sectarianism and opposition to bigotry is more effectively delivered in Celtic Park than in the classroom. Schools, primary, secondary and special, youth groups and community groups have all attended Match Day Visits. As well as young people the club regularly invites along the Education Committee of the Scottish Parliament, Education Convenors, the Catholic Education Commission, the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum and Scottish Business in the Community.
Promoting the involvement in football of ethnic minorities
The other groups to visit are from the ethnic minorities with integrated groups from the City Council's Cultural and Leisure Services. The aim is to promote the involvement of such groups in football in Scotland. There is a clear parallel with Celtic's roots here and the story of an ethnic minority utilising sport as a way of making its mark in Scottish society. The club has received visits from representatives of Kick Racism out of Football, the SASA football team, victims of racist harassment within Celtic Park and beyond, the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland. Celtic has also invited parents and children from asylum seeking families to Celtic Park. The people who founded Celtic were among those who left Ireland seeking refuge from famine.
Promoting social integration in Ireland
The third group to participate in Match Day Visits are from Ireland. The Match Day programme is open to groups who are seeking to promote social integration in Ireland among different communities. Wide ranges of groups have visited Celtic Park through their work in this area. The St Malachy's and Ardnaveigh Girls Football Team, the Mavericks Club, Survivors of Trauma, the New Horizons Programme, Celtic Rangers Football Club and also a Celtic Supporters Club from Belfast who worked on some of the Youth Against Bigotry materials with young Celtic Supporters have all come to Celtic Park as a reward for their work in this area.
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The Supporters
Celtic fans are renowned wherever they travel for their passion and love for the game of football. In addition when the fans carry with honour the image and colours of the Club they act in a way that brings credit to Celtic and reflects well on the good name of the fans and the Club. The supporters, the Club and its owners have high expectations for the team on the field and a high regard for the fans. The management and employees of the Club aim to provide the best quality service to the fans and aim to live up to their expectations for success for the Club. The Club should continue to improve the service it provides to its customers. Celtic continues to listen to and respect the advice and opinions of its supporters and endeavour to consult and communicate with the fans. The fans play a vital part in ensuring the success of Celtic Football Club. The fans inspire the team and contribute to the Celtic spirit. The Celtic spirit among the fans means devoted encouragement and faithful support for the team. Celtic fans know the history of the Club and are committed to the ideals associated with the founding of the club.
Celtic embraces the renowned qualities of its supporters and their relationship with the Club. Celtic Supporters are proud to be ambassadors for all that the Club stands for. The ownership of the Club has moved from the few to the many. The fans played a key role in changing the company to one with a large number of shareholders and one of the most successful fan shareholdings in football with around 15,000 fans owning shares in the Club. Up until 1995 only about 200 people owned shares. The number of season ticket holders is one of the largest in European football and no British club can compare to Celtic's 53,000 season ticket holders. Celtic regularly plays before crowds of around 60,000 fans. Through the webcasts from Celtic TV thousands of other Celtic fans from around the world are logged on to Celtic games and Celtic news. The Celtic Supporters Association has represented fans since 1946. Over the years they have provided a focus for the fans to travel to games and meet to share their passion for Celtic. The CSA also share the Club's charitable principles and raise large sums of money for a wide range of good causes. The CSA raised around £100,000 for the children of Dunblane Primary to visit Florida. A few of the children and staff visited Celtic Park to thank the fans and the office holders of the CSA in the centre circle at a home game. After thanking the fans the CSA officials, the school staff and the young people from Dunblane walked off the pitch to the strains of "You'll Never Walk Alone." Celtic fans are usually the number one name on the guest list for many long-serving football players considering which team to invite to a testimonial. Celtic fans not only add thousands to the gate for such matches but also add to the occasion with their singing and support of good football.
As is says in the song…………
“We don't care if we win, lose or draw, What the hell do we care' 'Cos we only know That's there's going to be a show And the Glasgow Celtic will be there.”
Now that’s why I am proud to be a Celtic supporter!
Hail! Hail!
Maggie REFRENCES: Celtic Football Club, Social Charter www.celticfc.net Glasgow Giants, Bill Murray
Advantages: Excellent manager, renewed vigour in squad, fanbase Disadvantages: Still in transition
Celtic FC is a name known throughout the footballing world, mostly for the right reasons. They are the biggest club in Scotland (sorry Rangers fans, but it's true) and could rival Man Utd for crowds if Celtic Park was big enough, but things are never completely happy in Paradise.
Part of the problem is their reputation. The English in particular laugh at Scottish football, especially since Scottish clubs always under-perform in Europe. What the ... ...Heissel and the fact that Celtic won the European cup before any English team managed it.
Celtic are only beginning to find their feet at the moment. They were in financial turmoil during the late 1980s and most of the 1990s and only now do they have the ground up to standard and a team to challenge the domination of the Blue half of Glasgow.
The resignation of Wim Jansen knocked them back after the highs of 1998 but the main problem has been the ...
kfingleton 03.01.2001
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Advantages: Too many to mention Disadvantages: He's no longer at Celtic
Having followed Celtic since I was a boy (I'm 37 and a father of two now), many players have been favourites over that time. Paul McStay, Roy Aitken and Tommy Burns were all talismanic heroes for me and will always remain so. Battlers like Danny McGrain and Peter Grant always showed true grit and passion, and world class strikers like Charlie Nicholas and King Kenny Dalglish gave us many moments of pleasure for obvious reasons. For me however the ... ...he has remained loyal to Celtic despite temptation to ply his wares at other clubs. Exposure elsewhere may have garnered better exposure for him personally but he stayed at Celtic even after Wim Jansen left and has been constantly loyal and productive for every coach since. Admittedly we took him away from a nightmare at Feyenoord, but for I think the best value deal we will ever see at Celtic - and he has repaid the club to at least 10 times that ...
Alessandrovich 16.06.2004
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Advantages: great players, LARSSON Disadvantages: Kharine, Tebily
...of my customary "concluding introductions". Celtic are actually very good, and would win not only in Scotland, but also in any other nation identical to Scotland that you could mention. It has all gone well for Celtic this season; few injuries, good transfers and none of the peasant's uprisings of previous years.
Despite this I can't help thinking we owe it all to that Swedish wonder, Henrik Larsson, who has scored more goals than most teams! He ... ...missed last season, because there was no other team to speak of. I just hope he doesn't get injured, because it will destroy my life.
Other noteworthy players are Chris Sutton, who does a great job getting the ball down for LARSSON to score. Neil Lennon, who gets the ball from the defence and passes it to [intermediatery player] who passes it to LARSSON. Not to mention Petrov, who is an [intermediatery player].
I hope that we aren't really a one-man ...
neilmoore67 01.04.2001
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Advantages: Rangers decade of dominance 6 foot under Disadvantages: #
Celtic have has a truly incredible 18 months. Forget about the days of second place to Rangers. It just shows what a good manager can do - turn the club around. Now it's Rangers trying to play catch-up. You wouldn't have thought it 12 months ago, with John Barnes and Kenny Dalglish experimanting with the team every week and having the worst time of their history.
The 1-0 scrappy win over Rangers on the 11th of February all but secured the title ... ...Europe by Scottish clubs, the Celtic staff and players must be confident of having a good run next season, as almost all their players have played successfully in other European leagues and the form of Celtic at the moment in their own league.
Celtic do, I believe, need to invest in new players as creative midfielder Lubo Moracik is soon to retire as well as backing up the defence that has recently lost Alan Stubbs to Everton after paying him wages ...
alanbuttle1 12.02.2001 (06.12.2001)
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...my team of choice.
Celtic Park is the finest stadium in Scotland. It seats over 60000 and regularly has among the highest attendances in the land. The only problem is that there is an area that has restricted viewing. It was brought up to its current glory by Fergus McCann and heralded the end for The Jungle, a legendary end of Parkhead during the days of terracing. It has easy access and you are never too far away from a pie vendor. Each end has ... ...pitch and it also shows Celtic TV. Situated in the east end of Glasgow it provides a stark contrast to the houses that surround it and can be seen for miles around.
On the pitch they are the best team in Scotland but their real test will be next season in the Champions League. Europe hasnt been a happy hunting ground for The Bhoys over the past few seasons because a managerial swing door has prevented the sort of ground work needed to make in roads ...
Gavin6 28.02.2001
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As a celtic fan i think that the departure of Martin O'Neil from filbert street can only be a bad thing for leicester. I think the only reason that leicester managed to stay up the last few seasons has been because they had a superb work ethic and battled until the end. I may be wrong but i think that this is mostly down to the training regimes and the man management supplied by the wily irishman. I also think that the new manager has taken a step up to the big time too quickly and maybe should have stayed with Gillingham whom he had worked so hard with to promote. His first signing in Ade Akinbiyi looks good but maybe the price tag is a little too hefty but if he scores goals then there is no problem. Amother major point in the clubs survival from the drop is that they have held on to top stars that were tipped to follow Martin too ...
paulmcdaid 14.08.2000
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Advantages: Great atmoshphere, Good seating, Great Facilities Disadvantages: Looks a bit unbalanced, Parking
Celtic Park (formely known as Parkhead, as the stadium may be found in the Parkhead area of Glasgow) boasts one of the best stadium atmospheres in the country. With the Celtic Superstore literaly yards away, you are sure to be able to find something that takes to your fancy. Also the food and drinks served at half time are just marvellous, the pies are up there with the best in Scotland.
With an all seating maximum capacity of 60,832 and an average attendance of 58,000 in each of the last 3 years, It is clear to say that no football experience is complete without the visiting of Celtic Park. The record attendane at Celtic park was in 1938 when there were about 92,000 fans in the stadium to see Celtic take on their bitter rivals Rangers. Even with the stadium being a near sell out every game, ticket availability is good. The club ...
