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"Celtic jerseys are not for second best, they don't shrink to fit inferior players"
Celtic FC: An Overview
November 6, 1887
Celtic Football Club is formally constituted in St Mary's Church Hall in East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton. The purpose is stated as being to alleviate poverty in Glasgow's East End parishes.
May 28, 1888
Celtic beat Rangers 5-2 in a "friendly". It is the new club's first match and is played on the first Celtic Park.
1965
Jock Stein succeeds Jimmy McGrory as manager in March 1965, and guides the team to the first victory in a Scottish Cup final in 11 years. Billy McNeill's dramatic header seals a 3-2 win over Dunfermline Athletic.
1966
Celtic win the championship for the first time in 12 seasons, and reach the semi-final of the Cup-Winners' Cup again before losing 2-1 on aggregate to Liverpool.
1967
Celtic complete their most glorious season by winning every competition entered: Scottish League, Scottish Cup, League Cup, Glasgow Cup and the European Cup. The climax of the season is the 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in the European Cup final played at the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon on May 25, 1967. Celtic thus become the first British (and non-Latin) club to win Europe's most coveted trophy.
1970
Celtic reach the final of the European Cup again, but lose 2-1 to Feyenoord after extra time in Milan. In the semi-final Celtic defeated Leeds United in both legs. The second leg at Hampden Park was watched by 133,961, the largest crowd ever to watch a match in European club competition.
1972
Celtic reach the European Cup semi-final for the third time, but lose in heart-breaking fashion at Parkhead to Inter Milan when Dixie Deans misses the first spot kick during the penalty shoot-out.
1974
Celtic win the league championship for the ninth season in a row - at the time, a joint world record for success in domestic titles. The team reaches the semi-final of the European Cup for the fourth time, but loses 2-0 on aggregate to Atletico Madrid.
1978
Billy McNeill, captain of the 1967 team, succeeds Jock Stein as manager. During Stein's 12-year tenure (excluding 1975/76, when he was recuperating from injuries received in a car accident), the club enjoyed 25 successes in major competitions: the European Cup, 10 Championships, 8 Scottish Cups and 6 League Cups.
2001
A treble-winning season for the Hoops. They beat Kilmarnock 3-0 in the League Cup final and beat Hibernian by the same scoreline in the Scottish Cup final. And a Tommy Johnson goal beat St Mirren at Celtic Park to seal the title. The season also sees Henrik Larsson score 53 goals, including 35 league goals, to win Europe’s Golden Boot Award. The following season, Celtic compete in the UEFA Champions League group stages for the first time.
2004
Celtic win the league title convincingly, while Henrik Larsson leaves the club after seven magnificent years, scoring 242 goals in 315 appearances – becoming the third top goalscorer in the club’s history.
2010
After a mixed few months of the campaign, Tony Mowbray is sacked following a 4-0 defeat against St Mirren. Neil Lennon takes over as interim manager, but can’t prevent a disastrous Scottish Cup semi-final exit against Ross County. His team, however, wins all eight of their league matches, and he is appointed manager on a permanent basis.
2011
Neil Lennon wins his first trophy as Celtic manager with a 3-0 victory over Motherwell in the Scottish Cup final, having narrowly lost out in the SPL and League Cup final.
2012
Celtic won their 43rd championship after being 15 points behind in November, but they were back on top by the end of December and that’s where they stayed. Following that match Neil Lennon joined the Qatari national team on 12 Million $ a year.
