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Welcome to a project that will cover the next two years, a look back – fifty years on – to two consecutive seasons in Celtic’s history – 1965/66 and 1966/67 – which culminated in the club winning the biggest prize in European football. The early 1960s was not a propitious time for Celtic Football Club, …
The 1890s, the opening decade of Celtic’s existence had been most promising. The next one was equally impressive;- Decade League Scottish Cup Glasgow Cup Charity Cup 1900s 6 3 5 3 Those league wins were consecutive, a record for Scottish football and one which lasted until the 1960s, when another Celtic side …
As the very successful decade of the 1900s drew to a close and a number of senior players left the club for one reason or another, Celtic fans were a little apprehensive about what the future would hold. In the event, they were worrying for little reason, as Celtic continued to be the dominant side …
The manager of Rangers in the years from 1899 to 1920 had been William Wilton, a man highly regarded within football circles and a close personal friend of Willie Maley. Tragically, in the summer of 1920, Wilton drowned in an accident near Gourock and Rangers trainer, Bill Struth, was appointed to the post. Struth had …
There could be little doubt that Rangers FC had dominated the Scottish scene in the 1920s and they would do the same in the 1930s, as the following tables show. Only 9 seasons made up the list in League and Scottish Cup, as, because of the war, in season 1939-40 there were no national competitions, …
During the 1930s, countries like Germany and Italy became very militaristic and it seemed almost inevitable that war would eventually break out. And it did so, just at the start of the 1939-40 season. Almost immediately, the authorities issued an edict stating that professional football was to be abandoned. Players’ contracts would be suspended but …
18th November 1952In terms of the numbers of clubs which won a major competition, the 1950s was in a league of its own. 11 different sides got their name on one of the three major trophies;- Season League Scottish Cup League Cup 1950-51 Hibs Celtic Motherwell 1951-52 Hibs Motherwell Dundee 1952-53 Rangers Rangers Dundee 1953-54 Celtic …
The 1960s After the decade of the 1950s, when Celtic won five major domestic trophies, two special competitions – the St Mungo Cup and the Coronation Cup – plus two Glasgow Cups and three Charity Cups, the Hoops fans were looking forward with anticipation to the new decade of the 1960s. The Celtic players entered …
1960-61 Celtic’s first experience of European competition was in a rather unusual competition called the Anglo-Franco Scottish Friendship Cup, which took place at the beginning of season 1960-61. The invitations to participate were based on league performance in the 1959-60 season and Celtic – who had finished 9th in the table – only got in …
As mentioned previously, several players had left the club either during the previous season of 1963-64 or at the end of the campaign, names like John MacNamee, Billy Price, Frank Brogan and Paddy Turner. The only arrival was Bobby Young from St Johnstone, in an early season swap deal for Bobby Craig So that meant …