Celtic FC Fans: December 2011

Friday, 9 December 2011

Celtic FC 2011-12 Fixtures

Match Date Opponents
24/07/2011 Hibernian-A
07/08/2011   Aberdeen-A
13/08/2011   Dundee Utd-H
21/08/2011   St Johnstone-H
28/08/2011   St Mirren-A
10/09/2011   Motherwell-H
18/09/2011   Rangers-A
24/09/2011   Inverness CT-H
02/10/2011   Hearts-A
15/10/2011   Kilmarnock-A
23/10/2011   Aberdeen-H
29/10/2011   Hibernian-H
06/11/2011   Motherwell-A
19/11/2011   Inverness CT-A
23/11/2011   Dunfermline-H
26/11/2011   St Mirren-H
04/12/2011   Dundee Utd-A
10/12/2011   Hearts-H
18/12/2011   St Johnstone-A
24/12/2011   Kilmarnock-H
28/12/2011   Rangers-H
02/01/2012   Dunfermline-A
14/01/2012   Dundee Utd-H
21/01/2012   St Mirren-A
11/02/2012   Inverness CT-H
19/02/2012   Hibernian-A
25/02/2012   Motherwell-H
03/03/2012   Aberdeen-A
17/03/2012   Dunfermline-H
24/03/2012   Rangers-A
31/03/2012   St Johnstone-H
07/04/2012   Kilmarnock-A

The 2011-12 seasons are the 123rd season of Celtic Football Club. From 1890, Celtic Football Club has raced in every season of Scottish Premier League. Celtic Scottish Premier League Tickets are available at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com for affordable price. FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com is the most excellent place to buy or sell Football Tickets especially Celtic Scottish Premier League Tickets.

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Celtic FC Honors

Scottish League Championships: 42

1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

Scottish Cup: 35

1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011

Scottish League Cup: 14

1956-57, 1957-58, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1974-75, 1982-83, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2005-06, 2008-09

European Cup: 1

1967, 1970 (runners-up)

UEFA Cup: 1

2003 (runners-up)

Celtic FC 2011-12 Teams

No. Position Player
1 GK Fraser Forster
2     DF    Adam Matthews
3     DF    Emilio Izaguirre
4     DF    Badr El Kaddouri
5     DF    Daniel Majstorovic
6     DF    Kelvin Wilson
8     MF    Scott Brown (captain)
9     FW   Georgios Samaras
10     FW    Anthony Stokes
11     DF    Cha Du-Ri
12     DF    Mark Wilson
14     FW   Mohamed Bangura
15     MF Kris Commons
16     MF Joe Ledley
18     MF Ki Sung-Yueng
20     MF   Paddy McCourt
21     DF   Charlie Mulgrew
22     DF   Glenn Loovens
24     GK   Łukasz Załuska
25     DF   Thomas Rogne
28     FW  James Keatings
30     MF   Paul Slane
33     MF   Beram Kayal
39     DF   Andre Blackman
44     DF   Marcus Fraser
45     DF   Lewis Toshney
46     MF   Dylan McGeouch
49     FW James Forrest
56     MF Filip Twardzik
58     MF Patrik Twardzik
67     MF Victor Wanyama
88     FW Gary Hooper

Celtic FC History

Celtic Football Club has a long and famous history, having always competed in the highest level of football in Scotland, currently the Scottish Premier League. Celtic Football Club was created in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic play home games at Celtic Park, which is the largest football stadium in Scotland. In 2005-06, Celtic Football Club home games attracted an average attendance of 58,149, making Celtic Football Club third only to Manchester United and Arsenal in average attendance for any football club in the UK.

In 1967, Celtic Football Club became the first British team to win the European Cup, which had previously been the preserve of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish clubs. Celtic remain the only Scottish club ever to have reached the final, and are one of only two clubs to have won the trophy with a team comprised entirely of players from the club's home country; all the players in the side was born within 30 miles of Celtic Park in Glasgow. In November 2010, Celtic Football Club set a Scottish Premier League record for the biggest win in SPL history defeating Aberdeen 9-0 at Celtic Park.

In 1889 Celtic Football Club reached the final of the Scottish Cup, this was Celtic Football Club first season in the competition, but lost 2-1 in the final. Celtic Football Club again reached the final of the Scottish Cup in 1892. In 1895, Celtic set the League record for the highest home score when they beat Dundee 11-0. In 1897 Celtic Football Club became a Private limited company and Willie Maley was appointed as the first “secretary-manager”. Among 1905 and 1910, Celtic Football Club won the Scottish League Championship six times in a row. In both 1907 and 1908 Celtic Football Club also won the Scottish Cup, this was the first time a Scottish club had ever won the Double.

In 1967 Celtic Football Club became the first British team, and the first from outside Spain, Portugal and Italy to win the competition. Celtic Football Club remains the only Scottish team to have reached the final. Martin O'Neill, a former European Cup winner with Nottingham Forest, took charge of the club in June 2000. Under his leadership, Celtic Football Club won three SPL championships out of five and in his first season in charge, Celtic Football Club also won the domestic treble, making O'Neill only the second Celtic manager to do so after Jock Stein. In 2003, around 80,000 Celtic Football Club fans traveled to watch the club competes in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville.

In 2003 Celtic Football Club were estimated to have a fan base of 9 million people, including 1 million in the USA and Canada. There are over 160 Celtic Football Club Supporters Club in over 20 countries around the world. In 2009 marketing agency, Sports Revolution estimated that there were 7 million Celtic fans in Japan, mainly due to the influence of Shunsuke Nakamura. In the 2010-11 seasons, Celtic Football Club had the highest average home attendance of any Scottish club. Celtic Football Club also had the 13th highest average attendance out of all the football clubs in Europe.

On 15 August 2011, Celtic Football Club financial results for year ending 30 June 2011 were published, showing that the club's debt had been reduced from over £5.5 million to £500,000 and that a pre-tax profit of £100,000 had been achieved. In comparison to the previous year which had a loss of over £2 million. Turnover also decreased by 15% from £63 million to £52 million.

In 1965, Celtic Football Club began publishing The Celtic View, the oldest club magazine in football. In 2004, Celtic Football Club launched their own digital TV channel called Celtic TV, which was available in the UK through Set anta Sports on satellite and cable platforms. Due to the collapse of Set anta in the UK in June 2009, Celtic TV stopped broadcasting, although the club hoped to find a new broadcast partner. Since 2002, Celtic's Internet TV channel Channel67 broadcast Celtic's own content worldwide and offered live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK. It also provided three online channels. In 2011, Celtic TV was relaunched as an online service and replaced Channel 67.

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Celtic FC Intro

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club was created in 1887 and was founded in the Park head area of Glasgow. Celtic Football Club also has the nickname, The Bhoys, The Hoops, and The Celts. Celtic Football Club currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Celtic Football Club played its first match in 1888. Celtic Football Club home stadium is Celtic Park that is the biggest football stadium in Scotland, with a capacity for 60,832.

Celtic Football Club won the Scottish League Championship, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup and the Glasgow Cup. Celtic Football Club has won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007-08 seasons, the Scottish Cup 35 times and the Scottish League Cup 14 times. After reaching the 1967 European Cup Final, Celtic became the first British team, and only Scottish team, to win the European Cup. In 2003, Celtic reached the UEFA Cup Final, where they lost 3-2 to Porto.

In 2003, an estimated 80,000 Celtic supporters, many without match tickets, traveled to Seville in Spain for the UEFA Cup Final. Celtic fans received awards from UEFA and FIFA for their behavior at the match. Celtic Football Club was estimated to have a fan base of nine million people, including one million in North America. In the 2010-11 seasons, Celtic Football Club had the highest average home attendance of any Scottish club. Celtic Football Club also had the 13th highest average attendance out of all the football clubs in Europe.

Celtic Football Club playing colors are green and white hooped shirts with white shorts and white socks. In 1995 the Celtic charity fund was formed with the aim of "revitalising Celtic's charitable traditions" and to August 2011 has risen over £3.5 million.

The 2011-12 seasons are the 123rd season of Celtic Football Club. From 1890, Celtic Football Club has raced in every season of Scottish Premier League. Celtic Scottish Premier League Tickets are available at FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com for affordable price. FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com is the most excellent place to buy or sell Football Tickets especially Celtic Scottish Premier League Tickets.

Celtic Scottish Premier League Tickets

Scottish Premier League Tickets

FootballTicketExchangeOnline.com

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