One event that took place 151 years ago today had a major and unexpected football ⚽️🍀 impact.

Sacred Heart Church in Bridgeton opened.

Without this, there would almost certainly be no Celtic.

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Following 'An Gorta Mor' (The Great Hunger, or Irish potato famine), there was a growing Irish and Catholic community in Glasgow.

This led to the expansion of churches across the city, including in the east end.

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25 May is an iconic day in Celtic history.

And it's an especially good one for winning cup finals.

Today will be the Bhoys' fifth cup final played on 25 May - and the Celts have won all the previous games.

A thread...

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Glasgow Charity Cup Final
Celtic 4-0 Rangers

The Bhoys' first 25 May final was in 1895 in the Glasgow Charity Cup.

Playing at the first Cathkin Park, goals from James Kelly and a Sandy McMahon hat-trick gave Celtic the win.

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Continuing the #celticothercups series...

The story of the British League Cup is highly unusual.

This is a trophy which, though held in Celtic’s trophy room, names only Rangers as winners.

The full tale is one involving tragedy and defeat.

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The tale of the British League Cup begins in 1901, at the Glasgow Exhibition.

A football contest was held (played at Glasgow Uni) which saw Celtic meet Rangers in the final.

On 9 Sept 1901, the Celts lost 3-1 to Rangers.

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One of the saddest stories in Celtic's history is that of Mick McKeown.

After a notable career with the Bhoys the Ayrshire man's life spiralled downwards.

It came to an end in awful circumstances - the exact location being in the shadow of Celtic Park.

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#celticfc McKeown was part of many important Celtic firsts, including:

* First game at original Celtic Park (playing for Hibs)
* Celtic’s first trophy (1889 Glasgow North Eastern Cup)
* First Scottish Cup game (his debut)
* First league game

And many others too.

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How many clues will it take you to guess the mystery Celt's identity?

#celticmysterycountdown

5 points if it you get it in Round 1, 4 points in Round 2, etc.

FIRST ROUND - 5 POINTS

1. Spent most of his career in England

#celtic #CelticFC Can you guess the Celt from the clues so far?

#celticmysterycountdown

SECOND ROUND - 4 POINTS

1. Spent most of his career in England

2. Won two leagues with Celtic

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The song 'Willie Maley' is a firm favourite of @CelticFC fans.

It tells the story of the club's history, from the very start until more recent times.

This thread looks at all of the verses, giving more detail for each of them.

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#celticsongs #celticfc #williemaleysong The first verse is about Willie Maley.

A @CelticFC legend, in fact the club were trying to sign his brother Tom and he was asked to also come along.

He ended up playing for and managing the club for more than half a century.

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One unusual @CelticFC history story features the circus.

In 1893 it was advertised that a team of "past & present" Celtic players would participate in a tour of Scotland as part of @CircusGinnett shows.

They would play 6-a-side games versus local teams.

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#celtic #celticfc There is some dubiety about these claims.

Certainly some people involved had played for @CelticFC but many hadn't.

It's unlikely Celtic even knew about this, even if all circus adverts said it was an official team. Nowadays litigation would stop such claims!

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A fascinating insight into @CelticFC supporters' clubs in the past.

These are the 1960s membership rules for the @DundeeCeltic Travel Club (likely similar to when it was formed in 1948).

Very strange seeing rules against women members.

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@csasocialclub #celtic #celticfc The rules are the same type you'd find in any private members' club at the time.

As member of the @csasocialclub, they would likely have been repeated by other @CelticFC supporters' clubs.

This includes a commitment to be non-political and non-sectarian.

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It's #walkonweekend, a chance to exercise and raise money for @FoundationCFC.

The pictured route has lots of @CelticFC sites, such as:

* Maley's grave
* Hampden
* Cathkin Park
* Shawfield
* Celtic Park
* St Mary's Church

History/photo updates across the day!

#celtic #celticfc As part of the #walkonweekend planning, @cfcliamk96's book, 'The Holy Grounds of Glasgow Celtic' has been very useful.

A great guide for learning more about @CelticFC-related locations:

charity.celticfc.com/news/blog-news…

Even better - all profits go to @FoundationCFC.

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Nowadays it's easy to listen to Celtic songs between streaming music, CDs and sites like YouTube.

But in the past it was harder to do so. In the 1990s, various CDs were released with famous @CelticFC songs.

This thread looks at some of those CDs.

#celtic #celticfc #celticsongs The first CD release in the 1990s available in the @CelticFC shops (that I remember) was 'The Celtic Songs EP'.

Released in 1994, it featured four songs:

The Celtic Song
The Johnny Thompson Song
The Fields of Athenry
You'll Never Walk Alone

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