A fantastic celebration of Celtic founding in St Mary's.

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A fantastic celebration of Celtic founding in St Mary's.

Postby Joe O'Rourke » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:27 pm

[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]Over 1000,Celtic minded people turned up last night in St Mary’s RC Church to celebratethe 125th Anniversary of the founding by Brother Walfrid and hiscommittee of Celtic Football Club.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]Celtic FC wasrepresented by majority share-holder Dermott Desmond, Chairman Ian Bankier, CEOPeter Lawwell, and most of the Board of Directors and Manager Neil Lennon.Barcelona also had a very impressive number of Board members and Officialspresent.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]The majorityof the Lisbon Lions were present along with former players from different eras,including Tom Boyd, Frank Mc Garvey, and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]CelticChairman Ian Bankier started the proceedings by welcoming people here andexplaining how Celtic had evolved in these 125 years to be the club we aretoday.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]He wasfollowed by Church of Scotland Minister the Rev Ian Miller of Bonhill Church.The Rev told how he started out life supporting another Glasgow team, but wasconverted by the Celtic ethos and culture of all-inclusiveness, and helpingthose in most need.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]He wasfollowed by Celtic Graves representative Terry Dick; Terry gave a very detailednarrative of the early years in Celtic’s long and glorious history.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]12 Priestsconcelebrated the Holy Mass, they were ably supported by the choir from theUniversity, and the readings were performed by Lisbon Lion Jim Craig, and MarieMc Cusker.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]After theMass it was back to Celtic Park for some mince and tatties that was greatlyappreciated on a very cold November evening.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]As you wouldexpect at a gathering of Celtic people, all the profit from last night wasappropriately donated to the wonderful Mary’s Meals Project, which helps tofeed children in many different countries throughout the world.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]A big thankyou to The Celtic Graves Society for organising last night’s celebration, andto Peter Lawwell and Celtic Football Club for paying it the respect it truelydeserved. Also a big thank you to all those who joined in the celebration.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]It justleaves me to say, it will be a completely different atmosphere in Paradisetonight, good luck to Lenny and the Bhoys, let’s get right behind the team andcheer them on to victory as only a Celtic Support can.
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[COLOR=#000000:11851a92]Tonight,Glasgow’s Green and White.[/COLOR:11851a92]
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The Celtic Supporters Association

The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.

These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.

Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.

By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.

A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.

The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.

True to the traditions of Celtic FC the CSA also has a proud and continued ethos of raising funds for charity.


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