Photos slideshow of Celtic FC

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Celtic have confirmed Tony Mowbray as their new manager after a deal was concluded with West Brom.
Mowbray arrives along with assistant Mark Venus and first-team coach and Celtic fanatic Peter Grant.
Present Celtic coach Neil Lennon will remain as part of the Scottish Premier League club's management team.
Mowbray, who becomes the 16th manager of Celtic FC.
The Celtic Football Club were formally founded in St. Mary's Church Hall on East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow, by Brother Walfrid, an Irish Marist brother, on 6 November 1888.
Brother Walfrid's move to establish the club as a means of fund raising for his charity, largely inspired by the example of Hibernian who were formed out of another immigrant Irish population thirteen years earlier in Edinburgh. Walfrid's own suggestion of the name Celtic was intended to reflect the club's Irish and Scottish origins, and was adopted at the same meeting.

On 28 May 1888, Celtic played their first official match against Rangers and won 5–2 in what was described as a "friendly encounter". Celtic had 8 guest players from Hibernian playing that day. The club's first ever goal was scored by Neil McCallum in this match. During these formative years, Celtic played in a white shirt with a green collar and a red Celtic cross on the breast, then switched to green and white vertical stripes around 1890. They made the switch to their iconic green-and-white hoops in 1903.

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.

2009 Celtic on and on and on.

A warm welcome back to Celtic to big Tony and Peter. A warm welcome to Celtic to Mark.

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