The Soul Of Celtic

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The Soul of Celtic is an attempt to discover exactly what moments from the club’s incredible history best sum up what it means to follow the Hoops.

In 2007, taking 120 years of Celtic history, a selection of 50 games, seasons, controversies, incidents and characters were selected and put to the vote on the Kerrydale Street (KDS) message board in a series of five polls. The KDS Messageboard members and visitors were then asked to discuss and vote on which selections best described the very essence of being a Celtic supporter.

The poll – which did not include individual players – was not looking for people’s favourite Celtic moment but rather those incidents and personalities which encapsulated the mix of joy, agony and frustration which comes with following the Bhoys.

The top two from each of the five polls then went head to head in a final vote off to decide the Top 10. As expected it was a tough battle and after thousands of votes the final result was as published below!

Note: since publication of the below in 2007, there are other incredible achievements that can be added, and further develop the Celtic history, e.g. Quadruple Treble, qualifying past Champions League group stages twice in a row, incredible comeback to win the league in 2007-08, second nine-in-a-row, victory over Barcelona in Champions League on Celtic’s 125th anniversary, home & away victories over Lazio to win a group stage for first time (in the European competitions), and the InVIncibles 2016-17 season.

No. Title
1 The Lisbon Lions
2 The Celtic Way
3 Born From Charity
4 Jock Stein
5 It’s Not The Creed….
6 Fun In The Sun
7 C’Mon The Hoops
8 Cheerio 10-In-A-Row
9 With A Four Leaf Clover…
10 Marching With O’Neill
   
11 Nine In A Row
12 The Jungle
13 Happy Birthday Dear Celtic
14 Celtic – What’s In A Name
15 The Flag Flutter
16 Tommy Burns – Celtic Personified
17 The Entertainers
18 The Rebels Have Won
19 That Man Maley
20 The Huddle
   
21 …And Songs To Sing
22 Paradise Found
23 Hillsborough Appeal
24 Final Fightbacks
25 Oh, Hampden In The Sun
26 Ten Men Won The League
27 Ireland, Politics and Passion
28 Lift Off At Love Street
29 From Brake Clubs…
30 The Biscuit Tin
   
31 Best of British
32 Passing of a Prince
33 Fergus v Farry
34 The Judas Johnston Affair
35 Two Tribes
36 Pulling Power
37 National Prejudice
38 Empire Exhibition
39 Down To Business
40 Nightmare on Kerrydale Street
   
41 Black Sunday
42 Crowning Glory
43 End of Ambition?
44 The Dream Team
45 Hopeless and Rudderless
46 The Shamrock – Birth of the fanzine
47 The Serpent of Complacency
48 Yes, Sir – The Kelly Dictatorship
49 A Rapid Exit
50 Arthurlie – Cup Shockers