Celtic B are the

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. They are based in Airdrie and compete in the

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. Celtic have run a reserve side since the early days of the club, comprising a combination of emerging youth players and first-team squad players. The current "B" side forms the highest level of the academy structure at Celtic, beneath which there are four junior strands: Professional Academy (Under 18s), Intermediate Academy (Under 13s, 14s, 15s & 16s), Junior Academy (Under 10s, 11s & 12s) and Development Centres (five years old and above).

History of reserve and youth football

Reserve football

Celtic ran a reserve side from their early days, known at the time as the ''Crusaders''. Other clubs in the 1880s also gave their reserve sides distinctive names, with

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calling their Second XI the ''

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'', and Queens Park naming their reserves the ''Strollers''. Celtic's first known involvement in reserve league football, was their participation in the Scottish Combination league in 1896. Several Scottish League clubs fielded 2nd XIs ('A' sides), as well as Queens Park Strollers. However, by the 1900s Celtic manager

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was only using a small, if versatile, squad of players, and the decision was made to stop fielding a reserve team altogether. In 1909, a new Scottish Reserve League was set up, again often including at least one non-reserve side of a non-league club in each of its seasons. Celtic did not participate. The league was disbanded during

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, but effectively re-established in 1919 as the Scottish Alliance League. As with previous incarnations, this reserve league also contained the first XI of several non-league sides. Celtic took part for the first few seasons, and won the championship in 1921–22, however withdrew again after that for what is presumed were financial reasons. This appeared an unwise decision. Rangers went on to dominate Scottish football in the 1920s, and Celtic appeared to struggle without a reserve team to help blend younger players into the club's first team. The club did re-introduce a reserve team in 1930, and won three Alliance championships in 1934, 1937 and 1938, and the Second XI Cup in 1935 and 1936.

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, George Paterson,

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, John Divers and

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all emerged during this time from the reserve side and went on to form the nucleus of the Celtic first team that won the league championship in 1936 and 1938, and the

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to play for a European club. A league AGM in 1938, resulted in the non-league sides being removed and the league became exclusive to First Division reserve sides. The advent of

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, however, once again saw the suspension of national reserve league football in Scotland, although regional leagues were set up. The national Reserve League restarted at the end of the war, once again mirroring the sixteen club top-tier division. The subsequent years into the 1950s saw various changes to the leagues, but Celtic's achievements at reserve level were undistinguished, with two fourth-place finishes in 1952 and 1954 their highest positions. The Scottish (Reserve) League was set up in 1955, again mirroring the First Division although there were a number of seasons when not all of those clubs took part. This set-up, with minor variations, continued up until 1975.

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's appointment in 1957 as reserve team coach saw an upturn in Celtic's commitment to reserve team football. Future star players such as

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, John Clark and

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all emerged at Celtic during this time. The reserves won the Second XI Cup in 1958 (thrashing Rangers 8–2 on aggregate) and the reserve league title a year later. From 1958 up to 1966, Celtic also fielded a reserve side (effectively a 3rd XI) in the Combined Reserve League. Although Stein left in 1960 to manage

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, promising players continued to emerge from the reserves, such as

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and

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. The mid-1960s saw the emergence of one of Celtic's most notable reserve sides, a group that became known as the Quality Street Kids. Several became regulars in the first-team side, winning major honours and going on to represent

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at full international level, most notably

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and

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. In August 1968, the reserves needed to defeat

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by at least seven goals to win their Reserve League Cup group section; Celtic won 12–0, with

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scoring four goals. That same year, the Celtic reserves played the

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in a practice match; the young Celtic won 5–2. During season 1970–71, Celtic won all three main reserve honours - league, Reserve League Cup and Second XI Cup - scoring 157 goals in the process and becoming the first reserve team in Scotland to win the treble. In

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, the Scottish League was reorganized into

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. The Premier clubs were assigned to the Premier Reserve League and the lower league clubs used varying regionalised sections and midweek competitions. Key players continued to emerge from the youths and reserves;

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, Tommy Burns and

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in the late 1970s, and

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and

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in the 1980s. When the

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was founded in 1998, the reserve league was replaced by an under 21 league with some overage players permitted. Various changes to this set-up were made in subsequent years, eventually leading to the

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which was contested by the Under-20 teams of 17 Scottish Professional Football League clubs, including Celtic, up to the end of season 2017–18. During the 2010s, James Forrest,

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and

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all progressed as youths at Celtic and became established first-team players at the club.

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was later transferred to

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for a transfer fee of £25m, a record fee for a Scottish footballer. In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the new

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featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues. At the end of its first season (2018–19), Celtic – along with several other clubs – intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches. They later entered a small league (under-21 plus three overage) along with three other Scottish clubs and

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and

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from the English leagues. In the 2021/22 season, Celtic B (and Rangers B) began playing in the

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(the fifth tier of the senior setup). There was a proposal to include them in an expanded

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(fourth tier) still under consideration by the SPFL for the year after that.

Cup competitions

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would be expanded to include Under-20 sides from each

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club. In the 2016-17 edition, Celtic U20 won their opening tie against Annan Athletic and then eliminated

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(both of the fourth level) before being knocked out by the then- League 1 club

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; they progressed further than all other Under-20s teams. In the 2017–18 Challenge Cup, the side were beaten by Annan Athletic in the first round.

International tournaments

Celtic's U20s were the first Scottish participants in the NextGen Series - a youth tournament based on the

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. In the 2011–12 season, Celtic were drawn against

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and

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, and finished third in their group. Celtic confirmed that they would play in the

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edition tournament as well; the team were again eliminated in the

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. In 2013–14 Celtic's senior team

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for the Champions League group stages, meaning that the youth squad could play in the

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of the

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. In the following season there was no chance to participate in that competition due to the first team's failure to qualify, but in 2015–16 an additional route into the tournament opened up to domestic youth (Under-17) champions, and Celtic qualified as the Scottish holders of that title. After navigating two rounds, Celtic were eliminated on penalties by

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. In 2016–17 the senior team succeeded in reaching the Champions League group stage, so the youth squad also entered that season's Youth League via that route (they had also qualified through the Under-17 path again in any case). In the Youth League, the

mirrored the tough draw in the senior tournament, and Celtic collected just one point and finished fourth. Qualification was the same in 2017–18 – the Under-17s won the Scottish league but in any case the first team

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the Champions League groups. Celtic also successfully applied to compete in the 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 editions of the England-based

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Youth football

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was for many years considered an important trophy for first-team sides in Glasgow, but by the 1980s had lost prestige and saw Celtic and Rangers usually fielding reserve sides. Due to lack of interest in the tournament as a senior competition, it was relaunched in 1989 as a youth tournament and is currently competed for by the U17 sides of senior league clubs in Glasgow.

Celtic B

As of 19 June 2025 Note: squad numbers listed relate only to first team numbers. In "B" (or youth) matches, the team wear 1–11.

Out on loan

Academy

The Celtic Youth Academy works with players from as young as five years of age, concentrating in early years on improving players technique, passing and possession. Players are actively encouraged to demonstrate their skills, including tricks and flicks, in match situations. The academy also works in partnership with St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch, where players of secondary-school age benefit from nine coaching sessions per week. The most promising players then progress to Celtic's Development Squad programme. In 2017, the Celtic academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of ''Project Brave'', an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case. The youth academy currently comprises four levels: Professional Academy (Under 18s), Intermediate Academy (Under 13s, 14s, 15s & 16s), Junior Academy (Under 10s, 11s & 12s) and Development Centres (five years old and above). On 23 November 2023, Celtic Soccer Academy announced that a partnership with Get Gung Ho FC from Singapore, providing the support of the soccer academy to help develop their players, coaches and programmes over the next three years.

Facilities

Since 2007, the club's academy and reserve sides have trained at the

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. In 2019, Celtic announced plans to redevelop their older Barrowfield training ground in eastern Glasgow near

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for use by the academy sides and their

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, including an indoor pitch and a matchday venue, augmenting the Lennoxtown base which would continue to be used by the first team squad. In July 2021, it was announced that the men's B-team (as well as the women's team) would play the majority of their home fixtures in 2021–22 at Airdrie's Penny Cars Stadium.

Staff

Honours

Reserves

League *Scottish Reserve League: 9

Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

:: 1895–96, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71 *Premier Reserve League: 5 :: 1979–80, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95 * SPL Reserve League: 5 :: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 * Scottish Alliance: 4 :: 1921–22, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1937–38 Cup * Scottish 2nd FA XI Cup: 8 :: 1890–91, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1984–85 * Reserve League Cup: 13 :: 1959–60, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 Other *Kilsyth Charity Cup: 1 :: 1889 * Jock Stein Friendship Cup: 9 :: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * John Reames Trophy: 1 :: 2010 *

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Challenge Cup: 1 :: 2019 Third XI / B Team * Combined Reserve League: 3 :: 1960–61, 1962 –63, 1963–64 * CRL Autumn Series: 1 :: 1963–64 * CRL Spring Series: 4 :: 1959–60 (West), 1961–62, 1962–63, 1965–66

Youths

Domestic *SFL/SPL Youth League: 9 :: 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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*SPFL U19 League: 1 :: 2013In 2013–14 an under-19 league was run along with an under-20 league. Celtic promoted its under-17 team to as play as its under-19 team in 2013. *SPFL/CAS U17 League: :: 2015, 2016, 2017 *

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: 11 (Youth competition since 1990) :: 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 International * Blues Stars / FIFA Youth Cup: 1 :: 1986 *

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* Super Cup NI (U19): 1 ::2018 Notes

Former youth team players

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* Bahrudin Atajić *

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* Teddy Bjarnason * Jimmy Boyle * Gerry Britton *

Mark Burchill Mark James Burchill (born 18 August 1980) is a Scottish former professional football player and coach. He played for Scottish clubs Celtic, Dundee, Hearts, Dunfermline Athletic, Kilmarnock and Livingston, and in England for Birmingham City, Ips ...

* Tommy Burns *

Paul Caddis Paul McLean Caddis (born 19 April 1988) is a Scottish Football coach (association football), football coach and former professional association football, footballer who is manager of National League North side Hereford F.C., Hereford. Caddis pla ...

Graham Carey Graham Carey (born 20 May 1989) is an Irish professional footballer for side Livingston. He plays as a left sided attacking midfielder. Carey joined Celtic in 2005 from Shelbourne's youth team and made his Celtic debut in 2009 against Rapid Vi ...

* Jim Casey *

Dominic Cervi Dominic Cervi (born July 9, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Personal life Cervi grew up in Norman, Oklahoma. He played eight seasons for his youth club, Norman Celtic '86. He attended Norman No ...

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Ryan Conroy Ryan Conroy (born 28 April 1987) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, left-winger. He could also play as a Defender (association football)#Full back, left-back. Conroy has played ...

* Barry John Corr * Ronnie Coyle *

Stephen Crainey Stephen Daniel Crainey (born 22 June 1981) is a Scottish former professional footballer whose most recent job was as assistant manager for Bolton Wanderers. A left back, he made 319 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, includin ...

* Danny Crainie *

Gerry Creaney Gerard Thomas Creaney (born 13 April 1970) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a striker. Career Creaney began his career with Celtic, signing from the boys club and making his competitive debut in the first team on 24 March 1990 in ...

Scott Cuthbert Scott James Cuthbert (born 15 June 1987) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a first-team coach at Stevenage. Cuthbert began his career in the youth system at Celtic and signed his first prof ...

* Karamoko Dembélé *

Simon Donnelly Simon Thomas Donnelly (born 1 December 1974) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. Donnelly played as a forward or wide midfielder for Queen's Park, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday, St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Parti ...

* Ross Doohan * Michael Doyle * Michael Doyle * Barry Elliot * David Elliot *

Simon Ferry Simon William Ferry (born 11 January 1988) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is assistant manager for Lowland League club East Kilbride. Ferry started his career with Scottish Premier League club Celtic but did not play a compet ...

Islam Feruz Islam Salieh Feruz (born 10 September 1995) is a professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Somalia, he represented Scotland at youth level. Feruz spent most of his youth career with Celtic, before moving to Chelsea in Sep ...

* Stuart Findlay *

Kjartan Finnbogason Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (born 9 July 1986) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for FH. He has represented Iceland at international level. Club career Kjartan was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was signed by Cel ...

Darnell Fisher Darnell Theophilous Fisher (born 4 April 1994) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He has previously played in the Scottish Premiership for Celtic and St Johnstone, as well as in the Championship with Rother ...

* Sean Fitzharris * James Forrest * Mark Fotheringham *

Scott Fox Scott Fox (born 28 June 1987) is a Scottish professional goalkeeper who is a free agent. He has previously played for Celtic, East Fife, Queen of the South, Dundee, Ross County, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton, Motherwell and Cove Rangers. ...

* Marcus Fraser *

Steve Fulton Stephen Fulton (born 10 August 1970) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a left-sided midfielder. Playing career Fulton joined Celtic from their Boys Club in 1987 and made his league debut during the 1988–89 season. After his im ...

Declan Gallagher Declan Patrick Gallagher (born 13 February 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a centre back for Ross County. Gallagher started his career at Celtic but never made a first team appearance, however he was involved in their Scottish Yout ...

* Tony Gallagher *

Michael Gardyne Michael Gardyne (born 23 January 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Montrose. Gardyne previously played for Ross County, Morton, Kilmarnock, Dundee United and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Club c ...

Paul George Paul Clifton Anthony George (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "PG-13", he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and six-time member of the ...

Jim Goodwin James Michael Goodwin (born 20 November 1981) is an Irish football manager and former player who is the manager of Dundee United. Goodwin had a playing career from 2000 to 2019 in Scotland and England, playing in a defensive role with Celtic, ...

* Liam Gormley * Peter Grant * Ross Harris * Chris Hay * Conor Hazard *

Colin Healy Colin Healy (born 14 March 1980) is an Irish Association football, football manager and former player. He was appointed manager of Cork City F.C., Cork City FC in late 2020, and held the post until May 2023. He has been the manager of League of ...

* Ewan Henderson * Liam Henderson * Jack Hendry * John Herron * Gary Holt * Gary Irvine *

Jackson Irvine Jackson Alexander Irvine (born 7 March 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli, whom he captains, and the Australia national team. Irvine previously played for Celtic ...

* Mikey Johnston *

Denny Johnstone Denny Johnstone (born 9 January 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who last played as a striker for Scottish League One club Dumbarton. Johnstone began his senior career with Celtic, leaving the club in 2014 without making a first-tea ...

* James Keatings *

John Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...

* Liam Keogh *

Stewart Kerr James Stewart Robert Kerr (born 13 November 1974) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Celtic F.C., Celtic, Swindon Town, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., ...

Johnny Kenny Johnny Kenny (born 6 June 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Club career Sligo Rovers In January 2021, Kenny signed his first professional contract with Sligo Rovers. He made h ...

* Lewis Kidd *

Antons Kurakins Antons Kurakins (born 1 January 1990) is a Latvian professional footballer who played as a defender for Riga FC and the Latvia national football team. Career After starting his career in his home country with Multibanka Rīga, RSK Dižvanagi ...

* Daniel Lafferty * Paul Lawson *

Jacob Lensky Jacob Lensky (born December 16, 1988) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Born in Canada, he has represented Canada and the Czech Republic internationally at youth levels. Club career Youth career Lensky was born in Vanco ...

* Jamie Lindsay * Simon Lynch *

Shaun Maloney Shaun Richard Maloney (born 24 January 1983) is a Scottish association football, football coach, and former player. He was most recently the manager of club Wigan Athletic. Maloney played for Celtic F.C., Celtic, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, ...

* David Marshall * Jason Marr *

Alex Mathie Alexander Mathie (born 20 December 1968) is a Scottish football Manager (association football), manager, former professional Association football, footballer and sports radio co-commentator. He made over 200 appearances as a Forward (associati ...

* John Paul McBride *

Kevin McBride Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is an Irish former professional boxerMcBr ...

Ryan McCann Ryan Patrick McCann (born 21 September 1981) is a Scottish professional footballer. He last played with Edusport Academy in the Scottish Lowland Football League. Playing career Celtic, St Johnstone and Hartlepool McCann began his career wi ...

* Dugald McCarrison * Jamie McCart *

* Brian McColligan *

Aiden McGeady Aiden John McGeady (born 4 April 1986) is an Irish former professional Association football, footballer. He was born in Scotland, and represented the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland national team from 2004 until 2 ...

* Dylan McGeouch * Mark McGeown *

Michael McGlinchey Michael Ryan McGlinchey (born 7 January 1987) is a New Zealand former footballer who played as a midfielder. McGlinchey played youth football with Scottish club Celtic, where he made his professional debut. After spending time on loan to Dunf ...

* Jon-Paul McGovern * Michael McGovern * Paul McGowan *

Jim McInally James Edward McInally (born 19 February 1964) is a Scottish football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish League Two club Peterhead. He played for Dundee United for 10 seasons in which he won the 1993–94 ...

* Kerr McInroy *

Des McKeown Desmond McKeown (born 18 January 1970) is a Scottish retired footballer who played for Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Queen of the South in two spells, Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir. He was also in the Celtic youth team but never played a ...

* Brian McLaughlin *

Stephen McManus Stephen David McManus (born 10 September 1982) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is a first-team coach at Scottish Premiership club Celtic. McManus, who played as a centre-back, was a product of Celtic's youth acad ...

* Mark McNally * Anthony McParland * Jamie McQuilken *

* Willie McStay *

Chris Millar Christopher Alexander Millar (born 30 March 1983) is a Scottish professional football player and coach who plays for Port Glasgow Juniors Millar was in the Celtic youth system, then started his professional career with Greenock Morton. He th ...

Mark Millar Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ext ...

* Calvin Miller *

Liam Miller Liam William Peter Miller (13 February 1981 – 9 February 2018) was an Irish professional association football, footballer. Miller began his career with Celtic F.C., Celtic and was later loan (football), loaned to Aarhus Gymnastik Forening, ...

* Milan Mišůn *

Adam Montgomery Adam Montgomery (born 18 July 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Championship club Queen's Park on loan from club Celtic. Career Montgomery signed his first professional contract with Celtic in J ...

* Allan Morrison *

David Moyes David William Moyes (born 25 April 1963) is a Scottish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player, who currently manages Premier League club Everton F.C., Everton. He was the 2003, 200 ...

* Charlie Mulgrew * Aidan Nesbitt *

Pat Nevin Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin (born 6 September 1963) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. In a twenty-year career, he appeared for Clyde F.C., Clyde, Che ...

* Jim O'Brien *

Diarmuid O'Carroll Diarmuid O'Carroll (born 16 March 1987) is an Irish retired professional footballer. He has worked in various roles in football such as for the Irish Football Association as Club and Community Development Officer within the Football Development ...

Eoghan O'Connell Eoghan O'Connell (born 13 August 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Wrexham. He began his youth playing career in the Republic of Ireland, joined the academy of Scottish club Celtic in 2011 and made hi ...

Darren O'Dea Darren O'Dea (born 4 February 1987) is an Irish retired professional football player, who is the assistant head coach of Swansea City. O'Dea has played as a centre back for clubs in Scotland, England, Canada, Ukraine and India, and represente ...

* Stephen O'Donnell * Armstrong Oko-Flex * Brian O'Neil * Tomislav Pavlov * John Potter *

Bryan Prunty Bryan Prunty (born 12 January 1983) is a Scottish former footballer who is on the backroom staff at Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians. Career Club Prunty began his career with Celtic, but he failed to make a senior appearance. In Janua ...

Ben Quinn Ben Mark Quinn (born 11 November 2004) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Mansfield Town. Club career Born in Dublin, after playing for Cherry Orchard and St Patrick's Athletic, Quinn signed for Scottish club ...

Rocco Quinn Rocco Quinn (born 7 September 1986) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Quinn played for Celtic, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South, Ross County and St Mirren, as well as Kilmarnock, St Johnstone ...

* Anthony Ralston * Craig Reid *

Mark Reid Mark Reid (born 15 September 1961) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a left back. Reid made over 350 appearances in the Scottish and English Football Leagues between 1980 and 1993. Career Born in Kilwinning, Reid playe ...

* Nicky Riley * Andy Ritchie *

Luca Santonocito Luca Santonocito (born 11 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo. Besides Italy, he has played in Scotland.Tony Shepherd *

Cillian Sheridan Cillian Sheridan (born 23 February 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Brechin City. Sheridan began his career with Celtic in 2006, but a lack of first team opportunities saw him being loaned to other S ...

Paul Slane Paul Slane (born 25 November 1991) is a Scottish media personality and former professional footballer. He has played for Motherwell, Celtic, Partick Thistle, Milton Keynes Dons, Ayr United, Clyde and Broomhill. Slane also represented the S ...

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Joe Thomson Joseph McGeachy Thomson (6 May 1948 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission. Early life Thomson was born in Campbeltown and at ...

Robbie Thomson Robert Scott Thomson (born 7 March 1993) is a Scottish association football, football coach and a former Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who is the goalkeeping coach with Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers. He has played for Celtic ...

* Lewis Toshney *

Richie Towell Richard Patrick Towell (born 17 July 1991) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Towell started his career with Scottish club Celtic and made his debut in the first half of the 2010–11 season. He then had two ...

* Andrew Traub * John Traynor *

Filip Twardzik Filip Twardzik (born 10 February 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Trnava. Club career Celtic Twardzik and twin brother Patrik started off their careers with Sachsen Leipzig before being signed by ...

Patrik Twardzik Patrik Twardzik (born 10 February 1993) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club FC Gütersloh. Early life Twardzik was born in the Czech Republic but educated in Germany as his father played football there. Club career ...

Ross Wallace Ross Wallace (born 23 May 1985) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He played for Celtic F.C., Celtic, Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Preston North End F.C., P ...

* Sam Wardrop * Calum Waters *

Tony Watt Anthony Paul Watt (born 29 December 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Motherwell on loan from side Dundee United. He was a product of the Airdrie United youth academy before joining Celtic in 2011, ...

* Stephen Welsh *

Derek Whyte Derek Whyte (born 31 August 1968) is a Scottish former association football, footballer, who played for Celtic F.C., Celtic, Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen and Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle. He also won twelve ...

David van Zanten David van Zanten (born 8 May 1982) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Van Zanten was born in Ireland to a Dutch father and an Irish mother. Despite being born in Ireland, van Zanten has played his entire sen ...

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