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Celtic

Scottish football club
Also known as: Celtic FC, Celtic Football Club, the Bhoys
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Clive Gifford
Journalist and author whose works include Fantastic Football, Soccer Tactics, and The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia.
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Celtic, Scottish professional football (soccer) team based in Glasgow. Nicknamed “the Bhoys,” (the h is said to have been added to phonetically represent an Irish pronunciation of the word boys) Celtic shares a fierce rivalry with the crosstown Rangers, which is often of a sectarian nature, with Celtic and its supporters seen as the Catholic team and Rangers as the Protestant side. Together, the two teams have long dominated Scottish domestic football. Celtic was founded...

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