Celtic: The Early Years: 1887-1892

by Brendan Sweeney

CELTIC; The Early Years by Brendan Sweeney (Celts For Change & Celtic Graves). This absolutely beautiful new book gives an in depth and comprehensive analysis of the circumstances surrounding the birth of Celtic Football Club in the East End of Glasgow on 6th November 1887 in St Mary's Hall, Calton to it's rise to the top of the Scottish game in less than five years when it overcame all the odds to win the club's first Treble in 1892, a feat that shook Scottish football to its foundation. "The main object is to supply the east end conferences of the St Vincent de Paul Society, with funds for the maintenance of the "Dinner tables" of our needy children in the missions of St Mary's, Sacred Heart and St Michael's. Many cases of sheer poverty are left unaided through lack of means. It is therefore with this principal object that we have set afloat the Celtic and we invite you as one of our ever ready friends to assist in putting our new Park in proper working order for the coming football season". Not only is it a detailed review of the birth and early years of the club, but it gives a supporter's perspective, speaking from the heart on all the key events and the key individuals to an extent that has never been accomplished before covering the early years of the club. The level of research carried out over years of study and the attention to detail is what makes this book stand out in over 500 pages jam packed with facts, the evidence to back it up and the accompanying pictures, which help to paint the picture of the early Celtic. Many unknown details, never presented before are unearthed, including a comprehensive study on the life of Brother Walfrid up to his departure from Celtic.

448 pages, Hardcover

Published October 29, 2015

Reviews

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A magnificent body of work. Forensic in its detail about the formation and early years of this wonderful football club and institution and written in a most entertaining and compulsive manner. I can’t recommend this work highly enough as a football and social political history of a wonderful football club formed on the basis of charitable purposes. Superb !

[Daniel Hayes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully detailed book. Reading this gave me the inspiration to put my own research into print.
What Brendan doesn't include within this book about the formation of Celtic, just isn't worth knowing!