Celtic FC Trivia
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50 free Celtic FC trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Celtic were founded in a Glasgow church hall in 1887 to feed the poor of the East End, and eighty years later became the first British club to win the European Cup with eleven players born within 30 miles of the city. This 50-question quiz covers the whole history: Brother Walfrid and the first match against Rangers, Willie Maley's six-in-a-row, Jimmy McGrory's 550 goals, the 7–1 League Cup final, Jock Stein and the Lisbon Lions, nine-in-a-row, Fergus McCann's 1994 rescue, Martin O'Neill and Seville, and the run of trebles under Brendan Rodgers and Neil Lennon. There are questions on the hoops and the numbers on the shorts, Celtic Park, the crest and the star, the Old Firm, The Celtic View, the clubs around the world named after Celtic, and the records from 147,365 at Hampden to 69 games unbeaten. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone, share your score, or print it for a quiz night.
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Q 01Who formally constituted Celtic at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in 1887?
Brother Walfrid
Brother Walfrid, born Andrew Kerins in County Sligo, also came up with the name Celtic; his order later moved him to London, where he organised football matches for barefoot children.
Q 02What was the charitable purpose behind Celtic's founding?
Feeding the East End's poor
Feeding the East End's poor was the aim: the club funded the Poor Children's Dinner Table, where a child could buy a hot meal for a penny and those who could not pay were fed free.
Q 03Which Edinburgh club's example inspired the founding of Celtic?
Hibernian
Hibernian paid for the compliment: in 1888 Celtic lured away several of their best players with cash, and the weakened Edinburgh club folded for a time before re-forming in 1892.
Q 04What was the result of Celtic's first official match, against their future Old Firm rivals in May 1888?
A 5–2 win
A 5–2 win, achieved with a scratch side of guest players borrowed from established clubs, in a game that was billed as a friendly.
Q 05Why is Celtic's nickname 'The Bhoys' spelled with an h?
A nod to its Irish roots
A nod to its Irish roots: 'bhoy' was an old way of writing 'boy' as the Irish supposedly said it, though some say the h copies Gaelic spelling. An early-1900s postcard of 'The Bould Bhoys' is its first known use.
Q 06Which Glasgow club beat Celtic 2–1 in the 1889 Scottish Cup final, Celtic's first season in the competition?
Third Lanark
Third Lanark had to win it twice: the first match, played in a snowstorm, was replayed after both clubs protested about the pitch, and they took the second game 2–1.
Q 07Celtic's record league home win, 11–0 in 1895, came against which club?
Dundee
Dundee were hit for eleven only six weeks after Celtic had lost 5–0 on the same ground, and Celtic went on to win the league that season.
Q 08Who was appointed Celtic's first 'secretary-manager' in 1897?
Willie Maley
Willie Maley, who had played in the club's first match, was 29 when he took charge. He stopped buying established professionals and built his winning teams from youngsters out of junior football.
Q 09Why was the 1909 Scottish Cup withheld after Celtic's drawn final replay?
A riot
A riot broke out at the final replay when no extra time followed a second Old Firm draw: fans tore down the goalposts and set the pay-boxes alight, and both clubs asked for no further replay.
Q 10Which Celtic striker's 550 goals in 547 games remain a British record?
Jimmy McGrory
Jimmy McGrory was so attached to Celtic that he turned down a move to Arsenal that would have made him Britain's best-paid player; the board, which had wanted the fee, quietly cut his pay.
Q 11What pattern did Celtic's shirts carry before the hoops arrived in 1903?
Stripes
Stripes, running top to bottom, came in during 1889 in place of the white first shirt. The hoops that replaced them in August 1903 gave the club its nickname, the Hoops.
Q 12What emblem did Celtic's first shirt carry on the chest in 1888?
A Celtic cross
A Celtic cross sat on the breast of the white first shirt for the first season only. No crest appeared on the home jersey again until 1977, and by then it was the four-leaf clover.
Q 13Until 1994, where did Celtic unusually wear their player numbers?
On the shorts
On the shorts, because chairman Robert Kelly would not have the hoops broken up. When the league finally ordered numbers onto the shirts in 1994, Celtic first tried putting them on the sleeves.
Q 21Who scored Celtic's winning goal in the 1967 European Cup final?
Stevie Chalmers
Stevie Chalmers turned in a Bobby Murdoch shot with five minutes left. Twelve years earlier, aged 20, he had been given weeks to live with tuberculous meningitis and spent six months in a hospital beside Celtic Park.
Q 22Which Argentine side beat Celtic in the 1967 Intercontinental Cup?
Racing Club
Racing Club won a play-off in Montevideo so violent that six players were sent off, four of them Celtic's. One of the four, Bertie Auld, simply refused to leave the pitch and played on.
Q 23Where was the 1970 European Cup final, which Celtic lost to Feyenoord, played?
San Siro, Milan
Q 14Which double-glazing firm became Celtic's first shirt sponsor in 1984?
CR Smith
CR Smith put its name on both Old Firm shirts at once: its owner reckoned that backing only one of the Glasgow rivals would cost him half his customers.
Q 15Which kit supplier did Celtic leave in 2005 after several decades together?
Umbro
Umbro had made the hoops for decades and even doubled as shirt sponsor from 1997 to 1999, putting its own name across the front, before Nike took over in 2005.
Q 16By what score did Celtic win the 1957 League Cup final against their Old Firm rivals?
7–1
7–1, with Billy McPhail heading a hat-trick. Delighted fans put new words to Harry Belafonte's hit of that summer, 'Island in the Sun', and the song is still sung.
Q 17Which one-off 1950s tournament did Celtic win, beating Arsenal and Manchester United on the way?
Coronation Cup
The Coronation Cup set four English clubs against four Scottish ones. Celtic had just finished eighth in the league, yet they won the final in front of 117,000.
Q 18Who became Celtic manager in March 1965?
Jock Stein
Jock Stein had beaten Celtic in the 1961 Scottish Cup final as Dunfermline's manager. Hired as the club's first Protestant manager, he won that cup within weeks and the European Cup two years later.
Q 19Which club did Celtic beat 2–1 to win the 1967 European Cup?
Inter Milan
Inter Milan scored from an early penalty and then fell back on the defensive system that had won them two European Cups, but Celtic attacked without let-up and scored twice in the second half.
Q 20Celtic's 1967 European Cup winners are known by what nickname?
Lisbon Lions
The Lisbon Lions won Europe's top prize with a team of local men: every one was born within 30 miles of Celtic Park, where a stand now carries their name.
San Siro, Milan saw Celtic take the lead through Tommy Gemmell, only for Feyenoord to equalise two minutes later and score the winner three minutes from the end of extra time.
Q 24Which Celtic star joined Liverpool in 1977 for a British record £440,000?
Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish was bought with the money Liverpool had just banked for Kevin Keegan, and he ended his first season there by scoring the goal that won the European Cup.
Q 25Which businessman bought Celtic in March 1994, reportedly minutes before bankruptcy?
Fergus McCann
Fergus McCann, a Scots-Canadian who had made his money from golf holidays, turned the club into a plc and raised £14 million from a share issue.
Q 26What did Celtic's 1994 buyer vow to do after five years?
Leave the club
Leave the club: the new owner paid about £9 million for control, rebuilt the stadium and the finances, and in 1999 sold his shares on terms that put supporters ahead of institutions.
Q 27Where did Celtic play home games in 1994–95 while their own ground was rebuilt?
Hampden Park
Hampden Park cost £500,000 to rent for the season, and the exile ended there in May 1995 with a 1–0 Scottish Cup final win over Airdrie, Celtic's first trophy in six years.
Q 28Which Dutch manager led Celtic to the 1998 title that stopped their rivals' ten-in-a-row?
Wim Jansen
Wim Jansen had played for the Feyenoord side that beat Celtic in the 1970 European Cup final. As manager he signed Henrik Larsson, won the league, and walked out less than 48 hours later.
Q 29How did Celtic's first Old Firm game of the 2000–01 season end?
6–2 win
A 6–2 win that began with three goals in the first 11 minutes. Chris Sutton and Henrik Larsson each scored twice, and the visitors finished with ten men.
Q 30Who beat Celtic 3–2 after extra time in the 2003 UEFA Cup final?
Porto
Porto, coached by José Mourinho, won it five minutes from the end of extra time, after Henrik Larsson had twice headed Celtic level and Bobo Baldé had been sent off.