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Brother Walfrid statue outside Celtic Park — Lynn M Reid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

History

Published 20 August 2026 at 13:00 BST

On This Day in 1887: How Brother Walfrid Built Celtic

On 6 November 1887, Celtic Football Club was formally constituted in Glasgow. Here is the historic story of Brother Walfrid and the founding of our team.

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