Celtic have given the frontage of Celtic Park a brand new look to celebrate the club entering it’s 125th year.
The link from Brother Walfrid to Neil Lennon is highlighted in massive banners hanging from either side of the main entrance to the stadium.
Lennon is a keen student of Celtic’s history and narrated a documentary about Walfrid that was produced at the time his statue was unveiled at Celtic Park.
The documentary highlighted the journey from Sligo to Glasgow that the then Andrew Kerins made where he started off a football club that is celebrated throughout the world 125 years later.
In the book to commemorate the unveiling of the statue in 2005 Lennon wrote: “As a Celtic supporter as well as a Celtic player I know just how important the history of the Club is to people.
“When Brother Walfrid proposed starting a football club to help feed the Irish immigrant community in Glashow he never envisaged the club growing to the size it is now, when 60,000 come to Celtic Park for every game, when over 80,000 travelled to Seville to cheer on the team in the UEFA Cup Final and where there were Celtic supporters from all over the world.
“I think it is fitting that the supporters associations have got together to raise money for a statue of Brother Walfrid outside Celtic Park and it’s something that, as a Celtic supporter, I fully back.”
Celtic’s first home game of the season is on Tuesday July 24 against Norwich City but it’s next Saturday’s friendly against Inter Milan that is most eagerly anticipated.
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There’s also the big ‘ glasgows green and white ‘ outside the superstore.
We should not and we will not forget our history! Celtic is ‘more than a football club’. It is a worldwide family and a way of life!
Front of the stadium looks great, and Brother Walfrid holding a Celtic scarf is also a lovely touch! He must be very proud!
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Should have had Lenny posing in the same way as Brother Walfrid to highlight the similarities between the two. It’s freaky!
Love the statues with the scarves attached. Lovely touch.
I swear this is true, my Misses said to me last night when she was on the PC (she hates Mock The Week), ‘have you seen this, they’ve put Lennys head on Brother Walfrid’.
She was quite surprised when I told her it was actually Brother Walfrid.
Like the poster but could do without the two sponsors at the bottom corners.
agreed! looks tacky
Ibrokes has a new look aswell it’s a great big sign saying ” FOR SALE “. Hail hail
More like tescos superstore coming soon
The sad fact that Celtic are closing its shop in Bishop Derry with 4 staff losing their jobs. i think this decision should be reviewed & overturned.
Just back from visting my mum in Carluke Did the tour of Parkhead Took my son frist time for him He loved it
Looking forward to the big Glasgow derby this weekend. It should be a marvellous occasion and a good match between two good teams.
Disappointed with Celtic’s decision to level the school.
Another fine Glasgow building disappears into the history books to be replaced with a faceless modern building which will be lucky to be still standing 50 years from now.
If the stone walls of that old school could talk!