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A selection of controversial matches, incidents & events that the club has sadly had to face over it’s history
- 1880’s-1920’s – Celtic & Irish Home Rule issue
- 1904 – Celtic Stand and Pavilion Destroyed
- 1909 – Riot at Scottish Cup game: Celtic v Rangers
- 1929 – Celtic Park Pavilion Fire
- 1931 – John Thomson dies after a challenge during Celtic v Rangers match (accidental collision)
- 1933 – Irish flag controversy
- 1941 – Celtic Park closed for a month by SFA after trouble at Ibrox
- 1946 – Victory Cup – Drunk Rangers-biased referee creates havoc, and Celtic players punished heavily
- 1952 – Irish flag controversy – The SFA/Celtic dispute over the Irish flag flying at Celtic Park
- 1957 – The Shawfield Disaster
- 1960s – Bigots at the BBC – Big Jock V Blue Peter
- 1961 – The Celtic Song
- 1967 – World Club Championship v Racing Club
- 1968 – Prague Spring & Soviet Invasion – Celtic protest in European Cup
- 1970’s-1990s – Abuse at Boys’ Clubs in Scotland
- 1971 – Ibrox disaster
- 1980 – Scottish Cup final (Huns riot!)
- 1984 – Rapid Vienna
- 1985 – The Janefield Street ‘Riot’
- 1988 – Mark Walters debut for Rangers at Celtic Park
- 1992 – Scottish Super League
- 1994 – Celtic Takeover – Articles & newspaper reports from early 1994
- 1995 – Mark Scott – Newspaper articles on the murder of a Celtic fan
- 1996 – Lawrence Haggart
- 1996 – Van Hooijdonk – “Homeless” Slur
- 1997 – Cadete Affair: Celtic & Fergus McCann v SFA & Jim Farry
- 1997 – Celtic Wimbledon
- 1997 – Hugh Dallas and “The Coin” incident
- 1998 – The Failed Takeover of Celtic by Jim Kerr fronted consortium
- 2002 – Daily Record – “Thugs and Thieves” front page article
- 2008 – “Bead-rattlers” article
- 2010 – Dougie-gate: Rescinded penalty and lying official (Oct 2010)
- 2010 – Celtic & The Poppy Appeal
- 2011 – Improvised Explosive Devices sent to manager Neil Lennon (Apr 2011)
- 2013 – Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill
- 2013 – Green Brigade Section 111 closed by Celtic FC (temporarily) (Aug 2013)
- 2013 – Ajax and Police abuse of power
- 2013/14 – Green Brigade (2013/14)
- 2012-18- Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act
- 2020 – Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- 2021 – Policeman Bernard Higgins’ proposed appointment
- 2022 – The Irish Womens National football song and the ‘Celtic Symphony’ song
- 2023 – VAR introduction
- 2023 – Coronation of the King: “You can shove your coronation up your…”
- 2023 – Green Brigade – Stadium ban (2023)