Christmas Day through the years for Celtic

Between its foundation in 1887 and 1971, Celtic played 20 times on Christmas Day, including friendlies and league matches, some of which were high scoring and others rather disappointing. The first came in the year following the club’s birth – 1888 – when a Celtic side comprised of both first team and reserve players travelled into Lanarkshire to face Airdrie St Margaret in a friendly. It was not an audacious start, the new club losing 2-1...