Dalglish went on to be appointed Director of Football at Celtic in 1999, and later manager, where he won the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure the following year.

On 10 August 1977, after making 320 appearances and scoring 167 goals for Celtic, Dalglish was signed by Liverpool manager Bob Paisley for a British transfer fee record of £ 440, 000.

He also played for Celtic 1948-1958, Middlesbrough 1958-1960, St. Mirren 1961-1963, Partick Thistle 1963, Alloa 1963, Fraserburgh 1963-1964, Coleraine 1964 and Bangor 1964-1965 before becoming manager of Kilmarnock FC 1973-1977.

Emerging from the shadows of Jock Stein's Celtic side, Rangers regained ascendency with notable domestic success under the stewardship of manager Jock Wallace.

Advocaat's third season saw Rangers fail to compete domestically against Celtic under new manager Martin O ’ Neill.

Newly-appointed Celtic manager Martin O ' Neill made an offer to loan Bosnich for the 2000 – 01 season, but he decided against the move and decided that he would try and regain his place in the Manchester United first team.

( Gallagher admitting he ' cried like a baby ' when City won the Premier League title ) He is a friend of former City midfielder Joey Barton, as well as Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Italian striker Alessandro Del Piero, who described Gallagher as Italy's " lucky mascot " during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and appears in the Oasis video " Lord Don't Slow Me Down ".

and Scotland striker James McFadden attended Turnbull High School ( the local Roman Catholic secondary school ), as did top Snooker player Stephen Maguire and former Celtic and Partick Thistle striker Gerry Britton, previously manager of Stranraer F. C.

Following a contract dispute with Feyenoord, he was signed by Celtic manager Wim Jansen in July 1997 for a fee of £ 650, 000.

The announcement quickly sparked rumours of a return to Celtic as manager, even going so far as to suggest a link up with former Celtic team mate Ľubomír Moravčík as his assistant.

* Tommy Docherty ( b. 24 April 1928 ), Scottish football player and manager ( Celtic F. C., Preston North End and Chelsea F. C.

* Paul Lambert: Former Scotland, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund and St. Mirren midfielder and former Livingston and Wycombe Wanderers manager.

* Jock Stein, Scottish football manager, formerly of Celtic FC

At one point it was the largest school in Scotland, but the current school roll is around 700. Notable alumni of Our Lady's include Manchester City footballer and Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby, Celtic F. C.

Lee Sinnott-Footballer ( born July 12, 1965 in Aldridge, Walsall, England ) is an English ex-professional footballer and was the manager of Farsley Celtic, whom he led to promotion three times in four years.

Although Sturrock soon left for Dundee United, the club found a second ' golden period ' in 1998 – 99 under new manager Sandy Clark, when the club finished third in the SPL behind Rangers and Celtic.

He appointed Jimmy Sirrel, a charismatic Scot who had once played for Celtic F. C., as manager in November 1969.

They lost the final 3 – 2 to a Celtic team that was at the beginning of new manager Jock Stein's era.

Strachan resigned from Southampton in 2004 and took a 16 month break from management before returning to Scotland to become manager of Celtic in the Scottish Premier League.

McNeill left the Pittodrie Stadium for Celtic in summer 1978, and Alex Ferguson was appointed as the new manager.

After a 16 month break, Strachan returned to management on 1 June 2005, when he succeeded Martin O ' Neill as manager of Celtic in the Scottish Premier League ( SPL ).

He had an embarrassing start to his campaign as Celtic manager, losing 5 – 0 to Slovakian champions Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005 and three days later drawing 4 – 4 with Motherwell in his first SPL match in charge of the Glasgow club.

But he proved the critics wrong again and after beating Rangers twice at home, on 22 May 2008, Strachan became only the third ever Celtic manager to guide the club to three consecutive Scottish league titles.

Significant improvements were carried out between 1957 and 1971, partly due to the great success Celtic achieved under the management of Jock Stein.

Celtic Park is an all-seated bowl stadium, although the ground is split into four geographic sections, officially known as the North, Jock Stein ( West ), Lisbon Lions ( East ) and Main ( South ) Stands.

Jock Stein had instilled in the team the conviction that they could beat the superstars of Internazionale, Johnstone expected that Celtic would " get gubbed ".

When Celtic Park was rebuilt in the 1990s, the traditional Celtic fans ' end of the stadium was named the Jock Stein Stand.

After the disaster, Jock Stein took his European Cup Finalists, Celtic up to the Broch for a fundraising game, which Fraserburgh lost 7 – 0.

At Celtic, Ritchie had numerous disagreements with manager Jock Stein, which led to his transfer to Morton.

At the end of World War II with league football returning back to normality, Llanelli AFC returned to the 1st Division of the Welsh League for 1945 – 46 season and continued in this vain until the 1950 season when with the boom of returning fixtures to a nation starved of highly charged competitive football Llanelli AFC once again gained a place in the prestigious Southern League, together with an influx of Scottish League footballers including one John ( Jock ) Stein who was to find fame with Glasgow Celtic as a player and manager and a respected manager of both Leeds United and the Scottish National team.

While many Celtic fans are Catholic, some of the key figures in the club's history ( including John Thompson, Bertie Peacock, Jock Stein, Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain ) have come from a Protestant – and in the case of Stein a Unionist – background.

With Rangers ' high expectations and the success at Celtic under Jock Stein, the pressure built on White and after a Cup Winners Cup exit to Polish team Górnik Zabrze in 1969 he was sacked as manager.

Lambert helped the Scottish giants win the championship that season, their first in ten years and halted Rangers ' run of nine consecutive titles which had previously equalled the nine in a row achieved by Celtic in the Jock Stein era.

Everton came over to see the Limerick half-back in action in Milltown, Jock Stein arrived from Glasgow Celtic and there were scouting missions from Swindon Town and Millwall.

* Jock Stein ( later legendary Celtic Manager )

Also in Hillhouse is the famous Burnbank Bowling Club, where Celtic manager Jock Stein was the Club's 2nd Champion in 1953.

Jock Stein CBE was a football player with Albion Rovers FC, Llanelli Town FC and Celtic FC before becoming a legendary football manager who managed Dunfermline Athletic FC, Hibernian FC and Celtic FC.

The surprise was that his destination wasn't boyhood favourites Rangers but their nemesis Celtic, for whom Jock Stein paid £ 30, 000 to secure his services.

He would be Jock Stein's last signing for Celtic.

Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974.

Celtic appointed Stein to coach their reserve team after he retired as a player.

After a brief but successful spell at Hibernian, Stein returned to Celtic as manager in March 1965.

In thirteen years at Celtic, Stein won the European Cup, ten Scottish league championships, eight Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups.

Stein first played for senior club Albion Rovers as a trialist in a 4 – 4 draw against Celtic on 14 November 1942.

In July 1957, Stein was given the job of coaching the Celtic reserve team.

Despite this success, Stein felt he could not progress further at Celtic due to his Protestant faith ; Celtic had only previously appointed Catholics as manager.

It was later suggested that Stein was allowed to leave Celtic temporarily with the intention of later appointing him manager, but there was no evidence for this.

Dunfermline became a powerful force and Stein guided them to their first Scottish Cup victory in 1961, winning 2 – 0 in a replayed Final against Celtic.

Stein built his defence around John McNamee, who had been discarded by Celtic, and Pat Stanton.

Stein then approached Celtic chairman Bob Kelly, obstensibly to ask his advice about the Wolves job, but in the hope that he would be offered the Celtic manager's post.

Hibs tried to convince Stein to stay, even attempting to persuade his wife Jean, but becoming Celtic manager had been his long-held ambition.

While Stein was still Hibs manager, he arranged for Celtic to sign Bertie Auld from Birmingham City.

Stein had also allowed Hibs goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson to join Celtic.

With hindsight, some people claimed this was a deliberate ploy to move Simpson to Celtic before Stein himself moved, but in fact it was due to a wage dispute.

It was announced on 31 January that Stein would leave Hibs for Celtic at the end of the 1964 – 65 season.

Stein prepared the Celtic players with tactical advice, which they had never received before.

In the following season, Stein managed Celtic to a domestic treble for the first time in the club's history.