Celtic Football: Updates, Squad, Predictions and African Kick Off Times

Celtic are a Scottish football club from the East End of Glasgow, founded on 6 November 1887 and based at Celtic Park, the largest club stadium in Scotland with a capacity of 60,411. Known as the Bhoys and the Hoops, they are one half of the Old Firm with Rangers. For readers in Johannesburg and Pretoria who call the game soccer, this is the green and white side that keeps appearing on weekend screens beside the Premier League.

The Celtic modules bring together news, results, squad details and predictions, alongside the club's league position and points distance from Rangers. Celtic fixture times appear together across four zones: WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT.

Where Is the Latest Celtic News, Results and Fixtures?

Celtic's news, results and fixture modules carry refresh dates so readers can check how recently each was updated. Each Celtic result identifies the competition alongside the score and scorers, keeping Scottish cup ties distinct from Premiership fixtures. The Celtic fixtures list brings the upcoming schedule together with converted starts for supporters following the Hoops from Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala, Johannesburg and Accra. Celtic transfer news runs through the same feed, and, in my opinion, it is worth checking the date on any transfer story before forwarding it to the group chat, because a rumour from August can still be travelling in November.

How Is the Celtic Squad Set Out?

Celtic's squad module groups senior players by position and shirt number, names the manager and reflects registered arrivals and departures. Working from Celtic's goalkeepers towards the forwards helps you assess positional cover across the squad, beyond the attention given to an individual signing. To find African representation in Celtic's registered squad, check the module for players connected to Nigeria's Super Eagles, Kenya's Harambee Stars, South Africa's Bafana Bafana, Ghana's Black Stars or Uganda Cranes.

How Are Our Celtic Predictions Made?

For each Celtic fixture assessed in the calls module, the prediction includes its probability, reference price and supporting explanation. Celtic's assessment considers the opposition, venue and competition: a Premiership afternoon at Parkhead presents a different task from an away tie in Europe. Treat the probability attached to a Celtic call as an estimate of the outcome's likelihood; the published record retains unsuccessful calls as well as successful ones for comparison. Celtic calls are intended for adults aged 18 and over, with the relevant national support helpline displayed alongside the predictions.

How Do You Read Celtic's Place in the Scottish Premiership Table?

Celtic's place in the Scottish Premiership table, and the gap to Rangers, is shown live in the table module, so read the points column first and goal difference second. Scotland's Premiership contains 12 clubs; a victory earns three points, while a drawn match earns one. Each club plays 33 matches before the division separates into two groups of six, with five further fixtures per club within its group. That structure allows Celtic and Rangers to contest four league meetings during a season when both finish in the same half. South African readers who know the table as the log can read it the same way. But, the figure most Glasgow supporters look at is the distance between Celtic and Rangers, and the dates after the split are set later in the season, so check the fixtures module again once it arrives.

How Do Celtic Fare in European Competition?

Celtic's European fixtures and results sit in the same modules, filtered by competition, so the UEFA record can be read apart from the domestic one. The defining match in the club's story came in Europe. On 25 May 1967, in Lisbon, Celtic beat Inter Milan by two goals to one and became the first British team to win the European Cup, and the men who did it have been called the Lisbon Lions ever since. In my opinion, every Celtic European night is still measured against that evening in Portugal, which is a heavy standard for any squad to carry, and a proud one.

To judge how Celtic are doing in UEFA competition this season, start with which competition they are in, then the stage reached, then the results against clubs from the bigger leagues. That last measure is the honest one, because it shows how the side copes away from the rhythm of the Scottish game, and progress there is what lifts the club's European standing over time. Following Celtic in Europe can mean a late evening for African supporters. When a Celtic European tie kicks off in Glasgow at 20:00 on Britain's winter clock, Lagos viewers tune in at 21:00 WAT, Nairobi and Kampala viewers at 23:00 EAT, Johannesburg viewers at 22:00 SAST and Accra viewers at 20:00 GMT. Nairobi and Kampala therefore have the latest local start among those cities.

Who Are Celtic? From a Charity Dinner Table to the Lisbon Lions

Celtic are a Glasgow club that began as a charity, and the hooped shirt, the Old Firm and the Lisbon Lions all grew from that start. Brother Walfrid founded the club on 6 November 1887 to raise money for the Poor Children's Dinner Table in the East End of Glasgow, and the Irish roots of that community still shape how supporters see the club. The first official match came on 28 May 1888, against Rangers, and Celtic won by five goals to two. So, the rivalry is as old as the club itself, and in Lagos terms it is the kind of argument that grandfathers started and grandsons are still reopening.

Home is Celtic Park in Parkhead, which holds 60,411 and is the largest club stadium in Scotland, and the green and white hoops give the club its second nickname. The Old Firm is the name for Celtic and Rangers together, and the record books hold some extraordinary afternoons between them. Celtic's win by seven goals to one over Rangers in the 1957 League Cup final is still the highest scoring British domestic cup final. If you are new to the club, read the Old Firm results in the records module first, because no fixture explains Celtic better.

Why Do Celtic Matter to Fans in Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg?

Kenya has the clearest link to Celtic, through Victor Wanyama, who played for the club from 2011 to 2013 and captained Harambee Stars. He moved to Southampton in 2013 and later played for Tottenham, so many Kenyan supporters who followed him into English football first learned the Celtic name through him. In my opinion, that is how a lot of African fans find a club abroad, by following one of their own across the water, and Wanyama gave Nairobi a reason to watch Scottish football that has outlasted his time in Glasgow.

Nigeria's link is Efe Ambrose, who joined Celtic from Ashdod in 2012 and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles while he was a Celtic player.

The rest of the pull is the story itself. A club founded to feed poor children speaks to supporters in Johannesburg, Accra and Kampala who follow clubs with a community history, and the Old Firm derby is the match that brings casual viewers to the screen. For Celtic viewers in Kampala and Nairobi, the EAT column gives an identical start because Uganda and Kenya share that time zone. If you want one fixture to start with, pick the next Celtic and Rangers meeting in the fixtures module and watch it with someone who already supports either side.

What Time Do Celtic Kick Off in Africa, and How Can You Watch?

The Celtic conversion table pairs Scottish fixture starts with the clocks used by African supporters. Britain's winter clock follows GMT, while its summer clock runs one hour ahead between late March and late October. For Celtic's 15:00 Glasgow starts in winter, the viewing times are 16:00 WAT in Lagos, 18:00 EAT in Nairobi and Kampala, 17:00 SAST in Johannesburg and 15:00 GMT in Accra; during British summer, those Celtic starts become 15:00 WAT for Lagos, 17:00 EAT for Nairobi and Kampala, 16:00 SAST for Johannesburg and 14:00 GMT for Accra. Consult Celtic's where to watch module for the broadcaster listed in your market, as coverage arrangements vary between countries and seasons. Celtic's modules are designed to load quickly on mobile data for supporters checking scores and short video on their phones.

What Have Celtic Won?

In May 2026, Celtic's major honours total reached 122, including 56 Scottish league titles, a record 43 Scottish Cups, 22 League Cups and the 1967 European Cup. Celtic won the 2025 to 2026 Scottish league title on 16 May 2026, completing a run of five consecutive league titles. One season still stands above the rest. In 1966 to 1967 they completed a clean sweep of the competitions they entered, the European Cup included.

The modern era has its own peaks, each with its year attached. Martin O'Neill became manager in June 2000 and won three league titles in his first spell. Brendan Rodgers was appointed in May 2016, and in 2016 to 2017 Celtic went through the league unbeaten with a record 106 points, the first Scottish top flight side to finish a league season unbeaten since Rangers in 1899. Celtic then won a domestic treble in each of 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020, remembered as the double treble, the treble treble and the quadruple treble. For the count after the next final, the records module keeps the honours list current.