Have Celtic Ever Won 10-In-A-Row?

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Celtic are the most successful club in Scotland and thus one of the most decorated in world football.

The Parkhead giants have won 119 major honours across their esteemed history, one more than their Glasgow arch-rivals Rangers.

The mammoth haul includes 54 Scottish top-flight titles, with number 55 set to arrive very soon as Brendan Rodgers aims to seal the Premiership trophy against Dundee United.

That will put them level with Rangers, who claim to have won 55 titles across their history.

Celtic will win their fourth consecutive Premiership crown this season, with fans already bringing back a chant that was sung for the majority of the 2010s.

That is the ‘Here We Go, 10-In-A-Row’ song, as Celtic supporters predict another realistic shot at something no Scottish football club has ever achieved.

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Celtic have never won 10IAR

Under Walter Smith, Rangers went very close at the end of the 1990s – but Wim Jansen’s Celtic were able to stop the unthinkable.

The Hoops have been just one season away from reaching the promised land twice. However, it was Rangers who prevented the Bhoys both times.

It’s the seemingly impossible challenge of winning 10 Scottish top-flight titles consecutively, as 67 Hail Hail take a look at Celtic’s agonising history of attempting to achieve the feat.

Celtic’s first 10IAR attempt (1965-1975)

Previously, the Scottish top-flight record for most consecutive title victories was six, first achieved by Celtic between 1905 and 1910.

The club’s first ever manager Willie Maley was at the helm for that historic run, before Rangers equalled the feat with six consecutive titles of their own between 1927 and 1932.

Celtic, under the legendary Jock Stein, eclipsed Maley’s run in 1972 when the team lifted their seventh Scottish Division One triumph in succession.

The Hoops also won the Scottish Cup that season, as well as reaching the final of the League Cup and semi-finals of the European Cup, losing to Inter Milan on penalties.

Not only did Celtic go on to win eight-in-a-row, they managed to win nine, which was achieved in 1974 with Stein still manager of the club.

So what happened during the 1974/75 season? Incredibly, after all those years of dominance and despite a fantastic start to the league campaign, Celtic could only finish third.

Rangers were champions and Hibs claimed second spot – the Hoops only finished third ahead of Dundee United on goal difference (+40 compared to +29).

Celtic lost just one league game between August 31 and January 1. That was against Rangers on September 14, before falling to them again on January 4.

Seven more league defeats followed after that, including three in a row in March 1975. It was a campaign to forget for Celtic, but surely their 9IAR run was never going to be equalled?

Celtic’s second 10IAR attempt (2011-2021)

Well, it was matched, sadly by Rangers in the 1990s. Their titles were won by Graeme Souness and Walter Smith, with Celtic managing to stop the historic 10 at the end of the decade.

Wim Jansen may have spent just one season as Celtic boss, but he goes down as a legendary figure at Parkhead for the crucially important 1998 title triumph.

13 years later, Celtic would kickstart their next run of nine league title victories in a row, this time under three different managers.

Neil Lennon would start and finish the attempt, winning three titles between 2012 and 2014. Ronny Deila wasn’t the most popular of Celtic managers, but he kept things going in 2015 and 2016.

Then it was the arrival of Brendan Rodgers, who led Celtic to the 2016/17 Premiership title without losing a single match. Rodgers won again in 2018, before leaving for Leicester City on his way to title number eight in a row.

Lennon picked up where Rodgers left off before winning the 2020 title that was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Celtic were still awarded the league title on a points-per-game basis.

Rangers ruined Celtic’s chances of winning 10IAR with a dominant 2020/21 season under Steven Gerrard, although Celtic were woeful under Lennon, who left in the February.