CELTIC is a club with a worldwide fan base and connections.
They also feature showbiz enthusiasts such as Billy Connolly, Sir Rod Stewart and Hollywood stars Gerard Butler and Jennifer Love Hewitt, who stick faithfully to the Hoops.
But another well-known call from ’80s children’s television was stunned when it encountered other Hoops roots on the last leg of its motorcycle tour.
And it’s an especially vital site.
Wac-a-day presenter Timmy Mallet saw a Kyogo Furuhashi flag in the middle of rural Ireland and couldn’t see.
Today, in addition to enthusiasts from all over the world, it is also known that Irish heritage is also strongly rooted in the club, founded through a Marist Brother from County Sligo.
He even PLAYS on a waterfront grass pitch from a box in Donegal.
And that’s where the former I’m a Celebrity star stopped to learn more about the Hoops’ history just days before the clash with Old Firm.
Alerted only by the Japanese talisman, Kyogo.
The mad host interrupted his excursion, in which he had already painted landscapes around the British sea coast, and was stunned by the connection.
He said: “I’m looking for reasons to avoid my motorcycle and take a look around.
“It’s this flag that caught my eye: the green and white flag of Celtic football.
“Now, what are you doing here?
“Well, I’m in a sacred place.
“Football stadiums are said to be the sacred ground of your club. Well, Celtic have a patch of grass on this pitch right here.
“It was cut in April 1995 for the new Celtic Park in Glasgow.
“When they did, they said we had links with Donegal and we would like to have land for our new land in Donegal.
“So he left here, he was taken by bus, surrounded by a bunch of passionate Celtic enthusiasts and taken back to Glasgow.
“I like, I like this link between the game and other regions of the world.
“It’s a real thrill to be here to celebrate football (and Celtic in particular) on this pitch in Donegal. “
The land is on the outskirts of Mullaghduff and a plaque that reads: “THE FIRST CELTIC LAWN.
“It was on this pitch, on April 10, 1995, that the first clod of grass was cut at the new Celtic Park in Glasgow.
“This memorial stone was later revealed by Glasgow Celtic captain Paul McStay on June 2, 1995. “
Celtic kick off the penultimate clash of the season between Old Firm and the rest of Celtic Park against Rangers at 12. 30pm. Saturday.
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