Founded under the autumnal skies of November 6, 1887, Celtic are tucked up in their home ground, Celtic Park, located in the hearty shrubs of Scotland. It's there, on this hallowed turf, where an intoxicating concoction of history, passion and the thrill of the beautiful game unfurls and utterly bewitches its witnesses.
Alighting upon the current make-up of the Celtic playing squad, we find 35 sprightly players, their average age meandering around the respectable boundary of youthful vigour and seasoned wisdom that is 25. This cluster of talent is valued at just shy of £114m, as detailed by the fine folks over at Transfermarkt.
The chronicle of this season's heroics unfolds across a tapestry of four distinct battlegrounds. The principal theatre of operations is the Premiership where they currently bask in the zenith, the acclaimed first place. Their League Cup journey, albeit bittersweet, saw them carve their way to the rather commendable quarter-finals. Their pursuit of Champions League glory was brought to a juddering halt at the play-offs, the final hurdle in the qualifiers. Not ones to sulk, they carried on their European campaign in the League Phase of the Europa League, the prominent second-tier of European club football.
