Editing Celtic F.C. (section)

==Crest and colours==
{{Commons|Celtic F.C. kits}}
[[File:CelticCrest1977.jpg|thumb|The club crest adopted on the team's football shirts in 1977, based on a badge originating from the 1930s]]
[[File:Celticfc100.png|thumb|The special crest that was adopted in seasons 1987–88 & 1988–89 to celebrate the club's centenary]]  
[[File:Celtic 50th Anniversary of Lisbon Lions 1967 (2017–18).jpg|thumb|Special commemorative crest used in season 2017–18 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club's European Cup Final win in 1967]]
For most of Celtic's history their home strip has featured green and white horizontal hoops, but their original strip consisted of a white top with black shorts and black and green hooped socks. The top also featured the Marist Brothers' badge on the right hand side, consisting of a green [[Celtic cross]] inside a red circle.<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm |title=Celtic – Kit History |work=Historical Football Kits |access-date=20 June 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812014900/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wilson|1988|p=5}}</ref> In 1889, the club changed to a green and white vertically striped top and for the next fourteen years this remained unchanged although the colour of the shorts alternated between white and black several times over this period. The top did not feature a crest.<ref name="numbers" /><ref name="ntv">{{cite web|title=109 years in the hoops – 1903–2013|url=http://en.calameo.com/read/000901052dcd8b3a94b18|website=Not the View – Issue 208|access-date=24 August 2015|pages=14–15|date=13 May 2012|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904075246/http://en.calameo.com/read/000901052dcd8b3a94b18|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1903, Celtic adopted their now famous green and white hooped tops. The new design was worn for the first time on 15 August 1903 in a match against [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]].<ref name="numbers" /> Black socks continued to be worn until the early 1930s, at which point the team switched to green socks. Plain white socks came into use in the mid-1960s, and white has been the predominant colour worn since then.<ref name="numbers" />

{| class="wikitable right"
|+History of Celtic football strips<ref name="numbers"/>
|
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  body     = FFFFFF |
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  shorts     = 000000 |
  socks      = 006014 |
  title      = 1888
}}
|
{{Football kit |
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  shorts     = 000000 |
  socks      = 000000 |
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}}
|
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  pattern_b  = _Temuco |
  pattern_ra = _celtic0810h |
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  body     = FFFFFF |
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  shorts     = FFFFFF |
  socks      = 000000 |
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}}
|
{{Football kit |
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  pattern_ra = _celtic0810h |
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  body     = FFFFFF |
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}}
|}

The club began using a badge in the 1930s, featuring a four leaf clover logo surrounded by the club's formal title, "The Celtic Football and Athletic Coy. Ltd".<ref name="crests">{{cite web|title=Celtic badge|url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Celtic+badge|website=The Celtic Wiki|access-date=6 October 2015|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007080802/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Celtic+badge|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was not until 1977 that Celtic finally adopted the club crest on their shirts. The outer segment was reversed out, with white lettering on a green background on the team shirts.  The text around the clover logo on the shirts was also shortened from the official club crest to "The Celtic Football Club".<ref name="crests" /> For their centenary year in 1988, a commemorative crest was worn, featuring the Celtic cross that appeared on their first shirts. The 1977 version was reinstated for season 1989–90.<ref name="numbers"/>

From 1945 onwards numbered shirts slowly came into use throughout Scotland, before becoming compulsory in 1960.  By this time Celtic were the last club in Britain to adopt the use of numbers on the team strip to identify players.  The traditionalist and idealistic Celtic chairman, [[Robert Kelly (football chairman)|Robert Kelly]], baulked at the prospect of the famous green and white hoops being disfigured, and as such Celtic wore their numbers on the players' shorts.<ref name="numbers"/> This unusual tradition survived until 1994, although numbered shirts were worn in [[UEFA competitions|European competition]] from 1975 onwards.<ref name="numbers"/>  Celtic's tradition of wearing numbers on their shorts rather than on the back of their shirts was brought to an end when the [[Scottish Football League]] instructed Celtic to wear numbers on their shirts from the start of the 1994–95 season. Celtic responded by adding numbers to the top of their sleeves, however within a few weeks the football authorities ordered the club to attach them to the back of their shirts, where they appeared on a large white patch, breaking up the green and white hoops.<ref name="numbers"/>

In 1984 Celtic took up shirt sponsorship for the first time, with Fife-based double glazing firm CR Smith having their logo emblazoned on the front of the team jersey.<ref name="trshirt">{{cite web|url=http://tribal-colours.co.uk/?portfolio=242 |title=Celtic |work=Tribal Colours |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818042039/http://tribal-colours.co.uk/?portfolio=242 |archive-date=18 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Halliday |first=Stephen |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282 |title=Magners shirt cash for Celtic ends Old Firm double deals |work=The Scotsman |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153420/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In season 1991–92, Celtic switched to Glasgow-based car sales company Peoples as sponsors.<ref>{{cite web|last=Halliday|first=Stephen|title=Magners shirt cash for Celtic ends Old Firm double deals|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282|website=The Scotsman|access-date=28 August 2015|date=9 January 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153420/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282|url-status=live}}</ref>  The club failed to secure a shirt sponsor for season 1992–93, and for the first time since the early 1980s Celtic took to the field in "unblemished" hoops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/939-August-2008/990-celtic-cross |title=Celtic cross |work=When Saturday Comes |date=9 July 2012 |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233524/http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/939-August-2008/990-celtic-cross |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="9293p1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ntvcelticfanzine.com/the%2090s/90s9293pt1.htm |title=92–93 part 1 |work=NTV Celtic Fanzine |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-date=30 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030154258/http://www.ntvcelticfanzine.com/the%2090s/90s9293pt1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>  Despite the loss of marketing revenue, sales of the new unsponsored replica top increased dramatically.<ref name="9293p1" />  Celtic regained shirt sponsorship for season 1993–94, with CR Smith returning as shirt sponsors in a four-year deal.<ref name="trshirt" /><ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Reynolds |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mcginlay-move-hibs-tell-celtic-they-must-wait-in-the-wings-1.755005 |title=McGinlay move: Hibs tell Celtic they must wait in the wings |work=Herald Scotland |date=16 June 1993 |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213030131/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mcginlay-move-hibs-tell-celtic-they-must-wait-in-the-wings-1.755005 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005 the club severed their connection with [[Umbro]], suppliers of their kits since the 1960s and entered into a contract with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]].  To mark the 40th anniversary of their European Cup win, a special crest was introduced for the 2007–08 season. The star that represents this triumph was retained when the usual crest was reinstated the following season.<ref name="numbers"/>  In 2012, a retro style kit was designed by Nike that included narrower hoops to mark the club's 125th anniversary.  A special crest was introduced with a [[Celtic knot]] design embroidered round the traditional badge. A third-choice strip based on the first strip from 1888 was also adopted for the season.<ref name="numbers"/>

In March 2015, Celtic agreed a new kit deal worth £30 million with [[Boston]]-based sportswear manufacturer [[New Balance]] to replace Nike from the start of the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/in-full/new-balance-s-celtic-2015-16-home-kit-launched-1-3762739|title=New Balance's Celtic 2015/16 home kit launched|work=The Scotsman|access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>

All of the kits for the [[2017–18 Celtic F.C. season|2017–18 season]] paid tribute to the [[Lisbon Lions]], with the kits having a line on each side to represent the handles of the [[European Cup]]. The kits also included a commemorative crest, designed specifically for the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/12536 |title=Introducing the New Celtic FC Lisbon Commemorative Kit Crest |work=Celtic FC |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=25 July 2017 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809040404/http://www.celticfc.net/news/12536 |url-status=live }}</ref> The regular crest was reinstated the following season, although the away strip featured a Celtic cross once again in reference to the club's heritage.<ref name="numbers" />

In March 2020, Celtic announced a new five-year partnership with [[Adidas]] starting on 1 July 2020, in a deal believed to be the biggest kit sponsorship ever in Scottish sport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtic announce magnificent new five-year partnership with Adidas|date=13 March 2020 |url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/17678|publisher=Celtic FC|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030155447/http://www.celticfc.net/news/17678|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
!'''Period'''<ref name="numbers" />
!'''Kit manufacturer'''<ref name="numbers" />
!'''Shirt sponsor (front)'''<ref name="numbers" />
!'''Shirt sponsor (back)'''<ref name="numbers" />
|-
|1960s–1984
| rowspan="8" |[[Umbro]]
|''none''
| rowspan="12" |''none''
|-
|1984–1991
|CR Smith
|-
|1991–1992
|Peoples Ford
|-
|1992–1993
|''none''
|-
|1993–1997
|CR Smith
|-
|1997–1999
|Umbro
|-
|1999–2003
|[[NTL Incorporated|NTL]]
|-
|2003–2005
| rowspan="2" |[[Carling brewery|Carling]]
|-
|2005–2010
| rowspan="3" |[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|2010–2013
|[[Tennents]]
|-
|2013–2015
| rowspan="2" |[[Magners]]
|-
|2015–2016
| rowspan="2" |[[New Balance]]
|-
|2016–2020
| rowspan="2" |[[Dafabet]]
| rowspan="2" |Magners
|-
|2020–
|[[Adidas]]
|}