History of Celtic F.C. (1887–1994) As the season progressed, Frank McAvennie arrived from West Ham and young forward Joe Miller – a very promising prospect – was signed from Aberdeen. This new-look Celtic side, captained by Roy Aitken, quickly gelled and embarked on a 31-game unbeaten run, culminating in a historic League Championship and Scottish Cup double win in the club's centenary season. Walker and McAvennie forged a successful partnership up front whilst Paul McStay enjoyed his finest season, winning both the SPFA and Scottish Football Writers player of the year awards. Celtic clinched the league title on 23 April 1988 with a 3–0 win
Sport in Glasgow hold over 200,000 unofficially). Glasgow has three professional football clubs: Celtic and Rangers, which together make the Old Firm, and Partick Thistle. A fourth club, Queen's Park, is an amateur club that plays in the Scottish professional league system. Prior to this, Glasgow had other league clubs: Clyde, which moved to Cumbernauld, plus Third Lanark who went bankrupt in 1967, as well as Cowlairs, Clydesdale, Northern and Thistle in the 19th century. Senior teams such as St Mirren, Dumbarton, Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Airdrie United and Motherwell are based close to Glasgow. The history of football in the city,