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Back in the 1890s, Willie Maley took control of Celtic and with iron will-power established a footballing tradition that endures to this day. In the 1960s, Jock Stein shaped a team that proved itself to be Europe's finest, while the recent arrival of Martin o'Neill has seen Celtic challenge Rangers to become Scottish football's dominant force in the early twenty-first century.Few tales are as intriguing as that of Celtic and their managers. The Club was the epitome of managerial stability during its first century and only six men had been Celtic manager by the time of the club's centenary in 1988. Each of them - Willie Maley, Jimmy McStay, Jimmy McGrory, Jock Stein, David Hay and Billy McNeill - had been Celtic players who then went on to become team manager. Once McNeill departed in 1991, however, Celtic shook off their conservative, stable image. The club appointed seven managers in nine years, including Wim Jansen and Dr Jozef Venglos from overseas. Other 1990s incumbents, including Lou Macari and John Barnes, managed only for a matter of months while Tommy Burns and Liam Brady lived out their stretches under extreme pressure. THE HEAD BHOYS provides a detailed examination of e

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Graham McColl is an experienced freelance writer. He is the author of several successful books, including CELTIC- THE OFFICIAL HISTORY and CELTIC- THE JOCK STEIN YEARS, and contributes to FOUR FOUR TWO and WHEN SATURDAY COMES. He lives and works in Glasgow.

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