The History of Celtic Match Programmes
SEASON OPPONENTS, COMPETITION & Number- League if not otherwise stated
1948/49 Aston Villa(Friendly- No 14), No 16 never issued? scheduled for Clyde 19th Feb-postponed
1949/50 Hibernian (Friendly No 20)
1950/51 Clyde(Glasgow Cup- No3), Lazio(Friendly- No5), Queen's Park (Glasgow Cup-No7)
1951/52 Hearts(St Mungo Cup-No1), Newcastle (Friendly-No4), No14 never issued?- scheduled for Morton (14th Jan-postponed)
1952/53 No12- never issued?- scheduled for Aberdeen (3rd Jan- postponed)
1953/54 Kilmarnock(Friendly(No17)
1955/56 No 13 never issued?- scheduled for Falkirk (14th Jan- postponed)
1958/59 Two Programmes issued with No12
1961/62 Two Programmes issued with No12
1967/68 No5 never issued?- scheduled for Hibernian (7th Oct- match played), No8 never issued?- scheduled for Hearts (9th Dec- match played), No10 never issued?- scheduled for Rangers (2nd Jan match played)
1996/97 Arsenal (Friendly- No1), Sporting Lisbon (Friendly- No2), Barcelona (Friendly- No11)
1997/98 Parma (Friendly- No1), Roma (Friendly- No3), two programmes issued with No6
1998/99 Tottenham Hotspur (Friendly- No2), Liverpool (Friendly- No4)
1999/00 Leeds Utd (Friendly- No1), Newcastle (Friendly- No2), No9- not used on Kilmarnock (30th Oct), No14- not used on Rangers (27th Dec), Bayern Munich (Friendly- No16), No20- not used on Rangers (8th Mar),
2000/01 Bordeaux (Friendly -No1), West Ham Utd (Friendly- No2), No6- not used on Rangers (27th Aug), Motherwell (30/12 Post No18)
2001/02 Fulham (Friendly -No1), Sunderland (Friendly- No2),
2002/03 Ajax (Friendly -No1), Parma (Friendly- No2), Feyenoord (Lisbon Lions testimonial no number) , Celta Vigo (28/11) and Motherwell (1/12) both No 16. There was then no number 17.
2003/04 Arsenal (Friendly -No1) . Dundee Utd(14/2 ) and Teplice (26/2 ) both number 19 there was no number 20. Dunfermline (2/5) and Rangers (8/5) both number 28, then Dundee Utd (16/5) number 29. Larsson tribute v Seville (25/5) had no number.
2004/05 2004/5 numbering turned out to be a shambles
Newcastle (Friendly -No 1) , Spurs (Friendly No 3) , Barcelona no number (should have been 6. There is a 5 and then a 7 either side of it), Shakhtar no number (should have been 11. There is a 10 and then a 12 either side of it)
Both Inverness & Hibernian home SPL issues have number 13
AC Milan has no number (God knows what it should be. There are two 13s before it and then a 15 after it).
Livingston (2nd Jan) & Rangers (9th Jan) both No 16.
No number 18 in sequence. Jumps from 17 to 19
McNamara testimonial programme (29/5) has no number
2005/06 Sporting Lisbon (Friendly - Issue 1) . Leeds Utd (Friendly Issue 2 )
Artmedia (Champions League Qualifier) and Dundee Utd (SPL 6/8/05) both given as Issue 3
There is no issue 4
2006/07 Everton (Friendly - Issue 1), Man Utd (Friendly - Issue 2)
Champions League matches : Copenhagen (no number), Benfica (no number), Man Utd (no number), AC Milan (no number)
2007/08 Parma (Friendly - no number). First SPL match v Kilmarnock is Issue 1.
Champions League v AC Milan, Benfica,Shakhtar and Barcelona - no numbers.
2008/09 Manchester City (Friendly - no number)
Champions League v Aalborg, Manchester Utd and Villarreal - no numbers.
2009/10 Dinamo Moscow (No 1), Sunderland (Friendly - No 2), Arsenal (Champions League playoff - No 3), AZ Alkmaar (Friendly No 25)
2010/11 Blackburn Rovers (Friendly - No 02)