Top 10 European football clubs that have never been relegated

#18 Celtic.

Celtic won nine successive league titles from 1966-1974, a then joint world record. The club continued to enjoy domestic success throughout the 70s and 80s, despite the rise of the so-called New Firm of Aberdeen and Dundee United. Celtic won the league and cup double in 1988, their Centenary Year.

The team’s fortunes went into decline in the early 1990s, with the family dynasties that had run Celtic since its formation struggling to cope with the increasing commercialisation of football. In March 1994, with the club facing bankruptcy, Canadian based businessman Fergus McCann finally wrested control of the club.
Celtic toiled for the first few post-war years under McGrory, and narrowly avoided relegation in 1948. In response, Celtic appointed Jimmy Hogan during the summer as a coach. He had previously worked throughout Europe, notably Hungary, and spent six years as the English FA’s coach. Hogan only spent two years at Parkhead but is credited with the improvement in Celtic’s football in the early 1950s, and his coaching ideas are also believed to have later inspired Jock Stein.