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Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow in Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club. The all-seater stadium is also known as ‘Parkhead’ and occasionally nicknamed’Paradise’ by Celtic fans, an ironic tag used to denote its close proximity to Janefield Cemetery.

It is the largest football stadium in Scotland, the second-largest sporting arena in Scotland after Murrayfield and the second largest club football stadium in the United Kingdom after Old Trafford.

The original Celtic Park was made by a large band of volunteers in 1888. Its opening game was against Rangers in 28/05/1888, in which Celtic won 5-2, but within 3 years Celtic decided to build a new stadium after annual renting costs rose from £50 to £450. The new stadium was built in a disused brickyard just across the street from the old stadium in 1892. A journalist covering the event reported that it was like “moving from the graveyard to paradise” hence the nickname “Paradise Park”. The main stand was designed by Archibald Leitch, the architect who also designed stadiums for Rangers, Hearts, Sunderland, Fulham and Everton, amongst others.

The stadium at one time featured a

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