Oban Celtic
Encyclopedia
Oban Celtic is a shinty
team from Oban
, Argyll
, Scotland
. The club plays South Division One.
. The Club were highly successful from the start, winning the Bullough Cup in their first year and reaching the Camanachd Cup
Final in 1937, where they defeated Newtonmore.
The Camanachd Cup has been won five times in all and they have also been runners up on 4 other occasions. They were also South Senior Champions 12 times before reconstruction.
The Club has fallen on hard times in the new millennium, being relegated from the old National Division One to South Division One in 2004 and then being consigned to South Division Two due to a poor league position at the time of league reconstruction. This led to the best players going to fierce local rivals Oban Camanachd
, with whom there were advanced talks of a mergerhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20041121/ai_n12592113/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1, and also the loss of the reserve team. The club finished second in South Division Two in 2007 but won the league at a canter in 2008, marking success after several years of decline. http://www.shinty.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=94&cntnt01returnid=139
The club were runners-up to Glenorchy in 2010 but had a disappointing 2011, finishing 7th. However, they can look forward to renewed competition with Oban Camanachd's first team in 2012 as their bitter rivals were relegated from the Premier Division.
The club holds an annual Boxing Day
fixture between ex-players and the current side. http://www.obantimes.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8290/Oban_Celtic_veterans_go_down_fighting.html
Over the years, Oban Celtic have attracted moral support from fans of Glasgow Celtic F.C., based solely upon their name. However, this name was decided upon the mere toss of coin, the other option being Rangers. It is also noted in the modern era by the rest of the shinty community that most Celtic players support Rangers F.C.
. The club sometimes plays in green and white hoops, but this has not been the practice for a few years.
Shinty
Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the...
team from Oban
Oban
Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...
, Argyll
Argyll
Argyll , archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The club plays South Division One.
History
The Club was founded in 1927 due to a plethora of players being available who could not get a game for either the senior or the junior side of Oban CamanachdOban Camanachd
Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland. they were relegated from the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers.- History:...
. The Club were highly successful from the start, winning the Bullough Cup in their first year and reaching the Camanachd Cup
Camanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
Final in 1937, where they defeated Newtonmore.
The Camanachd Cup has been won five times in all and they have also been runners up on 4 other occasions. They were also South Senior Champions 12 times before reconstruction.
The Club has fallen on hard times in the new millennium, being relegated from the old National Division One to South Division One in 2004 and then being consigned to South Division Two due to a poor league position at the time of league reconstruction. This led to the best players going to fierce local rivals Oban Camanachd
Oban Camanachd
Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland. they were relegated from the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers.- History:...
, with whom there were advanced talks of a mergerhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20041121/ai_n12592113/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1, and also the loss of the reserve team. The club finished second in South Division Two in 2007 but won the league at a canter in 2008, marking success after several years of decline. http://www.shinty.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=94&cntnt01returnid=139
The club were runners-up to Glenorchy in 2010 but had a disappointing 2011, finishing 7th. However, they can look forward to renewed competition with Oban Camanachd's first team in 2012 as their bitter rivals were relegated from the Premier Division.
The club holds an annual Boxing Day
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. In Ireland, it is recognized as...
fixture between ex-players and the current side. http://www.obantimes.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8290/Oban_Celtic_veterans_go_down_fighting.html
Nickname and Origins
"Celtic"Over the years, Oban Celtic have attracted moral support from fans of Glasgow Celtic F.C., based solely upon their name. However, this name was decided upon the mere toss of coin, the other option being Rangers. It is also noted in the modern era by the rest of the shinty community that most Celtic players support Rangers F.C.
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
. The club sometimes plays in green and white hoops, but this has not been the practice for a few years.