Just as Willie Maley’s playing career had involved great success, this would also be the case for his managerial reign. In fact, he enjoyed instant success, with the 1897-98 season seeing Celtic again become League champions.
The sight of Willie Maley holding aloft Celtic’s latest trophy or prize would become a common one. This includes memorable victories such as the 1902 British League Cup. There was also Celtic’s famous six-in-a-row League titles run from 1905 to 1910, a then world record and Scottish record until the Bhoys’ themselves beat it in the 1970s.
Maley’s success also created some unusual records, which are unlikely to ever be matched. For instance, in 1904, in the space of one week, one Maley brother won the Scottish Cup and another won the FA Cup. Willie led Celtic to victory over Rangers, and Tom Maley then won Manchester City’s first ever major honour.
What was most surprising was that as well as leading Celtic, Willie also found time for numerous other business interests. He owned a sports shop which was first located in the Gallowgate, and then Saltmarket. More famously, he also had The Bank restaurant in Queen Street, effectively using it as an office to run Celtic.
He wasn’t guessing he just never going to give Celtic the verdict we should look into the history of this and official few others of there involvement in games involving Celtic how many close or not so close go against Celtic we all know the non penalty the rangers thought they had it was to close for var never seen anything to change the refs decision like yesterday but muir did intervene and called out the ref and linesman as inadequate