{"id":320077,"date":"2025-12-01T06:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320077\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:57:10","slug":"athletic-clubs-class-social-media-post-about-celtic-on-st-andrews-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320077\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Club&#8217;s class social media post about Celtic on St Andrew&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic celebrated St Andrew\u2019s Day on Sunday by securing all three points against Hibernian at Easter Road. <\/p>\n<p>After a brilliant win for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> against Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday night, Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s side topped their week off by putting another three points on the board in the Premiership. <\/p>\n<p>Before the game, Celtic\u2019s social media account put a celebratory post up about St Andrew\u2019s Day, and their allies in the Basque Country did the same. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/athletic-club-send-celtic-classy-james-forrest-message-after-superb-goalscoring-feat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Athletic Club have a brilliant relationship with Celtic<\/a>, and their latest post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/derek-mcinnes-has-no-doubts-about-hearts-as-celtic-move-a-step-closer-to-chasing-title-rivals-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the champions of Scotland<\/a> proved that further.<\/p>\n<p>         Celtic fans do you have any stories of visitng Athletic Club?     <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2210781592-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Athletic Club v Rangers FC - UEFA Europa League 2024\/25 Quarter Final Second Leg\" class=\"wp-image-267604\" \/>Photo by Juanma \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesAthletic Club on being \u2018super proud\u2019 of their connections with Celtic<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/athletic-club-name-23-man-squad-for-james-forrests-celtic-testimonial-two-notable-absentees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Forrest\u2019s testimonial against Athletic Club<\/a> to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/athletic-clubs-classy-statement-on-the-sad-passing-of-celtic-legend-john-clark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tribute to John Clark<\/a> after his passing in 2025, the Basque side are built on great foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Club, not only noted their \u2018super proud\u2019 connection with Celtic, but also Dundee and Hibernian\u2019s one-club player, Joelle Murray.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f #Happy St. Andrew\u2019s Day to you all,\u2019 wrote Athletic Club on social media. \u2018From our 1923 friendlies against @DundeeFC, to recent matches against @CelticFC, and our 2025 One Club Woman, @HibernianFC\u2019s incredible @JLMurray17, at Athletic Club, we\u2019re super proud of all our Scottish connections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wishing everyone a great #StAndrewsDay!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For those Celtic supporters who don\u2019t know, there is a Hoops Bilbao-based supporters club called Bilbao Bhoys CSC. <\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Athletic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athletic-club.eus\/en\/news\/2023\/07\/31\/athletic-and-celtic-it-s-much-more-than-football-it-s-part-of-our-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">official website<\/a> noted how \u2018a large group of Celtic FC supporters gather in Bilbao\u2019s Plaza Nueva to watch the Hoops\u2019 matches together.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>They certainly will be loving the winning feeling O\u2019Neill has brought to proceedings, after a pretty poor start under Brendan Rodgers. <\/p>\n<p>In the words of Athletic, they are hoping to \u2018strengthen the ties between two clubs that mean so much to their lives and, in their words, represent \u201cmuch more than football.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic celebrated St Andrew\u2019s Day on Sunday by securing all three points against Hibernian at Easter Road. 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