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Your Official Celtic Annual is with you once more, and, yet again, the pages are packed with plenty of trophy winners. Season 2023/24 was a great one for Celtic on many levels, with Brendan Rodgers returning as manager to lift the league and Scottish Cup Double in his first season back, and Elena Sadiku taking up the reins with Celtic FC Women and leading the Ghirls to their first ever league title. All that meant a truly thrilling and memorable finale to the season with all three of the trophy presentations coming basically over the course of one week in May with the silverware glistening in the sun at both Paradise and Hampden. And, as well as our usual review of the trophy-winning season and the lowdown on the Celts for this current 2024/25 campaign in the player profiles, we have plenty of Hoops features for you to relive the glory... Including: - Plenty of Fun Facts from Celtic's incident-packed history as we look at some quirky happenings from down through the decades. - The 2023/24 season began in the best possible way with the 2022/23 league title flag being raised in the sun at Paradise as the club's longest-serving player, James Forrest did the honors of raising the colors. - And the 2023/24 league campaign also ended in the best possible way with Trophy Day being celebrated at Celtic Park as the champions finished on a high with a win over St Mirren before the trophy presentation party started in fine style. - Just a week after the SPFL trophy was presented, there was yet more partying as the Scottish Cup was lifted following a 1-0 win over Rangers, and the Double was in the bag. - We look at the penultimate rung of the ladder for Celtic Academy hopefuls as the Celtic B team is the stepping stone for many young Celtic players as they round off their journey to first-team football. - Celtic FC Foundation are involved in many worthy initiatives both at home and abroad a