Celtic Boys Club

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Celtic Boys Club is a feeder club for Celtic Football Club founded in 1966. The club currently runs teams in age groups from Under-10 to Under-19. Many Celtic Boys Club players have gone on to have distinguished professional careers with Celtic, including Roy Aitken, Tom Boyd, Tommy Burns, Peter Grant, Paul McStay, Joe Miller and Charlie Nicholas. Among the players who have gone on to careers at other professional clubs are Alan Brazil, Chris Burke and Pat Nevin.

In 1996 the Boys club's founder, Jim Torbett was convicted of sexually abusing boys under his care, including Alan Brazil, over a 7 year period.[1][2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Child abusers who shame British football
  2. ^ Former Celtic manager guilty of abuse
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