1. The club shall be called “ The Celtic Supporters Club” and shall consist of Ordinary Members and such Honorary Members as may be elected in terms of this Constitution.
2. he objects of this Club shall be to support Celtic Football Club and organise recreational and social activities for its members.

There are not many members still with us who were at the inaugural meeting of the club, memories are hazy and recollections on the manner in which the club was born may not be totally precise due to the passage of years. Prior to the founding of the club the Celtic supporters in this area went to Celtic Park by train with groups of friends rather than as part of an organised group. Indeed prior to the Second World War it was known for some of the Celtic supporters of this area to walk to Celtic Park and also away games as far as Dundee and Aberdeen. Due to the unemployment at the time money was short but time was in abundance.

The pressure to organise Celtic F.C. Supporters' Club in the Greenock area had its foundation in the actions of the Celtic Board during the period of the Second World War, 1939 - 1945. Normal league and cup competitions were suspended during this period and replaced by two regional leagues. A number of Celtic players were called up into the armed forces including, Milne, Corbett, Airlie, Paterson, Fisher, Duffy, Gallagher, Shields, Anderson, Watters, Rae, Paton and the captain, Willie Lyon. Incidentally, Willie Lyon showed that he also had leadership qualities off the park, he was wounded in action at Normandy, promoted to the rant of Major in the Scots Guards and awarded the Military Cross.

Many Scottish clubs played English and 'Anglo' Scottish 'guest' players during the war years and benefited from their appearance both in results and in the quality of play. Unlike other clubs, Celtic did not take wartime football too seriously although the fans both at home and abroad in the armed forces did. A maximum wage of £2 per week imposed on football clubs was not rigidly adhered to by many of the clubs. This maximum seemed to suit the Celtic board but meant that guest players were not attracted to the club as the £2 maximum was being ignored by most other clubs. These other clubs used this period to boost the development of young players who were able to learn from players of the stature of Stanley Matthews and Matt Busby. The Celtic board decided to stick with a policy of not using such guest players and relying instead on young players, in one game they fielded six players who had been members of Boys Guild teams the previous season, consequently the team lost direction during this period. The results of games and the overall quality of play during this time were disappointing, especially when compared with the period prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Celtic went into a period of lethargy from which is subsequently proved difficult to emerge. This period was a relatively lean one of the club with the only successes being in the Glasgow Cup in 1940/41, the Charity Cup in 1942/43 and the Victory in Europe Cup in 1945.

The attitude of the board and the performances of the team were causing great concern to all Celtic supporters whether at home or abroad in the forces. The concerns could not be articulated property as there was no single organisation which could force the Celtic board of directors to break out of this lethargy and take action to improve matters. Eventually the supporters found a forum which could at least force the board to listen to concerns, even though the advice and concerns were usually not acted upon, the Celtic F.C. Supporters' Association was founded. Tom Campbell and Pat Woods in Celtic A- Z described it as follows :-

"… the idea was growing in the mind of 27 year old Willie Fanning of Caroline Street, Parkhead. Ironically, the thought came to him as he watched Celtic slump to that 6-2 defeat at Douglas Park.
Willie Fanning was no malcontent, he simply wanted to play some part in restoring an ailing club to its former greatness. He felt that such an organisation might promote closer contact among the management, players and the supporters.
… Willie Fanning wrote a letter to that 'Waverley' column in the Daily Record on September 5th 1944, a letter that ended with these words : ' Would any Celtic supporter interested in a supporters club, please write to me? All letters will be answered.'

The first meeting arranged attracted just fourteen supporters to a parish hall in Chester Street, Shettleston. A steering committee was formed and Willie Fanning was elected chairman. It was decided to hold a further meeting at the Ancient Order Of Hibernian's Hall, Alexandria Parade, and this time large crowds turned up. Such were the numbers that the meeting adjourned to an open space in Wishart Street and the Celtic F.C. Supporters' Association was fully constituted shortly thereafter. By the end of the war, the Association has grown into a large network of branches, the first being founded in Coatbridge.

The performances of the Celtic team during this period and the hope for better times that all supporters held at that time were summed up by Joe Regan, President of the Celtic F.C. Supporters' Association in 1946 when he wrote:- " Our team has not reached the standards one associates with the name of Celtic, but now that we are back to pre-war conditions we are looking forward to that future for much better results than has been our lot in recent years."

The Celtic supporters in Greenock shared the concerns of other supporters and one year after the founding of the Association they founded their own supporters club affiliated to the Association. This allowed fans in the district to organise themselves in a properly constituted supporters' club adhering to the constitution of the Celtic F.C. Supporters' Association.

The organisation was laid at this point for the development of organised supporters clubs, and from our point of view the foundations of the most successful of these, the Greenock Branch.