Celtic have a number of famous fans in their ranks as the romance and size of the club captures the hearts of many famous people.

Billy Connolly, Lewis Capaldi, Kevin Bridges and even rap superstar Snoop Dogg are all huge Celtic supporters and none are shy in talking about it.

The appeal of Celtic clearly has a huge pull on all walks of life and with the success that the club is enjoying right now, it’s not hard to understand why.

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However, lifelong Celtic fan Martin Compston was in good form as he wound up Ally McCoist about this Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup final against St Mirren as the Line of Duty actor revealed the Netflix star he will be meeting up with to take in the game at Hampden.

Photo by Dave Benett/WireImageMartin Compston reveals Anthony Boyle is a huge Celtic fan during McCoist wind-up

Compston was promoting his new series, The Revenge Club, and filming in Dublin and drinking Guinness, when Alan Brazil brought up the new James Bond movie that’s coming up which sparked the Celtic conversation.

Brazil said on talkSPORT, “Stephen Knight, writing the new [James] Bond film and, of course, The Guinness Story.

“I really enjoyed it. I loved it, me.”

Compston replied, “Wee Anthony Boyle, the star [of The Guinness Story], he’s a big Celtic man. I’m meeting up with him for the cup final at the weekend.

“You don’t know about the cup final, do you Ally?”

McCoist, “I’ve got my St Mirren strip on now!”

Other famous Celtic fans the Hoops supporters might know about

There are plenty of famous Celtic fans dotted all around the world so here are the top five well known faces we think the Hoops fans might not have known who love the Bhoys.

  • Michelle Keegan
  • Glasvegas singer James Allan
  • Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle
  • WWE superstar Sheamus
  • Lana Del Ray

With so many fixtures coming up at Celtic Park, it will be interesting to see if any of these famous faces will be spotted in Paradise any time soon.

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