The current state of modern football means that managers are lucky to remain in a job past three years, but back when Celtic were founded in 1897, the same person remained in the job for 43 years. For non-Celtic supporters, yes - you read that correctly. Willie Maley was placed in charge of the club after retiring at the age of 29, replacing a committee who had been given responsibility for first-team matters. Maley probably didn't envisage spending the rest of his life taking charge of 1,616 games, but that is what materialised over the next four-and-a-bit decades. Although the make-up of Scottish football was different during those days, sixteen league titles and 14 FA Cups were won by Maley - some achievement at any club. Celtic spent his final season towards the bottom of a regional division which had been introduced because of the second world war, but Maley is likely to always hold the record of winning the most trophies as manager of the club.
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