Anthony Ralston, born on 16 November 1998 (age 27), is a Scotland right-back and a long-serving Celtic player. He joined from Queen's Park in January 2016 and has worn squad number 51 for much of a career shaped far more by Celtic than by anywhere else.
His early years included loan spells that gave him senior football away from the usual noise around Lennoxtown and Celtic Park. They mattered, but they remain supporting chapters. The main story has been his persistence at Celtic, where he has made 111 league appearances across 12 seasons, scoring seven league goals.
Ralston’s most productive league campaign came in 2021-22, when he scored four times in 28 appearances. That season helped firm up his place as a dependable squad player rather than just an academy graduate hanging around the fringes. Across his Celtic career he has been part of squads that won 10 Premiership titles, five League Cups and three Scottish Cups.
In 2026-27, he has made five Celtic appearances across all competitions, scoring once in the Scottish Cup, with further outings in Champions League qualifying and the Europa League. His current market value is around £1.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Ralston’s career is not complicated to place. He came from Queen's Park, grew through Celtic, took his early football where he could get it, and has remained a useful, durable part of the squad through a heavily decorated period for the club.
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