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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Apr 23, 2019 10:24:38 GMT 1
One of the Lisbon Lions.
A "real" footballer.
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Post by terracesider on Apr 23, 2019 17:33:32 GMT 1
Yes indeed; a real footballer - from the days when the British game was respected and produced players who could compete with any in the world.
Still clearly remember the European Cup win, Inter Milan scored first - and (given their very tight defence) I thought that was the end of Celtic's chance - great to be wrong sometimes.
I'm sure most football fans will be aware that the eleven players were all born in the Glasgow area, will a feat like that ever be repeated?
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Post by nshackle on Apr 23, 2019 21:52:20 GMT 1
Yes indeed; a real footballer - from the days when the British game was respected and produced players who could compete with any in the world. Still clearly remember the European Cup win, Inter Milan scored first - and (given their very tight defence) I thought that was the end of Celtic's chance - great to be wrong sometimes. I'm sure most football fans will be aware that the eleven players were all born in the Glasgow area, will a feat like that ever be repeated? I remember Billy McNeill as the Man City manager when I first started watching Town in the mid 1980’s. I think he got them promoted to the then 1st División if I remember correctly. |
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Post by buxtonboys101 on Apr 23, 2019 21:55:26 GMT 1
Met the man briefly back in 1975 the year he retired. He came to a Butlins Holiday camp for a day and though I say met more saw him from afar. Reason: there was a huge queue of people formed to wait patiently in line for an autograph. Billy was sat on a table equally as patiently signing everybody's book or whatever they had. This went on for hours. Could you see this happening now? Erm ... Butlins ... professional footballer with international reputation ... signing autographs ...
Also saw him in Huddersfield in the mid 1980s. He was driving up Halifax road on his way back to Manchester after making the arrangements, as I was to learn later, for the signing of Mark Lillis for city.
He was a giant of a man and footballer. Incredible to think that that Celtic side won the European Cup with a home grown side, were losing in the final to a crack Italian side with internationals from around the world and that they won every trophy they entered that season. They scored 200 goals that season and their top scorer was injured for the European Cup Final. I can't even remember his name such is history and just like Jimmy Greaves in 1966 was not given a winners medal.
We have to mention the great victory over dirty Leeds in 1970 too in the European Cup semi-final. Even though Celtic lost the final in extra-time those two games were dominated by the Celts. Leeds, who were supposed to be the best team in Britain were overcome with style and panache. Jimmy Johnstone ran them ragged at a packed Hampden Park. The crowd that night was 129,000 and still a European record for a night match. How many Leeds fans turned up? 4,000. So much for their stories of great support. In the home leg for Leeds there was a crowd of 45,000 of which at least 19,000 were supporting Celtic. The Yorkshire Post described their entrance at Leeds station as a second Roman invasion.
Happy days for Celtic and Scottish football. God bless you, Billy, your name will live forever.
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Apr 29, 2019 16:18:22 GMT 1
And now Steve Chalmers, scorer of the winning goal in that 1967 final.
RIP
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Post by 28901 on Apr 29, 2019 16:28:39 GMT 1
So many of the players I remember as a kid seem to be passing away now.
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