Glasgow 1967 The Lions of Lisbon.

Anybody watch last night.? Brilliant documentary. Never appreciated that every Celtic player that won the European Cup that year was born within a 30 mile radius of Celtic Park.

Some of the old players featured in it Bertie Auld - " You know how you breathe through your mouth and
down your nose- well to me that's fitba."

One of the others spoke about how Jock Stein didn't want players wives at the ground on match days.
He asked them " Does a Plumber take his wife to watch him fit a sink or does a Joiner take his wife to watch him fit a cupboard. No cause it's their work. Well fitbas your work." !!

If it's on catch up it's well worth a look.

 

I watched it, but l couldn't help thinking that had Munich not happened the "Busby Babes" would have dominated Europe instead of Real Madrid back then and would have been the first British club the lift the European Cup.

This was years before l was born an all.

 

Yup, thoroughly enjoyed it. All the players born within 10 miles of the club, I just can't see it happening nowadays.
That same year, Rangers got through to the Cup Winners' Cup Final and Kilmarnock reached the semi-finals of the Fairs Cup. The cherry on top of the cake for their nation was Scotland being the first team to defeat England since they became World Champions the previous year, by winning 3-2 at Wembley. 'Slim Jim' Jimmy Baxter ran the show that day for the Scots, at one point juggling the ball in 'keepy ups' as none of the English team could get the ball off him.

 

Agree that was some team. I was a school kid and my Mum sent me to the local Co-op grocery store to collect her shopping when the news came through. Harry Gregg had been at Donny Rovers and was a big mate of my Dads who was in charge of the Main Stand on match days. I didn't know the names of the dead at that stage but I remember staggering home with a stone of "taties" and other shopping with tears rolling down my face. Terrible day.
Saw wee Jimmy Johnstone taunt Leeds in the European Cup semi final at Elland Road in 1970. You could hear the tension in the air that night. After around 3 minutes big John Hughes skinned Terry Cooper and scored and it was like a pressure cooker being released. I was there with a mate who had a spare ticket ( he was a Leeds fan). When the ball hit the net I was smiling to myself cos I really hated Revie and Leeds even then.
It's always brilliant when the Reds beat them.

 

Is that the game where they swung on the goals and brought them down.? Their fans are fanatics.
Went on a trip from our WMC in Donny in 1972 to Wembley. Alan Ball scored in a 1-0 England win.
As we were on our way back to our coach we heard a long drone of bag pipes in front of us.
We turned the corner and there was a Jock laid flat on his back absolutely pis*ed out of his brains in a kilt
sporran and Tam O' Shanter with a Scotland flag under his arm still blowing on his bagpipes.!

 

No the infamous crossbar match was ten years later in 77 when they beat us at Wembley in the home championship.

 

No, that was in 1977 after they'd won 2-1 at Wembley.

 

Bagpipes sound exactly the same whether the "player" is sober or pissed...

 

My only interest in Celtic and The Rangers 2012 Franchise is how many the opposition can put past them, but I am very happy to admit that the Celtic Lisbon Lions side were a magnificent football team, the likes of which will never, ever be seen again in Scotland.

To put it into perspective, the last Scottish side to win the Scottish Cup with an all-Scots side were my team, St Mirren, in 1987. The chances of an all-Scottish team winning the top division here, much less win the Champions League, are precisely zero.

 

I sometimes watch Scottish football on Sky on a weekend.
Scott Sinclair seemed to struggle at Villa but scores a lot in the Scottish Premiership ( 21 this season?)
He's built a cult following and I see they now have a song for him.
As for competition it can't be much fun to see one team run away with the League by 30 points.?

Incidentally saw a piece in the papers down here by your boss Ross Jack who is predicting that Stevie Mallan will
have no problem adapting to the Championship and will be a hit at Barnsley.
Hope he's right. Can't wait to see the lad play.

 

Our boss is Jack Ross... there was a player up here called Ross Jack though!

Scott Sinclair is clearly playing against weaker teams, and teams who 99% of the time sit back when they play Celtic and try to escape with a 0-0. Sinclair is running at these teams and is causing them a lot of problems. Part of his success up here is down to that, but part of it is that he, and his club, are sky-high wuth confidence and Brendan Rodgers has them playing stylish, fast-flowing football. This Celtic team have a goal threat all over the pitch. A very good team. Competition? Aberdeen away, Hearts away, and The Rangers 2012 Franchise away are fixtures where Celtic need to work a bit, but they are streets ahead of everyone. Unless they self-destruct, they could win the top flight for the next ten-fifteen years with relative ease. Scary.

Will Mallan adjust to the English Championship no problem? I doubt it will be problem free, but Jack Ross is saying all the right things about the player, and if you look at our turn-around in fortunes, Jack Ross instilled a real confidence in our players, and his man-management skills are top class. Mallan certainly has the talent, hopefully he does adjust to the step up in quality he will now be facing each week.

 

Sorry I meant Jack Ross. Where is Paisley by the way is it just outside Glasgow.?
I had a mate in Kirkcaldy Fife ( nearer to Edinburgh?). We used to go up and stop in the Borders overnight then
stay in Edinburgh. Due North to Inverness then down to Loch Ness and then spend two nights on Skye.
From there we used to head for Fort William over to Stirling and back South and home.

There is no wonder you Scots are proud of your homeland. There's some absolutely breathtaking scenery in the
Highlands. A must for me was always Inverness and a visit to Culloden because that period of history is fascinating.

We once had a guide on our tour in Highland dress .I remember he was very unfriendly towards some Yanks called Campbell
because as we found out during the tour they fought on the side of the British Hanovarian forces.!!
It got decidedly frosty. Also climbed up the inside of the Wallace monument on Abbey Craig.
Completely cream crackered when I got to the top.

 

Paisley is five miles West of Glasgow. Famous for the weaving industry and the Paisley Pattern. Was Scotland's biggest town until (I believe) East Kilbride overtook us for population figures.

 

No wonder the Germans used to crap themselves when they heard the skirl of the pipes signalling that
the Scots batallions were on their way.

 

The bagpipes are magnificent at something like the Edinburgh Military Tattoo with a full band playing them... one lone piper, busking on Westminster Bridge or somewhere... not so magnificent.

 

You're not wrong there POZ. My missus and myself were lucky enough to attend the Tattoo. There seemed to be bus loads of pipers coming into the city that night.
One of the best bands I saw that night were. Swiss boys marching band. They were magnificent. The piper outside the cafe at the top of Princes Street near Waverley Station was very good as well.
We visited Glencoe one year and there was a lone piper stood on a hill in the distance playing a haunting lament that was echoing through the valley. He was in full Stuart clan tartan. When he came back into the Car Park we saw he was from the Far East. We got chatting to him and found out he was Japanese and was in Scots pipe band back home and they were in Scotland for a pipe band competition in Ayr. That really amused me. He was very good incidentally.

 

And you lot broke my heart that day.