The Lisbon Lions will go down as one of the greatest, if not the, greatest football team in Scottish football history.
1967 is a year in Celtic’s history that will be told across many generations of supporters as Billy McNeill and Co swept up domestically every trophy available and became the Champions of Europe.
A truly monumental feat that will never be repeated again.
But not only were they great footballers, they were fantastic human beings. And Kenny Dalglish shared a story of what it was like coming through the Celtic ranks amongst these giants of Paradise.
Speaking in The Scotsman, Dalglish revealed, “It was the same when I was 17 (at Celtic).
“Danny McGrain was 18, and we trained with the first team. Everyone just trained together.
“They were brilliant with us, like calming you down and encouraging you. They were the Lisbon Lions.
“They won five trophies in the one season, didn’t they?!”
The stories of kindness and openness of the Lions will always be remembered and told of those that were fortunate enough to meet them.
I wasn’t as fortunate but whenever a Celtic legend, or a fan for that matter, recalls a meeting with them, just watching them tell the story of the encounter shows you the amount of reciprocal respect there was.
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