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Frankly, the events of this particular day are so etched in the minds of most Celtic fans that they do not need a detailed description, so I intend to merely comment on some topics that I think were important or unusual. The Morning of the Match Breakfast for everyone to start with then a …
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All the troops had gone through a late night after the European Cup final. The wives and girl-friends had arrived at the hotel after the banquet to see their men, then they left for the airport to catch their flight home. Within a short space of time, however, they were back again as there had …
It had been a dedicated weekend of partying to celebrate our win in Lisbon and more than one face was looking a bit worn on the Monday morning when we came in to Celtic Park. Never one to miss an opportunity, the Boss spent a few minutes telling us what we did not do so …
1st June 1967 Training had been intermittent that week and the attention of the Scottish – or more precisely the Glasgow – press had been on the build-up to the European Cup Winner’s Cup final the previous evening, when Rangers had taken on Bayern Munich in Nuremburg.
After our training session on the previous Thursday, we had been back in again for another one on Friday, then got Saturday and Sunday off.
As the 15 players, plus the Boss, Sean, Neilly and Bob, boarded a bus at Celtic Park to take us to the airport, one figure was getting ready to go out to the track for another session…a lonely one.
As I mentioned before, there were a few of our squad who were less than happy that our recently-won European title was being put up for a test against a side of Real Madrid’s quality but I am afraid that they under-estimated the Boss. Just before we headed for the stadium for the match, he …
I woke the morning after the win in Madrid feeling really pleased with myself and decided to go down for an early breakfast. Tam was flat out on the adjacent bed and never moved as I shaved, showered and got dressed.
15th July 1967 It had been a fascinating summer. After we returned from the final match of the 66-67 season – the friendly against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu – the boys all went their separate ways with their families, most of them heading for the popular and sunny spots of Majorca or the Spanish …
17th July 1967 Most folk reached the park early and the gossip was plentiful, with stories about the holidays and also what was happening in the rest of Scottish football. The Boss, though, was quick to bring us to heel and gave us a little pep talk which at the time seemed a trifle banal …