Celtic and Leeds in first all-British tie (1970)

[@dixy1967]

I WAS THERE 17 years old. What a night 🍺

[@DimShamrock]

Hello sir. From a (relatively) young Panathinaikos fan. What was it like to witness 136 thousand people in person for a football match?

[@alexhamilton4368]

How many Leeds united fans were there.? Little jimmy skinned us my uncle Andrew said what a legend and how much would he be worth in today’s game.??? Hope you can answer my question please 🙏 thanks ❤

[@easystar123]

My late father was there that night. He was a Celtic fanatic .He told me it was one of the greatest Celtic games he ever attended.

[@johnbarclay5964]

Your dad was right the English press and media all wrote off celtic

[@gerrycoogan6544]

That is still the best and most exciting match I've ever watched. Nothing else comes close.

[@JanHannay]

Red star of Belgrade, the Jimmy Johnstone show

[@ronaldtant3196]

I went on my own only fourteen travelling through from Edinburgh,absolutely incredible atmosphere and brilliant result.

[@Delboy-hi1ld]

Would love to have been there. 136000 crammed into Hampden. That must have been special

[@torquemada3273]

136'505 officially but many thousands more got in one way or another without tickets...probably around 150'000 attendance...biggest in Europe ever and no surprise it's a GLASGOW CELTIC game....awesome !!!!

[@mikeellis6077]

It was definitely Celtics night, but when has a scotsman ever before or since silenced 136000 people with such a wonderful goal .God bless wee Billy Bremner. MOT

[@mstrwul1]

Leeds had a fantastic team then but Celtic had a even better one.

[@eugenemcelhinney5260]

@Hood Proctor Celtic beat them home ( neutral ground ) and away. End of that particular argument.

[@davidreed1995]

@@eugenemcelhinney5260 well said celtic won the tie 3,1 home and away

[@davedoogan6650]

a record attendance for a european cup game ever.

[@gerryquinn5578]

The final we all wanted. Two great teams. Two great games. What a shame Hampden wasn't even bigger.

[@paddymitchell4995]

Celtic forever number 1

[@toggerman1743]

Clash of the titans. Probably the best 2 teams in Europe at the time. Sadly Celtic's performance in the final was well below their best when everybody fancied them to win. Great era for British clubs in Europe though.

[@tommyfergusson2502]

?? feyenoord maybe

[@michaelking9772]

My Dad was their God Rest Him..!!!

[@jixuscrixus]

Your dad was ‘there’

[@brodymax]

I was there that night aged 12. Great game. (even for a Rangers fan). My old man was a Steward in the South Stand and like at many big games in the 70s at Hampden he got me in for free. 😉

[@SMSJSC]

An amazing match between two great British sides. And a crowd of 136,000...(!) Hampden today holds just 52,000. This was the semi-final, of course; Celtic then flopped against Feyenoord in the final. If they could beat Leeds twice, both home and away, they should have overcome the Dutch.

[@Kelly14UK]

Scottish mentality : too cocky, took the Dutch "nobodies" for granted. As previous underdogs against Inter, Stein and Celtic should have known better. Dad, not Irish minded, was at the Hampden match, partisan Scottish crowd. The roar was up there when Celtic scored.

[@SMSJSC]

Several of that Celtic side have since said that this was the one and only time that Jock Stein underestimated the opposition, and perhaps didn't give their due respect. I think perhaps your description of 'Scottish mentality' stems from this, and no doubt from the fiasco in Argentina in 1978. But now, a generation later, we've gone the other way: no self-confidence, and perhaps too much respect for the opposition. And sadly I think it'll be a long time yet before Scotland reach the Euro or World Cup finals again.

[@Kelly14UK]

Glad you mentioned Argentina 78. I think the depression post Feyenoord was maybe the same as the national side during the whole Peru, Iran and Willie Johnston stuff. I remember that as i was 10. Then we nearly did it against Holland, Archie's goal and we thought, we were going to make it. We've no confidence now, the SFA seem intent on pleasing everyone except the fans, the Hampden atmosphere is sterile and we can't keep a good manager. Maybe bring back the Home Internationals. Stuart S

[@portorico6593]

Bobby Murdock, ever the gentleman, gave the ball to a feyenoord player he took the quick free kick and the celtic defence where not ready, the ball went over big billy's head and the dutch scored, at that time the game would go to a second match, and all the celtic players believe they would have won the replay, celtic let themselves down in the final, but i would have expected them to win the replay if bobby had not been such a sportsman and allowed them to take a quick free kick

[@henrymagennis6518]

Stuart balls wot u mean flopped ?

[@Padraig50]

Proud to say I was there 🇮🇪💚🍀

[@Padraig50]

@CIARAN DOHERTY CELTIC FC 9 IN A ROW UNTAINTED you sound jealous

[@Padraig50]

@CIARAN DOHERTY CELTIC FC 9 IN A ROW UNTAINTED you are correct i am old, if you look at the comments on this site you will see that I'm not the only one who was there that night, are they all at it too?, so yes I'm proud to say I was there, hope you get the chance to experience a game like that 🇮🇪🏆🍀

[@Padraig50]

@CIARAN DOHERTY CELTIC FC 9 IN A ROW UNTAINTED don't worry about it, and maybe you're right, I'm too old to be on sevco sites arguing with them, but I do like annoying them, take care, enjoy these glory years with many more to come, hail hail 🇮🇪🏆🍀💚🍀🏆🇮🇪

[@studslannigan6286]

WOW .. the biggest crowd in European history and way more than the official 136 thousand as given ...Billy Bremner said he only heard silence when he scored😂😂 those were the days my friend🎉

[@mickmorrison]

I was there, Leeds had great players but the attacking style of Celtic was too much for them.

[@benvair1370]

I was there with my father, and if I remember correctly there was a ‘break in’ so the actually attendance was estimated at 140,000 plus.

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

136000 paying customers , this was back in the day of people “doubling up “and of course “lift overs” . Must have been over 150000 in there that night

[@shaunangell2265]

@@Jimmy_Cooper must've been Leeds huge support 😆😊😂🤣😁😃😀🧐

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

@@shaunangell2265 all 4500 of them

[@shaunangell2265]

@@Jimmy_Cooper What the mighty Leeds. To hear them talk mate they take more away than any other club in history 😆. Didn't take any fans at all to Ibrox in '68......all glory hunter's👎

[@GlasgowCelticforever1888]

The highest attendance for a European club match ever. 136505. Incredible.

[@paddymitchell4995]

What a huge let down in the final , we should have done better against Feyenoord

[@bumble1612]

Hail hail those beautiful hoops.

[@lurefishingdublin1530]

2 great clubs Leeds and Celtic 💛💙💚HH MOT.

[@Montnoveau]

No numbers on the Celtic shirt backs. But on the shorts.

[@tgoosee]

cannae mess with the hoops

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

Used to always be the way in European games until the 1975,. No numbers on shirts domestically until 1994. First time if I remember correctly was a 0-2 win at Ibrox . Before that we tried to get round it by puting numbers on our sleeves

[@josephlogue9160]

Celtic always played with the numbered shorts until eufa changed the rules

[@CK-dd7eq]

Anything to do with Celtic 💚🍀

[@johndoyle5892]

I was there - brilliant night

[@adds3566]

How many Scottish players in total played in that game? Changed days...

[@mizofan]

there was a conveyor belt of Scottish talent, now barely running

[@daviddavid2890]

Now it's more a large intestine of Scottish talent

[@Lord_Hillcrest02]

That 2nd goal I would've been disappointed as a goal keeper

[@SMSJSC]

Just a correction to the title. This wasn't the first all-British tie. Celtic met Liverpool in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1966.

[@peterbrown6434]

What is meant this is the First All British Tie in the Champions Tie.

[@SMSJSC]

Ah, but it doesn't say that in the title or even the description, does it? And what do you mean, 'The Champions Tie'? This was the 'European Cup', 1970.

[@peterbrown6434]

What i mean it was the first time the Scots champions faced the English Champions in Europe.

[@Kelly14UK]

Rangers and Spurs i think in the old Fairs or Cup-Winners' tournaments ( '63?). Wondering if Dave Mackay played.

[@mr.sensitive9963]

The title is incorrect. Why anyone would dispute this is beyond me!

[@andisadler2897]

If you was there, well done your part of a record. Never to be beaten. Poor Leeds going for 3 trophies this season 1970 and won none of them!.

[@robbiemontgomery581]

Mon the Hoops 🍀

[@efeambroseenthusiast180]

Remember my granda absolutely loved it when we beat them. Leeds were all bark and no bite. Played off the park home and away

[@ewantaylor5626]

A man advantage in the second leg

[@giancarlofilacchione7371]

Due partite (andata e ritorno) da celebrare in eterno: per l'agonismo messo in campo!!!

[@icrazieelliotgamer7338]

20 thousand stuck outside!

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

0:36 Atrocious marking from Jack Charlton.

[@lakmeister]

A great game with worldy goal from Billy,but a great come back from Celtic Never panicked and broke them down with a swagger !! The final started well ...but I hear the Dutch were under estimated? Wim van Hanegem was said to be slow and no ability???? He pulled thd strings!!! Big Billy said they were better,Connelly says if he played,Celtic win?? Personally I believe Feyenood did win the WCC after and were in 74,78 WC finals with some of their players.. .but Yogi dud miss a chance to win it late on....and said "I knew I was gone,Jock was like that? He was gone!!!

[@MrStardust50]

Leeds played two different keepers for each Celtic goal.

[@seanbonella]

don revie knew he could'nt bribe Jck Stein here....

[@unclejane7453]

Leeds UTD ought to be back in England's elite.

[@Garngad_bhoy]

A few sleeping giants in England Leeds United/ Sheffield United/ Wednesday/ Bristol City/ Rovers Aston Villa to name but a few if they all played in the premiership at the same time it would be a fascinating league to watch

[@philipsheard7304]

As if by magic ........ Mot

[@anguswalsh2387]

Don’t worry it wasn’t till 1975 Leeds United reached the final. However, 1970 should of been their year...

[@torquemada3273]

In England maybe but with that great Glasgow Celtic side confronting them it was never going to be their year in Europe...well beaten home and away😆😆😆

[@anguswalsh2387]

TORQUE MADA aye that’s for sure

[@shaunangell2265]

But it wasn't 😂😆🤣

[@jixuscrixus1967]

The mighty Leeds v Celtic, the English team surely put those Scots to the sword… No didn’t think so, Don Revie may have been a great manager but he was no match for Jock Stein.

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Lordy, what it must've been like to be in a football crowd that large.

[@studslannigan6286]

Frightening I would guess 😮

[@jamesprior1157]

Celtic what a side then big George connelly Leeds were some team celtic roasted them twice helenio herrera of inter Milan fancied celtic to win and they did in style remember game

[@Walnuts-l3m]

Glasgow Celtic !!

[@miroslav3644]

💚🍀🍀🍀💚

[@mediastarguest]

What has happened to Celtic ? And Scottish football on the whole.

[@mizofan]

Thatcherism, consumerism, consumption, computers, loss of community, computers....

[@Garngad_bhoy]

Sky has ripped the heart and soul out of the game & clubs like Celtic have suffered for years because of it because small clubs in England can offer mediocre players a kings ransom giving club's like Celtic next to no chance of reaching the heights we 1ce reached although I'm a believer they days will return to our famous club hh

[@paddymitchell4995]

@@Garngad_bhoy Couldn't agree more Sky TV destroyed Scottish football.

[@davidyoung1625]

Celtic has history & World wide prestige that no English mid table team could ever buy

[@doncar9]

@@mizofan Different ages are good at different things!

[@MrJeepsters]

Le gardien de Leeds n'est pas le même sur les 2 buts.

[@yesemitesam333]

Gary Sprake was replaced by David Harvey after 48 mins due to injury. Gary Sprake a été remplacé par David Harvey après 48 minutes en raison d'une blessure.

[@nigelmadeley7798]

Note the fact that only 6 English players were good enough to be on the pitch - and they were the worst players. Leeds were nothing without Lorimer, Gray, Bremner, Giles and Sprake or Harvey. The Celts whupped the English.

[@mikeellis6077]

You conveniently forget that the only two World Cup winners present were English and Leeds

[@kikiu2619]

Tie? It ends 2-1

[@alfiehighley6620]

Yu are so fucking dumb 🤦‍♂️

[@kikiu2619]

@@alfiehighley6620 It's you.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

@@kikiu2619 a tie is another term for a fixture between 2 teams you fool

[@JanHannay]

It might have firstly big goerge didnt play and secondly the celtic board were at their fxxxx games again upsetting the players by not wanting to pay proper bonuses , ring a bell or what, even coming off the coach that night their wasnt the same buzz, something was missing, no back chat wynding up patter zilch

[@audunflaaten8228]

Why the f***** music???? :(((((

[@georgegreig8054]

Turn that fuckin pish music off.

[@ToldoMexes]

135.805....

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

136,505

[@trigueiros113]

Now the game is dying. The game is just for the rich clubs... and all contact is fault. Nowdays i prefer watching handball

[@ewantaylor5626]

Despite what George Connelly said in his book , Bertie Auld said in HIS book that he crocked Mick Jones so Leeds played the second half with ten men Unfortunately Jock Stein did underestimate the Dutch ( Archie MacPhersons book )

[@bumble1612]

Hail hail those beautiful hoops.

[@mr.sensitive9963]

bumble1612 The current admin evidently doesn't think so. Only about one and a half hoops on this season's shirt, at the very bottom - most of the back of it being plain white, containing a player number. Those hoops should be part of the contract with whoever currently designs the kits. I mean, really...Is nothing sacred? What a ***king disgrace!

[@bumble1612]

@@mr.sensitive9963 Couldn't agree more, what I'd do to see that shirt on the current squad, nothing has come close since,my childhood favourite.