How GOOD Were PRIME Celtic?

When you think of footballing legends, few stories captivate like that of the Lisbon Lions. A team born and bred in Glasgow, led by the visionary Jock Stein, who conquered Europe in 1967 and transformed the landscape of World football. But how good were prime Celtic really? Let’s find out!
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[@starofdavid9919]

By no means an exaggeration when I say Celtic at that time were probably the best football team in the world.

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

Bet you complain about England reliving the glory days of 1966, too 😂😂😂

[@talkinghead3169]

Absolutely fucking gutted they haven't ever come near winning the biggest prize in club football. And on top of everything else, their club was liquidated trying to win it. All they can do now is watch while Celtic hoover up treble after treble after treble .. Jealousy is a horrible thing! 😁😁

[@starofdavid9919]

@@WeAreThePeople1690 Well were not talking about England.

[@quadruploacuti2048]

​@@talkinghead3169 The 'we are the peasants' that stood idly by and watched their old club die. That Glorious Celtic Quadruple in 1967 totally destroyed them 😂🎉😂

[@emeraldabroad2771]

Fanny ​@@WeAreThePeople1690

[@smallies7154]

winning the european cup with all local players is the greatest achievement in the sport imo ☘☘🍀🍀

[@Crayfordceltic]

The only regret during that period was that Celtic had the chance to win 2-3 European cups and create a proper legacy similar to that of Ajax. The team were good enough.

[@Paul-po5om]

100%.The 70 cup final team were arguably better than the lions

[@frankgreen1663]

​@@Paul-po5om69 team best ..very very unlucky to lose to AC Milan who easily went on to win it

[@Smartlife69-ut1hm]

class just pure class

[@Gotmc-py5dj]

So proud of them and my club

[@craiggilmour6062]

the semi finals against leeds was so amazing i think they were complacent in the 2nd final but yeah the Bhoys from Glasgow in the east end did us more than proud

[@talkinghead3169]

By winning the European cup with all the players coming from Glasgow and surrounding area, Glasgow Celtic done something that will NEVER be repeated. A fully unique football team.

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

Pretty much every team in Europe who won that trophy up until the 3 foreigners' rule was taken away done the same thing. Ajax, Red Star, Milan, Etc. All won with players from within their own countries. 😉

[@talkinghead3169]

By your own standards, I take it this means you are obsessed?? 😉

[@jimbyrne2328]

​@WeAreThePeople1690 Jealousy eats away at you. You haven't got over the Death of your Club in 2012, have you?

[@stevebeaver1189]

@@WeAreThePeople1690 Not sure if you mean the AC Milan team of '63 with the 3 Brazilians or the '65 Inter team with the two Spaniards and just the one Brazilian? (The Inter team that won the year previously had a German in there too!). You would be correct about the 1966 winning Real Madrid team though (apart from the Uruguayan dude). Then after the Lions, Man Utd won it in '68 with a squad containing 8 Scots, 5 Irishmen and an Italian. The 1969 AC Milan team however was completely Italian, well, apart from the Swede, the German and another one of those Brazilian chaps. Surely the Feyenoord squad of 1970 will back you up? Nope. A German, an Austrian and a Belgian in there. Ok, we're finally at the Ajax team of 1971. 100% Dutch... except the Serbian, the German and an Israeli! And surely, the famous Bayern team had all Germans? They did!!! Well, if you don't count the 3 Danes, the Swede and the Serbian. After that, it just seems to get worse... English teams packed with Scots, Boniek's Juve, four Brazilians in the Porto squad of 1987. The Red Star team was all Romanian, but then it was an army team living behind the iron curtain during the cold war. So there's that.

[@talkinghead3169]

One of the greatest club sides to ever do it. Changed the way the game was played forever!

[@connor735]

Prime celtic still beat in 71’ 4-1 for the league cup 🇧🇪 the lisbon lions were special and its an incredible achievement for the scottish game 🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@talkinghead3169]

Surely the greatest result in Patrick's history? And well deserved!

[@joepaccrakurii1227]

As a celt through and through and never wanting them to lose I got to say Partick thistle were incredible that day and especially given just how strong they were then you should be very proud of thistles performance that day and being a local I'm happy (if that's the correct word) that if any club did it , I'm glad it was the mighty Maryhill magyrs. Respect bud

[@thomaslogue7773]

@@connor735 was at that game thistle played really well celtic had an off day but we the fans still stayed for the whole game not like sevco who are fair weather supporters

[@brownwarrior6867]

Yes we won every competition we entered but Dundee United who finished 6th in the League actually beat us 3-2 both home and away proving perhaps that sometimes no matter how good you are or what system you play there will always be teams who you struggle to overcome.

[@MultiJoe84]

67 was before my time but it makes me so proud to think that Glasgow Celtic, my team, the team I support, were the first British club to win the biggest prize in club football. I think for a very short period between 1967 and 68 they probably were the best team in the world, and should have won the world club championship.

[@HughTrodden-mj2bv]

@@MultiJoe84 Son , you don't know what you missed , From , The GLASGOW CELTIC man , Johannesburg , South Africa .

[@HughTrodden-mj2bv]

I was blessed to be a supporter during these seasons , The LIONS would have destroyed any Celtic side from 1980 up to now , no fkn joke .From , The GLASGOW CELTIC man , Johannesburg , South Africa .

[@starofdavid9919]

Truly blessed.

[@HughTrodden-mj2bv]

@@starofdavid9919 I certainly was son and I STILL AM , LOVE YOUR " HANDLE " AND I WOULD WELCOME LEIL BACK ANYTIME , FKN MUSLIM FLAGS AT CELTIC PARK , FKN DISGRACE , GOD. LESS .

[@HughTrodden-mj2bv]

SORRY I MEANT GOD BLESS .

[@jimbyrne2328]

Go read a Bible. Guess who had JC killed? Free Palestine .​@@HughTrodden-mj2bv

[@beheumband5758]

​@@HughTrodden-mj2bvCeltic will always stand with Palestine, you clearly don't know the history behind the club, the Irish struggle is very similar to the Palestinian struggle, Celtic is and always will be a left wing club like it or not

[@paulmcduff1930]

Great achievement from a great team and a great club 🍀

[@user-kk4pf8nb3e]

The Bhoys won it even before the left the tunnel. Berti Auld started THECELTIC SONG in the tunnel and the bhoys a ALL joined in. Then as the emerged u u can see Jimmy JINKY Jonston, s tell Inters full " Ur in for a nightmare". As Jinky points at him and also tells him him "I'm turning u inside out". GREATEST achievement in football bar none. One player from Aryshire, the rest are all from Glasgow. Unreal, Will never be matched. C.

[@talkinghead3169]

I have always thought Jinky was telling his opponent, we will swap tops at the end? I prefer your take on it! 💚💚

[@thomaslogue7773]

The best celtic team I ever saw and they entertained they could and did beat anyone

[@talkinghead3169]

Some of the attendances Celtic played in front of: Aberdeen in the cup final 1970 - 145,000. V Leeds in the Euro cup semi-final - 136,000. Numerous times Celtic played to crowds well over 100k. They are without doubt the biggest football support on the planet, and from a small country too!

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

108k at the cup final in 1970. The 1937 final v the sheep was attended by 147k. The highest attendance for a club match in Europe .

[@grahamtaylor6507]

You failed to mention they had over 40 attempts at goal in the final.thats a shot at goal every 2 mins..big JOCK STEIN greatest manager ever ,he TAUGHT CRYUFF, FERGIE etc.and they used his tactics and passed them on to PEP and the rest .

[@tonym505]

Although the Dutch get the credit for total football, the Lisbon Lions created it in 66/67 season, scoring a total of 196 goals in all competitions a world record still to this day 💪🏻🍀 maybe naivety & bad luck stopped celtic from winning multiple European cups.

[@HughTrodden-mj2bv]

Connor735 , I was in the Huns end that day , next to the Partick supporters , they deserved to win and they sang like champs , and NOT ONE BIT OF TROUBLE . HAIL HAIL.

[@stephencruickshanks3794]

1967-74 Celtic were the best team in the UK and one of the top half dozen in Europe The Quality Street Gang who followed immediately after the Lisbon Lions were also immensely talented with players like Dalglish, Connelly, McGrain, Hay & Macari in their ranks.

[@user-kk4pf8nb3e]

6 Green Hoops and 7white Hoops. It wiz written in the stars. C.

[@user-lx1lu8qr7e]

Big Jock was a footballing genius, he knew a lot.

[@talkinghead3169]

Too true buddy 💚💚

[@johnmorgan4350]

So did Walter

[@user-lx1lu8qr7e]

@@johnmorgan4350 Walter was great, but big Jock knew a lot more.

[@johnmorgan4350]

@@user-lx1lu8qr7ehahaha keep the tears coming, they’re delicious, are the rainjurs changing their name to Murrayfield rainjurs 🤣🤣🤣

[@joepaccrakurii1227]

​@@user-lx1lu8qr7ejock wallace all the way to advocaat had plenty of knowledge about that same thing.

[@TheMerchantOfTruth]

Incredible achievement given the short radius from the stadium the players came from .

[@barrypaton3641]

Unmatched Lisbon Lions 🍀💚

[@TheJonjay777]

Celtic should have got to the cup winner cup final in1966 they beat Liverpool 1 -0 at parkhead but lost 2 nil at anfield in the semis but Bobby lennox had a perfectly good goal chopped off in last minute the final was in Glasgow and Liverpool lost

[@rian202003]

Unbelievably good, transformed UK football at least leading the way for Man utd and Liverpool

[@fishingstevie8830]

This Celtic side were the very Best side we have had and what a time to be a young guy growing up them yrs And every player practically a Scot and should have won 2nd European cup in 1970 but for tight fisted board them who denied them a bonus ..Two Celtic players Tommy Gemmill and Bertie Auld just 2 days before flying out to take on Feyenoord in European cup final in 1970 in San Siro in Milan ..Both went up to board asked whats for bonus if we bring back European cup the biggest trophy in European football and were told NO BONUS ..This went bck to rest players and had put some of them off big time as they were not on big wages at all ..No Bonus beat Celtic . How i also know when speaking with Bobby Lennox in 1990 not good times for the club ..Outside Cetic park i seen all th crowd gathered ..Stood beside me was Paul McStay with his leg in plaster , Charlie Nicholas stood on steps along just over from Charlie was Stevie Chalmers ..I seen young girls have pics taken with Gerry Crainey beside his nice car ..i seen walking out down steps one of Celtic board members names went for now but not really interested in any of them ..When i seen Bobby Lennox walk down holding training boots ..i shouts over his name to him ..he stood awaiting my arrival Anyhow shook hands and recalled Bobby and that great Celtic team growing up in the 60s and had got my late Father see Jinky Johnstone my then fav Celtic player play ..Then seed was sown for to get my Dad take me see Celtic play more often and he wasnt a Celtic or Rangers fan but he took me and then we went other games and then he was a Celtic supporter just thoughts were with us were Celtic played best football ..Myself a young guy loved the hoops strip and jinky Anyhow back to another great Celt Bobby Lennox and he i never mentioned European cup but Bobby then went into that very final in 1970 saying that is one game still rankles his memory ..Said If it was one week later then its a Guarantee we Celtic would have won that final ..he said we never turned up , he never said why not , but i know it was this 2 days before fly out the Bonus told No Bonus had something to do with Celtic not playing well at all ..Bobby did say bit Feyenoord deserved the win in end of extra time as were better on day ..as said he followed that up with in brackets ( If that final was one week later then its a Guarantee we Celtic would have won it as we knew we were a better team than Feyenoord were ..He went onto say Leeds Utd would have won v them . Sais Leeds were a better team but we won v them in both games in Semis because we turned up ..Celtic boards have never been any use back them days and same today via their penny pinching at all times . Celtic few yrs ago would have made Champs leagues but for boards greed several times failed because of not having better players deserved at Celtic park and could have but would not pay going rate .. But this side won European cup 3 yrs before in 1967 v Inter Milan in Lisbon is historic as is very first of that trophy ( Big Ears ) now known as chmpions league trophy nd Celtic very first winners of such ..As yr before 1966 was a white jug like trophy won by Real Madrid v Bayern Munich .. But Yes Celtic team back them days could hold their own v the best teams and were some very good sides around Europe back then . Memories last forever them were best dys of my life . Rip to all players not with us today and personally i say Rip to my Father who took me see my favs perform many a time as a youngster .

[@talkinghead3169]

Brilliant video ..and you got a hell of a lot right 👍

[@joepaccrakurii1227]

After that semi final stein told his players hed NEVER ask them to play like that shsin, celtic as a club have never been the type to play for a draw but for whatever reason he sent them out to do that and he regretted it big time. God rest you Jock and all the lions

[@johnmckinlay67]

Celtic totally dismantled Helenio Herrera's cattenachio defensive system that day. The fact that it was only 2-1 at the end flattered Inter. Sadly in the forthcoming years, the youngsters from the reserves (McGrain, Dalglish, Macari, Hay, Connelly etc) never repeated that, but they did get close in 1970 (final v Feyenoord.. 72 lost to Inter on penalties in the semi, and in 74 a brutal semi v Atletico Madrid). Proud to say I saw & lived through it all, and it set the standards of fast attacking football for the rest to follow.

[@brian7193]

He may not have been one of the Lisbon but Danny McGrain is without doubt an absolute legend of our great club and in my opinion was one of the best right backs in the uk ,the term legends so.etimes get banded about too easily but the Lisbon lions deserve it

[@joeh4104]

Hail hail

[@jamesalexander4926]

Big jock knewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@garymacdonald7165]

Fergies Man Utd and Guadiolas Man City are a tactical copy of Jock Steins Celtic! Celtic were the best team in Europe without any foriegn transfers,thus make them the greatest club side in history!

[@alba..8479]

Absolutely outstanding HH1888,, A Feat that will NEVER EVER Be repeated

[@Jimmy_Cooper]

From mid 60s to mid 70 s Celtic were a proper top European power . All went pear shaped from about 75/76 onwards unfortunately

[@JasonGray-pb9uq]

gemmil

[@thomasdbrady3696]

What annoys me is the fact that Scotland had some of the most talented talent squads around that era. Pick a position and I bet any one of them would have a chance at a spot in a world team. But no! The blazers stepped in, surrounded by sectarian bigotry, and let our country down. Oh what could have been…

[@JasonGray-pb9uq]

Yeah no ball games,ruined all that,all the tarmacadum mob

[@patrickreachcoll3617]

zero original analysis going here and the footage is all over the place and not referential to the narration.

[@GtaRusStore]

prime celtic? theyve lost more games than they've fun in the last 78 years.. a primie bristol city is better

[@JasonGray-pb9uq]

We need to get back to basics ,an not having money ,money money,there should be a well liked convere belt of talent in Glasgow,,Snobbish behaviour ,go home !!

[@bobbymcculloch2451]

The Celtic team now are just overpaid baby’s and wimps now in comparison. Cry baby’s now. Just like the board