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ROBERT "BOBBY" MURDOCH WAS BORN ON 17 AUGUST 1944 BUT UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY IN 2001.HE FORMED A FORMUDABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH BERTI AULD IN MIDFIELD AND WAS ONE OF THE LISBON LIONS IN 1967 TO LIFT THE PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN CUP. DURING HIS TIME AT CELTIC MURDOCH WON EIGHT LEAGUE TITLES, FOUR SCOTTISH CUPS,A EUROPEAN WINNERS MEDAL AND A EUROPEAN RUNNERS UP MEDAL.HE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO MIDDLESBORUOGH IN 1973 AND RETIRED IN 1976. HE HAS A BRIEF SPELL AS BOROUGH MANAGER IN 1981 TO 1982.
JOCK STEIN IS PROBABLY THE BEST CELTIC MANAGER EVER. HE WAS BORN ON 5 OCTOBER 1922 IN BURNBANK. HE STARTED HIS PLAYINCAREER AT ALBION ROVERS AND HAD A BRIEF SPELL AT DUNDEE UTD AS WELL AS PLAYING FOR CFC. IN 1953 HE CAPTAINED CFC TO VICTORY OVER LIVERPOOL IN THE CORNATION CUP. HE ALSO CAPTAINED CFC TO THEIR FIRTS LEAGUE SINCE 1938. AS A MANAGER JOCK STEIN GUIDED THE LIONS TO THE EUROPEAN CUP IN 1967. CELTIC WENT ON TO WHEN ANOTHER TREBLE UNDER STEIN AND GO TO ANOTHER EUROPEAN FINAL.
BOBBY LENNOX WAS BORN IN 1943 AND SIGNED FOR CFC IN 1961. HE SCORED 272 GOALS IN 571 APPEARANCES FOR CFC.HE WON ELEVEN LEAGUE MEDALS, EIGHT SCOTTISH CUP MEDALS,FOUR LEAGUE CUP MEDALS AND A EUROPEAN FINAL WINNERS MEDAL.LENNOX WAS KNOWN A BUZZ BOMB AS HE WAS AN ELECTRICALLY FAST WINGER.
KENNY DALGLISH WAS BORN ON 4 MARCH 1951 IN GLASGOW.DESPITE BEING A GERS FAN KENNY JOINED UP WITH CFC IN 1967.KENNY SCORED 6 GOALS IN HIS DEBUT AGAINST KILMARNOCK. WHEN KD WAS MADE CAPTAIN IN 1975 CFC NEVER WON ANY TROPHIES. KING KENNY SCORED 167 GOALS IN324 GAMES FOR CFC AND WON THE SFL FOUR TIMES, SCOTTISH CUP FOUR TIMES AND SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP ONCE.
HE WAS ALSO PFA PLAYER IN 1983, FWA PLAYER IN 1979 AND 1983.
HE SCORED 30 GOALS IN 102 NATIONALS, IS A MEMBER OF THE HALL OF FAMES AND A MEMBER OF THE FIFA 100.
FRANK MCAVENNIE WAS BORN IN 25 NOVEMBER 1959 IN LANARK. MACCA HAD A BIT OF A PLAYBOY LIFESTYLE WITH LOTS OF BOOZE AND WOMEN BUT HE CERTAINLY MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT ON THE PARK.HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT ST MIRREN AND THE SIGNED FOR WEST HAM IN 1985 THE MOVED TO CFC IN 1987.THAT YEAR HE HELPED CFC WIN THE LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE AND SCORED IN THE CUP FINAL.HE WON THE 1982 SPFA YOUN PLAYER. MACCA NOW HAS A CAR PARK NAMED AFTER HIM AND GETS THE PISSED RIPPED OUT HIM ON ONLY AN EXCUSE COZ HE ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW "WHERE'S THE BURDS".
DANNY MCGRAIN WAS BORN IN GLASGOW ON 1 MAY 1950. MCGRAIN WAS PROBABLY CFCS BEST EVER FULL BACK AND WAS SELECTED FOR CFCS ALL TIME GREATEST TEAM. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SCOTLAND HALL OF FAME HAVING WON 62 CAPS.DESPITE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES IN 1974 HE CONTINUED TO PLAY AT THE TOP LEVEL. HE CAPTAINED SCOTLAND IN THE 1982 WORLD CUP.
MARTIN O'NEIL WAS ON MARCH 1, 1952 IN KILREA, NORTHERN IRELAND.HIS PLAYING CAREER STARTED IN THE EARLY 70'S AND HE BECAME A KEY PART OF BRIAN CLOUGH'S NOTTINGHAM FORREST. O'NEIL PLAYED AND INTEGERAL PART IN WINNING FORREST THE LEAGUE CUP AND LEAGUE IN 1978 AND TWO EUROPEAN CUPS. O'NEIL WAS CAPPED BY IRELAND 62 TIMES. AFTER HIS PLAYING CAREER O'NEIL MANAGED GRANTHAM TOWN THE EVENTUALLY WYCOMBE WONDERERS WHOM HE TOOK INTO THE LEAGUE IN 1993. HE THEN JOINED LEICESTER CITY IN 1995 AND HE BECAME AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS WINNING PROPMOTION TO THE PREMIERSHIP AND WINNING THE LEAGUE CUP IN 1997 AND 2000. O'NEIL LEFY LEICESTER IN 2000 TO BEGIN A LEGENDARY ERA AT CELTIC. ON HIS FIRST SEASON MARTIN RACKED UP THE TREBLE AND NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET THE AMAZING RUN TO SEVILLE.IN FIVE SEASONS MARTIN RACKED UP 3 SPL TITLES, 3 SCOTTISH CUPS AND A LEAGUE CUP. UNFORTUNATELY MARTIN HAD TO LEAVE IN 2005 TO TEND FOR HIS ILL WIFE BUT NOW HE IS CURRENTLY MANGING ASTON VILLA.
PAUL MCSTAY WAS BORN IN HAMILTON ON 22 OCTOBER 1964 AND SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH CFC. HE SIGNED AT SEVENTEEN AS A CFC YOUTH TEAM MEMBER AND WAS MADE CAPTAIN IN 1990. HE ALSO REPRESENTED SCOTLAND 76 TIMES AND IS IN THE HALL OF FAME. HE WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CELTS EVER BY FANS.
IN 1983 PAUL WON PFA YOUNG PLAYER, SFWA PLAYER IN 1988 AND PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1988.IN HIS TIME AT CFC HE SCORED 72 GOALS IN 678 APPEARANCES.
PAUL LAMBERT WAS BORN ON 7 AUGUST 1969 IN PAISLEY. HE STARTED IN CAREER AT LINWOOD RANGERS IN 1984 BEFORE MOVING TO ST MIRREN. AFTER 8 YEARS AT ST MIRREN HE WENT TO MOTHERWELL BEFORE TRYING HIS LUCK WITH BUNDESLIGA SIDE BORUSSIA DORTMUND IN 1996. THERE HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SIDE WINNING THE 1997 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AGAINST JUVENTUS. AFTER ONE SEASON IN GERMANY HE FINALLY MOVED TO CELTIC FOR 2 MILLION AND DURING HIS TIME THERE HE CAPTAINED CELTIC TO THE UEFA CUP FINAL SEVILLE, WON FOUR SPL TITLES, TWO SCOTTISH CUPS, TWO CIS INSURANCE CUPS. HE WAS CAPPED 40 TIMES BY SCOTLAND AND NOW IS ENJOYING A RECORD AMOUNT OF WINS AT WYCOMBE AS MANAGER AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL SPELL AT LIVINGSTON
LUBO MORAVCIK WAS BORN ON JUNE 22, 1965 IN NITRA, SLOVAKIA. HE MOVED TO CFC FROM DUISBURG IN 1998 AND WAS SIGNED BY JOSEF VENGLOS. HE BECAME A HERO AT PARADISE FORMING A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH LARSSON. MORAVCIK'S FIRST GOAL CAME IN A 5-1
ROMP OVER THE GERS.HE ALSO SCORED A MEMORABLE DOUBLE AGAINST THE GERS IN 2001 WHEN THE CELTS ROMPED 21 POINTS CLEAR IN THE TABLE. MORAVCIK THE MAGICIAN HAD TWO GREAT FEET AND HE WAS EVEN DESCRIBED BY ZIDANE AS THE BEST ATTACKING MIDFIELDER HE HAD EVER SEEN. UNFORTANATELY LUBO LEFT THE CELTS IN 2002 TO JOIN UP WITH DR JOSEF VENGLOOS IN JAPAN. ONLY IF LUBO WAS A FEW YEARS YOUNGER:p.................
JACKIE MCNAMARA WAS BORN ON 24 OCTOBER 1973 IN GLASGOW. HIS CAREER BEGAN AT DUNFERMLINE FC BEFORE FOLLOWING HIS DAD'S FOOTSTEPS AND MOVING TO CELTIC IN 1995. JACKIE MAC STARTED IMPRESSIVELY AND PICKED UP THE SPFA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1996, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN O'NEIL ARRIVED HE WAS UNDESERVEDLY REDUCED TO BEING A BIT PART PLAYER. JACKIE PICKED HIM SELF UP AND FINALLY BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT PLAYER UNDER O'NEIL AND ALSO BECAME THE CAPTAIN.DUE TO HIS CONSISTENCY HE WAS NAMED FOOTBALL WRITERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2004 AND HE WAS ALSO PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1998. JACKIE CAPTAINED THE SIDE TO THE LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE IN 2003/2004 AND THE CUP IN 2005. HE GOT A DESERVED TESTIMONIAL IN 2005 FOR 10 GREAT YEARS OF SERVICE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY LEFT TO GO TO WOLVES ON A BOSMAN THAT SAME SEASON BECAUSE THE CFC BOARDROOM COULDN'T BE BOTHERED BRINGING OUT THE BISCUIT TIN FOR A FEW EXTRA QUID FOR CELTIC'S MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER IN THE PAST 5 OR 6 YEARS. ANY WAY ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE JACKIE WAS A HERO AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY ANY OF THE FANS. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES J MAC:p
HENRIK LARSSON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 20,1971 IN HELSINBORG, SWEDEN. LARSSON BEGAN PLAYING AT THE AGE OF 17 AT HELINSBORG FC WHERE HE SCORED 50 GOALS IN 56 APPEARANCES AND THIS FORM ATTRACTED FC FEYENOORD WHO SIGNED HIM IN 1993. HE EVENTUALLY JOINED CELTIC IN 1997 AND WAS SIGNED UP BY WIM JANSEN. THE BEGINNING OF HIS CELTIC CAREER WAS HELLISH WHICH INCLUDED SCORING AN OWN GOAL IN A EUROPEAN MATCH. LARSSON SCORED A TOTAL OF 242 GOALS IN 315 MATCHES WHICH MADE HIM CELTIC'S THIRD ALL TIME GREATEST SCORER. THIS WAS A REMARKABLE FEAT CONSIDERING HE WAS OUT ALMOST A YEAR AFTER SUFFERING A HORRIFIC LEG BREAK AGAINST LYON. IN 2001 HE WON THE GOLDEN BOOT AWARD WITH 53 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS. LARSSON STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST GOALS SCORED IN EUROPE FROM A PLAYER WHO PLAYS FOR A BRITISH TEAM. LARSSON LAST COMPETITIVE GAME AGAINST DUNFERMLINE IN THE CUP FINAL WAS AN EMOTIONAL ONE IN WHICH HE RACKED UP 2 MORE GOALS AND CELTIC FANS WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.
THERES ONLY ONE GORDON STRACHAN. ONE GORDON STRACHAN. HE MITE BE GINGER AND BAD TO THE PRESS BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE W G S
POTENTIALLY 4 TROPHIES IN 2 SEASONS, LAST 16 AGAINST CHAMPS LEAGUE, ENUFF SAID
AYE HES IRISH AND GINGER. SO WHAT. LENNY TOOK A LOT OF UNJUST STICK FROM PEOPLE, ABOUT NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOTBALL, BUT HE STILL HAD THE STEAL AND DETERMINATION TO CARRY ON. IF WE HAD 11 LENNYS ON THE TEAM WITH THAT MUCH PASSION FOR THE SHIRT, WED GO FAR. A TRUE GREAT. HAIL HAIL LENNY
