Celtic View

Jinky to be honoured with statue

26 September 2007

CELTIC Football Club today announced that it is to construct a statue at Celtic Park to commemorate and celebrate the life of Celtic Legend Jimmy Johnstone.

The statue of Jimmy will be funded solely by the club and will be positioned at the main entrance at Celtic Park. Planning with regards to the statue will begin immediately.

Daily Express

Tribute To Lisbon Lion

Jim McLean

22 September 2007

CELTIC are to construct a statue at Parkhead to commemorate and celebrate the life of club legend Jimmy Johnstone.

The statue of Jimmy, voted by the fans as the greatest Celtic player of all time, will be positioned at the main entrance at Celtic Park.

The Herald

Statue honour for Celtic legend Jinky

Paul Drury

22 September 2007

Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone is to be immortalised with a statue at the entrance to the club grounds.

Brian Quinn, Celtic chairman, said: "We are delighted to announce that the magical Jimmy Johnstone is to be remembered and recognised in this way.

Daily Record

Grand Old Team To Paint For

01 August 2007

CELTIC great Billy McNeill yesterday gave the thumbs up to a new painting of his finest moment.

The club commissioned the portrait of the Lisbon Lions to mark the 40th anniversary of their European Cup triumph.

Daily Record

Doctors told me I was the youngest victim of Motor Neurone Disease at 13

Lisa Adams

29 June 2007

Brave Emma battles to raise profile of deadly condition.

EMMA GOODMAN made medical history as the youngest person in Britain to develop motor neurone disease.

Daily Record

Words of Wisdom

19 June 2007

PATIENTS and families of Scots with motor neurone disease are set to take their fight for better care to Parliament.

Margaret Mitchell MSP leads a debate on Wednesday campaigning for more vital funds across Scotland, so sufferers of the devastating, killer condition have as good a quality of life as possible.

The Scotsman

Celtic flowered in sunshine of 1967's summer of love

GLENN GIBBONS

26 May 2007

THE frequently-made claim that anyone who remembers the Sixties wasn't there is a neat way of capturing the so-called decade of decadence and liberation. It is also, of course, a load of patent nonsense.

As with any period of that duration, however, some years will be much more memorable than others, largely because they have left enduring legacies. For millions of people, 1967 is made unforgettable by events like the release of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album and milestone movies such as The Graduate, In The Heat Of the Night and Bonnie and Clyde.

Ulster TV

Lisbon legends Lionised by Celtic

25 May 2007

Celtic will tonight mark the 40th anniversary of their legendary European Cup triumph over Inter Milan with a celebratory dinner at Parkhead.

The surviving players from the famous night in Lisbon will unite to toast the occasion when Jock Stein`s side responded to conceding an early goal to fight back and win 2-1.

The Herald

The nearly man

HUGH MacDONALD

25 May 2007

They may not have been the shots that were heard all over the world but two strikes from Charlie Gallagher's boot have echoed down the ages. In the midst of 40 years of Lisbon celebrations, Gallagher could appear to be a peripheral figure. He watched the final from the stand, just yards from where Billy McNeill would be awarded the trophy in chaotic circumstances.

But Gallagher, a midfielder of craft and subtlety, had played his part in high points of Celtic's history. For all Gallagher's guile in the centre of midfield, both his contributions came from a small patch of grass in a corner of a home field.