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Billy Mcneill RIP

clive
clive Posts: 19,442
edited April 2019 in Other Football and Sports
Former Celtic captain and manager Billy McNeill - the first British man to lift the European Cup - has died aged 79.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41685748


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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    I remember him raising the European Cup so clearly.
    Great one club man.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,726
    RIP
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP 
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    800+ games for Celtic and 29 caps for Scotland

    RIP Billy
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Billy
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,597
    RIP Billy 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    RIP
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    RIP
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,214
    Such a huge figure in Celtic, and British football history.

    Will we ever see his like again?

    RIP big man
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,146
    RIP
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    RIP Billy

    Fact, every member, except one, of the 15 man squad for the 1967 European Cup Final was born within 10 miles of Celtic Park.
    The exception was Bobby Lennox who was born 30 miles away.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    I remember I needed him to complete Football 86 when he was Man City manager for about 2 sodding months. When word got out that some kid in the first year had him as a double I made his day by giving him all 500-odd swaps.just dropped them on his desk and bopped off with McNeill in my hand. #baller

    Then dropped the f***ing thing on the floor and got mud all over his nose

    RIP MuddyBilly
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,140
    RIP to a Celtic legend..
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    edited April 2019
    Billy first came to my attention in 1961. My friend at school David McNeill was full of it that in that year's England v Scotland Under 23 game, both sides were captained by a McNeill, rather England's skipper was Mick McNeil, with the missing 'L'.

    Billy was a giant of Scots football both as player and manager. He had a distinction which will stand forever, the first captain of a British (not to say Scottish) team to win the European Cup, now the Champions League of course 

    R I P Billy



  • redsek
    redsek Posts: 656
    RIP Cesar
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Manager at Aberdeen for a season in the 70's. Finished runners-up in League and Cup. RIP Billy.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    cafcdave123 said:
    800+ games for Celtic and 29 caps for Scotland

    RIP Billy
    Genuine question, but how on earth did he play that many times for Celtic yet play an average of less than twice a year for Scotland?

    Given his Celtic appearance tally, he obviously wasn't injured much, so was he just not bothered about the national side?
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    800+ games for Celtic and 29 caps for Scotland

    RIP Billy
    Genuine question, but how on earth did he play that many times for Celtic yet play an average of less than twice a year for Scotland?

    Given his Celtic appearance tally, he obviously wasn't injured much, so was he just not bothered about the national side?
    that's what happens when your international debut is a 9-3 defeat to the auld enemy !

    although they played together for Scotland, i think John Greig (Rangers) was preferred in a very similar role.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,214
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    800+ games for Celtic and 29 caps for Scotland

    RIP Billy
    Genuine question, but how on earth did he play that many times for Celtic yet play an average of less than twice a year for Scotland?

    Given his Celtic appearance tally, he obviously wasn't injured much, so was he just not bothered about the national side?
    There were far fewer international games then, especially as Scotland did not qualify for the world cup during his time and the Euros were much smaller.

    I certainly don't think it is fair to say " he was just not bothered".


  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    He was a fine player.

    RIP
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    A giant of the Scottish game - RIP
  • Valleyofdreams
    Valleyofdreams Posts: 149
    A Celtic legend. Sleep well Billy.

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