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Joe Donnohue

“I gave my tie from the European Cup final to Rod Stewart. He always fancied it and I had a spare one – he wears it all the time now!” Lisbon Lion Jim Craig recalls run-in with Celtic-supporting rockstar

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Rod Stewart during a UEFA Champions League match between Celtic and SK Slovan Bratislava at Celtic Park, on September 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images).

Celtic's victory over Inter Milan in the 1967 European Cup Final was the first time a club from the British Isles had been crowned European champions.

A year later, Sir Matt Busby's Manchester United repeated the feat - but the Bhoys from Parkhead will always be first.

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