Two ex-Celts embarrassingly ignore Celtic’s greatest ever achievement

Ignoring our achievements was bad enough, but Keane and Wright not acknowledging it was even worse…

Celtic captain Billy McNeill holds aloft the European Cup
Celtic captain Billy McNeill holds aloft the European Cup after Celtic’s 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in the 1967 European Cup Final in Lisbon. Photo Imago.

Some English based podcast involving a few highly regarded and respected ex-pros recently put out a show in which they discussed what was the best ever achievement by a British club.

Understandably the amazing success by a great Liverpool side, Man United’s Busby Babes, Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble winning side of 1999, Pep’s Manchester City treble winners.

Peter Taylor and Brian Clough, 1980 European Cup Final
Peter Taylor and Brian Clough on the bench at the 1980 European cup Final. Photo: Imago

Nottingham Forest’s incredible back-to-back European Cup wins 

Brian Clough’s amazing back-to-back European cup wins with Nottingham Forest were all high on the agenda as was Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers winning the Premier League, and rightly so. However one ‘British’ achievement that should have been high on the topic sadly wasn’t, and that was of course our very own all conquering side of 1966/67.

Mark McGhee of Aberdeen celebrates with the Cup Winners Cup
European Cup Winners Cup Final – 11 05 1983 Aberdeen vs. Real Madrid Mark McGhee of Aberdeen celebrates with the trophy. Photo – imago/Colorsport.

Aberdeen’s brilliant achievement in 1983

You can even include Aberdeen’s brilliant achievement in 1983 when they won the cup winners cup by beating the mighty Real Madrid in the final in Gothenburg. That incidentally was the last time Real Madrid lost a European final and they’ve been in plenty ever since.

Celtic’s win in Lisbon tops the lot 

As for our own achievement, winning every single trophy we entered with a group of players born within a 30 mile radius of each other. The first British and non Latin side to win European football’s greatest honour. I’m sure that deserves a mention don’t you?

I’m not saying it’s the best ever achievement by a British side, but it’s up there high on the list, and for it not to even be mentioned is disgraceful.

Roy Keane runs out to make his Celtic Park debut
Roy Keane of Celtic runs onto the pitch for the Scottish Premier league soccer match against Kilmarnock at Celtic Park January 14, 2006. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Roy Keane, a self confessed Celtic supporter

Even more disappointing is that two of the ex pros involved were Roy Keane and Ian Wright, who both played for our club. Wright was just passing through Celtic looking for one last pay-day as his legs had gone. As for Roy Keane, a self confessed Celtic supporter. You think that he would have at least mentioned our greatest ever achievement.

Why frame this as Best British achievement when they are only really interested in English achievements? Roy Keane, hang your head in shame.

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  1. Pair of opportunists. Keane only saw out the end of his career at Celtic so he could go back to Ireland and say he played for the mighty Celtic and save himself the stain and embarrassment of bring called a Man Utd player.