Some Celtic fans have been left talking about the time when they had faced Manchester United back in 1966.
The game between the Hoops and United was played in 1966 and it was a friendly involving the two sides. Celtic had emerged victorious by a convincing 4-1 margin.
A Hoops-related page called Lisbon Lion relayed a video of that game recently. The post said that the Celtic team of that time was ‘on the cusp of greatness’.
On seeing this video, many Celtic fans were left talking. It got a positive reaction from them.
They made everything look so so easy
— Robert 51 (@cardow_robert) April 2, 2020
Wonderful piece of film what a team we were
— Tam the bam (@Tamthebam11) April 2, 2020
Proud to say I was there that day. Phenomenal! ??????
— Anthony Martin (@Anthony76119606) April 2, 2020
Do you want Celtic to play a friendly against Man Utd again?
I'd love it!
I'm not too bothered
It’s amazing to think that Celtic were probably the best team in the world for a while.
— Sweetie (@Sweetie44444) April 2, 2020
Everyone talks about 67 and rightly so but we forget how good they really were the teams we were beating must have been in the top 10 European teams for a good 10 years in that era Lisbon lions true legends ???
— Richie Campbell (@richiecampbell7) April 2, 2020
Not in the same league
— Brian Carr (@BrianCa35301334) April 2, 2020
As per CelticWiki, that Man Utd team had George Best feature on that day. Former Celtic man Paddy Crerand had captained United on that day too, says the website.
Celtic were 3-0 up at half-time in that game. Bobby Lennox had scored first, while Bobby Murdoch had scored the second goal. The third goal was scored by Joe McBride and the fourth was an own-goal by United defender Bill Foulkes. David Sadler had scored United’s only goal of the game.
What do we think?
They are certainly are happy memories for Celtic fans. Considering they had won the European Cup in 1967, the game against United can well be associated with how the same team went onto win the European Cup at the end of the season. It showed how great the team was.
The comments of the Hoops fans show that they were left fascinated by the footage and they have justified reasons for that.