On this date 20 years ago, Celtic held a ceremony announcing the club's greatest-ever XI.
The players chosen were as follows: Ronnie Simpson; Danny McGrain, Billy McNeill, Tommy Gemmell; Bobby Murdoch, Bertie Auld, Paul McStay; Jimmy Johnstone, Kenny Dalglish, Henrik Larsson Bobby Lennox.
Alongside the team were individual and match awards. These were: greatest ever player – Jimmy Johnstone; greatest ever Celt – Jock Stein; greatest ever captain – Billy McNeill; greatest ever foreigner – Henrik Larsson; best ever derby goal – Murdo MacLeod goal in the 4-2 '10 Men Won the League' game in 1979; greatest ever derby game – 7-1 League Cup final in 1957.
In this special episode of the Celtic Briefing, Sean and Tony are joined by renowned journalist Kevin McKenna to revisit the greatest-ever XI on the 20th anniversary of its announcement.
The trio also undertake a seriously difficult challenge: naming a five-man bench to make it a squad!
You can watch it all on the player below...
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