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Meanwhile, what’s wrong with a transcard? Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Here we go. If public transport is good enough for yer old da, it’s good enough for you. This is 1992. They’ve taken the trams off, ye know. Aw ma pals have got motors. Some bloody pals they are. Won’t even give a fella a lift. They’re no taxi drivers, Dad … Hey, did you read that thing in the paper about the Lisbon Lions? They’re looking for people’s memories. Are they now? Don’t look at me. I lost mine years ago. Come on, da. You must have more stories than the Red Road flats. Lisbon. That’s where you and ma maw met. You must have a few crackers to tell. Crackers, is it? Ah suppose I have. It’s a long time past, though, boy. Things is changed. It’s a different ball game now – big business, so it is. If someone had told me I’d be paying six quid to stand at a football match twenty-five years ago I’d have thought they were crazy. A working man can hardly afford to follow football now. No wonder the crowds have gone down. 22
Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Sean Danny Ach, yer two-faced, da. How come yer still goin? Because I’ve nothing better to do. Tell me about it. Because it keeps me out yer mother’s hair. Heard it. Because where would a poor man be without his wee taste of paradise on a Saturday afternoon? Nowhere. I’ll tell you this much, though. It’s not a punter’s paradise any more. Them bloody yuppies have taken over. The style of play has changed as well. Where are the attacking full backs, the out-and-out strikers, the dribbling wingers? No team in Scotland could lift the European Cup now, I’ll tell you that much. Not Rangers, with their big money and their big stadium. And Celtic have enough trouble getting into Europe these days, never mind winning anything. But what about the Lisbon Lions, da? That was some team. Sure it was a grand old team. The greatest team on earth. The greatest club on earth. A team of individuals. But Celtic’s bigger than any wan 23
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Page 6 and 7: First published 2017 isbn: 978-1-91
Page 9: Contents The Lions of Lisbon - Loca
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Page 15 and 16: Introduction In the autumn of 1991,
Page 17: ange of voices reflecting on Celtic
Page 21 and 22: The Line-Up Cathy Boyle Donaldo Gab
Page 23: 1 Danny’s Boy [Danny Gallagher, a
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