Celtic legend John Clark’s funeral mass was held in Calton, Glasgow on Friday.
Clark sadly passed away on Monday, June 23 at the age of 84 as the Celtic family across the world mourned his death.
The Lisbon Lion’s funeral was attended by a number of Celtic representatives past and present at St Mary’s Church in Calton, the place where Celtic FC was said to be formed.
After the funeral, the cortege travelled to Celtic Park to be met by hundreds of Hoops fans who lined the Celtic Way to bid farewell to Clark.
The guests who attended John Clark’s funeral
Photography agency SNS was present outside both St Mary’s Church and Celtic Park to document the funeral mass and the cortege passing by the stadium.
They took pictures of a number of famous guests who attended to pay their respects to Clark and his family. Here are some of the people we spotted in SNS’s gallery:
- Brendan Rodgers & Celtic first-team squad members
- Jackie McNamara
- Hugh Keevins
- Peter Grant
- Gerry McCabe
- Stephen Frail
- Chic Charnley
- Jim Craig
- Patrick Stewart
- John Brown
- Ian Wright
- Roy Keane
- Dermot Desmond
- Peter Lawwell
- Neil Lennon
- Scott Brown
- Alan Thompson
- Charlie Mulgrew
- Danny McGrain
- Gordon Marshall
- Tommy Johnson
- John Fallon
- Eileen Clark (John’s wife)
- Archie MacPherson
- Rose Reilly
- John Kennedy
- Pierce O’Leary
- Dominic Sullivan
- Michael Nicholson
- James Mortimer
- Murdo MacLeod
- Brian Wilson
- Willie McStay
- Roy Aitken
- Jim McInally
- David Marshall
- Jonny Hayes
- Stephen McManus
- Ian Bankier
- Tosh McKinlay
- Tom Boyd
- Willie Haughey
- Thomas Allison
John Clark’s incredible service to Celtic over the years
Clark started the 1967 European Cup final victory against Inter Milan as the Hoops secured a 2-1 victory in the heat of Lisbon.
With that, he became a Lisbon Lion and thus forever immortalised as one of the greatest Celtic players to represent the club.
Clark became part of the Celtic coaching staff in the 1970s as he took charge of the reserve and youth teams, before becoming Billy McNeill’s assistant manager.
And then he was the kit man for more than 20 years through the management years of Martin O’Neill, Gordon Strachan and Neil Lennon.
Rest in peace, John Clark.
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