Paul Slane completed the ultimate Celtic pilgrimage last week.
Upon touching down in the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon, the Hoops fan and former winger couldn’t help but bask in the moment by FaceTiming his Open Goal colleague, Andy Halliday.
As a player, Slane was infamous for his off-field antics, to say the least. Nowadays, however, his media personality and football travel content on YouTube are hugely popular.
The Portuguese capital was his latest destination, as he ticked off something on every Celtic fan’s bucket list.
When Celtic became the first British side to win the European Cup
Paul Slane’s brilliant FaceTime with Andy Halliday in Lisbon
The conversation on Open Goal went as follows:
Slane: Andy boy, do you know where we are?
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Halliday: Lisbon?
Slane: Look closer.
Halliday: Aw, f— sake, wee man. F—– 70 years ago, chill out, man!
Slane: Mate, that’s unbelievable, innit?
Halliday: Are you sitting where Cesar sat?
Slane: Mate, unbelievable. Can you believe all [those] boys were from Glasgow? Every single one?
Halliday: I know, it is mad.
Slane: Do you think it’s the greatest, the best Scottish sporting achievement?
Halliday: I think Hearts winning the league tops it (laughs).
Halliday: Did you see the teams Celtic played on the way to winning that European Cup?
Slane: Vojvodina?
Halliday: Linlithgow Rose, Darvel and Inter Milan. Some achievement, by the way.
Slane: Nah, come on.
Halliday: Nah, I’m only joking mate. I’m only joking. I’m happy for you.
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The Inter Milan team that Celtic beat in 1967
Halliday may joke about the standard of teams that Celtic faced in that period, but the fact that they were so dominant against such a formidable Inter Milan side is a true testament to the greatness of that team.
Earlier this year, journalist and author Richard Fitzpatrick said that Inter were ‘very likely’ doping for the final.
Despite Inter leading for much of the first-half, there was only one team on the pitch that day. Celtic had a ridiculous 42 shots on the day, as well as ten corners to the Italians’ zero.
The Nerazzurri’s next European Cup final came in 1971 against Ajax, a year after Celtic had faced Feyenoord in Inter’s own home. Both teams lost their next final.
In fact, Inter’s wait for another European crown would last 45 years, until Jose Mourinho led them to glory against Bayern Munich in Madrid in 2010.
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