Billy Connolly is probably one of the most famous Celtic fans on the planet.
The legendary stand-up comic has followed Celtic for decades and regularly attends games at Parkhead to show his support for the Bhoys.
Connolly is known world-wide as a legendary stand-up comic and has been known to wind-up Rangers fans on the odd ocassion.
However, it was two encounters with Celtic supporters that has left Connolly admitting that those moments were ‘the joy on my life’.
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How Jock Stein & Rangers made Celtic fans go ‘berserk’ at Billy Connolly
There was a particular memory at Celtic Park where Jock Stein got involved an and made Connolly wear some Rangers attire just before Jimmy Johnstone’s testimonial against Manchester United.
And Stein made the legendary comedian to stand in front of The Jungle.
Connolly told the Daily Record, “I went and Jock Stein said to me, ‘I want you to be the referee’. He gave me a Rangers outfit – it was a blue top and a Rangers scarf and a hat.
“I had to lead Celtic onto the park dressed like this.
“In those days, it wasn’t the big flashy new temple we have got now. You went on and the building facing you was The Jungle. It was corrugated iron and there were people in there who had never been out of there.
“They booed like you’ve never heard a boo in your life. And the swearing was ridiculous and so I blew my whistle and pretended to send them off.
“They went berserk. They sang, ‘ You can stick your f—ing wellies up your a–e’. It was the joy of my life.
“It was amazing.”
Billy Connolly recalls what Celtic fans did to him at 2003 UEFA Cup final
Indeed, there was the biggest moment in Celtic’s most recent history when Martin O’Neill led the Bhoys to their first European final since 1970.
As Celtic faced Porto in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, Connolly recalls what the thousands of Hoops supporters did inside the Estadio de La Cartuja did that will live with him forever.
Connolly continues, “I have had a lot of moments at Celtic Park but that was the best.
“When I went to see them in the cup final against Porto, I had a white suit on. “During half time they started to sing, ‘One Billy Connolly, there’s only one Billy Connolly’.
“These are the highlights of my life. They were just brilliant.”
With Celtic on the brink of another domestic treble you can hang your hat on Connolly being in attendance at the Scottish Cup final on the 24th of May.
Brendan Rodgers stands on the brink of creating more history at the club as a world-record ninth domestic treble hangs in the balance.
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