A statue of Billy McNeill with the European Cup stands outside Celtic ParkLegendary former Celtic captain Billy McNeill - the first Briton to lift the European Cup - has died aged 79. More than 800 appearances later, the Scottish Cup final win against Airdrie on 3 May 1975 was the imposing centre-back's farewell game. Among his many career highs was scoring the winner in the 1965 Scottish Cup final, ending an eight-year trophy drought for Celtic. More success at Celtic - McNeill the managerMcNeill briefly took charge of Clyde and Aberdeen before returning to Celtic to succeed Jock Stein - under whom he enjoyed his many successes - in 1978. McNeill was given a Celtic ambassador role in 2009 and a statue of him lifting the European Cup was erected at Celtic Park in 2015.

Source: BBC April 23, 2019 07:56 UTC