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The Bayview floodlights glinted off Sir Bobby Charlton's famous comb-over when he pulled on the black and gold of East Fife in January 1975.

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SCOTTISH CUP FINAL 1972 CELTIC V HIBERNIAN AT HAMPDEN PARK. CELTIC'S JOHN DIXIE DEANS ( ON GROUND ) IS CONGRATULATED BY L-R, JIMMY JOHNSTONE,GEORGE CONNOLLY, TOMMY CALLAGHAN, AND BILLY MCNEILL AFTER DEANS SCORED CELTICS THIRD GOAL IN A 6-1 WIN “MAGIC – that was Celtic!” announced the Evening Times after the Scottish Cup Final of 1972. The Parkhead team had hammered Hibs 6 – 1 in a thrilling match which left football writer Malcolm Munro full of admiration. “It was one of the truly great finals,” he enthused. “Celtic playing European Cup-winning football, whipped gallant ...

BLETHER: Jimmy Johnstone’s Jimmy Greaves to Celtic story, a wonderful Dundee v Rangers photo and Dundee Sunday Welfare AFA memories © PA Archive/Press Association Ima Jimmy Greaves as a youngster at Chelsea. The transfer window, which features twice in a season, brings with it the usual array of rumours. And it is on that theme that Andy Walker recalls being in the company of one of Celtic’s greatest ever players. He said: “The last time I was in the presence of the late, great Jimmy Johnstone was when I was present for a cheque presentation in The Black Bull pub in Uddingston.