“Lisbon Lions the greatest team in history?” The Football History Boys ask

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·08 de julho de 2024

“Lisbon Lions the greatest team in history?” The Football History Boys ask

‘There have been many great teams in football history – but few as good as Celtic’s Lisbon Lions in 1967. A stunning side that favoured attacking football in a time of catenaccio – Jock Stein’s team would face Helenio Herrera’s Inter in the 1967 European Cup Final in Lisbon!’ The Football History Boys

Billy McNeill holding the European Cup that Celtic won in 1967 football Lisbon Lions

Over 57 years after Jock Stein’s Celtic side became the first club from Britain to win the European Cup, two young football supporters from south of the border, sat down to analyse the 1967 European Cup final and ask if the Lisbon Lions are The Best Team of All-Time?

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It’s the wider significance of what that victory against the defensive-minded Italian Champions meant to football, and they trace this match to the founding moments of what was to become known as Total Football. The video is below and it’s well worth grabbing a cuppa and enjoying the ten minutes or so as the Lisbon Lions are held in awe for by these two football supporter from later generations who have no particular links to Celtic.

The comments at the very end are extra-special and show the profound impact the Lisbon Lions continue to have on the wider football community almost six decades after they changed football for the better, forever.

Drop your own comments into TFHB’s You Tube channel.