John Cleese’s special Lisbon memory
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John Cleese has revealed his special memory of Celtic’s European Cup win- a dance with Ronnie Corbett.
The silhouette of that moment would have been something special with Cleese a towering 6 ft 4 and Corbett, a Hearts fan measuring up at just 5 ft.
Cleese recalled the moment today on his twitter account which has almost five and a half million followers.
Whereas I remember doing a dance with Ronnie Corbett when Celtic won the European Cup in 1967. https://t.co/6j6kVu6w8D
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) January 11, 2017
Later this year Celtic will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their famous Lisbon triumph with a series of events to mark the landmark.
Over the last few months Celtic fans have been lighting up the football grounds of Scotland with a 67th minute salute to the nation’s greatest ever football team.
The 25th of May will see the match that changed the face of European football remembered with Cleese having his own special memory of the day 11 players from with 30 miles of Celtic Park cut Inter Milan down to size.