Fifty years ago today they poured into Lisbon by every means possible and sent home post-cards!
The internet, social media, text messaging and twitter were as likely as the man on the moon as 10,000 Celtic fans, many using a passport for the first time, arrived in Lisbon supporting a dream.
Two years earlier they had watched Celtic win their first trophy in seven years when a Billy McNeill header saw off Dunfermline to secure the Scottish Cup.
For months they sang that they’d be running round Lisbon with the cup. In front of them 11 men from the Glasgow area were about to make history with their story celebrated and retold for generations to come.
Kids whose parents were born long after Lisbon know their history- they know the Lions and the greatest story in the history of football.
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld and Lennon led by Jock Stein and supported by Fallon, Hughes, Gallacher, McBride, Young and O’Neill.
Today, worldwide those names are being remembered, celebrated and revered with modern technology allowing
more than postcards to be shared.
Social media will be alive to the Lions on this special day, sharing is the way with thousands reliving magical moments as they look forward and prepare for Saturday’s Scottish Cup Final and the chance for some modern day history.