Fourteen years ago tonight Celtic were celebrating one of their most famous victories: Barcelona 0-1 Celtic.
On the night it was a 0-0 draw in the Camp Nou but Alan Thompson’s goal a fortnight earlier took Celtic into the last eight of the UEFA Cup.
As ever with Celtic the scoreline barely tells the story- less than a year after the UEFA Cup Final in Seville Celtic pulled off a clean sheet at one of the greatest football areanas without Bobo Balde, Joos Valgaeren and Bobo Balde.
David Marshall and John Kennedy stepped into the side, barely batted and eye lid and simply adopted a ‘Thou Shalt Not Pass’ approach to the match.
As ever Martin O’Neill had put together a tactical master-plan but carrying those instructions out is a difficult task in the Camp Nou.
Celtic’s defence started in attack where Chris Sutton and Henrik Larsson chased down everything, the midfield played as a unit while the back four protected Marshall magnificently.
As the clock ticked down the 10,000 Celtic fans scattered across every area of the stadium began to sense something special was brewing.
Unfortunately further down the coast a club called Villarreal were lying in wait to end Celtic’s hopes of a return to the UEFA Cup Final but nothing will ever dilute the memories from knocking Barcelona out of the UEFA Cup.