Picture Perfect: Billy McNeill illuminated at Paradise
Football - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Bank of Scotland Premier League - Celtic Park - 22/3/06 Billy McNeill holds the European Cup during a tribute to Jimmy Johnstone Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Lee Smith Livepic
For just over three years the statue of Billy McNeill has been looking over London Road at the bottom of the Celtic Way.
Behind him the stadium constantly evolves with the new ‘disco lights’ the latest feature to enhance Scotland’s grandest football stadium.
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Every match-day more than 50,000 fans make their way to the stadium, each one enjoying it in their own way with various favourite locations and sights.
With the illumination provided by the floodlights there are more photo opportunities with @hargi catching McNeill’s statue against the perfect background.
After Jock Stein no figure has had a greater influence on the park than the skipper of the Lisbon Lions, no one has played more matches for the club than McNeill who returned to deliver dramatic successes in two spells as manager of the hoops.
Tomorrow night’s match against St Mirren will provide more picture opportunities with some of the sights off the park as eye catching as the action provided on the park.