Mike Bushell had to set the record straight as some English reporters were getting carried away with the prospect of Liverpool winning four trophies in a season.
A 2-0 home win over Villarreal last night in the semi-final of the Champions League gives Jurgen Klopp’s side an outstanding chance of reaching the final against Real Madrid or Manchester City.
With the League Cup already claimed and a place in the final of the FA Cup booked the biggest obstacle for Liverpool appears to be overturning a one point deficit to Manchester City in the EPL.
The prospect of a quadruple has resulted in a raid on the history books, like many achievements Celtic set the benchmark.
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— Celtschmerz (@BJH80) April 28, 2022
1967 Lisbon Lions ?#CelticFC Mike Bushell@mikebreakfast knows the history.#Sixty Seven,
In the heat of Lisbon,
The fans came in their thousands,
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Bushell either did his homework or has a better grasp of football history than many reporters who seem to think that the sport was invented in 1992 when the EPL was formed.
If Liverpool knock Villarreal out next week it will ensure a group place in next season’s Champions League group phase for the winners of the SPFL- which Celtic lead by six points with four matches left to play.
lol and yet the BBC sport website was claiming the feat, should Liverpool achieve it, was unprecedented. Originally they had Celtic only winning one domestic cup…But after 5 hours they got around to changing it…
It’s refreshing to find a journalist that knows facts.
Indeed when you mention it to people down south their general response is “Yes but Scottish football is a joke”.
Well certainly at that time it wasn’t. Indeed as Celtic were winning the European Cup, RFC (whatever happened to them) reached the Cup Winners Cup final but lost.
I always found it strange in the nineties when ghe media were comparing the two nine in a row sides asking who was best. Not only was it insulting to The Lions but also to that RFC side who also reached two European finals in ghat time.
Odd country we live in.
GLASGOW CELTIC FC 1888 CHAMPIONS 1967..HAIL HAIL.