Celtic Friendlies 1966

Celtic 4-1 Manchester United

United's team included some of England's Word Cup winners from just a few months previously, such as Nobby Styles, and that was enough to get any Scotsman's blood boiling.

Added to that the genius of George Best, Denis Law's brilliance and the return 'home' of Pat Crerand and it's no wonder that, just like this evening, Celtic weren't given a hope in hell.

But it was Jock Stein's side who gave their English opponents a football lesson at the start of a season which was to lead to Lisbon and the European Cup.

A 4-1 victory, thanks to goals from Joe McBride, Bobby Murdoch, a Bill Foulkes own goal and, would you believe it, one from Lennox, could easily have been more convincing such was Celtic's dominance of the match.

Bobby Lennox:

"We played really well that night. The crowd were really up for the game and they roared us on. It was a Manchester United side full of stars and had Sir Matt Busby as their manager.

"I always thought that win helped to kick-start what would end up being a wonderful season.

"That was a fantastic United team but we over-ran them from the word go. It might only have been a friendly but people still talk about that game.

"We got ourselves up for the match because it was such a test to play against the likes of Denis [Law].