This section is intended to include all the books related to that famous afternoon in Lisbon covering all the biographies and the books that look back at the greatest achievement by a Scottish team in europe.



Title: A Season in the Sun
Author: John Traynor & Tony Griffin.
Hardback published: 1992
ISBN: 09520458 0 X


The story of the phenomenal season which rocketed Celtic into the annals of history as the first-ever British winners of the European Cup, which chronicles every game in the 1966-67 season against a background of the popular culture and topical issues of the time.

Jock Stein

Ronnie Simpson

Jim Craig

Title: A Lion Looks Back
Author: Jim Craig
Hardback published: October 1998
ISBN: 0859765016




John Clark

Billy McNeill

Tommy Gemmell

Title: Tommy Gemmell: Lionheart
Author: Graham McColl
Hardback published: November 2004
ISBN: 1852272406
Paperback published: August 2005
ISBN: 075351012X


An entertaining and frank account of Gemmell's life as a player in the sixties and seventies, including what it was like to play under the iconic Jock Stein, his career at Celtic and Nottingham Forest, the game as he knew it and what it has become today. Mischievous, forthright, witty and packed with anecdotes, this is an essential read for all footballs fans.

Title: The Big Shot
Author: Tommy Gemmell
Hardback published: 1968
ISBN: 0090892402




The story of how an apprentice electrician became an international soccer celebrity.

Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone

Bertie Auld

Bobby Murdoch

Title: Bobby Murdoch: Different Class
Author: David Potter
Paperback published: October 2003
ISBN: 1901746321




The rise of Bobby Murdoch from trainee to first team fixture at Celtic mirrored his club's emergence from Rangers' shadow and the liberating atmosphere of the Sixties. Following a promising performances in Celtic's dysfunctional teams of the early 60s, Murdoch went on to become a powerhouse in the team that swept all before them in the latter part of the decade. Aside from the Celts' Annus Mirabilis of 1966-1967, when they won every tournament they entered, becoming the first British team to triumph in the European Cup in the process. Celtic, with Murdoch in midfield, became one of the most formidable teams in British football history - winning an unprecedented 9 Scottish titles in a row, 5 Scottish Cups and 5 Scottish League Cups between 1965 and 1973. Murdoch played a big part in this success. The accuracy of his passing was his hallmark while his combative ability in the middle of the park was essential to the team's ability to win possession and power forward. The turning point in Murdoch and Celtic's career, came with the arrival of Jock Stein. Before 'The Messiah's' influence Celtic always appeared to cow to Rangers' physical approach and many Celtic supporters reckoned that their domination by their Old Firm rivals in the late 50s and early 60s came about more because of an inferiority complex rather than footballing ability. Stein changed all this and his decision to move Murdoch from inside-left to wing-half was of particular importance, utilising the youngster's energetic approach in midfield. Until the end of his Celtic career in 1973, Bobby became synonymous with the Celtic style of play and it came as a surprise to many when he was sold to Jack Charlton's Middlesbrough at the age of just 29. In England he contributed to a resurgence on the Tees, helping Charlton's team to a Second Division title in his first season and First Division responsibility thereafter. David W. Potter's biography of one of Celtic's greatest players, is a celebration of the era and the man. The 1960s represented the dawn of a new era for Britain in general and Glasgow in particular, while Potter's prose sings with the delight of being around at the time.

Title: All The Way With Celtic
Author: Bobby Murdoch
Hardback published: March 1970
ISBN: 0285502689




Willie Wallace

Stevie Chalmers