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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 1:45:27 GMT
Celtic legend Billy "Cesar" McNeill has sadly passed away at the age of 79.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Apr 25, 2019 10:24:37 GMT
Billy McNeill's family have urged Celtic fans to commemorate his life in "cheers, songs and applause" when Kilmarnock visit on Saturday. Celtic say the Scottish Premiership match will be "a special celebration" of their "greatest-ever captain" and ex-manager, who died aged 79 on Monday. His family say football stadiums were not "built to be silent". "Our father would not have wanted that. They should be places of noise, passion and enjoyment," they have stated. "Football was his life and Celtic Park was a very large part of that. So please celebrate his life with a moment of cheers, songs and applause, because that would make him feel at home again." As requested by the McNeill family, who have been invited to the match, a minute's applause will be held immediately before the game and "special video tributes" will be shown. The Celtic first team will lay a wreath on the Celtic Way 90 minutes before kick-off and will wear black armbands "bearing the number five to recognise Billy's iconic number that he always wore with pride". Celtic's players will also wear the number five on their shorts in tribute to McNeill when they face Hearts in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park on Saturday 25 May. McNeill's funeral will be held in Glasgow on Friday 3 May, with a church mass for the former Scotland defender being scheduled for 11:30 BST in the city centre. The cortege will then proceed to Celtic Park, where fans will be gathered, and after leaving the stadium, the funeral will head for a private family interment.
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Post by jimmy on Apr 26, 2019 17:58:33 GMT
That's a shame.
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Post by rugbytoffee on May 3, 2019 15:00:05 GMT
A funeral mass for the first British man to lift the European Cup has taken place at St Aloysius' Church in Glasgow. Afterwards the cortege made its way to Celtic Park, where thousands of fans gathered to remember the club's former captain and manager. McNeill, who had lived with dementia since 2010, died aged 79 on 22 April. The funeral service was attended by many famous names from the world of football, including former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish and the surviving members of the Lisbon Lions.
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