• Celtic - The Early Years
• Celtic between the wars
• Becalmed before the storm
• The Glory Years
• The end of the Stein era
• A last flourish
• A club divided
• Return to glory
• Moving Forward to the next level

THE GLORY YEARS

Jock Stein had an almost immediate impact on Celtic. Taking over the reins in March 1965, Stein led the club to Scottish Cup success in April, their first victory in the Cup for 11 years and their first trophy since 1958.

Over the next couple of seasons he began to develop a side that was the equal of any in Europe. Harnessing the players' undoubted individual talents into a superb team unit, Stein introduced tactical nous and professionalism to create a tough, fluent side committed to attacking football.

For the rest of the 60s and well into the 70s Celtic dominated the Scottish game, eclipsing even the success of the pre-World War One side.

In 1966 Celtic ended a 12-year barren spell in the league when they won the first of nine league titles in a row and also picked up the League Cup for good measure. The following season they completed a domestic treble, before facing perhaps their greatest test - the European Cup final.

Celtic's brilliant 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in the National Stadium near Lisbon, proved a decisive blow against the stiflingly defensive catenaccio system which had been so influential in European football. Celtic's willingness and ability to attack continuously graced that final in a match even Inter's coach, Helenio Herrera, described as a "victory for sport".

European nights at Celtic Park became an integral part of each season in the late 60s, with fans enjoying memorable games against the likes of St Etienne, Red Star Belgrade, Benfica and in the 1970 European Cup semi-final, Leeds. Celtic won the battle of Britain, silencing their English critics, by beating Don Revie's uncompromising side in both legs. Unfortunately, that year they fell at the final hurdle, in an under-par performance against Dutch side Feyenoord.

A year later the Lisbon Lions played their final game together as Stein prepared to build a new team for a new decade.