Who is the greatest player ever to have kicked a ball on a Scottish pitch?

[TicTacToe]

let's see if this is a green tinted spec fest!!!!!

[TicTacToe]

Alright I'll start. I should have mentioned that he needed to play for a Scottish team.................














Georgie Best

[locheilbhoy64]

Wee jinky Never seen a more gifted dribbler in scotland. not many players would deliberately beat the same player going past with ease for fun... the god of my youth..

[TicTacToe]

Wee jinky Never seen a more gifted dribbler in scotland. not many players would deliberately beat the same player going past with ease for fun... the god of my youth..

I player ahead of his time. He was great in a world where you could kick phuck out of someone. Imagine him in today's game? He'd be at Barca. But Bestie still wins for me.

[ReadyCelted]

There was ah gonnie start wi' Real Madrid at Hampden 1960. Several greats in their. Fecking spoilsport......
:beaten:

[TicTacToe]

There was ah gonnie start wi' Real Madrid at Hampden 1960. Several greats in their. Fecking spoilsport......
:beaten:

My wife's uncle (a big Celtic fan) played for Chelski against Real in the CWC final in 68 I think? He marked Gento, a legend of Real, by his own admission he kicked 7 shades of s**t out of him over two games (it was a draw and replayed) yet at the end Gento swapped shirts with him. He said he felt gutted that he had been such an animal to a legendary player, who bore no grudge at the end. He has some great stories.

[ReadyCelted]

Just had a wee google. That final/replay was season 70-71. Gento retired in 71 he was roughly 38yrs young - wow.

[Liam Mc Laughlin]

HENRIK LARSSON,NOT WE GREEN TINTED GLASSES M8 BTW,HE LEFT CELTIC TO GO TO BARCA WER HE WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP FOR THEM TURNING THE FINAL AGAINST ARSENAL ,B4 THAT HIS TIME WE GLASGOW CELTIC,WELL U NO ALL ABOUT IT, ALTOGETHER NOW "u are my LARSSON,my HENRIK LARSSON............":applouse::applouse:

[ReadyCelted]

HENRIK LARSSON,NOT WE GREEN TINTED GLASSES M8 BTW,HE LEFT CELTIC TO GO TO BARCA WER HE WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP FOR THEM TURNING THE FINAL AGAINST ARSENAL ,B4 THAT HIS TIME WE GLASGOW CELTIC,WELL U NO ALL ABOUT IT, ALTOGETHER NOW "u are my LARSSON,my HENRIK LARSSON............":applouse::applouse:
You make me happy when skies are grey..........:love:

[larssonbhoys]

the king of kings for me too LARSSON

[Coach333]

There have been many great players who have played here, Best was special , Dalglish, Lubo and Larsson were magnificent, even Laudrup and Gasgoine are worth a mention. However, Jimmy Johnstone was in my opinion the most talented footballer to have played in this league. Packaged into a tiny 5'4" frame he had it all, he could beat defenders for fun, time and time and again, he was booted all over the pitch and got up and done it all again, amazingly he scored goals with head and feet. In the days before the comprehensive stats that we read today, he would have had a huge number of assists and his time on the ball was well above average. JJ was a one off and I doubt that there will be another like him. He could have played for any team in the world, but he played for us, he was Celtic player and Celtic fan and as the song says he was the "The Uncrowned King of Football"

[TicTacToe]

the king of kings for me too LARSSON

Absolute belter of a player. Its the strange thing about Scotland. It has saved a couple of players in terms of it has helped them realise their full potential. At £650k he was a steal, but I have long been convinced that had he not come to Celtic he might not have become the player that he did. Something about that whole arrangement just seemed to work on every front.

[TicTacToe]

Just had a wee google. That final/replay was season 70-71. Gento retired in 71 he was roughly 38yrs young - wow.

I've just spoke to John, he was mid 20's at the time and according to him in the peak of his career. You are spot on Gento was nearing the end of a great career and John stills classes it as the toughest game he ever had.

I asked him how a young fella from Murderwell who was a big Celtic fan fell through the net and got missed. His answer. He would not have been goog enough to have got in that Celtic team so choosing to leave Scotland for Chelski was not something he gave a seconds thought to. Imagine that nowadays, a player not thinking he was good enough for Celtic but good enough for Chelski............................changed days indeed...........................

[tonybhoy]

Maradona at hampden or is that cheating

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[TheJoker1888]

best player i seen in my life time lubo, but my da and granda always said the best player they had ever seen was wee jinky

[TheJoker1888]

and if we are talking about players who did not play in scotland and had a one off game then zidane i was at that champions league final at hampden

[kij100]

Lubo for me as well (Zidane says he was the most gifted two footed player he ever saw so that's good enough for me), my da would say a toss up between Johnstone or Baxter.

[fd1972uk]

Tony - You sure Maradona played at Hampden? If he did then he's the best to set foot on a pitch here, if not then Zidane.

My top 2 players ever.


FD

[Super Hoops]

cant believe no-one has mentioned stuart slater

[fd1972uk]

Aye, brilliant at keepie-uppies, shite at football mind you.


FD

[big eck]

maradona played against scotland at hampden in 1976/7 i think it was, i was at the game argentina won 3-1, the thing about that game was it was frank mcgarvies only cap for scotland, imagine that frank f*****g mcgarvie on the same park as maradona.

[MALKYD]

maradona played against scotland at hampden in 1976/7 i think it was, i was at the game argentina won 3-1, the thing about that game was it was frank mcgarvies only cap for scotland, imagine that frank f*****g mcgarvie on the same park as maradona.

hailhail BE

Alright I'll start. I should have mentioned that he needed to play for a Scottish team.................
hailhail TTT

I think its a loaded question and tough for some. But for me, King Kenny is my choice. I know Jinky and Best were superb on their game and their wizardry will always be remembered. But as i've said before....When Benkenbaur, Cruyff, Platina and Keegan pick you in the best ever British 11, then that says it all...........hail hail King Kenny pure genious! hail hail
















Georgie Best

[Shaunbhoy80]

maradona played against scotland at hampden in 1976/7 i think it was, i was at the game argentina won 3-1, the thing about that game was it was frank mcgarvies only cap for scotland, imagine that frank f*****g mcgarvie on the same park as maradona.

Argentinia played scotland at hamden in 79 maradonna scored his first goal for the argies an ma maws uncle arthur graham scored for us

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[tamthetim]

I had the great pleasure of watching Pele for 3 years and to think you can mention 2 lads one from the Glasgow area and one from Belfast in the same sentence as the great one says it all about them. Yes Jimmy and George were very special.


Baxter in his day was fantastic another career ruined by drink but my favourite player of all time "not saying the best" was Bertie Auld what a character he took after his wee maw.


Good god when ye think back,Cooke,Law,Galzean,Crerand,all the Lions,St John,Henderson,Lorimer,Bremner,the Gray's you could go on all night. Scotland was like a conveyor belt for footballers,ah blame Atari.

[big eck]

my mistake shuanbhoy 79 right enough, i think maradonna was only 17 at the time, the other 2 goals were scored by a guy called luque.

[Shaunbhoy80]

Cool...he got maradonas shirt after the game an also from platini playing a friendly vs juve for man u

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[4phuxache]

Kirk Broadfoot, by a million miles.

[tamthetim]

Kirk Broadfoot, by a million miles.

I am the eggman coo coo coo choo.

[TicTacToe]

Kirk Broadfoot, by a million miles.

I once heard he was compared to Beckenbaur on Valium

[Walter_White]

Maradona

[Bernie Mackin]

Only saw Celtic from '83 onwards and would have to say Henrik Larsson, if it was to include players not seen in the flesh then Jimmy Johnstone
seen him in a few videos and used to meet him when he worked in Lafferty's in Govan on my way to school and he would always say hello.

[tamthetim]

Only saw Celtic from '83 onwards and would have to say Henrik Larsson, if it was to include players not seen in the flesh then Jimmy Johnstone
seen him in a few videos and used to meet him when he worked in Lafferty's in Govan on my way to school and he would always say hello.

Bernie what did he do at Laffertys?

[superbob52]

Jimmy Jinky Johnstone clear winner.

[TicTacToe]

Jimmy Jinky Johnstone clear winner.

Agreed, thread closed.