Has anyone heard this famous quote that seems to have been over-looked by Celtic fans

OK maybe not over-looked, probably alot of Celtic fans aren't aware it was ever said because I cant find anything about it on the net or youtube. Its not mentioned in the thread "what the greats say about Celtic" on this site either.

There was a VHS video I used to own called "The official History of Celtic Football Club". It was released in 1988 just after we won the double in the centenary season, unfortunately I dont have it anymore.

In the opening few minutes there is a short interview with Bill Shankly, I think at the Liverpool training gound, where Shankly says "Celtic Football Club is the most successful club in the world, no one can deny that". I was only a wee boy when I seen it but I remember it well.

He obviously didnt mean that Celtic have won more trophies or European cups than anyone else. He was refering to the fact that Celtic rose out of an extremely derprived area of Glasgow that suffered extreme hardship and became one of the most well supported clubs, famous throughout the world. Celtic went from virtually nothing to European Cup winners, that was the success story he was talking about.

I have seen short clips from that video on youtube but none of Bill Shankly saying this. Does anyone own that video? and if you do find that Bill Shankly clip, post it on here and on youtube. Its a quote from a great Scottish manager that deserves to be out there.

here is a link to a picture of the video Im talking about

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/05...mp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0563228350

 

Theres people selling it on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00004XQRA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

I dont even have a VHS player or I would buy it.

 

No. Shankly was the only British manager present when we won the big one. He said to Jock, John Your Immortal, he was right.

 

My dads got that and I watched it but it was on in the background when I was cleaning my room out so I missed that bit.

 

i still have that video, haven't watched it in years, tbh i haven't watched it since i was about 7.

 

I have the video your talking about and if memory serves i'd say you were spot on about the quote.Shankly and Stein were great friends(coming from the same stock)Like Jock he was not raised a Celtic fan but this did not stop a young Shankly from going to watch Celtic on many occasions.He never saw religion as anything to do with football and would have had no qualms about making such a quote even if it might upset some not so enlightend souls from his motherland.A favourite of mine is when he tells Emyln Hughes that the reason he still joins in with training at Liverpool even though he is getting on is "when i die i want to be the fittest man in heaven".
Like Big Jock a true LEGEND and not a Knighthood between them.

 

I read a few times that Bill Shankly,Bill Nicholson &
Matt Busby,were great friends with Jock,& were
at the final as his own guests.

 

Give it a watch or give me it :icon_mrgreen:

 

I have that video but do not have VHS.........(who has these days ?):icon_mrgreen:

 

* *, i had that , havent a clue where it is , probly in my mas house. Must give her a ring and grab it of her to watch it again. I remember the walk on in that , it brought some emotion out in me even back then and i was only 9 years of age.

 

True,lol, i havent had one in teh house for years . Might even check teh attic to see if i out one up there.

 

well maybe as im a lil older i still have a vhs lol but i have a blue ray player/recorder which can be connected to vhs and record the tapes and you cn buy vhs-dvd converters

 

I've got it on DVD I think it's the same one, it's copied though, well more like 5 DVDs lol but a brilliant documentary none the less. I've not watched it in a while think I'll dig it out later

 

He's spot on.

 

I have the video. The quote from Shankley was in the early 70's when he managed Liverpool. Probably a reasonably factual quote at the time!

 

Someones got that video on dvd/cd because I've seen clips of it on youtube but not the part with Shankly. They must have converted it to cd/dvd because it's only available to buy on VHS video tape. That Shankly quote should be on the net. If you've got the VHS tape and know how to convert it so you can put it on the net, do it!

Or even better if you've got that video on your hard drive or in dvd/cd format post the clip of the Shankly quote on here and on youtube.

 

Ive still got that video..though its in my mas in glasgow.. & still have a VHS in my room..comes in handy sometimes when i spot old videos in the market ..unlike DVDs they dont scratch lol... that was a great video i used to watch it all the time when i was wee.,it really teaches you your history.. & also a great quote at the start from yer man shankly!

 

ps not trying to be a * but im sure he actually says no one can dispute that

 

have vhs just watched the clip,right at start of video, copied it to my phone,into computer, don't know how to put it on here

 

Actually had that quote as my signature when I first joined the forum, but when you see it in black in white all the time, unfortunatley it doesn't ring true as to where we are as a club at the moment.

Also remember the video well, and how they really talked up the Mark McGhee signing when in reality the huns were spending very big and by the end of 89 we could see the worse period in our history on the horizon.

Sorry for the doom and gloom the whole video seemed quite
amateurish even then, which was a good guide as to how the club was going to be run in this period.