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This is the Celtic shirt that speaks Portuguese. For the 40th anniversary of the Lisbon final, Nike ringed the crest with "25 Maio 1967" and "Leões de Lisboa, 40º Aniversário" embroidered in gold, put both years, 1888 and 1967, on the neck, and stitched into the hem the line the players sang in the tunnel of the Estádio Nacional before beating Inter: "For it's a grand old team to play for". Broad hoops, round neck, Carling on the chest (reapplied here after the original came away), blank back.

It was also the shirt of the Tommy Burns title. Celtic beat European champions Milan 2-1 with a McDonald goal on 90 minutes, reached the Champions League last 16 again and fell to the Barcelona of Messi and Henry. In the league, Burns died in May, the team won its last seven games and sealed three in a row on the final night, 1-0 at Tannadice from a Vennegoor of Hesselink header. McDonald scored 31 goals.

Here at Hoopster, the shirt that celebrates Lisbon sits a few kilometres from the stadium it celebrates, and it is the one on which Celtic said Leões in our language.