Celtic’s European tradition began 50 years ago with a win over the Russians …
The club had tasted European success before. Two seasons previously, and this is something often overlooked, they made it to the semi-finals of the 1964 tournament when they rather controversially lost to MTK Budapest. The Hungarians managed to overcome a 3-0 first-leg deficit to win 4-0 at home. Those present claim that the referee, whose performance had not overly impressed the Celtic party, attended the post-match dinner with two lovely ladies either side of him. As if such things ever happened!