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As someone who dedicated over 35 years to Celtic and is our greatest ever player it's a disgrace there is no permanent memorial to the great man at Celtic Park.

I'm sorry to tell you it wasn't bad luck that kept Jimmy from getting Scotland caps back then it was being a Catholic simple as.

Absolutely brilliant video. Jimmy was my grandfather, so proud of him and all his achievements 💚 thank you for sharing this!!!

"And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay" 🍀

I’m from Royston myself well known legend here his career lives on in Celtic history

Not only was Jimmy a great player, he was a wonderful human being. I’m in my seventies and remember him as the Celtic manager just before Jock Stein. Really enjoyed this video. Good luck.

There is a strong argument that Jimmy McGrory was Celtic's greatest ever player. Much of his career was played in struggling Celtic sides, who weren't winning that much, only 3 league titles in 13 or 14 years. Yet he kept scoring huge numbers of goals, season in, season out. Jimmy was an unstoppable force of nature. The story about Celtic trying to sell him to Arsenal then cutting his wage when he refused is well-known and a sad reflection on the people who ran the club back then.

Really enjoyed that, well done ! The most astonishing thing isn't that he scored 550 goals; but that in doing so he was rewarded with just 7 international appearances! I wonder why that could have been?

A hero of the working class A GARNGAD LEGEND WHOS NAME LIVES ON MY HERO GOD BLESS JAMES MCGRORY

Fantastic mate. If you're ever in Glasgow you are more than welcome to come and visit James McGrory Park, home of St Rochs. Keep up the good work pal.

As a Celtic fan I absolutely loved this! Great work sir, keep it up! 🍀

Never forgotten by the green half of Glasgow 💚 Thanks for doing this 👌🏼

My next door neighbour was a childhood friend of Jimmy and when I was a wee bhoy John used to talk about Jimmy as a player & how strong fearless he was he said his headers were like shots I'm sure old John said he played a season with Jimmy at St Roch's before Jimmy signed for the tic infack I live about 30 seconds from the street Jimmy lived as did Stevie Chambers in Millburn Street in the Garngad Royston to you youngsters

Great video young man my dad used to regale me with the stories of Mr McGrory's goalscoring feats and I knew all about him. He went on to become the Celtic manager but that was in name only as the board essentially picked the team. Some of the Lisbon Lions and in particular Bertie Auld, who the manager signed from Maryhill Juniors, say he was too nice a man to be a manager. In 1965, the year I was born, he made way for the late, great Jock Stein who took the manager's role but only if he had total autonomy over player selection and picking the team. The chairman Sir Robert Kelly reluctantly agreed but the club had been in the doldrums for so long he had to acquiesce to Mr Stein's demands. What followed was a decade of unprecedented success and winning the European Cup in 1967 in Estadio Nacional in Lisbon where Celtic annihilated Internazionale of Milan 2-1 in the final. Celtic could've and probably should've scored double figures that's why I say we annihilated them. They were beaten long before we equalised never mind before we scored the winner. Forget Rinus Michels being the creator of Dutch total football Celtic were playing that style of football in that final. It was a victory for fast attacking football over the dour Italian Cattenacio style of play and it was probably Celtic conceding a penalty after seven minutes that cost Inter the game as they shut up shop and let the hoops come at them, naively believing they could counter wave after wave of constant Celtic pressure, they were totally wrong. We reached the final again in 1970 but lost to a very good Feyenoord side who we took too lightly after we dispatched Leeds United home and away in the semi-final, Leeds were supposed to be the best side in Britain at the time. Celtic played them off the park in both games and thought the hard work was done. Like Inter in 67 they were wrong, Mr Stein readily admitted that he told his players that these guys were no match for us but he underestimated how good Feyenoord were a costly mistake and one he never repeated again. Two semi-final appearances in the European Cup in 69 and again in 74 proved that the Lisbon result wasn't lucky or a fluke and Celtic were up there with the best teams in the world at the time on merit. God bless you young man your video was a treat to watch HH

Thank you sir, this is the history we sing about. God bless the Garngad’s favourite son 💚

Charlie Tully. Patsy Gallagher. Both celtic legends still spoke about today. Defo worth a look at them

He is certainly not forgotten by us Celtic fans ! And to correct you, it was NOT bad luck that limited his Scotland caps it was because he was a Roman Catholic playing for Celtic - SFA and Scottish society was very much anti-catholic back then and indeed up until very recently, look at how few caps the Lisbon lions got compared to the more unsuccessful Glasgow Rangers (RIP) side of the late 60’s/70’s.

Quality video mate - Celtic fan and a football fan - 75 - seen the in my time some of the best the average and the worst of Celtic and Celtic players - favourite player Bobby Murdoch - Jock Stein quotes - in 1966 1967 1968 he was the greatest player in the world - and when asked when Celtic would win the European Cup again he said ... when Bobby Murdoch is fit - subscribed and will go back yo your earlier video essays - best of luck with the channel - Hail Hail!

Well done on this video buddy. I think a lot of people in the modern day will probably scoff and say it’s only Scotland, judging him by the power dynamics and quality of todays football, not appreciating that in those days football and the balance of power was completely different and that Scotland and Scottish football was something of a powerhouse. The guy is a legend. Still appreciated and sang about at Celtic park and a real shame that he doesn’t have more widespread recognition but it’s understandable to an extent. Similarly, if you look at George Best, whom everybody rightly recognises as an absolute magician, you can compare Jinky Johnstone who was from the same era and every bit as mercurial. He of course won the European Cup with Celtic the year before Best done so with Manchester United and played in another European Cup final in 1970 but lost to Feyenoord. At di Stefanos Real Madrid testimonial they opted to play the European champions of the time - Celtic - and Jimmy Johnstone ran rings around them such that even the notoriously demanding Madrid fans gave Ole’s whenever he got on the ball. Quite a tribute from them. You can find the highlights on KZfaq if you’re so inclined. The Don Revie Leeds United team that they beat en route to the 1970 final sung his praises and tell of just how unplayable he was in those matches - which I believe still holds the record attendance for European matches. Also, he was part of the famous Wembley Wizards tan who beat reigning world champions England in their own patch, as well as a number of other notable games vs the Auld enemy. George Beat rightly deserves his place in the pantheon of the greats but Jinkys greatness - legitimate, world-beating greatness - is somehow overlooked outside of Scotland. He never makes the lists of best players of all time or even best wingers of all time but his ability surely deserves it. He won 9 in a row again when Scottish football was at the zenith of the European game. In 1967 Celtic won the European Cup, Rangers were beaten in the final of the Cup Winners Cup by Bayern. In 1970 Celtic were beaten in the European Cup final and in 1972, Rangers win the Cup Winners Cup so all modern criticisms of Scottish football don’t apply. It could hold its own with the best of Europe and come out on top. Jinky is considered the greatest ever Celtic player and rightly so but it’sa dam shame that his legendary status is confined only to Scotland (and perhaps arguably Ireland)

His name is mentioned every week by celtic fans a legend

Only until recently, great Celtic players not getting a game for Scotland was a common thing. If I told you that the great Lisbon Lions Captain Billy McNeil only amassed 30 caps in11 yrs you'd call me a liar. Jimmy Johnstone had 23 caps, Tommy Gemmell 18 caps, Bobby Murdoch 12 caps, Bobby Lennox 10 caps, Willie Wallace 7 caps, Stevie Chalmers 5 caps(3 goals) Ronnie Simpson 5 caps, Bertie Auld 3 caps and Jim Craig 1!!

Brilliant video. Read his autobiography and was really good. Treated harshly by Celtic down all the years. Hail, hail Jimmy McGrory 🍀

St rock juniors stadium is called "the jimmy mcgrory stadium" today

Great video. Bit of insight to the International caps . Jimmy McGrory was not the first or the last world class Celtic player to be constantly snubbed by Scottish selectors and subsequent managers for caps. The lack of caps throughout the wonderful Lisbon Lions team tells its own story of institutional sectarianism and bias against Celtic , it’s players and fans by the SFA. You just need to research the “attempt to stop us flying of the Irish tricolour” incident. Things got better from the 1970s when managers picked squads and teams .

Really great work mate, very professional.

Absolutely brilliant. I had never heard of him, and am embarrassed. 5'6" Centre Forward then with that record. ALL football fans should know him, applaud him, and remember him. The Bhoy's hero, football's legend.

Great video mate!☘️ He's an underapreciated legend.

My late father told me about Jimmy McGrory and goals he scored for Celtic and in one game v Dunfermline Athletic scored 8 goals in the one game ..Was a prolific header of a ball .

Incredibly well informed. Superb video 🍀

As a kid, when I started supporting Celtic I immersed myself in the history with videos and books. Absolutely loved reading about guys like Jimmy and Patsy Gallagher, and obviously the Lions. Loved watching old footage of these guys. It seems these days that kids don’t put as much importance in a clubs history beyond the last couple of decades. It’s a shame, because some of the best players and squads are from these bygone eras.

Thoroughly enjoyed buddy 👍🍀🍀

Thank you for telling this story. Brilliant research and so well put together. You’ve put a tonne of effort in and it really shows. I’ve subscribed - looking forward to other videos!

I hope you keep going. It’s hard to believe, but it’s so rare to come across a KZfaq commentator who tells such interesting stories about football, with elegant simplicity, and just the right touch of humour. Well done, keep it up.

Such a well pieced together video and very informative. enjoyed that

He is probably even today the most iconic Celt amongst the Celtic support and his name is sung at most games. Great video.

Brilliant video. Thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌☘👏👏

Hail Hail 🍀💚

Excellent video mate! Great insight, I learned a lot. As a Celtic fan I obviously knew about Jimmy McGrory and his record breaking amount of goals he scored for the Hoops. Also heard about the Arsenal story a while back. But a lot of the other things, the details, were new to me. What a legend of the game, not just for Celtic, he was. Greetings from Germany

Just check KZfaq studio and this vid has just hit 1k views! Thank you guys so much, really happy to have hit 1000 views within just 4 vids, more video essays on the way 👀 Edit: I went to sleep last night with the video on a little over 2k, about 12 hours later and we've smashed 5k and hit 100 subscribers thank you all ❤ Edit again: We've just hit 10k, Thank you again I can't quite believe this haha

what great video, well done

One thing that is common with great celtic players is they don't pick up the caps they deserve. It's a sad underlying truth of Scotland and its sectarian history.

Subscribed after watching this video, great work and it’s fantastic to see a Celtic man get acknowledgment! Keep up the good work!

Fantastic.. great work 🍀🍀🍀

brilliant video

William Ralph 'Dixie' Dean, of Tranmere Rovers, 1923 - 1925. Born in Birkenhead, played for Pensby Institute (a Wirral School), before putting on a Tranmere shirt at Prenton Park (same ground as today), for a few seasons, later he would be transferred to Everton, where he scored the most goals ever in a season - 60, a record that still stands today.

Fantastic video!

Very welcome interest in our legendary figure- just one wee correction McInally is pronounced Mac in alley, not McKinley. Good work all over.

Great video mate

Fantastic, well done young man. It’s great to learn from nice young people like you.

HAIL HAIL

Brilliant video🍀🍀🍀

Great piece, keep up the good work

Great vid fella, must have taken an age to research and put together, real dedication and commitment, very well done too. Just subscribed, so looking forward to more from you. Great stuff👍👍👍

Tremendous stuff, well done

Love the video! Wondering if you had any material to make one about Jim Smith of Ayr United who holds the British record for the most goals scored in a season (1927-28), the same year as Everton's Dixie Dean scored his record-breaking 60 goals in the English top flight.

Superb. Thanks really enjoyed that. He’s adored to this day at Celtic. Sang about each game.

Great video. Celtic need a memorial for Jimmy at Paradise

great video - super informative and engaging!!

Brilliant video well put together

I did enjoy the video, very well done

Still can't believe this video has hit 30k!! I've just uploaded another video so it would mean a lot if you could check that video out as well ❤ Edit: We've hit 50k this is mad

Top video mate!

Fantastic video, a real legend

Great content. Loved it . 💚👍

Someone is making Alfie competition. Great video really enjoyed it

Thank you for this. Fantastic insight of Jimmy McGrory's career.

Well researched vidéo. Well done and thanks for doing it.

Superb video mate 👏

Great video. Lifelong Celtic supporter. All time favorite Jinky Johnstone. Hail Hail

Great job man.. new subscriber here.

Jimmy not forgotten

Great video.... thank you for this as it was a bit a revelation for me. I am an Englishman and an Arsenal supporter, but when it comes to Scottish football, I am a Celtic fan through and through, so really found this interesting.

I'm a Rangers Supporter, but my Mum was a Celtic fan and was always on about McGrory, a great Scottish Player and its sad that such a great player has been ignored, well done for bringing this to light 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍 😎

Legend..

Brilliant stuff

Brilliant video mate. 🍀

Quality mate, can see videos like this doing very well on the HITC Channel, maybe just throw in a few jokes and make it a bit more entertaining and it’s perfect.

Great video well done 👍

my dad taught me about mcgrory when i was very young. we watched larsson, but we heard over and over again about jinky johnstone and bobby murdoch and jimmy mcgrory. mcgrory would score non-stop bullet headers with heavy waterlogged footballs (heading is a lost art in football). he would also score goals with that clumsy ball while wearing heavy, encumbering boots. he would do all of that on poorly maintained muddy or dusty pitches. the tackles were brutal and crunching, with metal studs and much less effective shin protection. people are tempted to say "it was easy to score goals 100 years ago compared to now" or "getting 1000 goals isnt impressive in 1920 or 1930", but the opposite is true, if anything. glad you describe some of that at around 12:00. even the aspect of how modern balls fly around with the "knuckleball" phenomenon in a way that was impossible back then, is worth mentioning. these balls flew straight. goals were poached, they were not spectacular cannons from 40 yards out. the best goalscorers were geniuses of positioning and instinct and of outplaying defenses. and as other people say about 8:30-9:30, it was because he was a catholic and a celtic player that he wasnt more favoured for the international team. i can even imagine how inclined the protestant majority would be to accuse him of deliberately playing poorly against ireland. this is what we deal with around here to this day. in school in the 2000s, i heard kids saying the same kind of stuff about celtic players. you have players like aiden mcgeady and then later james mccarthy (someone i actually kicked about with as a kid) deciding to play for ireland instead of scotland to avoid that stuff. who can blame them. they even accuse hibernian (another club with catholic history) of purposefully playing poorly against celtic and vice versa. any excuse, they take it. the old firm divide. "scotlands shame" as it gets euphemised. and small correction, at 4:25 its "celts" just like "celtic" and "celsius", not "kelts" like "kilt".

Excellent work on the great Jimmy McGrory well done young man, 👌

Excellent research....👍

Excellent video. You did a great job in telling the story of James Edward McGrory. A Celtic and all time football legend. His loyalty to Celtic was way more than those that ran the club deserved, but not the fans who are the true owners of the club and who will never forget this great man. CTH 🍀🍀🍀

Football gives us so many stories, this was great, thanks

Real content 👍🏼

Excellent presentation

We sing about him every home game

Quality mate 👍🏻

Great video 🍀

A word often overused, but truly deserved: Legend.

As a Celtic fan I don’t forget him

Great video 💚🍀

Incredibly forgotten bloody religion again No place in sport for it The guy knew where the net was that's for sure Very impressive I'm too young to remember but I'm a huge Jimmy Greaves fan Imagine if these 2 had been able to play in the same team we would be talking thousands of goals in 2 careers.Greavsey did say once if only I had scored half the ones I've missed no one would ever top that Rest in peace dudes We still got the vids and archives youl never be forgotten

First-class video. The Celtic board in those days, and until they were ousted by Fergus McCann, were a money-grubbing disgrace - and their treatment of our greatest goal scorer was the greatest disgrace of all. Jimmy was quoted as saying: “McGrory of Arsenal never would have sounded as great as McGrory of Celtic.” As for his lack of Scotland caps, I’m afraid form had very little to do with it. Other factors peculiar to Scotland were involved. 🇮🇪💚🇮🇪

My now deceased father William used to tell me stories of Jimmy’s fantastic achievements. Well before dad was around Jimmy dated my grandmother Isabella Desson from Galashiels for a period of time. Dads hero’s were Jimmy and Charlie Tully.

Rangers fan here, still very interesting. Great video and a shame for the whole of Scotland that the world doesn’t know more about McGrory

Anti Catholic policies at the SFA meant a lot of great Celtic players got very little caps.

Fantastic video! I’ve an autographed copy of his autobiography 🇮🇪🍀💚

Great video

Magic commentary for a Magic Man !!! 🍀🌟🍀💚