Hundreds of people, including several members of the Lisbon Lions, attended the funeral of former Celtic, Hibernian and Motherwell striker Joe McBride.
Mourners included former Celtic player Tosh McKinlay, the club's chief executive, Peter Lawwell, and former Rangers defender Sandy Jardine.
Members of the Lisbon Lions squad, including Billy McNeill, Jim Craig, John Clark and Bertie Auld, attended the service at St Dominic's Church in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow. McBride's son, also Joe McBride, a first-team coach at Cardiff City football club, was a pallbearer at the requiem mass.
McBride died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary last week after suffering a stroke. He was 74.
He is best known for his goalscoring exploits at Celtic between 1965 and 1968, hitting the back of the net 86 times in 94 games. He won two league titles and a couple of league cups at Celtic Park but was not part of the famous Lisbon Lions side which became the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967.
The Glasgow-born striker was injured in December that year, which ruled him out of the rest of the season, although he had already scored 35 goals in just 26 games.
Mr Lawwell paid tribute to McBride, saying:"Joe was a very fine man, an absolute gentleman and someone who gave tremendous service to the club over a number of years."
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