With a lack of sport amid the coronavirus outbreak, BT Sport has been running a poll to find the 'Team of the Century' to keep football fans entertained.
The poll aimed to find the best team of the last 100 years from Manchester United's treble-winning team to the dominant Champions League winning Real Madrid side.
Celtic's 1967 squad, the Lisbon Lions were included in the list of 32 and pitted against the likes of Nottingham Forest's 77-80 squad, AC Milan's 88-90 team, the Man United squad from 1965-68 as well as the dominant 2014-15 Barcelona squad.
After the initial poll ended in a 50-50 draw, BT Sport re-ran the poll giving fans to try and find a clear winner.
Over 100k votes...and it's ended 50-50! 😳
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 19, 2020
We have no choice, this one's going to a REPLAY!
🇪🇸 Barcelona (2008-09)
🆚
🏴 Celtic (1966-67)
👇 WE. GO. AGAIN. 👇
Football fans have voted in their thousands, pitting each legendary team against the other, with the Lisbon Lions now in the final of the poll against the 2008-09 Barcelona squad.
🚨 THE VOTING IS CLOSED 🚨
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 18, 2020
The people have voted...in their hundreds of thousands!
⬇️ Your final is decided! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/SxoBShM3sx
Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup when they defeated Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon in 1967. Jock Stein’s ‘Lisbon Lions’ beat Inter Milan 2-1 at the Estadio Nacional in the Portuguese capital.
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