Celtic's 1967 European Cup winning team has been named as 'Team of the Century' in a BT Sport poll.
The team, who became the first British team to win the European Cup, won a public vote to find the best team in the last 100 years.
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.
In the final, which had over 100,000 votes, they faced Barcelona's 2008-09 squad with a 50-50 split of votes.
BT then re-ran the poll in a replay with Celtic coming out on top with 54% of the 85,000 votes cast.
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. 👇
The poll, which has been running for a number of weeks on the BT Sport Twitter page has attracted football fans who have voted in their thousands.
In 1967 Celtic enjoyed domestic dominance winning the Scottish league, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup before winning the biggest prize in European football.
🏴 Celtic in 1966/67
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 20, 2020
1️⃣4️⃣ of the 1️⃣5️⃣ players in the squad for the 1967 European Cup final were born within ten miles of Celtic Park. 🍀
(Bobby Lennox was born thirty miles away)
The first British team to conquer Europe.
The Lisbon Lions 🦁 https://t.co/NNwsA9q5PQ pic.twitter.com/hy6HPGksWF
READ MORE: Celtic's Lisbon Lions reach final of BT Sport 'Team of the Century' poll
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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