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The Football Show · 25 October 2026
"Why does it take the guy in the street to ask for a pound here and there to help put a statue up?" Matt McGlone of Celts for Change on his Celtic highs and lows (6-2 against Rangers in 2000, then 5-1 at Ibrox), walking up London Road with his dad, Jimmy Johnstone ("This guy was a magician"), Bertie Auld pulling pints in Baird's Bar, and the campaign he chairs for a Jim Craig statue in Govan, the Lisbon Lion's birthplace. Should Celtic honour every Lion up the Celtic Way before the 60th anniversary? From Straight Talk with Peter Martin, first published in September 2026.
To find out more or donate, search for the Jim Craig Govan Foundation.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Celtic 6-2 Rangers, 2000: "a mega high"
1:15 Then 5-1 at Ibrox
1:55 London Road with his dad: "those four pylons"
2:55 Jimmy Johnstone: "This guy was a magician"
3:47 Bertie Auld behind the bar in Baird's Bar
4:59 The four Lisbon Lions statues
5:12 The Jim Craig statue: "a wee tear"
6:46 Should Celtic honour all the Lisbon Lions?
7:53 "An absolute responsibility": statues up the Celtic Way
9:09 "You could stop buying a project"
10:49 Should Fergus McCann get a statue?
11:47 How to get involved: the Jim Craig Foundation
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Matt McGlone on the campaign for a Jim Craig statue in Govan
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