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Robbie Copeland

Celtic Lisbon Lions voted greatest team EVER as Barcelona and Manchester United don't come close

Celtic's Lisbon Lions have been voted the best football team ever with fans picking them ahead of the great Manchester United and Barcelona sides of the past.

Jock Stein's team were famously the first British side to win the European Cup as they wiped the floor with everyone who crossed their path in 1966/67 season.

They won a virtually unheard-of quadruple that culminated in the crowning glory in Lisbon.

A Celtic team all born within 30 miles of Parkhead conquered the mighty Inter in Portugal and 45 years on, it is celebrated in the 67th minute of every home game at Celtic Park.

The BBC launched a poll asking fans to name the greatest team of all time with Manchester United's treble-winners and Barcelona 's tiki-taka innovators of 2011.

And after thousands of fans cast their votes there was only one winner.

There were ten options ranging from Tottenham 's great side of the 1940s to Bayern Munich's 2013 European champions.

But picking up more than a third of the vote, the Lisbon Lions were way out in front with 34 per cent.

Barcelona were a distant second at 24 per cent while United came in third on 14 per cent.

The results can be viewed here.

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