The funeral of Stevie Chalmers has taken place in Glasgow, with Lisbon Lions greats and Celtic faces paying their final respects.
The Lisbon Lions legend - who scored the Hoops’ winning goal at the 1967 European Cup final - was remembered at St Mary’s Church in Calton , with the service taking place at 11.30am today.
Neil Lennon, Scott Brown, Bobby Lennox, Bertie Auld and more joined Stevie’s family at the church as fans gathered outside.
Lisbon Lions legend Stevie Chalmers and the goal that won Celtic the European Cup
The funeral cortege made its way past Celtic Park , expected around 1pm, allowing more fans to pay their final respects before the Hoops hero is laid to rest in a private cremation.
Stevie Chalmers passed away on April 29, aged 83.
He will forever be remembered for his remarkable goal against Inter Milan in 1967 - a feat recognised as the most important goal in the history of Celtic Football Club .
Born on Boxing Day in 1935 as the youngest of five siblings and brought up in Roystonhill, Chalmers attended St Roch's Secondary School in the north of the city .
Leaving school at 14 to work in a tool shop and furniture warehouse, he started his playing career at junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy after signing from signing from Brunswick Boys Club in 1953, before turning out for Newmarket Town in England while on national service at RAF Stradishall for two years.
Stevie Chalmers: Glasgow pays tribute to Celtic and Lisbon Lions legend
On his return to Glasgow aged 20, he fell gravely ill, contracting tuberculosis meningitis. The illness would see him spent six months in Belvidere Hospital a goal-kick away from Celtic Park.
Given three weeks to live, he found a saviour in the form of Doctor Peter McKenzie. Chalmers became, in his own words, the doctor's "star patient" and became one of first Scottish people to survive the illness after being given pioneering treatment.
Following his remarkable recovery, he rediscovered his fitness to and returned to play football with junior side Ashfield, turning out for Scotland in a junior international against Ireland.
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And it was there, aged 23, that he was spotted and subsequently signed by Celtic in February of 1959, making his debut a month later against Airdrie at Celtic Park.
Chalmers left Celtic in 1972, aged 35, and had spells at Morton and Partick Thistle before retiring in 1975 - but he will forever be remembered for that winning goal; not just important to Celtic’s history, but to the history of Scottish football too.
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