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	Billy McNeill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William "Billy" McNeill MBE (born 2 March 1940) is a former Scottish footballer and manager.
		McNeill, known as Cesar, was arguably the greatest captain of Celtic.
		McNeill was born and brought up a Roman Catholic in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, of part Irish and part Lithuanian descent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_McNeill (429 words)

	Billy McNeill
		Billy McNeill's assessment of the impact to be made at Celtic Park by the arrival of Jock Stein in 1965 was prophetic.
		Billy McNeill graduated to become the most successful captain in the club's history and the undisputed leader on the park of inarguably the best Celtic team of all time.
		McNeill again proved to be up to the task asked of him by Celtic and he duly delivered the League and Cup double in the club's Centenary Year of 1987/1988.
	www.emeraldandwhite.moonfruit.com /billymcneill (1347 words)

	Keep-The Faith
		Billy, the captain since 1963, a married man with children, toyed with the idea of leaving his beloved Celtic for Tottenham Hotspur, but in early 1965 Jock Stein returned as Manager.
		Billy was Jock's voice on the park, and how appropriate it was that on that bright spring day of 1965 it should be the golden head of Billy McNeill who rose above the Dunfermline defence to head home Celtic's glorious winner in the Scottish Cup Final!
		Lisbon was a McNeill creation, notably in the Quarter Final when the golden head once again won the day against Vojvodina, and the nine League titles in a row would not have been achieved without Celtic's King Billy.
	www.keep-the-faith.net /pottersplayers/caesar.htm (824 words)

	Key West The Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All McNeill had to do to stay out of jail was to check with his probation officer for periodic drug urinalysis tests and pay $250 in court costs in $50-permonth installments.
		Another argument that Attorney Herzog used to keep McNeill out of jail in 2003 was that the young man had become predisposed to using pain killers after suffering a jaw injury during a scuffle when he was a student at Key West High School in 1996.
		An internal investigation was conducted and Capt. McNeill was subsequently reprimanded by Chief Peterson.
	www.kwtn.com /06_09_29_2_police_mcneill_son.htm (942 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - McNeill the elder statesman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BILLY McNeill has been involved in professional football longer than the life expectancy of the average Victorian.
		McNeill’s achievements as a player and a manager - league championships, cups, European triumph and 29 Scotland caps - tend to be remembered in vivid colour, but his personal recollections are strewn with shades of grey, even fl.
		McNeill’s sacking by the Parkhead club in 1991, four years after he had returned and run into the impossibility of competing with a resurgent, apparently endlessly resourced Rangers under Graeme Souness, was drenched in an acrimony that still rankles.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=450732003 (1460 words)

	Celtic Online - Billy McNeill
		Billy McNeill was born in 1946 in Bellshill, Lanarkshire.
		It was a superb header from McNeill, the captain, that clinched their first trophy for eight years.
		McNeill was capped 29 times for Scotland, five of these at Under-23 level.
	www.cfconline.co.uk /old/club_info/team_pics/biographies/mcneill.htm (208 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Rangers \| McNeill wants Rangers at Hampden
		Celtic and McNeill were heading for a European final in their home city in 1966 until they met Liverpool in the semi-finals and the Merseysiders won 2-1 on aggregate.
		McNeill believes that Celtic can qualify from their Champions League group and not have to rely on the parachute into the Uefa Cup.
		McNeill was at The Lighthouse in Glasgow for the launch of the design for next year's Uefa Cup final and hopes the final will inspire Scotland's young players.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6127118.stm (400 words)

	Kerrydale Street -> Billy McNeill.
		McNeill was the first non-“Latin” player to lift the European Cup, in a game that effectively ended the rule of the “cattanecho” and paved the way for “total football”.
		My favourite McNeill story was when he was asked to comment on Souness’s (then Huns manager) bleating on that being an Old Firm Manager he could never enjoy a quiet meal in a restaurant in Glasgow with his wife.
		McNeill replied that he had heard that comment, a waiter had told him whilst he was having a quiet meal in a restaurant in Glasgow with his wife.
	kerrydalestreet.co.uk /index.php?showtopic=36403 (1641 words)

	Keep-The Faith
		Billy McNeill is MISTER CELTIC and having devoted his life to our Club, he is, without a doubt, Celtic's Ambassador, though incredibly this is not an official title.
		Billy McNeill led Celtic, as Captain, to every honour conceivable and his list of domestic trophies makes him the most decorated of Celtic players: 9 League Championship winners' medals (9-in-a-row), 7 Scottish Cup winners' medals, 6 League Cup winners' medals and much more besides.
		Billy McNeill was also Celtic's manager on two occasions and as befits a man of such presence and with such a winning mentality, Caesar's Celtic were Champions too!
	www.keep-the-faith.net /interviews/interviews2.htm (3905 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - McNeill slams lack of Celtic funds
		Billy McNeill fears Martin O'Neill (above) will go elsewhere if sufficient funds to improve the Celtic side are not forthcoming
		Former Celtic captain and manager Billy McNeill has accused the club's board of starving Martin O'Neill of the cash he needs to make the Hoops a force in Europe.
		McNeill insisted he had suffered the same fate, as had Jock Stein, the man who led them to glory in the 1967 European Cup final.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/1209/celtic.html (294 words)

	ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, ...
		The former Scotland winger was a key player as Celtic became the first British club to win the European Cup when they beat Inter Milan 2-1 in 1967, earning the nickname the Lisbon Lions' for their exploits in the final in Portugal.
		Billy McNeill, who captained the Hoops team to continental glory, insists Johnstone will "be revered" by Parkhead supporters of all ages as one of the club's greatest-ever players.
		Recounting Johnstone's role in the European Cup triumph, McNeill added: "Jimmy practically played Inter Milan on his own; he was up and down the pitch and the minute our defence got the ball he would look to free himself.
	www.wldcup.com /news/2006Mar/20060313_35103_world_soccer.html (426 words)

	CLOSER TO HOME INVERNESS CT: THEMANAGER'S JOB INVERNESS CT: Sunday Herald, The - Find Articles
		Billy McNeill was the manager who signed him but he could not find a place in an attack occupied by Frank McAvennie and Andy Walker.
		This was a period before mobiles, so there had been no way of alerting Christie to the fact that for once McNeill had decided to make him one of the two permitted substitutes.
		As soon as I spoke to Billy McNeill he realised I was more upset about it than anyone.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060122/ai_n16021083 (954 words)

	McNeill M Personal Pages Genealogy Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Todorov prepares for baptism of fireManchester Evening News, UK - 2 hours agoWigan are licking their wounds after three successive home defeats and Ian McNeill, who was manager when they joined the Football League in 1978,...
		Rookie McNeill earning acclaimSan Diego Union Tribune, CA - Dec 16, 2006McNeill said he hasn't thought about the award ?because I'm just so used to all the running backs getting all the pub.
		Hawick thump Aberdeen to stay in top tierScotland on Sunday, UK - Dec 16, 2006their pack was immense, while loosehead prop Bruce McNeill, who scored his side's second try, was outstanding.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Genealogy/Personal_Pages/M/McNeill (248 words)

	Overview of William (Billy) McNeill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born in Bellshill (North Lanarkshire), McNeill joined the Glasgow football team Celtic in 1957.
		He spent his entire playing career with that club, which went through an unprecedented era of success under the management of Jock Stein (1922-85), dominating football in Scotland.
		McNeill was captain of the Celtic team which beat Inter Milan in Lisbon to take the European Cup in 1967, the first time a British club had won this trophy.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1357.html (180 words)

	lisbonlions
		Although always a formidable force in the team since his inaugural game at the Public Trial of 1957, McNeill's emergence into one of Scotland's most respected footballers is inextricably linked with the arrival of Jock Stein to Celtic Park as manager in March of 1965.
		One of the stars was Cesar Romero and McNeill took on his name due to, as he describes it, being 'the only one with a car at the time'.
		He was calm and cool when others were losing their head.'Clark followed fellow Lisbon Lion McNeill into management and the trusting relationship they had developed on the pitch was utilised into a coaching capacity primarily at Aberdeen and ultimately back to the club where they had earned unreserved respect, Celtic.
	www.geocities.com /dundealgancsc/lisbonlions.htm (2753 words)

	Celtic \| McNeill backs Celtic for Lisbon triumph \| The Bhoys \| eleven-a-side.com
		Celtic legend Billy McNeill believes the current crop of Bhoys stars can emulate the Lisbon Lions and take a memorable victory in Portugal’s capital city on Wednesday evening.
		McNeill and the other seven surviving members of the Lions will be in attendance at the Estadio la Luz this evening as guests of honour of the club, approaching 40 years after their historic victory over Internazionale in the city.
		After the 3-0 victory over Benfica at Parkhead two weeks ago, McNeill described the performance as the best since the days of the Lisbon Lions, and he has seen nothing since to alter his beliefs.
	www.eleven-a-side.com /celtic/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=25165 (411 words)

	Ananova - McNeill hails 'the perfect goalkeeper'
		Lisbon Lions captain Billy McNeill has led the tributes to former Celtic team-mate Ronnie Simpson.
		And McNeill described the death of Simpson as adding to the feeling of loss of invincibility among the Celtic heroes who beat Inter Milan on May 25, 1967 following the death of Bobby Murdoch two years ago.
		McNeill said: "When Bobby died, it was particularly hard because we lost our invincibility.
	www.ananova.com /sport/story/sm_927689.html?menu= (259 words)

	Photo Red Hector McNeill
		"Red Hector" McNeill was the son of William "Little Billy" McNeill who was the son of "Sailor Hector" McNeill and Mary (maiden name unknown) McNeill.
		"RED" Hector, the son of Little Billy and Grandson of "Sailor" Hector was born in 1817 and is famous for his deeds, misdeeds, and actions during the latter half of the 19th century.
		Red Hector is buried at Philadelphus Church and his grave is unmarked except by a pine knot adjacent to his two wives' graves.
	www.capefearclans.com /Images/Pho_RedHector.html (264 words)

	TheGlasgowStory: Billy McNeill
		Former Celtic footballer Billy McNeill with comedian Eddie Devine, Councillor Colin McNicol and pupils of Windlaw Primary School in Castlemilk at the launch of the Junior Great Scottish Fun Run.
		Billy McNeill was centre-half and captain of Celtic during the most successful period in the club's history, in a playing career which lasted from 1957 to 1975.
		Under manager Jock Stein, McNeill led the team to nine successive Scottish League Championships and seven Scottish Cup wins.
	www.theglasgowstory.co.uk /image.php?inum=TGSA05043 (177 words)

	Celtic FC Billy McNeill Caricature
		With an impressive total of 22 medals to his name, Billy McNeill was captain of the most successful Celtic side of all time.
		He led the club to an unprecedented `grand-slam' in 1967 with McNeill at the helm of Jock Stein's ship, `The Bhoys' won everything they entered that year the Scottish League, Scottish Football Association Cup, Scottish League Cup and, gloriously, the European Cup.
		Later he was employed as manager at Celtic (twice), Aston Villa and Manchester City, but without achieving any conspicuous success.
	www.sportcartoons.co.uk /billymcneill.html (110 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Soccer: Di Canio doesn't rule out Celtic return
		Meanwhile, former Celtic manager Billy McNeill has revealed he would love to become involved at Parkhead again.
		McNeill, who captained the Bhoys to their 1967 and enjoyed two stints in the Parkhead hot-seat in the 1980s, is still held in high regard by the Celtic fans.
		The former Scotland captain, who also had a management stint at Manchester City, would relish the chance to get involved again.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/0308/soccer3.html (324 words)

	Celtic Supporters Assoc.P.R.
		Billy McNeill the greatest ambassador our Club will ever have.
		Following the presentation from Gerry Madden, Billy thanked the CSA for choosing him for Guest of Honour and applauded the fans for their support through many years.
		He was then encircled by the fans in search of autographs and pictures or a quick word.
	assoc.p.r.page.tripod.com (1427 words)

	THE E-TIMS - A TO Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Q: After the disappointments of the season that led to the sacking of Davie Hay, Billy McNeill arrived back in Paradise in May 1997.
		Personally speaking, Billy McNeill helped me a great deal with my own game and, even now, I speak to him whenever I can.
		Also, Billy McNeill’s signings were very good — inspired, in fact.
	www.etims.net /atoz/del3.html (404 words)

	Celtic European Cup Kings 1967 - Signed by Billy McNeill - Limited edition authentically signed sports memorabilia from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Under the leadership of Stein, and captained by Billy McNeill, the club defeated Inter Milan 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25, 1967.
		Each copy of Celtic European Cup Kings 1967 was personally signed by the captain of the famous Lisbon Lions, Billy McNeill, at a signing session completed on Thursday 26th October 2006.
		This means you can be 100% certain that the print is a strictly limited edition of 500 copies and that each one has been personally signed by Billy McNeill.
	bigbluetube.com /Products/Celtic_European_Cup_Kings_1967__Signed_by_Billy_McNeil.aspx (548 words)

	uefa.com - UEFA Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sooner or later the Inter of [Helenio] Herrera, the Inter of catenaccio, of marginal victories, had to pay for their refusal to play entertaining football." Thus argued the Portuguese newspaper Mundo Desportivo after Celtic FC became the first non-Latin winners of the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1966/67.
		One-nil up at Celtic Park after a 1-0 reverse in Yugoslavia, Stein's men were spared the potential banana skin of a replay by an 89th-minute header from Billy McNeill.
		That year's other big achievers were Linfield FC: the Northern Irish champions reached the quarter-finals where they were beaten 1-0 by CSKA Sofia after a 2-2 draw in Belfast.
	www.uefa.com /competitions/UCL/history/Season=1966/intro.html (267 words)

	Billy McNeill - Kerrydale Street
		An undoubted Celtic legend, Billy McNeill, 'Cesar', was the captain of the Lisbon Lions and the lynchpin in the team Stein led to much success.
		McNeill was born on 2 March 1940 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, of part Irish and part Lithuanian descent.
		Keyword tags: Billy Billy McNeill Caesar Cesar McNeill manager
	kerrydalestreet.com /page/Billy+McNeill (360 words)

	Celtic's captain Billy McNeill holds the European Cup aloft after his team had defeated Inter Milan by 2 -1 in the final
		Celtic's captain Billy McNeill holds the European Cup aloft after his team had defeated Inter Milan by 2 -1 in the final - Soccer - Celtic - European Cup - Parade - EMPICS Sports Photo Library
		Celtic's captain Billy McNeill holds the European Cup aloft after his team had defeated Inter Milan by 2 -1 in the final
		Celtic's captain Billy McNeill holds the European Cup aloft after his team had defeated Inter Milan by 2 -1 in the final is just one of over 400,000 photographs available online from the EMPICS Sports Photo Library
	photos.empics.com /g71/p35/351720.htm (216 words)

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