Jinky: The Jimmy Johnstone Story

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Mention the name Jimmy Johnstone to football fans from the 60s and 70s and an immediate image forms in their minds. They can picture the small red-haired figure darting here, twisting there, leaving in his wake a series of very bewildered defenders as he fully lived up to his nickname of "Jinky".

One of the supreme entertainers of the Scottish game. Jimmy was also a very strong and brave winger, who became the ultimate star in that team of stars. The Lisbon Lions: the first-ever British team to win the European Cup.

Now, in this video, he tells the story of his career, taking us from the playground of his primary school in Lanarkshire through the glory days of Celtic Park under the late, great, Jock Stein,

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