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James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years and was one of the Lisbon Lions, the team that won the 1967 European Cup Final. Johnstone also won nine consecutive Scottish championships.
Mar 13, 2006 · Former Celtic and Scotland winger Jimmy Johnstone, voted the club's greatest-ever player, has died at the age of 61 after a long illness, the Glasgow club has confirmed.
Jul 2, 2016 · While the match at the Santiago Bernabéu was played in honour of a legend of the game, the Celtic players were writing their own pages in the history books and none more so than Jimmy Johnstone, who stole the show in Madrid as the newly-crowned European champions won 1-0.
Jock Stein was our greatest manager, delivering a golden era to the club that included nine league titles in a row and, of course, the European Cup triumph in 1967. Jimmy Johnstone stands alongside them, the player voted the Greatest Ever Celt by his fellow supporters.
JIMMY JOHNSTONE. Football. ( b. 1944 - d. 2006 ) Scroll. In 2002, Jimmy Johnstone was voted the best-ever Celtic player by the club’s fans, who adored him as much for his entertaining style as for the team’s success during their greatest era.
Mar 13, 2024 · Celtic's greatest ever player Jimmy Johnstone sadly passed away 18 years ago on March 13 but is still fondly remembered. Today marks 18 years since the passing of Celtic legend and Lisbon Lion Jimmy Johnstone.
Mar 13, 2006 · Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone has died at the age of 61 after a long battle with motor neurone disease. Johnstone was a member of Celtic's Lisbon Lions team, who became...
Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone was born in Viewpark, North Lanarkshire in September 1944. Making his debut for Celtic in 1963, Johnstone scored 129 goals in 514 for the Hoops, winning the League nine times, the Scottish Cup four times and the League Cup five times.
Jimmy Johnstone Jinky, ‘The Lord of the Wing’, was crowned voted Celtic’s greatest player of all-time by fans in 2002. An exceptional talent, known for his dribbling and ability on the ball, he won nine titles in a row with Celtic and was a key member of the all-conquering Lisbon Lions.
Jimmy Johnstone. 1944 — 2006. Football Player; Inspired by the great wing wizard Stanley Mathews Jimmy Johnstone dribbled a tennis ball round milk bottles as a young boy in his Viewpark home in Lanarkshire. At Celtic Park Johnstone went from ball boy to star player to ‘greatest Celt of all time’.
