Celtic's Bertie Auld salutes the late Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell

Celtic great Bertie Auld feels like he has lost a family member following the death of fellow Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell.

Celtic's Bertie Auld salutes the late Lisbon Lion Tommy Gemmell

Gemmell has died aged 73, leaving seven surviving members of the first British team to win the European Cup.

The Motherwell-born left-back, who scored in two European Cup finals, was one of a famous group of players all born within a 30-mile radius of Celtic Park who shocked Inter Milan and the football world in the Portuguese capital in 1967.

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