Football legend Jinky laid to rest

THOUSANDS of fans joined former players, rock star Rod Stewart and politicians to say their final farewell to Celtic and Scotland legend Jimmy Johnstone.

Football legend Jinky laid to rest

Hundreds attended the funeral yesterday of the player known as Jinky, who died on Monday, aged 61, after a four-year battle with motor neurone disease.

A crowd of 500 gathered outside St John the Baptist Church in his native Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, to pay tribute to the former player. And hundreds lined the streets as his funeral cortege travelled through Glasgow's east end, towards Johnstone's spiritual home of Celtic Park.

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