Joe McBride

McBride was born in Govan, just 200 yards from Ibrox Park, the home of Rangers. He attended St. Gerard's RC Secondary, Govan and was a prolific goalscorer for their teams (where he played alongside future banker and football chairman Brian Quinn). He signed for Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to Junior sides Shettleston and Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. He made an immediate impact when he was brought into the Kilmarnock first team in late 1957, and was sold to Wolves two years later for £12,500, a significant transfer fee at the time. He was unable to break into the Wolves team in his short period with the club and moved to Luton Town for £8,000 but he was unsettled and made little impact, soon returning to Scotland to join Partick Thistle in a swap deal involving Jim Fleming. He rediscovered his scoring form with the Jags, with a ratio of over a goal every two games, and his reputation improved further when he signed for Motherwell in 1962 for another £8,000 fee. McBride was Motherwell's top goalscorer in three successive seasons, which attracted the attention of new Celtic manager Jock Stein, who signed him for a fee of £22,000 in 1965. Along with Alex Ferguson of Dunfermline, McBride was the top goalscorer in the 1965–66 Scottish League with 31 goals. He again scored prolifically during the first part of the 1966–67 season but suffered a serious injury in December 1966, which meant that although part of the Lisbon Lions squad, he did not play in the 1967 European…

McBride's son, also named Joe, also became a professional footballer who played as a winger for several clubs, including Everton, Rotherham United, Hibernian and Dundee. McBride died on 11 July 2012, days after suffering a stroke at his home in Glasgow; his funeral took place in Bishopbriggs.

Celtic

European Cup: 1966–67