Legend Bobby is caught on the hop
Lisbon Lion guests at Somerset Park
Lisbon Lion Bobby Lennox was never wrong- footed on the pitch. But he was caught on the hop when he was a guest of Ayr United. The Cel Celtic legend turned up at the club club’s Ally MacLeod suite th thinking he was in for an af afternoon of questions an and answers with the pe people looked after by the Un United academy’s Football ForA For Life team. A bigger than usual aud audience including from care homes around the area was g gathered, though Bobby wond wondered why there seemed to be so many empty seats. He soon found out why when organisers Eric Belton and G Gordon Ferrie ushered in some special s guests to kick off the former for Scotland striker’s very y ow own version of ‘ This is Your ( Footba Football) Life.’ Takin Taking part were ex- Celtic team- m mate Tom Callaghan, former Ayr A United favourite Neil Hood and an Jim McCalliog, who scored the th winner in Scotland’s famous 3 3- 2 win over then World Cup holders holde England at Wembley in 1967. Bo Bobby also scored in that match, wh which was played a month beforeheb before he became part of the Celtic side who made history as the first British club to win the European Cup, beating Inter Milan 2- 1 in Lisbon.
Asked what the highlight of the year was, Bobby didn’t hesitate. “Marrying Kathryn!,” he said.
Denis Law also scored in the Wembley win, and although he wasn’t at the MacLeod Suite event, some technical wizardry allowed the three goal- scorers to be pictured together.
Bobby managed to answer any questions put to him, showing at times that at 74 he’s looking slim and fit and has not lost any of his quick quips. He even managed a full house of answers to the group’s quiz, probably because the quiz was about - Bobby Lennox.
Kathryn was presented with a bouquet before watching a colour film of the couple’s wedding at Our Lady Star of the Sea in 1967, when Bobby swapped his no. 11 kit for top hat and tails.
As well as tributes from fellow explayers and old school pals, Bobby renewed acquaintance with Dean McMillan, main man behind the fundraising drive to have a statue of Bobby in Saltcoats. Dean said. “There just has to be a statue for someone who has done so much.”