Flare player: Legend loved music, panto and Saturday

Emma and Jenna say their dad would have loved the idea of a stage show about his life – and would have had his moment in the spotlight.

Jenna said: “If he was here, he’d be up there giving us a rendition of Mack The Knife. He loved films and music, and took us to pantomime and to see things like Saturday Night Fever in London.”

But there was one stage the Parkhead legend – the selfproclaimed fan who got lucky – loved above all others.

“He was always in awe of Celtic Park any time he went near it, or through the front door,” said Emma. “He felt so lucky to be a part of it. It was like Disneyland to him.”

Jenna added: “We’d be driving through Dalmarnock and when the north stand came into view he’d say to us ‘Look, there it is – there’s Paradise. It was as if he was seeing it for the first time.

“My dad always tried to have time for people and spoke to them the way he’d want to