As a Celtic daft kid, Luke McCowan watched his Road to Seville DVD so many times he practically wore it out. The Hoops new boy can still picture it now and hear the commentary from the clubs’ famous run to the UEFA Cup Final in 2003.
McCowan was a primary school pupil at the time but can reel off the list of legends from Martin O’Neill’s team with barely a pause for thought.
Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton, John Hartson, Stan Petrov, Alan Thompson – who was his hero as a fellow lefty. The magic moments are also imprinted.
Larsson’s winner against Boavista to make the final, Thompson’s daisycutter free kick at Anfield under the wall before Hartson’s screamer sent Liverpool packing, they all trip off the tongue.McCowan lapped up the video as a youngster but he reckons it’s time for Celtic to create some new European tales.
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