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CELTIC legend Bobby Murdoch almost quit the club TWICE before creating history with the Lisbon Lions. And only a fatherly talk and the arrival of Jock Stein at Parkhead stopped the powerhouse midfielder throwing away the glorious fate that lay ahead.
The revelation that will stun Hoops fans is made in Different Class, Murdoch's new biography by Kirkcaldy author David Potter.
Bobby, who died in 2001, collected a remarkable haul of medals during Celtic's golden age including a European Cup, eight league titles, four Scottish Cups, five League Cups and Scotland's player of the year in 1969.
His success means he's among the most treasured names in our country's football folklore. Yet it may NEVER have happened.
In the first part of Mail Sport's exclusive serialisation of the book we discover how the big man initially struggled to break into the first team and how he started to hit the depths of despair when he DID make the 11.
Bobby was made the scapegoat for a dismal league cup result that prompted fans to threaten to BURN cars and even STONE officials of the...