Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
| Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing | |
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 Jimmy Johnstone bronze statue at Viewpark, Uddingston | |
| Narrated by | Billy Connolly |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing is a 2004 documentary narrated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, on the career of Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone, a Celtic FC and Scottish footballer in the 1960s and '70s and voted Celtic's greatest ever player by the fans of the club. The 'Lord of the Wing' is so well loved by Celtic fans that two memorial bronze statue tributes to the legendary player have been erected in his honour, one outside Celtic's Parkhead stadium and the other in the year 2011 in a memorial garden of remembrance on a site at his former school close to where he grew up on the Old Edinburgh Road, Viewpark, Uddingston. The garden was opened by Jimmy Johnstone's wife, family and some of the surviving members of the 'Lisbon Lions' team. The bronze life size statue created by sculptor John McKenna from Ayrshire was paid for by money raised by the Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone memorial statue fund and the memorial garden from kind donations from the public and the business world. A plaque on the statue reads "Jinky - the greatest ever Celt".
The biographical film includes footage from many of Johnstone's footballing highlights, as well as many tributes from the worlds of football and entertainment. The film culminates with Jimmy joining Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill (from Simple Minds) to record a cover of the Ewan MacColl classic, "Dirty Old Town", which was later released as a charity single, to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
External links
- Jimmy Johnstone Official website
- Producer's website
- Trailer for Lord of the Wing
- Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing at the Internet Movie Database