Tom English
Chief sports writer, BBC Scotland

When you think about the epic sweep of the Lisbon Lions story, you have to wonder what was the greater of the miracles that happened back then - the fact that, 50 years ago, 11 local lads won the European Cup or the fact that, as a team, they existed at all.

Consider the roadblocks. Bobby Lennox - so shy as a kid he was embarrassed to play football in other people's company.

John Clark - his young life ruined by the death of his father in a railway accident.

Stevie Chalmers - so sick from tuberculosis-meningitis in his late teens and early 20s that he was given three weeks to live.

Jock Stein - left his job as Celtic reserve team manager on account of his religion, the Parkhead board telling him that as a Protestant he had gone as far as he could possibly go at the club.

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SNP MSP Willie Coffey says he is very appreciative that Mr Dornan mentioned his team, Kilmarnock, who made it to the semi-final of the Fairs Cup.

Mr Coffey praises the Lisbon Lions for their "unbelievable achievement" and he says it marks out Jock Stein as one of the best mangers in the world ever.

Tory MSP Graeme Simpson says he has avoided mentioning football allegiances being from the west of Scotland but that his wife told him the it is "time to come out".

Mr Simpson says his father was a Celtic fan as it was his local team.

The Tory MSP says he has seen some highs and lows following Celtic including the Seville Uefa Cup Final and the 'super Caley go ballistic match'.

He says football is now a big business but that is nothing to be sad about because Scottish fans have been able to see the likes of Brian Laudrup, Paul Gascoigne, Henrik Larsson and Lubo Moravcik.

Mr Dornan says there was a real sense of pride over the achievement with a team of players born within 30 miles of Glasgow.

The SNP MSP says the players of that era were "gentlemen" and that "Jinky was the Messi of his day" referring to Jimmy Johnstone.

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A painting commemorating 50 years since Celtic's Lisbon Lions lifted the European Cup is to be sold to raise money for charity.

"Glittering Prize" is a vast, multi-layered, canvas by Scottish artist Gerard M Burns.

He created the work after travelling to Lisbon with five of the surviving Lions earlier this year.

It will be sold to raise money for projects supported by Celtic FC Foundation and Mary's Meals.

Celtic triumphed 2-1 against Inter Milan to win the historic title in Lisbon's Estádio Nacional on 25 May 1967.

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Mr Dornan says Celtic had 42 attempts at goal to Inter's five in the final.

The SNP MSP says Celtic were one of the great European teams.

He says Scotland could make an argument to be the best footballing country in the world in 1967.

Mr Dornan says Kilmarnock made it to the Semi Finals of the Fairs Cup and Rangers were in the final of the European Cup Winner's Cup in Nuremberg.

He says Scotland won the unofficial World Cup by hammering England.

SNP MSP James Dornan says "1967 what a time to be 14".

Mr Dornan says he, and his family, all gathered around the TV to watch the match in which his dentist was involved.

The SNP MSP says it was "utter mayhem" everywhere following the win particularly in his house.

He says he had the opportunity to go to the match but that he was grounded and could not go.

"Remember kids if you support a great team, behave." he says.

On 25 May 1967, Scottish football reached a pinnacle of success unsurpassed in the modern era when Celtic defeated Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon to lift the European Cup.

Less than 24 hours earlier, Kilmarnock had exited the semi-finals of the Fairs Cup at the hands of Leeds United.

And, just six days after Celtic's triumph, Rangers failed to overcome Bayern Munich in the final of the European Cup Winner's Cup in Nuremberg.

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Forty years on, Scottish clubs can only dream of making such an impact in Europe and Celtic are celebrating the finest moment in their illustrious history.

Jock Stein's side wrestled the greatest prize in club football from the preserve of Europe's Latin sides for the first time since the tournament's inception in 1956.

A crowd of more than 45,000 crammed into the Portuguese national stadium, most of them travelling Celtic fans, to witness the Glasgow team upset the odds.

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Mr Dornan uses his motion to congratulate Celtic FC on the 50th anniversary of its historic win over Inter Milan in the European Cup final on 25 May 1967.

The SNP says this was a magnificent achievement for a football club with all of its players living within a 30-mile radius of its home ground, Parkhead.

He say Celtic was the first British team to win this trophy, and believes that, for Scottish and British football, the Lisbon Lions set a standard that is unlikely to be matched by a solely home-grown club again.

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The Royal College of Nursing is consulting members across the UK over whether they should take industrial action over pay.

The RCN, the largest nursing union, said a combination of pay freezes and caps on rises meant there had been an effective pay cut of 14% since 2010.

The Scottish government said it had applied the pay increases recommended by the independent NHS Pay Review Body.

It said it had also brought in measures to assist the lowest paid.

The latest review of public sector pay announced a 1% rise.

Mr Sarwar asks if the first minister will commit to scrapping the pay cap for NHS staff.

Ms Sturgeon says the pay restraint was to protect jobs in the public services.

The first minister says there are policies in place to help the lowest paid.

She adds that when inflation is rising pay restraint in the NHS cannot be sustainable.

Labour MSP Anas Sarwar asks, in light of her expressing the view that the NHS pay cap is "unsustainable", whether the Scottish government will provide details of the submission it made to the pay review body?

Ms Sturgeon says the government is committed to the real living wage and continuing a policy of no compulsory redundancies, it also recommended a 1% pay rise in the last submission.

The first minister says the government's position now is that the pay cap is not sustainable given the rate of inflation.

She says, ahead of the next government submission, this is being looked in to.

Mr Tomkins asks what advice have Scottish business leaders given to stimulate the economy for young people entering the workforce.

Ms Sturgeon says universities and colleges do a lot of work in this area.

She references the work of Sir Ian Wood.

Tory MSP Adam Tomkins asks whether the Scottish government will provide details of the meeting it held with business leaders on 21 March 2017.

Ms Sturgeon says ministers engage with the business community and publish results on the Scottish government website.

The first minister says she met recently with business leaders to discuss business in Scotland.