Celtic must see Atletico Madrid shirt as 'red rag to a bull' with legend still raging over 'disgusting' 1974 clash

Tommy Callaghan believes the reappearance of Atletico Madrid's 1974 shame game replica strip should be like a red rag to a bull for Celtic.

The Hoops legend cast his mind back 49 years to an infamous night at Parkhead and needed no reminders of the Spaniards having three players sent off in a European Cup semi-final where they took turns to boot Jimmy Johnstone black and blue. As a reunion of the clubs takes place tomorrow in a Champions League clash, Callaghan walked Record Sport down memory lane and insisted there will always be a black stain on football by a side who were a disgrace to the game.

He said: "It was a game and a half, I don't remember many games that far back but this was a game I will never forget and it was all down to how Atletico played the game. I think their left back was released from jail to allow him to play that night.

"His name was Ruben Diaz and he was an absolute thug and his job was to keep Wee Jinky up in the air all night, he booted him stupid all game. It was the most brutal game I ever took part in, it was disgusting.

"It was one of the games from my career which still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I'll never forget it and it's not for anything good."

Celtic fans will look back at the footage of Johnstone being targeted by a stream of over the ball challenges and Callaghan remembers the winger going back and asking for more.

He said: "To be fair to Jimmy, he didn't shirk things one bit. He would get the ball, he would get booted into the air to get the foul and immediately he would be back demanding the ball again and he would run at them. He told us to keep giving him the ball, he was fearless. He was unbelievable for us in that game, most players would chuck it and want to get