Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakapuaki a Celtic ka whakatū rātou i tētahi whakapakoko parahi o Billy McNeill hei tohu i ngā whakatutukitanga nui o te rangatira nui rawa o te karapu. Ka whakatūria te whakapakoko ki runga i te huarahi o Celtic Way i whakatuwheratia tata nei, ā, ka tohu i tētahi tangata e ōrite ana ki te karapu, me tētahi tangata i tohu i a rātou me te whakahirahira pono hei kaitākaro, hei kaiwhakahaere hoki. Hei kaitākaro, i toa a McNeill i te iwa o nga taitara toa o te riiki, e whitu nga Scottish Cups, e ono nga League Cups, a, ko ia te rangatira tuatahi o te kapa Ingarangi ki te hiki i te Ipu Pakeha i te tau 1967. Ko te pakiwaitara o Celtic, ko Billy McNeill, e whakaahua ana me te Ipu Pākehā hei whakanui i te wikitoria rongonui o te karapu i te tau 1967. I tapaina ia ko te Whutupaoro o te Tau o Scotland i te tau 1964-65, ko ia te toa tuatahi o te tohu. I a ia e kaiwhakahaere ana, e wha nga taitara toa a McNeill, e toru nga Ipu a Scottish me tana hiki i te Ipu Rōpū kotahi. Hei kaitakaro me te kaiwhakahaere, i koa ia ki te hononga 27-tau me te Celtic Football Club. E tika ana, ko te mahi i runga i te whakapakoko ka mahia e Hoani McKenna, te kaitoi i oti tata nei te whakapakoko o Jock Stein e noho ana i te tomokanga ki Celtic Park. Ka tīmata tonu te mahi ki te whakapakoko o McNeill, ā, e tūmanakohia ana ka whakaatuhia te mahi kua oti i Celtic Park i te mutunga o tēnei tau, i te wā o te ngahuru. Ko McNeill (matau) he pupuhi i aukatihia e te kaitakawaenga o Leeds United a Paul Madeley (maui) Ko te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Celtic a Peter Lawwell i kii: 'I te tipu ake i nga tau 1960 me nga tau 1970 hei kaitautoko Celtic, ko Billy McNeill he whakaaweawe ki ahau me tetahi tangata nui i roto i te keemu, ehara i te papa anake, engari kei waho ano hoki, hei tangata whenua, he kaiarahi me te tohu mo ta maatau karapu nui. 'He tino nui ōna whakatutukitanga mō Celtic, ā, i roto i te wā o ngā tau e 27 kua nui tana koha ki te karapu. 'He mea nui ki ahau te mōhio ki a Billy, me te whakaaro ki a ia hei hoa. He tangata ia e whakahonoretia ana e te katoa puta noa i te ao whutupaoro katoa. 'Kei te harikoa mātou ki te whai i a Billy hei tātau Ambassador ki te karapu, engari i whakaaro te Poari ā-roto kia...
Ka whakahonoretia a Billy McNeill, te toa o mua o te kapa Celtic ki tētahi whakapakoko e te karapu. Hei kaitakaro me te kaiwhakahaere, i koa ia ki te hononga angitu 27-tau me te kakahu Parkhead. I riro i a ia ngā taitara riiki e iwa i te wā kotahi hei kaitākaro i waenganui i te tau 1965 me te tau 1974. I te tau 1967, ko ia te rangatira Ingarihi tuatahi ki te hiki i te Ipu Pākehā. I a ia e kaiwhakahaere ana, e wha atu nga toa riiki i whakawhiwhia e ia ki a Celtic.