Where to begin with Neil Lennon. A Martin O’Neill signing when he arrived at the club from Leicester in December 2000, the former Leicester player went on to establish himself as a current legend at the club.

He won the Treble with Celtic, won five titles, four Scottish Cups and two League Cups and was integral to the club’s UEFA Cup final run in 2003.

As a player he helped re-establish Celtic in a European context, as manager he won three successive titles and two Scottish Cups as well as taking the Hoops into the last 16 of the Champions League.

Never far from controversy, Lennon had a torrid time as a player and the same malevolence was at work during his managerial reign at Celtic Park when he was attacked by a supporter at Tynecastle and received death threats as well as bullets in the post.

Lennon is in the dug-out at Easter Road as he strives to guide Hibs out of the Championship but his name remains weaved firmly into the fabric of Celtic.

Liverpool 0 Celtic 2, March 2003

“It is just the magnitude of the occasions. For a start it was another battle of Britain and we were in the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup.

We had drawn 1-1 at Celtic Park and pretty much everyone has written us off before the return leg down at Anfield but it was one of the really impressive team performances down there and there was so much satisfaction on our part when we came out of the game having won 2-0.

A couple of years later Liverpool went onto win the Champions League and a couple of years beforehand they had won the UEFA Cup so it was a massive game and definitely one of the highlights.

Alan Thompson scored for us with a free-kick just before half-time and when we got into the dressing room at the break I remember Martin [O’Neill] telling us ‘more of the same, more of the same.’

He told us to get out and defend for our lives but to be brave when we had the ball and I think that summed us up. Funnily enough, big John Hartson and I were bickering with one another just before he scored that screamer because I was annoyed he had given the ball away a couple of time.

I played him in and he kind of just out-muscled Sami Hyppia, played a one-two with Henrik [Larsson] and I’ll never forget watching that rocket of a shot burst the net at Anfield.

That was probably the moment of the whole tournament for me. Watching him head to the Celtic support and celebrate with all our fans, knowing that we were 3-1 up and there was no way back for Liverpool was sweet for me, it really was.

There was just so much in it; the fact we were in a European semi-final, that we had beaten one of the real Premiership giants on their own turf after being written off and beaten them well and I definitely think it would be up there with one of my favourite outings in a Celtic shirt.

Celtic 2 Barcelona 1, November 2012

I can’t talk about my favourite games that I was involved with for Celtic without putting this up there.

I know it’s cheating a bit because I didn’t play but this is a game that will live with me forever.

It was the pinnacle of my career so far and, again, like that Liverpool game, it was more than just the scoreline and the result, albeit that they were special.

But the club were celebrating their 125th anniversary, the stadium looked absolutely sublime as we came out of the tunnel and the place was rocking.

It still gives me goosebumps to see that back. It was a huge night, a really momentous night for the club, and to be able to go out and deliver a performance against arguably the best team in the world was just brilliant.

It was an absolute thrill and one of those games that seems to go fast and slow at the same time.

Not only did we come away with the win but we went into the last 16 of the Champions League and those are events that live long in the memory.

Victor Wanyama scored for us and we really had to soak up tons of Barcelona coming at us; I think they hit the bar and the post and then Tony Watt came on, just a kid at the time, and scored the goal that sealed it for us.

When Messi pulled one back in stoppage time I just prayed that we would hold on.

I still think it is one of the greatest came in Celtic’s history in recent years.

It was the first time that Barcelona had lost an away game in the group stages of the Champions League for six years and we were up against what is widely regarded as being one of the very best that football has ever seen.

It was a beautiful moment, not just for me but for the club and certainly I don’t know that I’d have too many that could ever better it.

Celtic 1 Rangers 0, May 2004

We had lost the league the season before when we had our UEFA Cup run and Rangers took the title by virtue of a goal.

Even after the Seville season, I actually felt that this was the best team that I ever played in. We beat Barcelona and we really should have qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League.

We won a double that season and I think it was a brilliant team to play in, probably the best team that I ever played in. We had had the disappointment of the previous season when we had been in the running for a clean sweep and then actually ended it with nothing but a little bit of pride after losing to Porto in Seville and then losing the title to Rangers by a goal.

So that season we really went for it. We were still hungry, still out to prove something.

We won all five games that we played against Rangers that season and I remember that Chris’ goal, the last time we had played them that term, came with almost the last kick of the ball.

It was a magnificent chip over Stefan Klos – I think Chris was too knackered to run much longer by then – and it was just a really cracking moment for us.

We had won the league back with 17 points between us. We set a record of 105 league goals and went on a 25 game winning run.

It was an amazing team to play in and it said so much for the character within us that we went into a season having lost out by such fine margins the campaign before and came back even stronger.

Beating Rangers in all five games was nice after they had pipped us to the league the season before by only a goal.