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Jimmy Johnstone

Casey

Friday, June 10th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 The Lord of the Wings
Celtic Legend
Immortal undefeated
Even by the ravages
Of time and tackles
Jock assembles his lads
On the finest pitch in heaven
There’s a vacant place
But they’ll have to wait a wee while yet
Jinky’s game here is nowhere near over.

Notes

from: www.bbc/news.co.uk

Faberge descendants keep up tradition
By Bill Wilson
BBC News business reporter

The Faberge family’s jewellery-making firm, which made its name by crafting gold and diamond eggs for the Russian tsars, has found itself back in the news recently.

The Jimmy Johnstone eggs were £10,000 each

Not only was a plot to steal one of the famous eggs at the centre of recent Hollywood film Ocean’s Twelve, but a new UK item has also attracted attention.

Family descendant Sarah Faberge has created a limited number of new eggs in aid of former Celtic football player Jimmy Johnstone, who is suffering from motor neurone disease.

“I am not a big football fan, but wanted to do something to help,” Ms Faberge told BBC News. “He was inspirational as a footballer and now he is inspiring people as he battles his illness. People admire him for different reasons now.”

The ex-Scottish international winger is being immortalised in 19 eggs priced at £10,000 each, with Mr Johnstone getting the proceeds of the sales. All the eggs have been snapped up.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/jimmy-johnstone-3/