John Hughes: Celtic 'all-time great' dies aged 79

Celtic have paid tribute to "all-time great" John Hughes, who has died at the age of 79.

Hughes spent 12 years at the club between 1959 and 1971, winning 17 major honours, and was part of the 1967 European Cup-winning squad.

The ex-Scotland forward did not play in Celtic's Lisbon triumph, but appeared in the 1970 European Cup final defeat by Feyenoord.

"The whole Celtic family will mourn his passing," the club said.

"John 'Yogi' Hughes was hugely popular amongst the Celtic support, who always recognised him as one of their own."

Hughes scored 189 goals in 416 games, with one of his most memorable strikes coming in Celtic's European Cup semi-final victory against Leeds United at Hampden - a game played in front of a record-breaking crowd of over 130,000 fans.

After a trophy-laden spell at Celtic, Hughes, who gained eight caps for Scotland, had brief stints at Crystal Palace and Sunderland before retiring in 1973.

Celtic legend John Clark paid tribute to his former team-mate John Hughes.

He told BBC Scotland: "His best position I thought was when he was playing from the left and coming in, he was a handful for the full-backs away back then. Because once he got a run on them he could just knock them out of the road. Plus the fact he was a good goalscorer as well.

"He had good ability, and he was a big strong lad. And he deserved all the praise he got."