Kelvin Wilson On Celtic, Nottingham Forest And Working Under Neil Lennon

“When you look back, they had got world-class players in every position from Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Alba, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi and Sanchez to the three players they brought off the bench in Gerard Piqué, Cesc Fabregas and David Villa.

“People will not believe this but I said to Kris Commons in the warm-up when we were stretching, I’ve got a good feeling about tonight. I think we’re going to win.

“You can ask him that because it’s 100% true and we went on to win it. After the game he was like, I can’t believe it. You said that, you said that!

That 2012/13 season was just incredible as a whole. I’ve never played football with so much confidence. And it came from playing Real Madrid in Philadelphia in a friendly match in preseason.

“I Lennon said to me, youremember’ve set your standards now and from that game, I don’t think I played below 7 out of 10 all season.

“I have only great memories of that season and my time at Celtic as a whole.”

Neil Lennon was your manager throughout your time at Celtic, what was he like to play for?

“He was a superb man-manager.

When people say old school, he was old school, but he was just like one of the lads. He knew what to say, he knew when to say it. He always knew what the lads needed.

“I couldn’t thank him enough for, one, bringing me to Celtic, and two, the time I had with him. He was just a great, great guy.

“It was not just Neil who was great to work with, but Gary Parker and Johan Mjallby too. As well as Stevie Woods, the goalkeeper coach and the physio Tim Williamson as well, they were all fantastic to work with.”

“It was sad to see how it ended for him, the second spell there. But as a manager, him and Billy Davies, for me, are the best I’ve played under and that’s because they got the best out of me on the pitch.”