It will never come close to the magic of Lisbon but in years to come Celtic’s 2016/17 season will be ranked alongside the Centenary Double and Seville seasons.
After a stumble in Gibraltar Brendan Rodgers has delivered a season that few Celtic fans could have contemplated 12 months ago.
One year and one day ago the Irishman was announced as Celtic manager with every area of the club revived over the past 12 months.
Incredibly the playing revolution has been achieved with the addition of just two players- Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair.
When they next update the Big Book of Football Management there should be chapters devoted to James Forrest, Stuart Armstrong, Mikael Lustig and Dedryck Boyata.
The changes that Rodgers has brought to Celtic have been backed 100% by the fans as they watch a group of players develop and improve on a weekly basis delivering the type of results that have made the Monday morning workplace a place of joy for Celts fans.
The story is only beginning, it’s not near the end but the first chapter concludes on Saturday at Hampden in the final of the Scottish Cup with Aberdeen in the way of a treble.
After a Moussa Dembele inspired 5-1 hammering Warburton’s dream fell apart with Celtic up off and running well on their way to a sixth title.
On the park the shock of Kenny Miller scoring was cancelled out by Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair to bring the curtain down on a very memorable year.
The after natch celebrations were a little low key but there was no doubting how much it meant to the boss as he got his hands on the SPFL title- a few days later he signed up for 10-in-a-row.
It looked like shooty in as Celtic went 3-0 up but once Hapoel pulled it back to 3-2 it looked like a rerun of an old uncomfortable movie but led by the skipper Celtic bounced back to win 5-2.
It was the night that defined a season for two clubs- Celtic haven’t looked back and Manchester City have still to recover.
With this goal Moussa Dembele announced himself to the footballing world- the Champions League is his stage.
After being outplayed in a 2-0 home defeat from Borussia Monchengladbach Celtic showed that they were quick learners with a mature performance in Germany that could have yielded three rather than one point.
This strike at Ibrox wasn’t the best of the bunch, the other three may be more spectacular but Celtic player’s can be defined by their performances at Ibrox and Callum is a player.
Alongside Dedryck Boyata Forrest has been the most unlikely success story that Rodgers has created with the winger finally putting together all the promise he’s shown over the last half dozen seasons.
Patrick Roberts is developing into an exceptional talent, will a way be found to have him at Celtic next season- on a permanent basis- or will it be thanks for the memories?
After a straightforward win at Hampden six days earlier this was the icing on the cake as thousands of home fans walked away unable to take any more.
Last season’s drowning performances have been forgotten as he dominates and drives from midfield with a healthy sprinkling of goals with this one at Tynecastle typical of the man.
Celtic were more dominant than they had been in the 5-1 league win but had to wait until the 88th minute to clinch the game with this classy strike from Moussa Dembele.
His sophisticated accent may have charmed the Ibrox directors but on the touchline Pedro Caixinha was cruelly exposed twice in a week as Celtic dished out back to back hammerings.
In this incident Bobby Madden failed to award a late penalty, Don Robertson and Alex Schalk will be remembered, Ryan Bowman almost ended Kieran Tierney’s career while brutal attacks on Stuart Armstrong and Patrick Roberts on a regular basis largely went unpunished.
The invincible season is confirmed with a 2-0 win over Hearts and Efe Ambrose can’t hold back his joy.