Plaque unveiled at Parkhead to remember Celtic legend Tommy Burns

The former Celtic player and manager died of cancer in May 2008. Burns' children, Jonathan, Michael, Emma and Jenna were at the ceremony with Jonathan unveiling the relief – as the form of sculpture is known – on a wall near the entrance to the stadium.

Around 1,000 Celtic fans turned up early to hear Celtic chairman John Reid say: "It is very fitting that Tommy takes his rightful place at Celtic Park. He rose from a boy in the crowd to become a true Celtic great."

Chief executive Peter Lawwell was also present along with Lisbon Lions Billy McNeill, Bobby Lennox, Bertie Auld, Jim Craig and Tommy Gemmell.

Former team-mate and close friend, Billy Stark, added: "I can speak for everybody when I say Tommy was a fantastic player and a fantastic man. It was an honour and privilege to know him."

Goalkeeper Brian Jensen has told Burnley's "boo boys" to stay away as the battle to avoid relegation intensifies.

The Clarets have just seven games remaining to save their Barclays Premier League status, starting with today's eagerly-anticipated derby clash with Blackburn Rovers.

Passions and security are high as the clubs meet in the top flight at Turf Moor for the first time since the 1965-66 season. That should make for a fevered atmosphere and Jensen wants it to stay that way until the end of the campaign.

Some fans have voiced their disgruntlement with the club's situation under new manager Brian Laws in recent weeks and the Danish keeper believes there is no time for that.

The 34-year-old said: "Those boo boys, you hear them once in a while, (should) stay away. Even though they don't like what they see, have they actually realised we are in the Premier League and what we have achieved so far?

"I know they are passionate and they want to stay, but we want to stay as much as they do. We can use them for nothing whatsoever. If you are coming here to cause trouble for whatever reason, stay at home. For everybody else who is standing behind us, we need them all the way through to the end of the season."

Laws has spoken of how victory in such a big game – which would be Burnley's first over Blackburn since 1979 – could spur his team on in their survival fight. Conversely, fans might fear the negative impact of a defeat but Jensen points out there are still more games to come afterwards, three of them at home.

The former West Brom player added: "Everybody is building it up but I am trying to keep it down on the ground and just be realistic."