A private number plate once owned by Celtic legend Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone has sold for nearly £3000 in Glasgow.

The plate - J777 NKY - was bought for £2800 at auction by a collector from England at McTear's Works of Art on Friday.

A nine-carat gold Scottish league winner's medal which was awarded to former Hoops defender William Cringin in 1919 also went under the hammer and sold for £2200.

Johnstone, who played for Celtic for 14 years between 1961-1975, was voted the club's greatest ever player by the fans in 2002.

The winger known affectionately as Jinky, who died in 2006 after a battle with motor neuron disease, was also voted as the third best player in Europe in 1967.

Centre-half Cringan played for the Parkhead side between 1917 and 1923 and captained both club and country during a career that also saw him play for Ayr United, Third Lanark, Motherwell and English side Sunderland.

He was awarded the medal when Celtic won the Scottish top flight in the 1918/19 season.

Commenting on the auction, James Bruce from McTear's said: "Old Firm memorabilia from the early days of both Celtic and Rangers is much sought after by collectors so we knew there would be considerable interest in this fascinating piece of Celtic history.

"The medal attracted intense bidding at the auction, with a collector from Glasgow eventually securing the lot."

He added: "Private number plates are big business in the UK but it is not often that one comes to auction with such a fascinating history.

"This is a very unusual piece of memorabilia and that was reflected in the price paid by a collector in England."