Former Celtic owner Fergus McCann has revealed that he pulled the club back from the brink of liquidation out of a sense of pride. McCann oversaw one of the most successful financial rescue missions seen in Scottish football. In an interview with The Sun, McCann said: “It would’ve cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. “But it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills.” He added: “Celtic means the same to me as it does to other fans. I identify with the club and wish to be proud of it.” That's the difference between us and them.
I can remember in the recent past being deeply embarrassed by the fact that we nearly went bust, gifting Rangers 9 in a row.
SEVCO supporters for Scottish independence........oh the irony. Could change the name of the Scottish parliament to Stormont.
Fergus deserves some kind of recognition at CP. Either a statue or a stand named after him. Green and Whyte show what could have happened, but Brother W was up there looking after us...........the devil on the other hand is watching over the Govan filth. Still find it hilarious that the filth have been destroyed by two guys called GREEN AND WHYTE
Traynor article on Mcann from November 98 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The F...t now Fergus or you'll be hated...-a060927979 FERGUS MCANN has basked long enough in the warmth of his deeds Today most of the goodwill once commanded by Celtic's managing director has been blown away by an ill wind which swirls around Celtic Park This page is about the soccer stadium in Glasgow. For the Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland, click here Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow in Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club. . In fact, Celtic's irksome managing director has overstayed his welcome. Mr McCann, it is time for you to be somewhere else. Anywhere will do because Celtic's fans are tired of your posturing and disgusted by your parsimony McCann did give Celtic fresh hope but now his grip is choking the life out of the old club. He should get out and take Jock Brown Jozef Venglos with him. As football rushes towards the millennium this trio might just be a little out of their depth. One is committed to maximising profit, apparently at the expense of the team's ambitions, another keeps returning empty- handed from searches for new talent, and the third is a kindly old uncle figure unable to stand up to the club's masters. In the beginning McCann's methods seemed quaint, and for a while most of us made excuses for his confrontational and abrasive style because he was unaware of the football business's unwritten LAW McCann could have adjusted but he hasn't and comes across as a stubborn little man who will do it his way no matter what. It's his train set and if he wants to run it right off the rails then so be it. If McCann really were a supporter, someone out of the same mould as the thousands of foot soldiers who bought into the dream almost five years ago, he would be able to lift his eyes from his ledgers and see the damage his refusal to break his pay structure is causing. Pretty soon his stock among the rank and file will be so low he may be allocated a place in the club's hall of infamy Notoriety; condition of being known as possessing a shameful or disgraceful reputation; loss of character or good reputation. At Common Law, infamy was an individual's legal status that resulted from having been convicted of a particularly reprehensible crime, rendering him alongside those directors who ruled before him. If he is not careful the mere mention of his name in crowded Celtic strongholds, like Bairds Bar in the Gallowgate, might cause a silence to fall over the places. It would be a great pity if it should come to that but McCann and his disciples within the club have only themselves and their egos to blame. They behave as though they and only they know better and that is an arrogance which has alienated each one of them and which now prevents the club from making progress. Celtic, who lost again on Saturday, are a club without trusted leadership on and off the pitch, and it is pointless for McCann to emerge only occasionally either to patronise It seems every time he speaks he makes more enemies, and Celtic don't need to be isolated. Apart from last season's premier-division championship win, Celtic have known only trouble and misery. The last 10 years or so have been fraught with problems, manufactured mostly in-house, and the fans are bewildered and anxious. They want genuine stability and a reason still to believe, but under McCann, whose allies would have the fans grovelling. How often have we witnessed the managing director rage at the world when he should have been building bridges? These outbursts are not laudable they are laughable and his stand-alone policy is not bold, it is boring. Even so, the fans would still be behind him if he had provided a team to take on all-comers. Yet, Celtic are still waiting for the player who could strike a blow for them and strengthen their hope of retaining their title. That, Mr McCann is what is most important to your customers, yet you and your people have failed miserably to provide. Celtic are still without a top-quality striker because they will not put themselves into the big-pay league. It is that simple and it is also where McCann lets the fans down. Listen to this Fergus and try to take it in. You insult your club's fans when they are told they don't understand the economics of the business or the workings of the transfer market. And stop telling them players are too greedy and make enormous demands. These are not newly-uncovered secrets, Fergus. The supporters could have told you how much would have to be spent to keep Celtic on top. The fact is fans don't give a damn about how much money players want to grab for themselves and unlike McCann they don't spend too much time fretting about the profit margin. No one is greatly impressed either that McCann appears to have embarked on some kind of holy crusade to bring football's expenditure under control, and his season- ticket holders would rather have the title with some debt run up on the transfer market than no title and no borrowings. These fans are willing to gamble, and remember they, too, are shareholders. They still find it difficult to believe Celtic didn't sign reinforcements during the close season and they are appalled that a top-class striker has not yet been secured. If anything the signing of Lubomir Moravcik at a cut price has merely caused them further embarrassment. If you analyse Celtic's behaviour since the title was won, you come to the conclusion this club are guilty of misjudging the mood of the fans and also their needs, but McCann is not the only culprit. Recently Murdo MacLeod, who was Wim Jansen's assistant, suggested Brown had come up with a possible signing target, and if the general manager now believes he is qualified to do that then Celtic's problems are worse than any of us might have suspected. Brown isn't remotely qualified for such a specialised task. This man's function is to close deals and run a smooth operation. Can we honestly say he has succeeded in his remit Enough has been said about the lawyer-turned-television-commentator-turned- whatever- it-is he and McCann see him as now, but what are we to make of the good doctor? He is a charming and thoroughly decent man, but that isn't enough. Managing either half of the Old Firm requires steel as well as tactical know-how and I just don't believe Venglos has enough left in his armoury. He has been successful in the past but he is older now and I fear he is a gentle man out of his time.
Why would we change it from Holyrood to Stormont? We have nothing to do with those ****ing guttersnipe ****s. You're a spastic Albie. **** you.
"They still find it difficult to believe Celtic didn't sign reinforcements during the close season and they are appalled that a top-class striker(had Larsson) has not yet been secured. If anything the signing of Lubomir Moravcik at a cut price has merely caused them further embarrassment." Oh Traynor, youve made a right **** of yourself son.
Not nearly as ironic as the staunch Republican tims who are against independence . Or the crucifix wearing green brigade members who claim to be Marxists .
