You can imagine the scene, deep inside Celtic Park. “Let’s invite Fergus over to raise the flag on the opening day of the season. Would be great to get him back 20 years after his critical role in saving the club, especially after that nonsense in ’98.
“Wait a minute, probably best not to mention the flag just yet, let’s call it the opening home game of the season”.
16 years ago Fergus McCann accompanied Jean Stein onto Celtic Park to raise the league title flag, an event which seemed beyond us when he flew into Glasgow to complete the takeover from the old board in 1994.
He was booed by a sizeable minority of the support, ostensibly for not spending enough money on players. It was a source of regret for tens of thousands of us. Fergus arrived with a plan to turnaround a club which played in an antiquated stadium and were being thoroughly routed on the park. He left five years later with the league flag flying high, a modern 60,000 seater stadium and net bank debt at £2.5m. It was something of an economic miracle, and although he got the money he wanted when he sold up, he never got the credit he deserved.
Celtic fans had been conditioned to distrust him by a small handful of people with considerable reach. The club was being rag-dolled, despite the miracles it was performing. The man himself was never one for showboating, his last two contributions to Celtic were to speak at the annual Celtic Charity (the charity he formed) dinner, and to mark the unveiling of the Brother Walfrid statue. Only charity has brought him back, so this will be a rare day indeed.
I’m absolutely delighted to announce we are publishing Tommy Gemmell’s autobiography, “Tommy Gemmell – All the Best’. The book is written and will be out in the summer. It will be a paperback but we are going to do a small hardback run, all of which will be signed by Tommy, and will include a special chapter with questions from CQN’ers, which Tommy will answer in the book. Details on how to submit a question soon.
This one is going to be a lot of fun……….
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Getting my punishment over with early,it’s
THE WAY WE WERE 255 Naas
for me,please.
Happy punting,y’all!
Irish Saint 15:35 @ Newbury.
Upswing 13-50 Newbury
He’s the Daddy
Warwick 3.50
All the best!
Morning all
I’ll try
Totalise in the 3 35pm Newbury.
Gl
Warwick 240 Brick Red
Good luck everyone
Twists n Turns – good luck Ive bet Totalise ew first 5
Gregori 2:35 Linfield…..good luck.
Totalize 15:35 newbury
for no other reason than it ran 2nd for me a couple of weeks ago
good luck all
Today’s donkey
Del arrca
NEWBURY 1535
Good luck all cheers FLEAGLE
Swing Bowler 335 Newbury
all the best lhads
GBNFL
Chris Pea Green in the Newbury 3:35.
Good luck.
T4
Indian Jack 3.10 linf.
good luck to all
Morning all…Vendor 3.35 Newbury please….pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
IRISH SAINT … 3.35 New.
( Sorry, Burgas Hoops. That’s the KK Kurse on your selection.)
Far West 3.35 Newbury … good luck.
Lisahane Bog 13:30 Lingfield
the pressure is off now I have finally broke my duck
Good luck ghuys
HH
Nocturn 3.45 Lingfield
No more outsiders.
16:05 @ Naas – Might Be Magic – NAP!
Good luck everybody.
Dell arca at Newbury please
Lads, apologies… I was out on the sauce last night…
:o)
Today’s nap is : Perfect Pasture (3.45 Lingfield)
Cheers, fleagle1888