The Man Who Saved Celtic | A View from the Terrace | BBC Scotland

In the early 1990s when the club was deep in debt, Celtic fans hoped enigmatic Canadian, Fergus McCann, would come to their rescue.
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[@edwardhaggarty365]

Fergus. The man with the plan. ❤

[@markshort5187]

hes the reason the club is where they are today or even in existence and yet he was booed after stopping ten in a row, outrageous!

[@scotchy67]

The game is over the rebels have won god bless wee Fergus

[@mrpgonnella]

Definitely, god bless the bunnet

[@coffee6783]

This freaked me out, I thought Fergus had died!

[@53titles1]

Greatest ever celt ‘the bunnet’💚🍀

[@musicbygoldenj]

🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 ⚽️ Doesn’t get said enough by us Canucks across the pond, hail hail Fergus McCann

[@burants89]

Damn right bro🙏🙏🙏

[@DannyBhoy88]

Celtic were never going into liquidation that's rubbish. A pal of mine was invited to a party at livingstone airport, believing that Gerald Weisfelt would be the new owner of celtic. He wasn't the only contender, there were several consortium involved. Don't believe all you read or hear.

[@DannyBhoy88]

Sorry it was cumbernauld airport.

[@studslannigan6286]

Lord Wullie Haughey has already confirmed that Danny. Hail Hail.

[@BGREIGZ]

God bless Fergus HH

[@TheBlaert]

An absolute legend. So many zombies on here shouting about Pacific Shelf 595. Do us a favour and actually take the time to learn why the name was changed...

[@mickybhoy]

celtic owed the bank 6m the zombies owed 12m but the bank forces us to pay it back???

[@user-jr7sf7zj2m]

They're deid

[@mickybhoy]

@@user-jr7sf7zj2m i know i used the zombie word ya blind muppet

[@aidanlynn]

Murray and his Edinburgh pals.

[@ellagrace27306]

It seems it has gone full circle, with the present board, seemingly on a par with the Kelly's Etc. Lawwell as an instance of the biscuit tin mentality.

[@spennie3607]

The idiots who booed him at the flag raising should be ashamed of themselves

[@pifflepockle]

Auld Miss Kelly, my chemistry teacher fae the Mungo going in the front door there. The cheek I gave her during all this 😂😂😂

[@FrancoBegbieT2]

Legend

[@Harrow932]

Good watch can you do the man who saved rangers next 😅

[@peterstephenwhyte6786]

Fergus saved celtic f.c champions again ole ole ole 😅😅😅

[@Jie67]

The Game Is Over, The Rebels Have Won. Something other clubs supporters could only dream of.

[@james6901]

The Rebels Have Won,,,,hail hail

[@jamesalexander4926]

Old Fergus knewwwwwwwwwwwww

[@TheJonjay777]

Sourness knew about neilly

[@yerauldda6955]

Big Walt knew

[@barbarabeard3904]

Hail hail champions again

[@paulhughes7848]

He saved our club what a. Man .with Brian dempsie hail hail hail the bonnet

[@robertdoyle687]

He promised us 3 things and he DELIVERED! RIP Fergus 🇮🇪

[@shmeppetriangles9391]

He's still alive pal 😂

[@leannecampbell4551]

How times changed, the Govan bigots passed away (rest well) and the Rebels went on to dominate Scottish football once more! :)

[@ianbanks2844]

Why do Celtic have so many vicous sectarian , crinimal , totalitarian , nationalistic , marxist terrorist loving thugs ? And they call themselves progressive .

[@jabber67]

That's the difference, we had someone prepared to save us while that mob were rotten to the core

[@JamieCXAR]

Why he hasn’t got a statue outside parkhead I will never know

[@malonekenny1]

where is part 2 ?

[@burants89]

Celtic fans all loaded rangers fans out grafting with 3 seasons ago top on

[@boabster7767]

Wankstain, fitted in just fine wie the rest of them... Boabybiter

[@james6901]

Dermot we will fly our flags WE ARE CELTIC,,,,you are merely a custodian.

[@onceatim67]

Here’s a novel idea. Inside the stadium concentrate on supporting the team.

[@Vvv-1690]

Flags of terrorism.

[@gavinmckenna3166]

​@onceatim67 couldn't agree more..im sick to the back teeth of the green brigade believing they are 'more celtic' than the rest of us. Ludicrous fallacy!

[@jimbyrne2328]

​@@Vvv-1690I don't see any Star of Remphans flying. The Satanic Israeli flag.

[@pauldocherty403]

Get a stand named after him or a statue

[@awayinaranger1301]

Fergus and big Jock knew.

[@jimbyrne2328]

So did Jock Wallace, Souness and Smith. The Neely Dunn's sent their Victims to the Liquidators.

[@crawbaw705]

I loved this man, but the fans hated him. I grew up with the old stadium and was a season ticket holder throughout Fergus era. ❤️ I personally think this man should have a statue next to big Cesar. If it wasn’t for him there wouldn’t be Celtic. God Bless the Legend ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦

[@burants89]

I’ve only just found out, R.I.P Fergus you’ll live on just like our Family We will forever be grateful fergus

[@SelaphielGodsAngel]

Just checked he is still alive.

[@DannyBhoy88]

Not Livingston but cumbernauld airport

[@rossthomson2528]

Is then when they become a separate entity or a whole new pacific shelf

[@mccann82]

It’s when the club were saved. Same holding company, club, no admin, no points deduction, no liquidation, no players leaving for free, no banned from playing in Europe and no restarting in the bottom tier and taking fours attempts to win some lower league diddy cup.

[@TheBlaert]

Ross lad have you been reading nonsense on Follow-follow?

[@SuperMuzz88]

Mind the stairs

[@rossthomson2528]

@@mccann82 so still the same entity shame the club don't see it that way

[@jimbyrne2328]

​@@rossthomson2528Your Klubs Deid Clown.

[@ThomasWilson-iw8oy]

RIP CELTIC 1994 😁 THEN PACIFIC SHELF FC WAS BORN. JUST FACTS 🤷‍♂️🇬🇧

[@user-jr7sf7zj2m]

Beat it mate yer clubs deid 😁

[@TheBlaert]

Another zombie pish stain regurgitating some nonsense he read on follow follow. PACIFIC SHELF 595 LIMITED was a new company set up to retain the original name when Celtic were floated on the stock exchange, and hence had to change their name

[@jamesalexander4926]

I remember the beggars booing him with him demanding silence.

[@jimbyrne2328]

I remember Sir Walter wishing the New Rangers good luck, after the old Rangers Died in 2012.

[@rangersnewsfirst]

Saved???? So please tell me why pervco are now called THE CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB AND NOT THE CELTIC FOOTBALL & ATHLETIC CLUB ANYMORE???oooo its a brand new team to play for

[@footballx2325]

Simply obsessed

[@mccann82]

You know that companies can change their name bozo? Now if we had been placed in Admin & then liquidation and then started a new holding company then you might have a point.

[@JohnMount-gz6dz]

Why did Airdrie have to change their name to Airdrionians but Rangers keep their name 🤔🙄

[@mjudec]

@@JohnMount-gz6dzWhy do they have a different SFA membership number if they’re the same club?

[@grahamstewart615]

He should have just paid the Three Amigos.

[@james6901]

THEY CAME THEY WENT,,,WE CONTINUE. No one bigger than the institution ,

[@grahamstewart615]

NOT EVEN FERGUS. HE'S GONE WE'RE NOT

[@graemeorr5884]

KZbin clearly doesn't understand, why would they recommend this trash to me 😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@user-jr7sf7zj2m]

Cos your obsessed

[@robinj6137]

A heartwarming survival story unlike Glasgow Rangers who died (also heartwarming)

[@elflakeador09]

Might have something to do with your search history mate 🤡🤡🤡🤡🍀

[@graemeorr5884]

@@elflakeador09 I typed in rangers and it was in amongst the choices , there’s only one side in Glasgow that’s obsessed and you lot win that’s hands down lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿WATP

[@graemeorr5884]

@@robinj6137 I take your watching this today because you don’t have a semi cup final to watch do you ? WATP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@paulphillips7834]

Saved from what BJK 🇬🇧

[@edwardmcgee01]

Ye and he also knew about the child abuse

[@jimbyrne2328]

Walter Smith and Souness Knew about Neely. They even wished him good luck in you Club newspaper.

[@edwardmcgee01]

@@jimbyrne2328 an allegation is different from a convicted peado, didn't your nonce club re-hire tge peado I think YES