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
    @edwardhaggarty3658 ай бұрын

    Fergus. The man with the plan. ❤

  • @scotchy67
    @scotchy678 ай бұрын

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

  • @mrpgonnella

    @mrpgonnella

    8 ай бұрын

    Definitely, god bless the bunnet

  • @markshort5187
    @markshort51878 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @coffee6783
    @coffee67838 ай бұрын

    This freaked me out, I thought Fergus had died!

  • @musicbygoldenj
    @musicbygoldenj8 ай бұрын

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

  • @burants89

    @burants89

    8 ай бұрын

    Damn right bro🙏🙏🙏

  • @53titles1
    @53titles18 ай бұрын

    Greatest ever celt ‘the bunnet’💚🍀

  • @DannyBhoy88
    @DannyBhoy888 ай бұрын

    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

    @DannyBhoy88

    8 ай бұрын

    Sorry it was cumbernauld airport.

  • @studslannigan6286

    @studslannigan6286

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @TheBlaert
    @TheBlaert8 ай бұрын

    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...

  • @izzihusenne2186
    @izzihusenne2186Ай бұрын

    The only honest man to ever grace football!

  • @mickybhoy
    @mickybhoy8 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    8 ай бұрын

    They're deid

  • @mickybhoy

    @mickybhoy

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @aidanlynn

    @aidanlynn

    8 ай бұрын

    Murray and his Edinburgh pals.

  • @ellagrace27306
    @ellagrace273068 ай бұрын

    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
    @spennie36078 ай бұрын

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

  • @glawlllar7320
    @glawlllar7320Ай бұрын

    Imagine supporters allowing their club die. What kind of supporters would allow that?

  • @BGREIGZ
    @BGREIGZ8 ай бұрын

    God bless Fergus HH

  • @FrancoBegbieT2
    @FrancoBegbieT26 ай бұрын

    Legend

  • @Jie67
    @Jie678 ай бұрын

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

  • @pifflepockle
    @pifflepockle8 ай бұрын

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

  • @leannecampbell4551
    @leannecampbell45518 ай бұрын

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

  • @ianbanks2844

    @ianbanks2844

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @jabber67

    @jabber67

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @robertdoyle687
    @robertdoyle6878 ай бұрын

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

  • @shmeppetriangles9391

    @shmeppetriangles9391

    8 ай бұрын

    He's still alive pal 😂

  • @james6901
    @james69018 ай бұрын

    The Rebels Have Won,,,,hail hail

  • @paulhughes7848
    @paulhughes78487 ай бұрын

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

  • @jamesalexander4926
    @jamesalexander49268 ай бұрын

    Old Fergus knewwwwwwwwwwwww

  • @TheJonjay777

    @TheJonjay777

    8 ай бұрын

    Sourness knew about neilly

  • @yerauldda6955

    @yerauldda6955

    7 ай бұрын

    Big Walt knew

  • @barbarabeard3904

    @barbarabeard3904

    Ай бұрын

    Hail hail champions again

  • @Harrow932
    @Harrow9323 ай бұрын

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

  • @JamieCXAR
    @JamieCXAR5 ай бұрын

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

  • @peterstephenwhyte6786
    @peterstephenwhyte67868 ай бұрын

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

  • @pauldocherty403
    @pauldocherty4033 ай бұрын

    Get a stand named after him or a statue

  • @james6901
    @james69018 ай бұрын

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

  • @onceatim67

    @onceatim67

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @Vvv-1690

    @Vvv-1690

    8 ай бұрын

    Flags of terrorism.

  • @gavinmckenna3166

    @gavinmckenna3166

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@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

    @jimbyrne2328

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @malonekenny1
    @malonekenny18 ай бұрын

    where is part 2 ?

  • @burants89

    @burants89

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @crawbaw705
    @crawbaw7058 ай бұрын

    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 ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦

  • @awayinaranger1301
    @awayinaranger13018 ай бұрын

    Fergus and big Jock knew.

  • @jimbyrne2328

    @jimbyrne2328

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @boabster7767
    @boabster77678 ай бұрын

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

  • @burants89
    @burants898 ай бұрын

    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

    @SelaphielGodsAngel

    8 ай бұрын

    Just checked he is still alive.

  • @jamesalexander4926
    @jamesalexander49268 ай бұрын

    I remember the beggars booing him with him demanding silence.

  • @jimbyrne2328

    @jimbyrne2328

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @DannyBhoy88
    @DannyBhoy888 ай бұрын

    Not Livingston but cumbernauld airport

  • @rossthomson2528
    @rossthomson25288 ай бұрын

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

  • @mccann82

    @mccann82

    8 ай бұрын

    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

    @TheBlaert

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @SuperMuzz88

    @SuperMuzz88

    8 ай бұрын

    Mind the stairs

  • @rossthomson2528

    @rossthomson2528

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @jimbyrne2328

    @jimbyrne2328

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@rossthomson2528Your Klubs Deid Clown.

  • @ThomasWilson-iw8oy
    @ThomasWilson-iw8oy8 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    8 ай бұрын

    Beat it mate yer clubs deid 😁

  • @TheBlaert

    @TheBlaert

    8 ай бұрын

    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

  • @paulmcduff1930

    @paulmcduff1930

    7 күн бұрын

    Your old club cheated the whole of Scottish football enjoy your tribute act the game is over the rebels have won 🍀

  • @rangersnewsfirst
    @rangersnewsfirst8 ай бұрын

    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

    @footballx2325

    8 ай бұрын

    Simply obsessed

  • @mccann82

    @mccann82

    8 ай бұрын

    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

    @JohnMount-gz6dz

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @mjudec

    @mjudec

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @grahamstewart615
    @grahamstewart6158 ай бұрын

    He should have just paid the Three Amigos.

  • @james6901

    @james6901

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @grahamstewart615

    @grahamstewart615

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @graemeorr5884
    @graemeorr58848 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    @user-jr7sf7zj2m

    8 ай бұрын

    Cos your obsessed

  • @robinj6137

    @robinj6137

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @elflakeador09

    @elflakeador09

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @graemeorr5884

    @graemeorr5884

    8 ай бұрын

    @@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

    @graemeorr5884

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @paulphillips7834
    @paulphillips78348 ай бұрын

    Saved from what BJK 🇬🇧

  • @Delboy-hi1ld

    @Delboy-hi1ld

    25 күн бұрын

    Shame what walter knew but ehhh ??????

  • @edwardmcgee01
    @edwardmcgee018 ай бұрын

    Ye and he also knew about the child abuse

  • @jimbyrne2328

    @jimbyrne2328

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @edwardmcgee01

    @edwardmcgee01

    8 ай бұрын

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