The Battle To Save Celtic: Part 4 - Tom Grant, Ex-Celtic Director
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- 🟢 30 years ago this very month Scots-Canadian businessman Fergus McCann swept into Celtic Park and secured the clubs very existence with an eleventh hour investment that would alter the course of Celtic’s history for ever.
A move such as that however can’t be engineered by just one man and many figures played a key role in what eventually took place on that day back on the 4th of March 1994.
🍀 In this special new series by The Celtic Exchange we speak to some of those individuals as we bring you the inside stories of what unfolded during that incredible time in Celtic history.
We’re covering the story from all angles and that's epitomised in Part 4 as we speak with Tom Grant, a Director on Celtic's "Old Board" from 1985 until the takeover in 1994, and a man who can tell the story of how it all unfolded from INSIDE the corridors of Celtic Park.
Tom was one of the few individuals who retained a place in Fergus' new regime, having ultimately backed "the rebels" in those crucial final days and talks of the tumultuous few years that led to the '94 takeover.
As part of the new look Celtic took on the role of Stadium Manager, playing a key part in delivering Fergus McCann's vision of the 60,000 all-seater stadium we see today.
💪 The Battle To Save Celtic is a new mini-series by The Celtic Exchange marking 30 years since Fergus McCann's takeover of Celtic in March 1994 .
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As i have already said, this is an excellent series of podcasts. Again a very interesting, informative episode, with Mr Grant an excellent contributor.
Loving these podcasts…
Thanks Vincey! Tom has an important story to tell and was a great guest.
Love these vlogs, Tottaly takes you back to a very turbulent days. Our fans stood up to be counted when called upon , but Fergus convinced our fans to invest in the dream, and all our succes since can be traced to these times.
Agreed James. Crazy times, but the fans really stepped up which then allowed Fergus to come in and do what he done.
Tino this has been the best series of interviews about Celtic, absolutely loved it.
Brilliant Thomas, cheers for watching 👍🏻🍀
Fair play to you Tom for having the bottle and chat to give the Board Room angle prior to the Fergus step in (with some other Tim allies).🍀
Thanks for the comment Frank. Tom was great.
Thoroughly enjoyed all 4 interviews.....a great insight to what went on....Absolutely 1st class.....thank you !!! 🍀
Great stuff Sean. Thanks for checking them out 👍🏻🍀
Really enjoyed this series Tino, props to you!
Thanks for watching 👍🏻🍀
Superb 👏 a really genuine Celtic man the way he spoke.
Thanks Stephen, clear how much Celtic means to Tom
Brilliant Tino 🍀👍🏼
Thanks Moe 🙌🍀
Another fantastic insight into the goings on during the takeover, would love to see Tom Grants photo collection.
Thanks SoD! 🙌🍀 Tommhas shared some with us but lots of them are available just now on the Celtic Star site 👍🏻
Another belter Tino. Great work.
Thanks George, cheers for watching 👍🏻🍀
Lovely to see my old primary school chum. Fond memories of Tom and his mum in Cardowan.
Nice to hear James. Tom was great
Used to see him at st joes.
Unforgiven.
Brilliant series. Fascinating.
Thanks John, appreciate it
Another great one Tino 👍🍀
Cheers Mark 🙌🍀
I really like this guy. I love the way his story bridges the transition. He seems like a really moral, decent guy, troubled by some things which went on but I've no doubt his vote or who he sided with was pivotal and was done with good intentions and Celtics best interest at heart. His family with the old Auntie who possessed the shares are a crucial part of Celtics History. I've often wondered why the old board were so determined to remain a Ltd Company rather than a PLC. The Celtic Wiki view of Tom which I read moments ago, seems to lack understanding of loyalty, business acumen and patience. Ultimately, Tom picked the right side.
Completely agree gfg. Tom is a thoroughly decent guy and as big a Celtic fan as you'll find. You can see just how much the club means to him and he's still there week in, week out supporting the team.
Another great interview tino well done.
Thanks Kenny, glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant podcast mate - can’t believe you let the ‘Mo Johnstone was not a nice person in the tunnel before games’ comment go with out asking him to expand on it
Yes, should have dug deeper on that one
Cheers Davy, had a dozen other questions to get through 😂 Will ask Tom next time
@@TheCelticExchange when we getting Mr McCann on ??
Fantastic series. Well done men
Thanks Brian, appreciated 🍀
Fabulous so interesting 🙏💚🍀
Thanks Wendy, glad you enjoyed it
Top Class content Tino
Cheers Jay, appreciate it 🍀
HH Tino Another great listen loved it still want Stadium. much bigger Capacity think big move on football changing hh ktf
Cheers Joseph. Yeh think a lot of us would like to see increased capacity, just not sure how feasible that is or not.
@@TheCelticExchange HH BHOYS The thing is football IS changing all the time their man u doing it I have said for many yrs when Fergus rebuilt the stadium should have been 120-30 thousand as a big club act like 1so all of Stadium is used bigger games bigger grounds Asia fan would come in droughts + club makes a Fortune hh ktf
Morning t I n o , I’ve seen the other 3so looking forward to this one hh. Joe. Little. Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮😎
Thanks for watching these Joe, hope youve enjoyed them.
well done MR Tom Grant, for standing up to that greedy no clue board. another great man that saved our club.
Thanks Anthony. Tom played his part!
I noticed upon return from lockdown how tired the stadium is form entering through the turn style, stairways, concourse, toilets, catering, passageways and even the external, stadium needs a bout of TLC,
Think so SPMS. Just getting a bit tired in various places and some
upgrading/freshening up required
@@TheCelticExchange no need for a new stadium in robroyston or anywhere 😂just updated
Does anyone know what ever happened to that Chris White Character. He disappeared off the face of the earth 🙏🙏🙏
Think he stepped back from the spotlight completely after 94 Jimmy.
Time to get a statue built outside to represent the rhebels
There is a paving stone dedicated to the Celts For Change guys but yes something more permanent may be appropriate for all who played their part.
Grant is wrong. The board refused to pay 300k for the Judas vat bill . If they had paid that he wouldn’t have signed for that lot. The board were very poor business men.
Should Celtic (or anyone?!) have been paying anyone's VAT bill?
@@TheCelticExchange before he became Judas we would all have paid his tax bill to play again for us.
Get Michael (the fox) Kelly on
We're on the case Sandbag! :-)
Did we no get our seats fae ibrox 😂
Eh?
I actually think the club did the right thing in releasing Judas signature because it’s nit worth it. You can all say what you want but mo knew exactly what he was doing and it was disgusting . Even if he had contacted the board and been a man and say I’ve changed my mind but he couldn’t even do that . Scummer.
Think the board could have made things more difficult for him, or ensured he left to join another club in UK. Not sure it was handled very well.
Tino why you got 2 watches ⌚️ ⌚️ on ?
Ones a fit bit watch
Best group of interviews on a Celtic podcast ever. Absolutely fantastic and credit to all
Anthony, thanks for this and for all your recent support
Classy interview as per t I n o ::: hh. Joe. Little. Ireland 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍😎
Cheers Joe 🙌🍀
Another great interview 🍀
Thanks for watching Brian 👍🏻🍀
The reserve game he mentioned , Celtic Reserves beat Falkirk Reserves 3-2 (Traynor, Shepherd, McClair) in the 2nd XI Cup (postponed fixture of 26/3/85)
26/2/85
That’s impressive knowledge!
Also, I was actually at one of the rebels roadshows in Portadown in NI where both Brian Dempsey and Davie Provan were guests trying to build support for the takeover
Brilliant Davy, must have been a great experience to be at them. Watching Brian speak in particular is something to behold 👍🏻🍀
@@TheCelticExchange it was - when we were leaving the venue - the guests were also leaving, and Davie Provan invited myself and my 4 mates up the stairs to play them a game of snooker - random I know , but what an experience
Loved the 4 shows HH Dublin 🇮🇪🇵🇸
Thanks Robert
Part 5 available now!
Mo jo in the tunnel fir who us or at mob ? How did you not ask him what he was doing in the tunnel coz av never heard anything about him being a bad guy apart fae what he done .
Will ask him next time ew, sorry for missing that one out 👀
I remember a new roof going on the Celtic end around 1986 that must have cost a fair amount of money.
Probably John, but The Taylor Report dictated all top flight stadia to be all seated. This was a major issue for the old board