My first Ibrox OF, right down the front of the East Enclosure aged 10. Amazing.
It crushed them on-field as well. Their strikers after that were diabolical until post-Bunnet era.They have never recovered from it. That shows you how much it affected them.
I remember being in the Wee Rangers Club when Maurice Johnston picked up a supporter’s club player of the year award.Wasn't alive sadly but I've been utterly fascinated with the Mojo story for years.
It wrecked them on and off the park for years.
That doesn't prove anything. You can still be religious and commit a sin. Forgiveness is part of religion.I don't drink.
You think he's a roman Catholic.
I think he was a shagger (I know his daughter socially who was the result of a 5 minute experience in an airport with a Air hostess, Cheryl).
He's not a roman Catholic
The Neil Lennon / Scott Brown point you make is something I'd not thought of before and it's great context to help those who weren't around to understand the magnitude of the signing. As for where I was when I heard - I was in my mate's car listening to Radio Clyde whilst driving along London Road to the garage where he got it MOTd. I looked to my left and there was the piggery!I heard the news on radio at work,a tim i worked with went straight home sick, honestly. The shock wasnt because we had signed a catholic ex Celtic player, it was because Mo was the equivillent of signing Neil Lennon or Scott Brown in the most hated Celtic player stakes. With more talent obviously. I detested him at Celtic. Grew to love him at Rangers but i was utterly shocked we had signed him
There’s two sides to it.Wasn't alive sadly but I've been utterly fascinated with the Mojo story for years.
It wrecked them on and off the park for years.
Those two incidents destroyed their psychological wellbeing.They have never had one giruy thing even remotely close never mind two in the last 40 yearsIn an earlier reply to this post, I mentioned the Ten Days that shook Rangers book, which I read from cover to cover.
In the bookshop, I skimmed through the Ten Days that shook Celtic book, and I offer the following two observations (remember it was published over 15 years ago).
The word RANGERS seemed to be mentioned in their book than our's - just confirmation of their obsession with us IMHO.
Although there were chapters about various catastrophies for their club, like getting knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Arthurlie, there were two events which they just couldn't handle at all, and they kept on referencing them. One was Helicopter Sunday, and other was our signing Maurice Johnston.
If you read the book, Ten Days that shook Rangers, there is anvexcellent chapter all about it.
I was at Parkhead for his Old Firm debut, in a blue jersey, and I have never ( and I am now 66) witnessed the level of hatred unleashed upon any player like I saw and heard from the home support that day.
I also knew the guy that ran the Ticket Office then, who told me that the number of season tickets returned because of his signing was precisely two! The widespread outrage by Rangers supporters was the message the media wanted to portray, not the reality.
It was, however, an absolute dagger to the heart of the Celtic support.
Personally, I thought he was a great signing for us (and NOT our first RC player of the 80's) and his workrate that first season for us was second to none.
ApologiesYour 2nd post on this thread opened with “he wasn’t just a catholic, he was a Roman Catholic”. Now you’re saying of him and his like “so are they catholics then?”. No offence, but you’re in danger of disappearing up your own arse here.
It would have been mid afternoon on the day the papers ran it. I was playing golf in the morning and never seen the papers.When you say walked into the pub as the news broke do you mean in the afternoon after the story was in the Sun that morning?
At the time I delivered newspapers in the mornings and I don't remember any breaking news the night before until I walked into the newspaper shop at 6am on that morning and seen the Sun exclusive about him signing,something the paper and Keith Jackson are not slow of reminding us of more than a few times since.
I couldn't believe the headline and went straight home to wake the old man up to show him the paper before I did my paper round.
Personally I loved the fact we had signed him for equally the fact i knew it would have sickened them and that he was a quality player.
My old man wasn't that convinced by it,I was kind of agreeing with him after he missed those two sitters in the space of a minute or so v them at parkhead
However he did more than make up for it by scoring in the last minute in the first old firm game I went to!
That doesn't prove anything. You can still be religious and commit a sin. Forgiveness is part of religion.
Thankfully you didn't push the ''he was pictured with a Sellik top then signed a few days later for us line. In reality there were around 8 weeks between the 2 incidents.IIRC He was paraded by them with the scarf above his head because McBungle wanted to boost their mob. He was at the SPFA dinner at their table on the Sunday evening and there were rumours of a few problems with the deal.
He signed for us after Souness stepped in and gave him a much better deal.
I really didn’t like him but as a supporter accepted that Souness was the Boss and eventually MJ won me over with his fantastic commitment to our club. He was some player
I was on my first honeymoon in Acapulco, when he scored against them. It was all over the Mexican news. I couldn't watch it enough. Helicopter Sunday moment!I wasn't alive when Rangers signed Maurice Johnston, through modern eyes it still feels like a significant moment in our history but I don't think anyone who wasn't there can really grasp the feelings of shock that came with it.
To cut a long story short I'm working on something and looking to hear thoughts from people who were around at the time, were you happy with the signing? Did the GIRUY factor outweigh everything else? How did you and those around you react? etc
Cheers in advance.
What was the name of the trawler?I was in full torment mode. Was working on a trawler in Stornoway at the time. 2 of the crew raging papes from Barra. Telling me how Mo was going to stuff us. Then the tables turned Mo was paraded on lunchtime news, pissed myself laughing at the clown nearly greetin cursing me the orange bassa that I was told I was. Told him to grow up and stop greeting and yir fekin beads are getting hoisted over the side.