Goram - Celtic were the enemy in my eyes

[stef4]

just when you thought he couldn't be anymore of an embarassment to himself... fuck me.

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...n-my-eyes.html

FERGUS McCANN tried to sign me for Celtic.
That's a cold, hard fact about Andy Goram that has lain hidden, a sensational story that's been buried. Until now.

Think of it: the nine-in-a-row legend who sparked the famous Tommy Burns quote, 'Put it on my tombstone: Andy Goram broke my heart,' playing for the Celtic legend's beloved Hoops.

Picture it: me smiling out from a Panini sticker album with a four-leafed clover on my chest.

The truth is it could never have happened, no matter how much that eccentric Canadian tycoon might have wanted it to. I could NOT have done it.

I found out about McCann's desire to pull off what would have been a stunning signing from Bill McMurdo, the agent who was offered the chance to broker the deal.

He was in Fergus' office one day when the man who had rescued Celtic from oblivion turned to him and said: 'I need a goalkeeper, and I have an idea. Do you think Goram would come here?'

Bill was choking with dis-belief, stifling his laughter, but Fergus was totally serious.

McMurdo knew there was no danger this would ever happen but he vowed to ask me. He did. The answer was no.

McCann was willing to take the flak and sign me for Celtic because I'd left Rangers and was an affordable, experienced option for him.

But me a Celtic player? Don't think so.

I have my beliefs, and when I was playing I was bitter. I drank in Protestant pubs and I was caught up in it. I don't hide from that. I don't regret it, and I'm not ashamed of it.

I am a Rangers man, and in my eyes Rangers men don't play for Celtic.

Did I hate Celtic when we played them? Yes, of course I did.

I ran out of the tunnel detesting the sight of them and even now I hate it when I see Gers players cuddling Celtic players.

For 90 minutes they need to hate them. It means too much to too many people.

Why hug someone you should be kicking to win the league? Sorry, but I was taught then if we won the Old Firm game, we won the league, so I wasn't about to wish them all the best. They are the enemy.

I didn't socialise with their players because we had nothing in common.

They were good Catholic boys, and we were seen as these hard-drinking maniacs. But who was winning the trophies? Us.

I'm not a bigot. I am a Rangers man. But like it or not, the bigotry is what makes the Old Firm derby the best game in the world.

Right from the off, I felt at home in that match. I'd been having a shocking time at Rangers before my debut in the derby, yet there are such fine margins. We won 2-0 at Parkhead and the £1million goalie from Hibs who'd been throwing them in all over the shop up until then had a clean sheet. Zero to hero.

The Hoops also had their share of players who revelled in the Old Firm madness.

I'll never forget Paolo di Canio making all these gestures and saying he would snap Ian Ferguson's leg. Wrong man to pick on, son. Fergie would have knocked f*** out of him.

Ian ran up the tunnel and waited for him in front of the dressing-rooms, but the little Italian had scarpered so quickly he was nowhere to be seen. Great player, but all show!

The only time I ever made both sets of Old Firm fans laugh at the same time Paolo was at the centre of it all.

He was called offside and started going mental, waving his arms at the linesman on the enclosure side and yelling, 'Hey you, bastardo. You cheat.'

This went on and on, and I was getting sick of it, so when he turned away before play restarted I kicked the ball at him. BANG! Direct hit, right on his napper.

He was seething. He turned to the ref and was screaming for a red card, shrieking, 'Look at this Goram. Bastardo!'

By then, the ball had bounced back to me and I couldn't resist it. I took aim, and once again the ball smacked him on the head.

Now even Paolo was smiling, even though he was foaming at the mouth, and the fans in the stadium were p***ing themselves. I loved that.

I rated Paolo as a player, and I also admire the Celtic men who live for the jersey. Men such as Peter Grant, Neil Lennon and Paul McStay.

I loved all the tussles in those games, fighting for everything against guys such as current Hibs boss John 'Yogi' Hughes.

I remember during one Old Firm match I jumped for the ball but was smashed into the back of the net by Yogi.

I was in a rage and we ended up pushing and shoving one another.

Yogi started shouting at the referee. 'Go on, send us off. You haven't got the f****** bottle.' He was taunting him, almost willing the ref to flash red cards.

Then he winked at me and said, 'They'll miss you more than Celtic will miss me.'

We got booked, and I walked back to my area laughing.

[I'm Your God Now]

Quality.

How is that embarrassing, anyway? With the exception of "They were good Catholic boys", I can't see what's anything particularly special about it.

[Warped]

Guys a fat prod.

[Densu]

Just read that myself. On the other page its a tribute to Tommy Burns by him.

[Jaemi]

Always was an attention seeking, bigotry encouraging, fat, prod, cunt.

[Ghostsuit]

Originally Posted by Warped

Guys a fat prod.

Originally Posted by Jaemi

Always was an attention seeking, bigotry encouraging, fat, prod, cunt.

Isn't it Ironic.

[Jaemi]

I have my beliefs, and when I was playing I was bitter. I drank in Protestant pubs and I was caught up in it. I don't hide from that. I don't regret it, and I'm not ashamed of it.

We're not saying anything that wasn't said...

This is a sportsman who wore a black armband in remembrance of a dead terrorist.

[Rosco]

Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

Isn't it Ironic.

Ho ho, what i was thinking!

Andy Goram's a bigot. Ok.

Next week's exclusive - "Grass IS green!!!"

[Warped]

Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

Isn't it Ironic.

Haha check forbes trying to be a cunt. The ironic posts keep comming eh? FUCKING LOL.

[~LEE~]

Some 'keeper but.