10 Apr 2026 14:14:31
DD was yesterday being credited for Celtic building a good enough team to reach Seville.
I thought it was down to our Cooperative Bank loan we received in June 2000.
We got a £21M loan and also a £10.5M overdraft which helped Martin build a team to win our first Treble since 1969.
10 Apr 2026 16:11:21
Just more revisionist crap to try and appease us.
10 Apr 2026 19:03:53
Was he the guarantor to get the loans?
{Ed007's Note - The loan was secured against Celtic Park & adjacent land & Lennoxtown although DD did underwrite the 2005 share issue up to the value of £10m but the issue was oversubscribed so he didn't need to cover any shortfall although he would have bought shares.
DD has never put a single dime into Celtic unless it is to buy shares - he never has had to do it - and that's the way it should be.}
10 Apr 2026 19:10:11
It was 23 year ago lol think it was only in O’Neils first few seasons that we spent more than we took in.
{Ed007's Note - We only paid the loan off in 2023, roughly it was £1m a year plus - off the top of my head - 3% interest.}
10 Apr 2026 20:11:41
Anyone one of us could have ran it same way, you can see how he’s billionaire.
{Ed007's Note - That's just nonsense, we could have been ran better over the years but we could have been ran a Hell of a lot worse. Fergus McCann was a bigger tyrant & control freak than both DD and Peter Lawwell combined - and he was only here for 5 years - he could have taught Lawwell a thing or twenty about penny pinching.}
10 Apr 2026 22:30:39
Fergus had a big task in building the stadium which he was successful in achieving.
Lawwell had the task of maintaining it which he has failed to do.
DD has a bit of making up to do however given the stance his brat took at the AGM I’m not optimistic.
10 Apr 2026 23:15:06
100% mate.