forgive me father for I have signed

Never liked Graeme souness as a pundit . But as a human he is bad ass.

Mo wasn’t much of a Catholic but fair play to Sourface he made the support realise that they were in the 1980s not the 1690s..

Supported Celtic my whole life, never been in a chapel. Celtic has always been a club open to all.

Great upload. Brought back lots of memories. Thanks for posting.

Also, A lot of the English went north of the border to play European football.

The best thing I seen in my days of liking and wanting RANGERS to do this. FOOTBALL is a out INVOLVING EVERYONE.

He was NOT the first to play there....... you really have to dig deep, but before him there were plenty of Catholics playing for Rangers, even an Egyptian played there who I'm sure wasn't either Catholic or Protestant. But it doesn't really matter what point of view you have, Rangers was founded as a Protestant boys club, Celtic was founded for the benefit of "poor Irish Catholic immigrants" - - - both 100% factual

didnt sign an irishman until about 2015 as a NEW CLUB

John Spencer was at Rangers when MoJo signed.

John Spencer was a Catholic and he was there before Mo Johnston

Imagine not signing Messi because you don’t sign Catholics.

Folk were more concerned that a Catholic signed than they were about folk throwing bananas at Mark Walters.

I'm a Catholic and a Celtic supporter but I have a great admiration for Graham souness, his hole family are Catholic and he is proud of it

Johnston was a great striker tbf and ultimately showed that as long as he scored the goals the fans would eventually come round, at least the majority of them.

I remember this and was gutted, at the time, that my hero signed for the dark side, it had a galling effect on Celtic. However, the biggest take away from the whole story is the absolute furore at Ibrox it caused when a catholic signed for rangers. It was less than 40 years ago, a large number of those fans from back then are still alive and still season ticket holders.......

Graham Roberts was stirring it up on the pitch so don't think he should complain. Live by the sword ...

The original rangers never employed anyone who was a Roman Catholic, whether it was a player, secretary, cleaner or tea lady.

Whether you love the guy, or you hate him, you have to hand it to him, He tells it how it really is, He was the same as a player, took no hostages, dirty at times, but back then , there were quite a few like-minded players, But He was our manager at Blackburn , and took the Worthington cup out of Tottenham's grasp,and he will always be one of my football heroes, maybe a bit strong for some people, but like Grahame himself would say, who cares.

I’m surprised the stadium and or club didn’t just explode when they signed him. I’m not catholic, I support celtic because my dad walked out on us when I was younger. He was a rangers fan and the best way to hurt him was by supporting Celtic

Kenny dalglish was a prodestan and Celtic are a club for every one, no matter what religion, creek,or colour, rangers are years behind, many years

Graeme had bollocks of steel. When he stuck that Galatarasay flag in the centre circle at Fenerbahce it was fucking golden. I met him once in Southampton when I was a kid. He was stuck in traffic in his silver Merc. I shouted over, “Mr Sounness, we will we beat Man United today?!” He said : “No problem son.” We won 6-3

Kudos to Souness for smashing the neanderthal ethos of that 'club'.

Pat Lafferty signed in 1886 a year before the 1st Celtic and 2 years before the 2nd Celtic Football Club.

Wow as an Englushman of 60 yrs i remember the signing but didnt realise he had done that to Celtic , not a honourable thing to do but bloody hell he must have balls of steel and a thick skin to match.

Btw a Catholic was the captain at the time of mojos signing, he was the first high profile one, Alfie con had already jumped the dyke

Where does Mo live now? Not Glasgow?

The full documentary is called Clash of the Titans

Rangers signed a player from the Rep Ireland a few years ago.That was a shock.

Ray Wilkins proper gentleman

01:56 I'm sorry, but when did Celtic (1966 apart) or Rangers ever "dominate" europe?

Yeah !

I never knew that ther was this big devide because of religious beliefs. Very interesting watching as a non Scottish person

He wasn’t the first.

In England we regard Mo Johnston as a mercenary.

I wonder what would have happened is either club signed a player who was an atheist around that time.

It's only a game, boys.

Celtic aren't "mostly supported by Irish catholics" they're supported by Scottish catholics (many of whom have Irish descent).

I remember the joke at the time: Q: What’s the difference between Mo Johnson and Elvis? A: Elvis is definitely dead…

This guy "DMC" is lying to you. The following rangers players were Catholic, Pat Lafferty (1886), Tom Dunbar (1891-1892), J Tutty (1899-1900), Archie Kyle (1904-1908), Willie Kivlichan (1906-1907), Colin Mainds (1906-1907), Tom Murray (1907-1908), William Brown (1912), Joe Donnachie (circa.1914-1918) and John Jackson (1917). Thereafter, Catholic players prior to Mo Johnston's signing include: Laurie Blyth (1951-1952), Don Kitchenbrand (1955-1956), Hugh O'Neill (1976), John Spencer (1985-1992) If DMC really wanted to tell you the truth he would actually do a tiny bit of research. Try Bill Murray's book, The Old Firm - Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland (John Donald Publishers, 1984) pp 64-5. and ask yourself the question, why does DMC want you to believe these hateful lies?

Club of hatred.

Billy Mac stopped the deal after Mojo turned up in that jumper

Didnt one of the Glasgow clubs have a Miss Rangers or Miss Celtic once who had the wrong religion and it caused all kinds of bother?

very good video, enjoyed that

Rangers were signing catholic players before Celtic were formed, pat lafferty was his name. Some research wouldn’t hurt you pal 👍🏻

I'm catholic and I support Rangers. This is how it is in the modern world. I make no apolgies. Mo Jo is a hero.

Rangers signed catholics before Celtic existed

It’s easy to say that one is worse than the other but the truth is that one is a product of the other. Celtic have never sung about killing Protestants and if they have please cite me the songs where we have done so. Celtic football club have signed Protestants from its infancy. Rangers ex players referred to Mo as the “worst” catholic in this video.

a dark day

Sound red lining

I thought it depended on your football ability, not your religious beliefs. :)

Alex Ferguson could have been Ranger's manager had it not for his wife who is a Catholic.

I'm a Luton Fan how can you compare Celtic with Rangers. Even down here in Luton the bigotry is nearly all from Rangers. They have a major problem with the Irish.

Did they ever sign a Muslim?

ME & MY PAL WENT DOWN AND GOT MO'S A PROD 1690 ON OUR RANGES TOP'S !!!!! AS 14 Y/O BOY'S , MY FAMILY WHERE ALL CATHOLICS & SO WAS I , INFACT MY BIG BROTHER TOOK ME TO A FEW CELTIC GAMES BUT WE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT OVER A PENALTY GIVEN TO RANGES IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL WITH 5 MINS LEFT WITH THE GAME AT RANGES 1-1 CELTIC ! ROY ATKEN PULLED DOWN TERRY BUTCHER & I SAID IT WAS A PENALTY & MY BROTHER SAID F/O LOL ! IT LEAD TO ME BECOMING A RANGES FAN ! SO I BEAT MO AS THE FIRST CATHOLIC LOL

I thought he was a football player

Go Rangers❤

The game were Johnston crossed himself was at Hampden. Danny McGrain Celtic Captain & protestant recalled what a hypocrite Johnston was, as the only Catholic in the team that didn't go to mass the morning of the game . He got offered a million and grabbed it like the Judas he is.

Great video, I was 12 when it happened and growing up in Belfast, it was pretty big news. I was in the east of the city, and so I was surrounded by Rangers fans, but I could never bring myself to support them as even then I knew how poisonous the sectarian element was, and how that situation generally was affecting many lives in my city. Nowadays, I'm a neutral still, but I always get a bit of schadenfreude when Celtic beat them (so maybe I'm not quite a neutral).

Lies.. Rangers had signed catholics for decades. But you dont mention how celtic were formed and I quote "To keep the catholics away from Protestant soup kitchens".

The English players were a disgrace in Scotland, they never knew the trouble they caused

"Iveryhingsawaynoo" "religioninawe" Bet you that attempt at the English language doesn't go to church or read a bible.

now rangers dont even buy Scottish players

Bigot fc

Judas took the bag of borrowed silver. Folklore says that the last £1 out the bag was in actual fact the same £1 Craig Whyte paid Minty for Rangers. Karma

Sectarian divide. Divide and rule. Who profited from that?

Hiding in canada

Not just a Catholic, he was also a Lesbian Jew Woke journalist Tory

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George Best signed for Man U.

Please do your research properly. Rangers had signed catholics before this.

Religion held humanity back so much. Sooner it dies out the better. Thankfully it is slowly happening.

Never really had a problem for this guy to sign, it was singing the Billy Boys after a old firm match, could luck to him. A lier and traitor

None of them follow the gentle Lord Jesus! All flags, bells and whistles! Hatred has no place in the Gospel. So this isn't Christianity this stuff! Lord have mercy.

Old firm dead since 2012 as for judas 🖕

Judas Johnson.

How pathetic, all these fans wont even go to church

"we felt it was necessary, to be seen in a wider marketplace"...David Murray.........so you went against a long established, clearly bigoted club policy, so you could maybe make a few more quid? how dignified, and "LOYAL" to your principles you are.....

In a day and age when democracy means freedom to live a free life without the threat of prejudice, a prejudice based on religion seems like something pre-Enlightenment and arcane/archaic from the Middle Ages

Rangers should not have changed our tradition to please non Christians.

Two sectarian clubs who should be banned

Proud to be a Celtic fan we as a club have always signed players for their quality we never cared what a player's religion or colour was,as for sevco old rangers have a shameful history

No one cares about this

The biggest regret of my days is having been a Rangers fan.

Clueless

The signing of Mo Johnson happened before I was born. Now I don't speak for every Rangers fan, But i think Signing Mo was a great bit if business. Despite out dated backlash for both sides of the old firm at the time. It also opened the day for more Catholics and players or other faiths and races to join Rangers. There will obviously be backs thinking Rangers and Celtic fans out there. But I'm glad sectarianism is Scotland is nowhere near as bad as it was now. When i hear of Rangers getting ready to sign new players, The last thing i'm interested in is "Are they Catholic or protestant, or what" I couldn't care less. I want religion and politics out if football. Especially in Glasgow.

Funny how Athletic Bilbao is praised for its signing policy - which was by definition based on race - but those lefties call Rangers a bigoted club, as an insult and slur. Rangers would have signed non-British or non-Irish Catholics at any point in their history I am sure, but the difference there is that they are not Irish Catholics or those whom purport to be so. The Irish Catholics emigrated into Scotland and refused to integrate and they are at fault in the first instance that caused the tension between native Scots and the immigrants. Celtic FC is a good example of that - it was formed as an exclusionary in-group for the Irish migrants, which caused further separation.

What a terrible shameful club Rangers were. Imagine not signing someone because they were catholic? Thankfully they died in 2012 and the new club have plenty of catholics.

Get a better mic