Here are some comments from Celtic supporters on Mo ‘Judas’ Johnston…
Stephen: How could he? Colin: Some balls to do what he did. Hate him for it. Paul: Adored him until he did this. It wasn’t the fact he signed for them…. It was how it was done…. A deliberate move to embarrass and knock the wind out of our team for years! Unforgivable. But he who laughs last…
Gordon: Unforgiven. Gary: On my time line is Tommy Burns and up pops Judas. I remember Danny McGrain saying when MJ was sent off in the league cup final against Rangers and he blessed himself he was the only Catholic member of the Celtic squad who didn’t attend chapel that morning
Alistair: I guess he’d watched too many episodes of Miami Vice thinking Florida was a pretty cool place to spend the rest of his life in exile!!!
Alan: Forgive and forget? Let it go? The man made a choice that most of us were sickened by. I remember as a kid going to Spain to visit family and having a Shoot magazine with an article about his move back to Celtic. I told my Spanish cousins he was the greatest footballer around. I was gutted when he joined ‘them’ but we’re better than that, we’re Celtic. We should let them be the ones with the issues. Where are they now? Where is he now? Nowhere, that’s the answer to both questions.
Colin: Balls? You mean money! That’s all he was interested in, I knew him from years ago when his granny stayed at my bit and he used to visit her, he knew exactly what he was doing and he did it because of the money, he was young and had Bill McMurdo and others bending his ear but it was the way he did it that angered many of us and left big Billy McNeill and Celtic standing with their wotsits in the wind, a lot of people raging, not to mention he was a Catholic who had done this to us and was first one to sign for them. I bet he wishes he never did it now because both sides hate him, if he didn’t do that he would still be a legend in many peoples’ eyes. I used to adore the man.
Iain: I still remember that day so vividly. It was a terrible shock to me. He was a good Celtic player who will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. I for one will never forgive him. He is indeed Judas.
Jack: Money. Pure and simple. Chris: Unforgivable….Barry: Plus he got his wages tax-‘free’. John: I was driving down the M8, and the news said, “Rangers sign their first Catholic”…I honestly thought it was John Sheridan…. 40 seconds later I pulled up on hard shoulder…”mojo ya twat”, was my thought, “ya f***** eejit.”
Andrew: He signed for them around the 12 July 1989. I was on my honeymoon, having got married on the 8 July. My stag night was on the 1 July, my business partner (a Zombie) bet my best friend a month’s wages that he had signed for Rangers. Oh! How we mocked him. His neighbour was Gerry of CR Smith. It was leaked from there. My honeymoon was ruined. He embarrassed Billy McNeill and humiliated Celtic FC and it’s fans, all for personal financial gain and to feed his ego. It was a deliberate act, held together by a liar. He sold his soul for money. Ironically he was the first to be paid by the old Rangers in a way that was net of tax. He was the one that set them on the road to liquidation.
Dnx: It seems obvious, in hindsight. Where else would a whore go to work, but a brothel? And, as happens to all ageing prostitutes, those who once adored him now abhor him. Francis: Him and chocy at Love Street was bliss. I was eleven and he was my hero! Two years later I really felt as if a demon had tainted my soul, but I was only a young lad. Since growing I’ve learnt it was my mistake when a man like Tommy Burns was on the pitch. God bless Tommy!!! and Mo who?
Stevie: It was a despicable deed that Souness fully admitted to doing deliberately just to hurt Celtic. It never happened without Murray or Judas though not to mention that wee weasel Bill McMurdo. Charles: This was a moment that defined Murray as a capitalist, self-concerned, user of other people’s money. All the more reason to celebrate his and Rangers demise. They have been found out and for those who don’t think the old co should be stripped of titles this signing should serve as justification of why it is still important to teach them that cheats don’t win.
Murdo: He was one of us – grew up a fan. He must have known what he was doing to our club – my hero in the 80s I was at Love Street in ’86 – that was his season – how could he? John: He was/is just a rat. Helen: I remember that day like it was yesterday. It wasn’t good… He totally betrayed us… I can’t forgive Judas.
John: If he’d gone to Rangers from Nantes that would still have been a shock and he would still have got abuse, from both sets. But the old board would have been blamed. “This is how bad it is, can’t even sign Mo etc”. But to do what he did to big Billy and to the fans has earned him an eternity of loathing by the Celtic support. He’s a modern day parable. Should be taught in school. 🙂
Peter: Money, money, money. Harry: And as a result, Judas can never show his face in Scotland again. That’s just so good! Ross: Anyone read Frank McGarvey’s book? He states in his book the deal for Mo to sign for them was done in a Cafe in Paris the previous February.
Jim: Wonder if he regrets it now though? He chose money over Celtic…says it all about him really… he also stated in his book when he played for us that he HATED r*ngers and McMurdo as his agent says it all. Gary: Money. Pure and simple. Nothing to do with trying to break a signing policy. Re Souness, by his own admission to hurt Celtic primarily and to break a signing policy second. I’m sure he was genuine about this but it was not the primary objective.
Fraser: What a great thread, shows some parts of Scotland was and is still in the dark ages, how could he? Get real. Paul: Wonder if he sleeps well on that stinking money? The orcs never took to him. Some burned their season tickets. Some never forgave Souness/Murray. We adored him like they never! He will regret it that I am sure!
Stevie: Fraser I think you miss the point completely. One second he had media shots wearing the hoops and next minute in a press conference with Souness et al. He stabbed Celtic in the back for money and Souness’ motive was on one thing only – wound Celtic. It was Rangers first catholic signing in an anti-catholic policy era. Who was in the dark ages?
Jason: Scorer of one of our best ever goals. A hero to many, now a filthy tainted s***bag to all. Franky: Failed tracksuit salesman!
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