Amazingly, it’s 30 years this summer when wee Mo Jo jumped ship and rubber-eared Caesar, Tommy Burns and all our fans and joined the dark side. I was in a pub in Coatbridge, (obviously), when the owner, who knew Andy Walker’s dad, said that Maurice had signed for the ‘teddy bears’. It was a ‘wow’ moment.
The Celtic fanzine, Not The View, quickly gave him the moniker of Petite Merde and some of the better Celtic experiences were not on the pitch that season, but from Not The View! They had Maurice as a simpleton, wearing a Rangers top with ‘pish’ written on it (think Rangers were sponsored by McEwen’s lager at the time). At the time, Not The View was the biggest selling fanzine in Britain.
Some Rangers fans threatened to burn their season tickets and although he had a good first season he left after two to play for his other ‘boyhood heros’ such as Everton, Hearts (!) and Falkirk, before he was exiled to the States to play for a team I’ve never heard of!
First time around he was great at Celtic, will never forget the 5-0, St Mirren game at Love Street to clinch the league (one of the best all round team goals ever – YouTube it). Saw him at a few night clubs in Glasgow (always left him alone) and he drove by me in his white Porsche once near Garrowhill.
Would never wish the wee chap any harm whatsoever, but equally hope he’s never invited back to paradise. And in a bizarre way, I suppose due to that signing, it was the start of the end of the old board! But I wouldn’t thank him for it as he literally took the Queens Gold!
The Celtic fanzine, Not The View, quickly gave him the moniker of Petite Merde and some of the better Celtic experiences were not on the pitch that season, but from Not The View! They had Maurice as a simpleton, wearing a Rangers top with ‘pish’ written on it (think Rangers were sponsored by McEwen’s lager at the time). At the time, Not The View was the biggest selling fanzine in Britain.
Some Rangers fans threatened to burn their season tickets and although he had a good first season he left after two to play for his other ‘boyhood heros’ such as Everton, Hearts (!) and Falkirk, before he was exiled to the States to play for a team I’ve never heard of!
First time around he was great at Celtic, will never forget the 5-0, St Mirren game at Love Street to clinch the league (one of the best all round team goals ever – YouTube it). Saw him at a few night clubs in Glasgow (always left him alone) and he drove by me in his white Porsche once near Garrowhill.
Would never wish the wee chap any harm whatsoever, but equally hope he’s never invited back to paradise. And in a bizarre way, I suppose due to that signing, it was the start of the end of the old board! But I wouldn’t thank him for it as he literally took the Queens Gold!