In January 2007 Mark Fotheringham was hoping to win a move to Rangers. He started his playing career at Celtic.
With his former reserve coach Kenny McDowall assisting Walter Smith the midfielder fancied his chances of getting a deal at Ibrox.
Fotheringham has never been short on confidence. He thinks that he is the best ever uncapped Scotsman.
FOZZY FACTOR
Yesterday he joined the Celtic coaching staff. To the surprise of Martin O’Neill who wasn’t in on it or just decided to share one of his hilarious yarns. Oh how they laughed.
Fozzy was all kitted out in his Celtic tracksuit at Lennoxtown on Tuesday morning for training.
At least Callum McGregor, James Forrest and Kieran Tiermey will know all about him.
After getting his Celtic debut under Kenny Dalglish the Fozz was frustrated at being unable to shift Neil Lennon, Paul Lambert, Alan Thompson and Stan Petrov for a midfield place.
He moved on to Dundee, followed by spells in Switzerland and Germany as he racked up 12 clubs.
There was one club that eluded him as Sky Sports reported in 2007:
Mark Fotheringham has been handed the chance to win a move to Rangers.
Former Celtic midfielder Mark Fotheringham has been handed the chance to win a move to Rangers during a trial.
The 23-year-old will train with the Ibrox club in the next week hoping to impress new manager Walter Smith.
Fotheringham has quit Swiss side Aarau looking to return to his homeland, and is keen to prove he deserves a permanent stay at Rangers.
“It’s a great opportunity for me and one that I’m desperate to grasp,” he told the Daily Record.
“I enjoyed my time at Celtic but I would not hesitate to sign for Rangers.”
Smith didn’t fall for his charm or ability.
Fotheringham has worked his way into coaching and management. Assisting the mad cap Feliz Magath and having a spell in charge of Huddersfield Town in the Championship. He also enjoys photo-bombing Jurgen Klinsmann.
The process that brought him to Celtic remains a mystery, like most things on Michael Nicholson’s watch.
Yesterday O’Neill said:
Fozzy was, I thought, a really good lad. He had super, super self-confidence about him.
I haven’t had a chance to see him.. Fozzy will be fine. He’ll be absolutely fine. I love him, I always have done. Great lad, I like him, really like him.
Before tonight’s match there will be a 7pm demonstration by the Celtic Fans Collective at the top of The Celtic Way.
After the events of Monday a large turnout is expected as ordinary fans share their thoughts on the actions of the club. As usual CEO Michael Nicholson has had nothing to say despite the turmoil he is presiding over. Again.
Martin O’Neill definitely a board lackey,like Maloney and Lennon, disgusting behaviour from this shower of charlatans,and all O’Neill can do is try and crack stupid old not so funny stories, pathetic.The only way to get rid of this shower is cut off the money,don’t buy anymore Adidas merch and see how long it takes Adidas to start asking questions,this whole scenario with Rodgers and Kennedy stinks and that bile that golf heed desmond wrote is vindictive bullshit lies.I just hope Rodgers and Kennedy have not signed an NDA and we will get to the bottom of this.
The only way there can be an NDA is if they decide to pay BR’s contract up to keep him quiet.
If you resign, u don’t get the remainder of your contract paid, so BR will be free to say what he pleases…….so I’m gonna take it for granted the suits will pay him.
As for DD’s input, the more I read it, the more it feels like a raging narcissistic rant by someone who always needs to be in control but has had it taken from him.
Bhoy4life I’m sure BR is loaded he’s had at least 3 years on 3 million,plus all the money from Liverpool Leicester Celtic so he can’t be needing the money he should have told liewell and desmond,stick your money up your arse I ain’t signing no NDA.
Agree totally Jim.
That’s enough for me,get rid NOW
I watched that tv interview yesterday and thought Maloney looked absolutely terrified in front of the cameras. For all Celtic fans worldwide I hope we we win our match tonight and especially against Sevco at the weekend.
That statement issued by DD is his death knell. Guys like ‘The Kaizer’ operate under the radar. Any form of public/media scrutiny is like a stake through the heart of a vampire. Now every football fan on the planet knows who he is. Now every golf course, every building he walks into one of the staff will say “there’s that Celtic guy.”
Remember he was part of the Irish consortium which sold Man Utd to the Glazier family basically because of the publicity surrounding Alex Ferguson and the racehorse The Rock of Gibraltar which ended up in the Courts.
A couple of weeks ago one of the bloggers put up DD’s tee-off times at three different golf courses across the weekend of the Dunlop Cup. A stroke of genius (no pun intended) on their part. Imagine his state of mind, expecting Celtic fans to interrupt his game anytime during his rounds of golf. I fully expect DD to sell his Celtic shares asap and head for the hills.
Now it’s up to the Celtic Fan Collective to figure out how to take advantage of this and shape the Club’s future as a robust football club going forward.
They say that history repeats itself. Think back to when Fergus McCann took charge… almost the same scenario as today. We need to update the stadium and revitalise/renergise the Club from the top down. Fergus succeeded and I fully expect the Collective to do the same.
Fans have been frustrated by the style of play of Brendan Rodgers team of late but my main memory of Brendan is the manner in which he escorted an excited, young Celtic fan safely back to the terraces at the end of an away match a couple of seasons back and kept him out of the clutches of Police Scotland. Finally Martin O’Neil is nobody’s fool.
He repeated several times in the tv interview yesterday that if he can’t help improve the team results then he’s out the door.
Fotheringham had a few games with Rangers as a young teenager while also playing for Celtic. No idea who recommended him for such a position on Celtic’s coaching staff.
Regards MON he had no qualms at signing for David O’Leary’s Leeds side after only ONE season at Celtic, before a change of heart meant he stayed longer. Then didn’t hang around when told the spending spree (In Celtic terms) was over. He is simply in place to try and soothe the support but if O’Neill or A.N.Other I highly doubt they will get £ 20-30m to spend in January which will be badly needed when Maeda & Hatate are shunted out the door
I thought MON initially left as his wife was not well??
He did. People are trying to rewrite history. Just like how John Kennedy has gone from villain to hero overnight because he resigned, something which fans have been wanting to happen for years.
Could Martin afterwards move upstairs in a Director of Football or even Chairman role?
Willin’ to take the Rangers shillin’. Now he’s at Celtic? Someone could llive to regret it … !
Fotheringham was Manager of Huddy Town (Huddersfield) a few years ago…
I’ve friends from that town who I meet for a few bevvy’s when the come up here on holiday and they said he was ‘awful’ and it was big celebrations in Huddersfield when he got the sack from Huddy Town after three months…
They said they could never understand his accent (wherever it’s from) !