Brian Dempsey, appointed to the board in 1990, alongside Michael Kelly, proposed a new complex for the club in the Robroyston district of Glasgow, but he was opposed by Kelly and Chris White, the largest shareholder in the club.

Forced off the board, Dempsey was to prove a thorn in the club's side, culminating in a takeover bid in 1992 which split the board. The same year the club announced plans for another new ground, this time at Cambuslang, to be completed by 1994. Yet two years later work still had not been started and it became apparent that the club was in severe financial trouble.


Articles

• Revealed: Why It All Fell Apart Sunday Mirror, Dec 1, 2002

• Dempsey: Ten years ago the Fergus McCann revolution got under way Sunday Herald Feb 2004

Quotes
Celtic is a love affair that we take to our deaths. Brian Dempsey 1991

The rebels have won. Brian Dempsey 1994

Mr McCann is taking the club in the wrong direction. It is because of this that I have decided I will not be back at Celtic as part of the team for the future. The aforementioned Brian Dempsey, also in 1994!!