Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7th November 1998
JOCK Stein and the Celtic board covered up allegations made against Boys' Club founder Jim Torbett, it was claimed yesterday.
But when the claims subsequently surfaced, Celtic manager Stein and the directors were anxious to keep the image of the club clean and nothing more was done about them.
According to Mr Stein, he literally put his foot up his backside and kicked him out. It was all covered up by Celtic as to why.
He told how he took the allegations against Torbett to the Celtic board and Stein and even told the then vice-chairman, Kevin Kelly, about them at a meeting in his car.
Although there were people who spoke to me I couldn't go to the police without actual proof of the allegations. When I joined as chairman, I was told by Jock Stein to keep the name of Celtic Football Club clean at all times.
So there you have it folks. Supporters, both vocal and financial, of an organisation who were involved in the greatest scandal football has ever known, referring to another club as “Scotland’s Shame”.
Even this week the BBC have reported the stabbing of a Rangers fan by a Celtic fan in a Glasgow pub, whilst the ITV programme Cops on Camera have shown Celtic fans being arrested at Pittodrie for despicable behaviour, including sectarian and racist abuse. Today we have Coco The Clown, aka Peter Liewell, telling the world how well behaved The Bheasts are on trips to England.