The two main changes that have occurred since the start of Wim the Tims revolution are the completion of the new stadium and also the construction of the training facility at Lennoxtown.
Granty feels that the construction of the Lennoxtown base was long overdue and that Celtic have the facilities to rival any set up in European Football.
"Lennoxtown is fabulous. Coming to Celtic it now feels like a proper club. At Barrowfield we knew that banter was coming every morning.
"It's part of what Celtic and Rangers are about - you don't get it anywhere else.
"At 10am we'd see these boys saying 'Right, that's them started their jog so let's set a fire now'.
"They would burn all these tyres so black smoke would drift over. We would be coughing as we ran and they'd be waving at us.
"But it's nice to bring players here and the good pitches are conducive to the talent we hope to bring in."
Now that the dust has settled after his return to Celtic and the fact that he is part of the managerial team of the side he supported as a bhoy has sunk in Grant has started to look forward to coming to grips with Rangers.
"When I was playing we'd usually get Rangers around the time of my birthday - August 30. I had a lot of bad birthdays! "There is nothing like Celtic v Rangers. I used to think it was just because I had been brought up here and it was all I knew.
"But it's only when others have said nothing is bigger than the Old Firm game that I've taken it on board.
"And having now experienced other derbies I know they are right.
"I was with West Ham when they faced Millwall at the New Den. And all the horses and policemen with batons were on the pitch.
"Norwich v Ipswich was massive as well - they call it the Old Farm derby. There were 25,000 at Carrow Road one time and riot police escorted the Ipswich fans.
"I was at Bournemouth where they had 6000 or 7000 but the passion from the support never changes - it's just the numbers are bigger."
Meanwhile Grants former team mate Andreas Thom has revealed the kind of influence that Peter the Pointer will be able to inspire in his players.
"As a foreign player joining Celtic in 1995 it was Peter who told me exactly what the club meant - especially to the fans.
"He explained this to me right at the beginning but I had to tell him to slow down because he was speaking so fast I couldn't understand his accent! "But he got the message through to me and his passion for the club will help Celtic.
"I had never played outside Germany before I moved to Scotland so it was important to have someone like Peter.
"It was obvious what Celtic meant to him just with the way he trained and played - he did everything with his heart.
"He always tried to do his best and was unselfish so even if he wasn't having a good game he tried to make sure others were."
Thom believes the failure to break Rangers' domestic dominance in the 90s will drive Mogga and Grant on.
He said: "I remember the disappointment of Peter and Tony when we failed to win the league.
"Everyone around the club expects success and that pressure was hard to deal with. It will be the same again as a management team but I really hope they do it and bring the title back to Parkhead."
Im am sure they will.
Yours in Celtic
Clydebuilt