Celtic chiefs will meet with supporters tonight in what’s being described as a crunch summit following weeks of growing fan unrest.
The meeting – organised by the club in response to mounting criticism from supporters’ groups – will see representatives from across the Celtic fanbase come face-to-face with members of the board to demand answers over the club’s direction and decision-making.
Invites were issued by the club to traditional fan organisations, each offered two seats at the table. However, the Celtic Fans Collective, which has coordinated much of the recent pressure, was not initially invited directly, despite almost all other invited groups being part of the Collective.
After discussions with the club, the Collective has now secured three official seats at the meeting, bringing their total representation to seven after several groups, including Bhoys Celtic, the Celtic Trust, the Green Brigade and North Curve Celtic, voluntarily gave up spots to ensure broader fan representation.
In total, fan voices will be strongly represented, with 21 delegates expected to attend from across the supporter network, including the Affiliation of Registered CSCs, Association of Irish CSCs, Celtic Disabled Supporters Association, and the North of Ireland CSCs – the only group present not affiliated with the Collective.
The Collective say their focus is “to secure meaningful, positive change for the betterment of Celtic Football Club and its supporters” and to push for answers to the questions first raised in their open letter to the board on September 3.
Ahead of the meeting, Collective representatives and other fan group leaders planned to meet privately to coordinate their approach and ensure the discussions remain “on track and productive.”
The Collective confirmed that an update will be issued to all open letter signatories following the meeting.
Full list of fan representation at tonight’s meeting:
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Celtic Fans Collective – 7 representatives
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Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters Clubs – 2
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Association of Irish Celtic Supporters Clubs – 2
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Celtic Disabled Supporters Association – 2
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Celtic Supporters Association – 2
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Bhoys Celtic – 1
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Celtic Trust – 1
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Green Brigade – 1
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North Curve Celtic – 1
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North of Ireland CSCs – 2 (not part of the Collective)
Fair play board giving supporters a meeting mind this is not all supporters I like many my age remembers sack the board when Kelly and white were custodian that was completely different situation we bank of Scotland where calling in Celtic FC loan Celtic was so close to RFC situation then imagine Celtic FC liquidated and im sure we wouldn’t be allowed to blame a shell company this time uts cause they didn’t get spend give Rodgers the players its not to start with the player has to want to come its not Celtic fc it’s spl three plastic pitches bad officials coming against teams that just park the bus home and away there’s is a wage problem to with epl and championship teams down south offering big bucks don’t get me wrong you won’t be skint if you sign for Celtic fc plus you will have 60,000 every home game top facilities atmosphere rated best by some of world’s top players so there was a big difference maybe thees younger supporters that are influnced by not much older anarchists I’d say would protest anything eufa sfa even Palestinian now I like most think politics are not for sport these people hacmve attach themselves Celtic FC cause they have coverage tv media if they stood outside parliament house with there big flags they wouldn’t get the coverage they would get at Celtic park and they know where to be seen at the corner flag it’s making players nerves in last game against motherwell last half hour was the best atmosphere this season players fought for the ball fans seen it and responded give Motherwell three due knock the ball about cause Celtic allowed it after substitutions all change one or two hatred tackles things lifted yes these last couple games we have being losing 50 50 tackles far to many but supporters are a big part of Celtic in that I mean getting behind the team not sack the board banners or political stuff 90 minutes of cheering the bhoys in the hoops not like those wannae bees that want to go and cost Celtic FC
£100,000 in fines what for you ain’t going to change anything