Lennon kills off paranoid myth

Neil Lennon has responded to those that have accused Celtic of paranoia by stating that the club has been proved right.

From Jim Farry’s delay in registering Jorge Cadete’s registration to the lies of Dougie Dougie McDonald there is a lengthy list of instances in which footballing justice has been less than evenly applied.

The honest mistakes of referees has seen a number of casualties with McDonald, Hugh Dallas, Steven Craven, Steve Conroy and Mike McCurry depart for various reasons.

Rather than look at incidents on a rational basis it has been comforting to label Celtic as paranoid regardless of the evidence and double standards.

Kenny Shiels labelled Celtic as Paranoid FC with Lennon answering the Kilmarnock boss in his after match comments at Motherwell today.

“I do take exception to the paranoia,” the Celtic boss stated. “That’s been thrown at our club for the last 15 to 20 years but I think the last three or four years have proved that we weren’t paranoid, we were just right.”

Claims of Celtic paranoia have been less frequent over the last 12 months as the Scottish football authorities abandoned the rule books in their attempt to deal with the liquidation of Rangers.

Without any precedent SPL clubs were given the chance to parachute in a newco that hadn’t produced audited accounts.

When that plan failed SFL clubs were given the opportunity to vote on providing the newco with a First Division place before a spot in the Third Division was granted.

A secretive five way agreement was struck involving the SFA, SPL and SFL with recent events suggesting that the banned Craig Whyte may be involved with the newco with a claim over Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park.