The Green Brigade will have Celtic Park rocking again on Saturday after an agreement was reached between the supporters group and the football club.
Talks have been going on for a number of weeks following Celtic’s announcement that they would close down the popular Section 111 of the ground due to health and safety concerns by Glasgow City Council. This afternoon an agreement was reached with a club statement expected on Friday.
Matters came to a head following the Celtic v Ross County SPFL match on August 3 when the club announced that the section 111 would have to close.
Two days later a club statement said: “The safety of all spectators is of paramount importance to Celtic Football Club. Given recent events, we have been left with no option but to take steps to ensure the safety of our supporters. We trust that supporters will recognise that the Club has been placed in an impossible position.
“It is therefore with extreme regret that for safety reasons, the Club has taken the decision to relocate supporters currently sitting within Area 111 of the Stadium, where there have been continued examples of unsafe behaviour. Supporters who do not wish to be relocated may choose to receive a pro rata refund and return their season ticket.”
The issue has been debated fiercely among online Celtic supporters with the majority backing the Green Brigade but not to the extent of putting the club at risk of sanctions from UEFA or the city chiefs.
Earlier today on various support forums it was announced that agreement had been reached with Section 111 open for business on Saturday and for the Champions League qualifier on Wednesday against Shakhter Karagandy.
Iam sure green brigade understand fully what the club and supporters want, I wish them luck they are a great addition to the atmosphere to the ground and uplifting for fellow supporters hh
THANKYOU AT LAST WE HAVE GREEN BRIGADE BACK AT PARKHEAD WHO MAKE EVERY GAME EXTRA SPECIAL AND ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT BRING A GREAT PARTY ATMOSPHERE TO PARKHEAD IF SECTION 111 N CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST FOOTBALL CLUB SUPPORTERS EVER !!!! ROLL ON SATURDAY GB THE GREEN BRIGADE
Here here…Come on you bhoys in green..response..Come on you bhoys in green,CELTIC CELTIC CELTIC. H H.
Well as much as I believe the GB were outgrowing their role I have to adit they have been missed and id gladly welcome them back minus the idiots
Sing your hearts out but less of the pyro and fireworks…. Fines cut into our huge budget for a top class striker!!!???? Seriously though,we value our reputation as TGFITW and I personally use it as a stick to beat sevco fans with,lets keep our status as just that. Welcome back.
Great news.
HH
Welcome back GB! Keep the high baws low and get paradise rocking! HH bhoys and ghirls
I’m delighted that the Green Brigade are back on song at 111. They are a special lot and create a special atmosphere for the rest of us to enjoy. So best wishes guys and have fun but keep it fun. And as much as I think you guys are great, I’m delighted to be just out of the danger zone for ear busting!!! Get that drum beating again!!
GREAT NEWS.
The best news possible before next tues. HH.
That’s Wednesday incidentally.
Good news, “it’s good to talk”.
Btw shocked that we are letting young Mcgeogh go out on loan to Hull City.
I thought in the Liverpool game he was by far our best player.
Hail hail
Well done I as a fellow fan love the great Spirit the Green Brigade hive out in the Park and the funde they Generate in and out the ground Thank good ness they have a break through HH
Thank Christ,common sense prevails.
Keith
Had to happen…….can’t imagine CP without them, but PLEASE, lay off the fireworks Bhoys.
HH
Glad to hear that the GREEN BRIGADE are back.im a season ticket holder and have been for as long as I can remember. I think that the games would be so dull with out the thunder and the team would go flat without the GB them crowds would fade away. Welcome home GREEN BRIGDE. HH YNWA COYBIG SUFTGB
Glad THE gb are back, as we will need them in full voice next week!
Lets blow the Kazaks away!
KTF
Should have took a season out of cp,the shit has hit the fan now wi lawwell after tues nite,he knows tht if there is no 12th man were not goin thru and if after tht there is no gb he’ll be lucky if there’s 35,000 there of a Saturday.Everbody knew frm January hooper was goin and he stil hasn’t bought a striker,but sure wat does he care we got 20m for our 3 best players.How convenient Peter to let the gb bck this week Peter.
Great news about the green brigade, but i have to agree with you,we should have spent some big money before the start of the season,All the talk cos we beat Liverpool , dont make me laugh,using the gb now is sneaky as f%*+k,on another note im not sure if Neil should be signing his ”bumper ”pay deal just yet the board should wait and see if we win the next round.
Glad sanity has prevailed.
Guys, restore the image of our Great Club.Both off and on the Park.
If it means, self policing for a while, it will be worth it..
northarmaghbhoy
Made a good point there.
Still we need the GB back for next Wed as we’re in section 110 it will be good beside them, and we need the stadium full!
Gotta blow that Kazachs away, and if we don’t then things will blow up! In Lawells face!
It’s up to the rest of the stadium to join in and make Celtic park unbearable for the opposition to play in, the GB are only 400-500 strong they need everybody singing to make it what it should be. Lets hear the thunder HH
Mark you are wrong there pal…The GreenBrigade are only between 60-70 strong the rest who join in Section 111 are NOT GreenBrigade members. That is why some people who run Supporters Clubs around the country & in Ireland are questioning all these negotiations with them as these clubs themselves have more members than the GB do. We are in the current situation with the reenBrigade because they won’t openly condemn those with Fireworks & Flares ect because it will only start to really highlight how small their actual membership is.
In saying all that I’m personally glad they are back and hope they will now “grow up” in respect to their actions whilst adding great noise & colour to The Bhoys.
The GB aren’t “back”, they’ve never been away.
I’m glad agreement has been reached between the GB and club management. Hopefully the guys in 111 abide by the rules, just like the rest of us and the club create a standing area to let them laterally move to their hearts content in future.
Also. I hope the guy with the drum hasn’t heard the news. We don’t need that feckin racket which ads eff all to the atmosphere. It’s just a gawd awful din. IMHO.