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Lawwell: No offer back to Season Ticket holders for virtual campaign

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Peter Lawwell has told a meeting with the main Celtic supporter organisations that there will be no offer made to Season Ticket holders for the season about to end.

Last June the club was full on with fan engagement, promising ‘additional value’ on the Season Ticket with an expectation that supporters would make a gradual return during the course of the campaign.

Celtic completed their season last night with a 4-0 win over St Johnstone with no fans in the ground.

Last year the club started the Season Ticket Renewal campaign at the beginning of March but so far the club has kept quiet about their plans for the 2021/22 season.

Communication with customers has been almost non-existent with Supporters Liaison Officer John Paul Taylor having to deal with a multitude of issues on Twitter with little information coming from within the club.

The Celtic Trust reported:

On the 11th of May 2021, the main Celtic supporter organisations met with representatives of Celtic Football Club to discuss the issue of value for season tickets for 2020/21 given fans have been unable to attend matches. In attendance were representatives of the Celtic Trust, the Celtic Supporters Association, the Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters, the Green Brigade, North Curve Celtic, the Association of Irish Celtic Supporters Clubs, Bhoys and the North American Celtic Supporters Clubs.

This was a follow-up meeting from an initial meeting which occurred between the supporters and the club in June of 2020. Celtic FC had agreed to consult with supporters on the issue of how supporter value would be guaranteed, and it was assumed this would be said consultation.

The meeting was opened with a short discussion on the Celtic Trust’s share proposal, with Peter Lawwell making it clear that the club did not wish to discuss this in view of the full meeting but would instead do so with the Celtic Trust privately. As the meeting moved on, the supporter organisations expected to hear of plans, suggestions or ideas that Celtic FC had about how they might meet supporter value, so that we could all air our views on any proposal.

Peter Lawwell informed the meeting Celtic FC had no proposals to share with the meeting on how they will meet supporter value.

The supporter organisations were collectively disappointed by the lack of progress, as it became apparent that this meeting would not be a consultation of the kind that the supporters had expected/assumed. Discussions continued for around 90 minutes, with little headway made. Celtic FC have confirmed that they intend to release season book renewals by the end of May.

Should Peter Lawwell leave with immediate effect?

Yes, utterly toxic, the rebuild starts when he leaves

Yes, utterly toxic, the rebuild starts when he leaves

No, we need his experience for the handover

No, we need his experience for the handover

It seems highly unlikely going on impossible to expect Celtic Park to be at full capacity at the start of next season with a Champions League qualifier before the end of July.

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