Celtic’s B team future put in doubt

Celtic are reported to be considering whether they will field a team in next season’s Lowland League.

After two seasons of playing in the fifth tier of the Scottish game Celtic’s B team face an uncertain future with the SFA ditching their plan to introduce a Conference League in season 24/25.

Last night the club from Ibrox announced that they wouldn’t be playing in next season’s Lowland League, back in 2021/22 the two Glasgow sides were presented as a package to the Lowland League with Hearts B expanding the division up to 19 last season.

Playing in the Lowland League isn’t realistically going to catapult players into the Celtic first team but in the absence of anything else it does offer regular matches for players coming out of the club’s Academy.

This morning The Sun is reporting:

Rangers broke rank last night and announced that they would NOT be fielding their B-team in the Lowland League next season.

Both Celtic and Rangers have competed in the division over the past couple of seasons with their B-teams.

Hearts joined last season too and it’s understood they intend to continue fielding their side in the Lowland League in the campaign ahead.

However, Celtic are now considering whether or not they still want their B-team to feature.

It’s understood that the Hoops had hoped the Conference League proposal would be voted through.

As a result of that not being the case, the Parkhead club are now weighing-up their options as they decide what the best option for their academy is going forward.

With fixtures due to be published next week the Lowland League will be anxious for a quick decision from Celtic.