The disconnect between the Celtic board and ordinary fans has been stepped up.
On what should be a day of complete celebration the club has further distanced themselves from their one and only source of income.
It is fans that buy Season Tickets, Adidas merchandise and that attract sponsors allowing UEFA to make payments of around £40m to the club.
Every area of revenue is driven by the supporters.
The uneasy relationship between the club and customers is constantly growing as the club cashes in at every opportunity while distancing themselves from hard core support on a number of issues.
Despite a bank balance that fluctuates between £80-60m depending on season activities a 5% increase was recently put on Season Tickets.
The biggest spend on any season is paying HMRC around £10m a year Corporation Tax demonstrating that the club has far more money than they know what do to do with.
The Green Brigade has a different set of values, values that most supporters are in broad agreement with.
Recent attempts to stage Tifos at home matches have been turned down, now the club has decided to outsource for a tame display that is likely to be ignored by a significant number of supporters.
The disconnect between Celtic & our supporters continues to grow.
It’s concerning that the club continues to associate more & more with English football pushing fans as secondary. https://t.co/05JvOLKNPo
— Everything Celtic (@aboutceltic) May 16, 2025
Alongside the increase in Season Ticket prices there is unrest over the ticket distribution for the Scottish Cup Final.
Season Ticket holders on the Home Cup Ticket Scheme are finding Cup Final tickets harder to come by while more and more Parks of Hamilton coaches make the shuttle run from Celtic Park to Hampden filled with corporates.
A pre-season friendly against Newcastle has been branded the Adidas Cup with Season Ticket holders being charged £25 for a glorified friendly.
While Michael Nicholson refuses to say anything about anything it falls on the shoulders of Vil Suinisalo to speak out about the 30 to 40 missiles aimed at him during the recent Glasgow Derby.
In February 2022 Nicholson signed Celtic up for the Sydney Super Cup which was built around a match against their O** F*** business partners.
Today Celtic’s media partners will be given prime seats and access to players and management while the same publications prepare to demonise fans for their post match celebrations in the city centre.
So much of the club needs a kick up the arse, they don’t do good media stuff, they don’t back ultras bringing proper tifos and it’s all a bit Tory and corporate.
It’s fuckin farcical
— Steven (@Steven_Ward88) May 16, 2025
Celtic would happily sell every ticket to tourists if it meant another fiver a ticket. They’re not like us. They are parasites
— ?????Hammy ????? (@hammy1084) May 16, 2025
Nicholson treats fans as lepers. Will not engage , hides behind JP. One of the St Als public school chaps. Surprised Dermot allows Mr Invisible to continue….
— Frank Ryan (@FrankRy46119296) May 17, 2025
This display will do nothing more than visualise division.
If it looks well participated in folk will claim it as a vote against the green brigade. If it’s a mess folk will say the GB divide the support.
I will not participate in the clubs stupid plans.— Colin (@cordicol) May 17, 2025
perfectly put
— ??????? ?????? ?????????? (@DetroitCSC) May 16, 2025
Tomorrow is going to be embarrassing will be half the stadium holding up the tifo so it won’t even make sense, FUCK THE PLC
— jakesmith257 (@jakesmith2571) May 17, 2025
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Until lawell and Nicholson are chased from OUR club we will never reach our potential as a football club
Nicholson does not appear to have understood the school motto (AMDG), or is just ignoring it. He also does not seem to understand the club’s early beginnings and its connection with the poor. In my opinion he does NOT belong at Celtic and does not have anywhere near the qualities of the previous incumbent Dominic MacKay, who everyone except Peter Lawwell and company could see was a much finer and communicative human being.
I believe Lawwell felt threatened by Dominic and that is why he was removed. No other reason can be possible as Dominic MacKay is a proven, thoroughly impressive and competent individual with excellent communication skills. I dearly wish he was still there, but he is now probably glad he isn’t.
What was the story behind his rather abrupt departure?
Was it just a clash of personalities?
Anyone know…?
The Green Brigade are not representative of Celtic fans, they are self-serving, divisive, anti-Semite, political illiterates. Furthermore they have repeatedly cost the club in fines and reputation.
Editor: How are the lads at CQN getting on? Best to share that sort of view with Paul and the rest of the Balance Sheet Loyal.
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The Tifo message from Mike Nicholson would read “that would be an ecumenical matter.”
OMG that picture of Nicholson. A face only a mother could love.
This chancer is on 750k per year, to do what? Who knows?
A square peg in a round hole if ever there was one.