GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 02: Celtic Chief Executive Officer Michael Nicholson (L) and Chief Financial Officer Christopher McKay during a UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Phase MD2 match between Celtic and SC Braga at Celtic Park, on October 02, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Chris McKay was able to see the funny side as he watched Celtic lose 2-0 at home to Braga tonight. In-between sessions on his mobile phone.
Soon after Braga took the lead the TNT Sports cameras turned to the front row of the Celtic Directors Box, strangely Michael Nicholson and Peter Lawwell tucked their mobile phones into their inside pockets at almost exactly the same time, it seemed like they were being instructed by external media handlers.
McKay wasn’t having any of that, he was chuckling away at the content of his phone with the image broadcast across Europe.
After years hiding in the shadows McKay and Nicholson are firmly in the spotlight of fans angry at the way that their managed decline has raced completely out of control.
Last night it was announced that the undynamic duo will be meeting with the Celtic Collective on Monday, hopefully McKay will have his phone switched off and his brain switched on when he is asked the seven unanswered questions.
In the year to 30 June 2024 McKay was paid a total of £541,345 consisting of salary, bonus, Benefits in Kind and Pension Contributions.
Based on the number of Season Ticket holders that is the equivalent of £10 from every Season Ticket holder going straight to the Chief Financial Officer.
While he was laughing tonight McKay will come under real scrutiny on Monday when he comes face to face with members of the Celtic Fans Collective.
It is unclear exactly what McKay does to justify his salary but alongside Nicholson it can be assumed that he has a significant role in buying and selling players.
With a complete lack of communication from inside the club Monday’s meeting should be a very lively exchange, judging by the coverage of him on television at recent matches McKay prefers looking at Balance Sheets than discussing football matters face to face.
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Because, he couldn’t care less….
Laughing at his bank balance.
They were txtn one another there,a fkn shambles tonight
I was discussing with someone earlier, before i saw this McKay ‘incident’ about how pig ignorant and downright rude it is to text or play with a phone, rather than give the people you’re with, and the situation you’re in, your undivided attention and due respect. Our problems in a f**king nutshell….they have better things to do obviously.
I’m 100% done with these useless bastards now. Whatever else happens at the upcoming meeting with fan groups, they should be put through the mincer for that alone.
If any of them gave a single solitary f**k for Celtic,they’d walk. Any notion of reconciliation should now be off the menu…regardless of consequences.
P.s, i don’t get to games very often,but i swear i won’t set foot in Celtic Park until they’re gone…and i strongly believe they’re destroying lifelong fans interest in the club while gutting people’s wallets. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.!? ??
It’s our own fault,cut off their money supply including Adidas merch ,then they will sit up and take notice, until we do that , nothing will sway these cnuts,but we as fans should know better,they take us for mugs and by fuck don’t we prove them right,cut off the money,protests,banners, tifos,water of a ducks back to these rich people,cut the money.
He’s laughing because he knows Rodgers has used up all his credibility as an elite manager, pressure off the rats on the board now thanks to the teams dire form under Rodgers.
Editor: I suspect you have misjudged that one. When the CEO is running around selling goalscorers and the Chairman briefing his messengers about the post September 2023 signings the board doesn’t get off the hook.
“…hopefully McKay will have his phone switched off and his brain switched on when he is asked the seven unanswered questions.”
And hopefully, the support has set the Agenda for Monday’s meeting?
i.e. it’s specifically to run through those questions, one by one?
…and to give Nicholson and McKay explicit deadlines.
Chris ‘how tickled I am’ McKay the Chief Financial Giggler (a wages clerk) only pays himself a paltry £541,345 annual salary, ho ho!
After a decade of service laughing at the team tripping up against European opposition, the physical strains of enjoyment derived from the misfortune seemingly needs soothed by a ridiculous yearly pay increase, ha ha!
He might be laughing on the other side of his face if he dares award the board and himself another pay rise, it won’t be quite as hysterical to the support, hee hee!
I can’t believe I’m writing this far less reading all this but stop moaning and just keep paying u mugs
Honest it’s the season ticket holders who have aided this by continuing to pay in advance for them to laugh in your face while top skimming this massive wage
Our family chucked all our tickets back at them after the covid cup debacle
We had them for nearly 2 decades so it wasn’t done lightly but you could see back then how little ambition there was around this bunch of cretins
There was a big campaign to send a message but only 5000 odd tickets got left un renewed
You reap what u sow
Here we are 4 years later
How many more millions potted
And getting results like that in a second tier euro comp?
All the meetings in the world arent going to change anything
Without being to ‘ points of view’ about this why o why o why o why do you all keep giving them what they seek most? Your money in advance
When u see them laugh it’s you they laugh at
Also if you didn’t understand the points of view reference then I’m sorry your too young please go back to playing fifa and tik tok
Why bother on here
Waste of time on an outlet that cherry picks comments to promote his own narrative
Editor: Are you sure about that mate? Only Happy Clapping PLC fan boys get ignored, you’re not one.
Stop giving them your money