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The Green Brigade were apparently banned from Celtic’s 4-0 home win over Kilmarnock.
With some glee the club announced at tea-time on Friday that the long established Ultras group had been found guilty of disorder and would miss out on the match taking place less than 48 hours later.
EVIDENCE
Celtic issued an aggressive statement detailing a number of accusations about the Green Brigade complimented by a short video clip showing a number of fans leaving their seats heading to the concourse during the recent home win over Falkirk.
Michael Nicholson had passed judgment. According to the man who is referred to as a ‘leading sports lawyer’ the Green Brigade had instigated an act of serious violence.
So serious that there had been no mention of it in the news over the previous 10 days. No arrests. No charges. Except those brought in Nicholson’s kingdom.
Celtic fans rallied together to ensure that the Green Brigade was at today’s match in defiance of the Celtic board. pic.twitter.com/e5UcnRuBqa
— North Curve Celtic (@NCCeltic) November 9, 2025
The video that Celtic released tied in with the statement announcing the ban. It didn’t look good. But it certainly didn’t tell the full story. If that was the best evidence available it wasn’t enough to confirm any crime.
Where was the CCTV? Where was the body cam footage?
CELTIC SUPPORTERS REACT
On Friday night the North Curve issued their response. They were joined by the Celtic Fans Collective and from The Bhoys, the other Ultras group inside Celtic Park.
All three statements were more factual, balanced and professional than the latest effort approved and signed off by Nicholson.
The tweet above explains how the Green Brigade attended the win over Kilmarnock.
Celtic’s actions formed the Collective, it is true to its word,
Now comes the backlash to Celtic. They have strengthened the Collective. They have strengthened the Not Another Penny more.
Over the next 12 days we will see if Nicholson is as quick to appoint a manager as he is to ban fans that have paid in advance for Season Tickets.
On all past form expect an underwhelming response from the Celtic CEO, as he ducks out of justifying his £850,000 a year salary.
NOTE: While the Green Brigade was banned Celtic provided the usual red carpet treatment to their media partners at BBC Scotland, the Daily Record, Scottish Sun, Herald, Scottish Daily Express and other like minded organisations.
“Provisional” Green Brigade turn their backs on the Remembrance Sunday one-minute silence before today’s Celtic – Kilmarnock game.
With the Silence and the Poppy being hijacked for political purposes over recent years, it could be argued that this is a legitimate form of protest… pic.twitter.com/s8hwjzI7y2
— The Fast Lovin’ Sin-Soaked Heathen (@fast_sin) November 9, 2025
If they want to remember then do it elsewhere after the treatment the Irish, and I say IRISH, not the Huns from the North,who wear the orange,but all Catholic people from the Ireland and still they try to impose their prodigy way on us . I served in the forces for ten years and I believe that the Crown should be paying for veterans homes, and not donation from the public! And get their bigamous king too fund all the homes, after he gets rid of some of the ones he has all over the country! In fact sell them and turn them into “ veterans homes”!,, See then how “concerned” the crown are about the “war wounded!
You think the state should give you a home and a living because you are a Veteran?
You are alive unlike other soldiers who fought for their country.
If the state were to provide a living and accomodation just because you served your country, just think what sort of army we would have?!
Ban these arseholes permanently. Ashamed to be a Celtic supporter yesterday. No poppies on the shirts despite the fact that 16 Celtic players died in the wars. Clowns booing during the minutes silence. We might have Irish roots but we are a SCOTTISH team. Disgraceful from the club and the morons.
Editor: Take your outrage over to CQN- why did the poppy festival invade football in 2000? It certainly wasn’t about in the fifties or sixties. Head to your local war memorial to show your respect- or is that too private? We know who the morons are Tony.
Tony should be ashamed of himself expecting Celtic fans and players to embrace the poppy especially given the recent soldier f verdict.
Celtic are a Scottish club in form because they play in Scotland; they are however an Irish Club in substance and heart.
GB stay to the end of the game unlike much of the support in the rest of the stadium!
You’re the arsehole Tony , if only more people inside Celtic Park were vocal against this only recent grotesque tradition , the board would think twice about ever having this kind of thing in paradise. Try learning a bit of history before you post any nonsense again. ARSEHOLE .
There’s innocent Irish blood on those poppies. Not least from
“Bloody Sunday”
in Doire in 1972. British soldiers fired live ammunition on a Civil Rights March, killing fourteen unarmed men. No-one in the British Services has ever been convicted for those murders.
If you buy a poppy you are supporting those actions of the British soldiers. Why would you?
Keep it!
If you don’t wanna see Brit Forces benefit then please add The Celtic Charity Foundation to the ‘Not Another Penny’ campaign…
I wonder how much they got this year from that organisation…
Remember it will filter its way to Erskine no doubt to aid many a trigger happy (now old men) that took the lives of our fellow Gaelic kith and kin in The six occupied counties in The Island of Ireland !
Is tony a member of the Granite City RSC?