Celtic fans took their protests against the club board into the South Stand during the 3-2 victory over Motherwell today.
Late in the second half a banner communicating the feelings of most fans suddenly appeared in front of the Directors Box as Michael Nicholson, Peter Lawwell, Chris McKay, Brian Wilson and Sharon Brown looked on unaware of the content.
They would only see the back of the banner, fans in the three other stands cheered and applauded the banner.
Tomorrow a meeting will be held with fan representatives, the club sent out eight invites to a variety of supporter groups, they fan groups then referred the invites to the Collective who will sit down on Monday and look for answers to the seven questions posed in the open letter led by the Green Brigade/North Curve.
That letter was backed by over 100 groups, support has snowballed since then with over 400 supporter groups, fan media outlets and supporter organisations calling for answers.
Central to the demands is the removal of Lawwell, Nicholson and McKay with the latter two brought into the club during Lawwell’s suffocating 17 years as CEO.
A very direct message. pic.twitter.com/dNLSXtn6BY
— Celtic365 (@Celtic_365) October 5, 2025
Since the open letter was published the club has contined to score some incredible own goals.
On September 5 The Sun published claims given to then by senior figures at Celtic claiming that Brendan Rodgers was trying to engineer his exit.
Other bizarre claims were published such as the idea that Rodgers is the only manager to openly question that club startegy, in the previous week quotes from Neil Lennon, Ronny Deila and Ange Postecoglou had been put together following the traditional failure in the Champions League qualifier.
That report in The Sun was followed by a rambling 1030 word statement in which the club took no responsibility for the Champions League failings and disastrous dealings in the transfer market.
Typically no name was put to the statement, ultimately it falls under the remit of CEO Nicholson who would have approved it before publication.
Brendan Rodgers described the senior figures at Celtic speaking to a friend of Roger Hannah as cowardly, those cowards were behind the banner at today’s match.
After going 2-1 down early in the second half Celtic fought back to win 3-2 thanks to a stoppage time goal from Daizen Maeda.
The Japanese internationalist started the match on the right wing, switched to the left midway through the second half then finished up playing as a striker.
That sort of misuse is a result of Nicholson’s horrific recruitment which has added three left wingers and sold one right winger over the last two transfer windows.
Today’s win papers over the cracks, the managed decline is no longer being manager with Nicholson and McKay going face to face with their strongest critics on Monday night.
Celtic are two points behind Hearts after the weekend fixtures, following the international break the hoops are away to Dundee on October 19, host Sturm Graz four days later then go to Tynecastle for a top of the table clash.
With the imbalance of the squad Rodgers has his work cut out to keep Celtic challenging when the transfer window opens, for the board the November AGM looks like being a minefield no matter what changes are made to placate concerned fans.
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