It all started before the season even kicked off when the club imposed a three match suspended ban on the Green Brigade while they were preparing tifo tributes to John Clark and John Fallon.
Unsurprisingly when you abandon the tenants of journalism, the powerless are attacked with some bizarre argument put forward that Celtic fans should forgo their right to hold public servants Police Scotland to account.
All of the fake reasons that have been trotted out for the ban reek of the same thing – an attempt to stifle and stop the ultras from criticising the club and their treatment from Police Scotland.
There is an unusually specific quote from Celtic’s interim chairman Brian Wilson when he spoke to Celtic TV recently to explain the ongoing ban on the Green Brigade.
It’s a matter for the SAG (Safety Advisory Group) and we cannot override the advice that they have given
The ban on the ultras…
It appears that four fans have been charged with Breach of the Peace with 250 Season Tickets suspended by Celtic. Some of those suspended didn’t attend the Falkirk match.
But at a recent meeting with Glasgow City Council’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG), Police Scotland objected to the ultras returning and that position was subsequently adopted by the SAG.
In fact none of the drivel you will hear about Celtic fans from legacy media this week will rival the smears put out by Nicholson, Hargreaves, Lawwell and Ross Desmond in the past eight months.
The scheduling of the match was known months in advance but it seems that two key figures at Celtic had more important things to do than attend the Glasgow Derby.
When a man who has served in a Tony Blair government and Dermot Desmond’s sham Celtic board has to stress he acts in good faith, the warning signs are clear.
He should know that the fans are givers. Nicholson, Wilson, Hargreaves and Jamieson are on a lengthy list of takers.