With trust and respect for the board at rock bottom it was no surprise that across Twitter the reaction to the Celtic statement was overwhelmingly negative.
Very few Celtic fans would dream of handing cash over to purchase the Record with the online edition racking up the clicks but barely bringing in the advertising revenue to justify the massive overheads, mainly through the wage bill.
The matter won’t become public until the start of December but Nicholson appeared adamant in his stance that there would be no away fans at the final match of 2023 despite a wishy washy SPFL rule of providing the away side with a reasonable ticket allocation.
Concentrating on the project market and balance sheet during the transfer window has had grim consequences on the pitch, the part of the business that actually matters.
A clunky blue line was drawn across the pitch, bent in places and clearly showing Watkins’ shoulder goal side. Nicholson will probably put it down to teething issues.
At 3.29 today Andy Devlin of The Sun broke the news that Celtic had turned down tickets for Ibrox with the story quickly moving on to Bisgrove’s demand for 800 tickets to Celtic Park on December 30.
When broken glass mysteriously appeared in Joe Hart’s goalmouth in full view of the Ibrox groundstaff Nicholson said nothing about the selective failing of the CCTV covering 20% of the stadium.
Celtic didn’t make any issue over those incidents with Nicholson staying on mute when broken glass was found in Joe Hart’s goalmouth following the half-time interval at a match in April 2022.