Within months of Nicholson’s appointment in September 2021 rumours started to circulate that the club were looking to employ Bernard Higgins.
Police Scotland managed to miss three assaults around the ground while closely monitoring Celtic fans attending an Irish bar in the Merchant City where they were welcomed to enjoy the game.
Lots of f-words, lots of expletives. Apparently it went mental. So I think your point about Desmond just throwing that (the statement) in so quickly, I rate it. It all adds up as to what happened.
the club has gradually turned the north curve area of the stadium into a high security detention zone over the course of this season.
Despite Nicholson’s best efforts to demonise the Green Brigade with stadium bans, suspended bans, a complete security lockdown on the north curve area – most of our fans want to support the team just like they do in the North Curve.
Michael Nicholson’s complete absence from the most dramatic night for the club in many a year merely confirms what we all knew. He is no leader. He won’t or can’t make decisions. He does drain a near £1m package in salary and bonus out of Celtic.
Rodgers is guilty of the occasion tall tale about Danny McGrain or the Clyde Tunnel but this was taking things way too far. The final say over all football matters? Seriously.
Failure born from a decade of short-termism, underinvestment, and a boardroom that treats football as an inconvenience to its balance sheet. This is Celtic.
The temper of the Chairman is bound to be tested. If he can’t be bothered attending matches he isn’t going to enjoy hearing Nicholson grilled about downsizing from fans/shareholders.
Later that season, when Celtic won the league, Santa was wheeled out again on trophy day. The crowd laughed, applauded, played along. Harmless fun? Not quite. The joke’s target wasn’t Santa — it was the fans. The message: You booed when told to clap. Now you’ll clap when we tell…