[Official TC Thread] Fan Consultation Meeting Debrief- 10th September 2025

Well done on going along @Mr Shelby , actions speak louder than words. Hopefully between everyone, something can be achieved. The biggest issue is hurting the board but sticking behind the guys on the pitch that need us as much as they have for a while. Especially the young guys coming through like Murray and Donovan.

Merchandise sales and food/drink sales would be a great start, I agree on that. Takes money away and would be brought up by sponsors but allows people to enjoy the games still. Which a lot of people need after a hard week at work, as an escape from day to day life.

 

Great stuff, @Mr Shelby
Going after Lawwell, McKay and Nicholson first sounds sensible to me as well.

 

Brilliant effort @Mr Shelby very well conveyed. Obviously a lot of work to be done going forward but it's a good start.

For anyone wondering about my own position on all this (I know a few like to have a poke at me on these matters as a 'board apologist'), I'm very much behind the movement. I've been more forgiving than most on the failures we've all witnessed, purely because I don't believe anyone at the club have a negative agenda at play and genuinely want the best for Celtic.

But I'm as angry at that particular window as anyone and a failure of that magnitude is just impossible to ignore and move on from. Am happy to get behind forced change in the hope that it's done right and doesn't harm our long term progress.

Looking forward to seeing how it all progresses, hopefully it gets fine tuned over time and we get a positive result from it.

 

Good job mate, much appreciated.
Excited to see where this all leads.

 

Excellent work, Shelby.

The only thing I would say and I think this is the most important point of all is that whoever the 12 members of the new committee are, they need to come from different backgrounds within the Celtic Support. There's no point having 2 from the GB, 2 from BHOYS, 2 from NCC, 2 from the Celtic Trust because that's just the ultras.

I think the committee needs to be made up of people with different extremes. So that it does unite the whole fanbase. We also need to know who these people are, what they represent and what they want to happen. It's no good having 12 committee members all wanting the same thing because that doesn't represent the vast amount of views we all have.

The main point is it's a start and we can iron out all the details as we progress this movement. Great work again, Shelby.

 

Thanks a lot for the time you spent writing this up and attending in name of this forum. Although i am not a huge writer on here, I feel like this is my Celtic family and am grateful for what you are doing mate!! Thank you!
As well, for financial support to the side(eg. Gold member), is there an option for apple pay or other ways of becoming a member? I dont have paypal, but would like to support!

 

Great stuff Shelby.

Whoever suggested the corporate governance route and going after non-exec directors should be invited to the steering group. It sounds like they have an informed perspective which could be very useful.

Having worked in an org with non-exec board members, they can be a real problem. They tend to have their own agendas and don't understand (and often don't want to even try to understand) the critical details that make things achievable or not.

Coming at the board from both angles, governance and fan pressure, gives us more chance of success.

 

Thanks for going and the update. It sounds hopeful at least but I do worry about getting everyone pulling in the same direction. For example you noted that a late entry is planned for Sunday. Personally I fear a late entry is a bad idea, there are some serious safety concerns with trying to get large numbers of people into a ground in a short space of time. If someone gets hurt during any of them it would be used as a weapon by the board against the fans. It's the only option I was against in the survey.

Boycotting the EL would be the best short term way of getting their attention, IMO, due to the financial hit and the worldwide attention it would gain, but you say the supporters buses won't do that.

It's going to be tough getting things organised that will make a difference in which the majority of fans will take part. Hopefully some good ideas can be found.

 

Im glad there's action now..

We're coming at it from a position of strength and hopefully we can affect change, before that financial strength stops translating to success on the pitch.

Loads have been calling for change for years, it's just that message gets diluted by 9IARs and Quadruple Trebles.

Hopefully the momentum of change is irreversible now, even if we continue to dominate domestically this season and beyond.

 

Might as well stick this in here

 

Aye.

I think there will be different levels of where people are at and what sort of action they would be happy with. Some may be happy to keep the board in place and want to see a complete change in structure and some may want a complete overhaul of the boardroom and both sides need to be represented with a few in the middle, so that all ideas are bounced off each other. If you don't properly represent with both sides, you'll begin to lose people and lose them fast so we need to keep together for as long and as effectively as possible.

 

Yes, exactly. I wonder if something like a gofundme could be set up to raise cash to get a law firm to investigate any corporate governance breaches.

 

Pleasure to read that mate thanks so much for attending and reporting back.

 

Think short term that steering group will be vital to unify everyone.

Longer term, after many of the actions taken, it may need enough press and attention for someone who is (or a couple) in a financial position to take note and make the offer to Desmond etc.

Perhaps in some of the meetings, at some point, that chat needs to be had to see who is a potential person to take the idea to. Sounds pie in sky stuff at this stage I know, but if we have a year of actual actions and media attention, approaching 2 or 3 wealthy Celtic fans/sport fans interested in investing, then that could be a story we take to someone like that who then sees the opportunity that Desmond etc may take the option to sell up.

Not like he, or the rest, are actively gonna ask folk to buy them out. But enough bad press and someone makes them an offer, it could away the thought to sell

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