It singles out established fan groups to be included while other fan groups will be excluded including Fan Media. Brian Wilson talks about Fan Forums while refusing to meet with The Celtic Supporters Ltd.

The Celtic Fan Media were never contacted to say why they had been banned and now are once again left out in the cold along with others.

https://www.celticfc.com/news/2026/july/29/celtic-shares-supporter-engagement-update/

The Celtic Fans Collective responded today Friday 31 July by releasing a statement of the proposals.

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He was not long signed and he was modelling all 3 of Celtic’s new jerseys for this season for Celtic’s marketing department.

He comes with a big price tag and arrives at the club fit and ready with the Norwegian league well into it’s season.

After Daizen Maeda was sold for the £10 million to Ipswich. The deal was completed for Høgh for in the region of £11 million. A clever piece of business one in one out but Martin O’Neill still needs further investment to build his team.

At Bodø/Glimt he was one of the most effective penalty-box strikers to emerge from Scandinavian football in recent years. While he is not a forward who dominates matches through his involvement in build-up play, he is exceptionally opportunistic in front of goal.

His greatest strength is his instinct inside the penalty area, although he also possesses a strong ability to play with his back to goal and bring teammates into the game.

He has put in some outstanding performances in European competitions. Høgh proved that he can deliver against top-level opposition, not only in the UEFA Champions League but especially in the UEFA Europa League, where he finished as the competition’s top scorer.

Those performances were a major factor in attracting interest from clubs across Europe and ultimately convincing Celtic to make such a significant financial investment.

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The sight of Celtic fans celebrating in Ibrox was just too much for a section of the rangers support who also came on to the pitch wearing balaclavas to attack the celebrating Celtic fans, players and staff. They had to run from one end of the pitch to the other to start the trouble.

After the game sections of the Scottish media tried their hardest to tar both sets of fans with the same brush which anyone who watched the scenes unfurl knew it was one set of fans celebrating and one set of fans looking for trouble. But the media in Scotland reported it to suit their agenda.

On Tuesday the SFA published a report on the game. Celtic’s interim Chairman Brian Wilson responded through the clubs official website.

“This is a thorough piece of work which provides all parties involved with food for thought and action.

“We welcome the repeated emphasis on the primacy of safety above all other considerations, a message consistent with Celtic’s approach in all it does.

“Celtic made its strong objections to important elements of matchday planning very clear, well in advance of the match.

“While we remain in dispute regarding certain points within this review, our club does not shrink from criticisms contained in the report or the lessons to be drawn. Nobody should, since the potential implications of disregarding them are obviously serious, both for safety and for football.

“We continue to believe that the non-violent incursion by a small number of Celtic supporters following the conclusion of the Scottish Cup quarter-final was not, in itself, a major or threatening incident.

“However, the actions by a section of the home support, some of them masked and carrying weapons, and subsequent attacks on our supporters and staff, were deeply concerning and we remain puzzled as to why the actions recommended by the Safety Advisory Group of Glasgow City Council were overturned at a senior level within Police Scotland.

“This has left a vacuum in the role previously understood by consent to be occupied by the Safety Advisory Group. Accordingly, we welcome the recommendation that the status of Safety Advisory Groups should be formalised and strengthened.

“While this was, of course, an away fixture for Celtic, we will seek to learn lessons of value to our own operations and co-operate fully with the authorities in doing so.”

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Celtic have only brought in one new face so far this summer with Camilio Duran arriving and scoring 2 goals from 2 games in pre-season. Maybe this will remind the Celtic board how important it is to get players signed early so they are up to speed for both domestic and European campaigns come August.

Alex Oxlade Chamberlain has re-signed after a short term deal last season. Celtic CEO Michael Nicholson is struggling to sign players because he can not deal with Agents.

In this day and age every footballer has an agent so I think he should re-think his career as Celtic need someone in the building capable of dealing with agents and get deals over the line.

The micro management of Dermot Desmond of everything that happens at the club will not be helping him either and Martin O’Neill’s charm with the media can only last so long if he is not backed in this transfer window. The Celtic manager spoke after the Middlesborough game and hinted that some deals for players may get over the line this week.

Lambert also had a pop at Daizen Maeda for only turning up for the last six games of the season. Maeda is looking to head south to England and pastures new since that remarkable end to the season.

Maeda was signed by Ange Postecoglou and since the Australian’s  time at the club Celtic have struggled to sign first team ready players through a failed recruitment system which has been without a head of recruitment since Paul Tisdale was sacked after the Wilfried Nancy fiasco back in January.

Postecoglou has joined another former Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers in Saudi Arabia and the transfer window opens on Wednesday 22 June over there. With the state of play the way it is at Celtic, Callum McGregor may be tempted to join one of his former managers and make the switch which would see him earn a big payday and weaken further the Celtic first team playing pool.

Lambert went onto say ““If you don’t spend, you stand still,”  “That’s always the key. You have to improve.

“I have seen Celtic; they are nowhere near good enough at this moment in time. Nowhere near it. I think everybody recognises it and knows it.

“The manager knows it, and whatever players come in and help them. That’s why I said they need ready-made players.

“The infrastructure has to be so important for them to do that. But they need ready-made players who know how to win football matches, because you won’t get away with it. Not this time.”

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The Celtic Supporters Association has watched with increasing alarm the current state of affairs at Celtic Football Club, particularly in relation to transfer business and the recent comments attributed to the CEO, Chairman and Manager at a recent meeting with our friends in the Association of Irish Celtic Supporters Clubs.

That this statement is being issued just two months after the heroic efforts of Martin O’Neill, his coaching staff and players in securing a League and Cup Double against the odds is barely believable. It is not something the Association does lightly or without considerable thought.

The current playing squad is clearly well short of what Celtic supporters, players and the management team demand if we are to compete on all fronts domestically and challenge at the highest level of European football, as should be the ambition at the beginning of every season.

Close to 60 days have now passed since we secured the league title against Hearts, yet the club has added only one player to the squad who was not here last season. This weekend, supporters also learned that those responsible for our transfer business have allowed two key components of that famous title winning side to leave, despite public comments from both the players themselves and the manager indicating a clear desire for them to remain at Celtic.

It is evident to supporters that responsibility for these failings lies with those tasked with concluding deals and strengthening the playing squad namely the executive team and the club’s major shareholder, Dermot Desmond.

Recent comments from CEO Michael Nicholson, in which he appeared to cite agents’ fees, the financial power of the English Premier League and Championship, and even living in Glasgow as reasons why Celtic struggles to complete transfer business in an orderly and timely fashion, only serve to reinforce supporters’ concerns. Rather than inspiring confidence, those remarks highlight an executive team that appears unable to overcome the challenges of the modern transfer market. That these were his most notable public comments since backing Wilfried Nancy in early January speaks for itself.

We also remain in the extraordinary position of having Brian Wilson acting as interim Chairman following the departure of Peter Lawwell, with no clarity over the long term leadership of the Board. Equally concerning is the continued absence of any move to appoint a Head of Football Operations following the dismissal of Paul Tisdale.

The continued silence surrounding almost every aspect of the football club remains a source of deep frustration for supporters. Too often, important developments affecting the club and playing squad emerge through players, agents or sections of the Scottish media, while official club communications instead focus on encouraging supporters to spend more money on merchandise, training wear, season tickets, pre season friendlies and Celtic TV subscriptions.

It is increasingly apparent that no meaningful lessons have been learned from the shambolic handling of last season. A campaign which saw the major shareholder publicly criticise the previous manager through club channels, four separate changes to the management team, the premature closure of the club’s AGM and yet another failure to conduct transfer business effectively ultimately resulted in our Champions League exit and left Celtic just ten minutes away from surrendering the league title to Heart of Midlothian.

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The club continues to operate under a model that is clearly no longer fit for purpose in the football environment of 2026. The major shareholder’s grip over decision making is suffocating the club and leaves day to day operations in a continual state of uncertainty, with an executive team that, by its own admission, is unable to provide the manager with the best possible tools to succeed.

At a time when every supporter should be looking forward to a new season with hope and optimism, many instead face it with growing concern. Key players continue to attract interest, transfer business remains painfully slow and the squad is still well short of the quantity and quality required to achieve sustained success.

The Celtic Supporters Association has no desire to see a repeat of the supporter unrest witnessed last season. We want a united support behind the team and the manager as another campaign begins.

However, we cannot ignore what is becoming an all too familiar pattern of inaction, poor leadership and a failure to communicate openly with the people who invest more in this football club than anyone else its supporters.

Joe Gallagher interim General Secretary

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Many Celtic fans are frustrated with the lack of player recruitment and after the last two transfer windows have no confidence in those running the club to deliver anything more than broken promises and a continued failure to learn from past mistakes.

Fuel was added to the fire when two players who were on loan last season Ihenacho and Sarrachi took to social media to say thanks to the Celtic Support after Celtic decided not to resign them.

There are always two sides to every story but many Celtic fans have lost trust in Dermot Desmond who pulls all the strings and his CEO Michael Nicholas who has over seen the last number of failed transfer windows.

So with this in mind Celtic fans may be excused for leaning towards the players stories even if Celtic have used supportive voices within the Scottish main stream media to trickle out stories of those players looking for too much money!

Middlesborough fans out numbered Celtic supporters at Paradise and that sends a strong message to the Celtic board that enough is enough and that change is needed in the Celtic board room.

Next week it will be AC Milan who come to the East end of Glasgow for the last pre-season friendly ahead of the start of the competitive season. Celtic will not be able to rely on a big away support traveling from Italy, so it will be interesting to see if fans will continue to vote with their feet and stay away until Flag Day and use their season books which are already paid for. Hopefully Celtic will learn from this and re-introduce a pre-season friendly as part of the season book package.

Flag Day is on a Monday night. Football on a Monday night will not suit everyone especially those Celtic fans based here in Ireland and further a field.

Calls for a modern digital ticket service so season book holders can resell on their ticket is not on Celtic Agenda.

At the AICSC AGM which Celtic manager Martin O’Neill, Interim Chairman Brian Wilson and Celtic CEO Micheal Nicholson attended in what some would say was a box ticking fan engagement exercise.

A question asked by Leeside CSC – Are there plans to go digital in terms of season books and matchday tickets, with an option to transfer tickets?

Michael Nicholson took the question, and advised that there are no immediate plans to go digital with tickets just now, aside from their existing hospitality app. He did go on to say that they have looked at several UK clubs with digital ticket schemes in place, but was worried about the ease of sharing season tickets, which would directly impact the Irish clubs.

He said he was happy to look at something to help the Irish CSC’s, as he was aware that mid-week fixtures, in particular, meant a lot of empty seats in the stadium due to the Irish ST holders not in attendance. He invited suggestions and feedback from the Irish CSC’s and said he would happily re-visit this once we compiled some feedback.

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Michael is paid £17,000 a week and he is asking for supporters to come up with suggestions for a digital solution to a ticket exchange. I deal with the FAI for our Irish supporters group season tickets and it is done through Ticketmaster and we can exchange tickets with ease with fellow Irish supporters.

The FAI have many problems but their ticket system shows how Celtic are still in the dark ages when it comes to positive digital solutions.

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Season ticket holders always have first preference for buying tickets and with tickets on general sale it looks like some Celtic fans have decided to stay away and not pay for another ticket after forking out for season book and may wait for the Champions League qualifier before parting with their hard earned cash.

Many fans are also frustrated with the lack of players coming into bolster the squad ahead of the Champions League qualifier with last season’s transfer windows and the early exit from the Champions League at the same stage fresh in the the minds.

Middlesborough have sold their full allocation of 9000 tickets and they will be looking forward to travelling to Glasgow for the game, with no European Football in a long time for the English team it will be nice for them to visit another country to see their team play even if it is only for a pre-season game. I expect some of them to team up with our city rivals in their pubs.

Celtic return to Paradise for the first time since that dramatic win over Hearts to take on the English Championship side. There was 60,000 fans crammed into Celtic Park on that day which will live long in every Celtic fans memory.

Camilo Duran should get his first taste of playing at the stadium but without the noise, tension and excitement of that famous day.

The game kicks off at 3pm on Saturday afternoon and will be streamed on the CelticPlayer for subscribers or those with a dodgy box.

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With the Celtic players who were at the World Cup now enjoying a holiday, Martin O’Neill’s Celtic team that started the second pre-season game was made up of some familiar starting 11 faces and some first team squad players. None of them really did themselves any justice apart from SinIsalo and Celtic were second best in all departments and never really troubled the Portuguese goalkeeper in the first half.

It was the Celtic goalkeeper who was busiest and he pulled of some fine saves before finally succumbing to the Sporting attack. At half time Celtic were lucky to go down the tunnel only 1-0 down.

Engels and Oxlade Chamberlain were the only two changes at half time and it looked like the Ox enjoyed his summer as he looked overweight and unfit. Although in fairness he didn’t not get signed by Celtic until 2 weeks ago and only joined up with the team for the training camp in Portugal.

Celtic made sweeping changes during the second half and we got our first look at Celtic’s new striker Duran. The rest of the subs included third choice goalkeeper Doohan and a mix of B team players and some from the under 19’s.

The highlight of the game from a Celtic point of view was the equaliser from Duran. Hopefully a sign of things to come. Celtic’s young team were cut to shreds by Sporting who continued to impress and entertain their fans who as expected well out numbered the Celtic support which seemed to be less than last years fixture.

The official Celtic website was still able to swing a positive headline after the game – Camilo Duran gets off the mark in pre-season friendly. I noticed that there was nothing on the website about Shin Yamada going out on loan to OH Leuvan in Belgium. When he came to the club last summer during another bleak transfer window, Brendan Rodgers did not fancy him then and Martin O’Neill does not fancy him now.

It’s seems the Celtic website is only there to promote good news and the sale of Adidas kits.

The natives are getting restless and there is no positive swing to that story unless some quality players are added who are first team ready as we can expect some of our better players to leave in the next few weeks.

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A quick check on the official Celtic website to see what the latest news greets me with, another sales pitch this time for a new away jersey. The Celtic Adidas catalogue is never ending.

Also I get to watch a short video from Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney about how training sessions have been in pre-season on the official CelticPlayer but what I really am interested in is concrete news on more players signing for Celtic.

Over on the MSM and the Celtic fan websites there is not much news either apart from where you can watch tonight’s match and usual rumours and half truths about players coming and going .

One story that does catch my eye is the one about Arnie Engels move to Nottingham Forest. A player we could do with keeping but I expect the club to cash in on him it’s the transfer model that we have become accustomed to as Celtic fans.

Here in Albufeira it was lively last night with young holiday makers enjoying themselves. A bit wild for us old bucks so we found a quiet area for a bite to eat and a few beers and get a catch up on all things Celtic. There does not seem to be as many Celtic fans around as when we came for the same fixture last season.

From the ones I did speak to here, confidence is low in Dermot Desmond and Celtic CEO Peter Nicholas to make the changes needed in how Celtic do their business. Celtic announced a new deal with a Swiss watch company but that does not interest any of the Celtic fans I speak to.

One of the usual suspects from our Celtic away trips who was with us last year posted on social media that he will not be attending any more friendlies and renewing his season book is all he will be spending until those running the club are replaced or can show some kind of ambition.

If reports are true on ticket sales for Celtic v Middlesborough on Saturday the team may play in a half empty stadium. Maybe just maybe the board may consider adding on pre-season friendlies back into the season book package but I won’t hold my breath.

It seems now that the Celtic Board are happy to meet with Celtic groups who will not rock the boat but if you question the running of the club you will not be invited to the party.  We were promised better communication but we don’t want to wait in vain!

Anyway back to tonight game tickets costs €11 which is not bad and the game will be streamed on the CelticPlayer. Kick Off in 5:30pm

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