Initial response to Dermot Desmond from Celtic Fans Collective

Following on from the late Saturday night statement from Celtic, that looked very much like another Dermot Desmond rant, this time against the Celtic Fans Collective, the fans organisation has posted an initial response on social media earlier today…

As the shareholder with by far the biggest say in how Celtic is run, we can expect the club on Desmond’s instructions to carry out the threats that were made last night against the Collective and any individuals or groups that were involved in the tennis ball throwing on Saturday afternoon as the Irish billionaire took part in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course.

Here’s everything that the Celtic Fans Collective had stated in relation to this latest fan protest and the response which they believe is from Dermot Desmond as posted on the official Celtic FC website late on Saturday evening.

Initial response to Dermot Desmond’s statement from Celtic Fans Collective

In yet another rash late-night statement, Celtic Football Club, almost certainly at the behest of minority shareholder Dermot Desmond, sought to attack the Celtic Fans Collective. Similar interventions in recent years have tended to appear whenever the notoriously thin-skinned Desmond feels personally slighted. Yet when Celtic endure disastrous transfer windows, failed managerial appointments, supporters being attacked or kettled by police, or humiliating performances on the park that have actually damaged Celtic’s reputation, the same urgency is nowhere to be seen.

This tells Celtic supporters everything they need to know about Dermot Desmond and his priorities. He appears furious that ordinary working-class fans have dared to air their grievances in the safe, elitist world of golf, embarrassing him in front of the network of people whose opinions he appears to value far more than those of Celtic supporters.

We will respond in greater detail to the disgraceful mischaracterisation of our organisation, and of Celtic supporters who have lost confidence in this board, in due course. For now, if Dermot Desmond believes threats and bluster will silence opposition and allow him to return to presiding over Celtic’s decline undisturbed from the golf course, he is sadly mistaken.