The Celtic Board. Partick Thistle v Celtic. Premier Sports League Cup. Sunday 21 September. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
Last night, and just three days before one of the most important AGMs Celtic has faced in years, the club issued a new statement. The timing, so close to a meeting already expected to be dominated by questions over governance, accountability and supporter unrest, was striking. The content, even more so.
Framed as a “Supporters’ Update”, the club’s release revisited the October 29th incident involving the Green Brigade, the steward, and the police. But where previous communications had at least the veneer of formality, this one bristled with defensiveness and intent.
“Supporters will be aware of the three home game ban issued to the Green Brigade this month following the assault of a steward and two police officers during an incident at the Falkirk game on October 29, which involved around 100 of the group’s members…
The Green Brigade has written to the Club describing the incident as ‘extremely minor’. As can be seen from the footage released by the Club, this is evidently wrong.”
Sack The Board protest at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock v Celtic, 14 September 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
From there, the tone hardened further. The club referenced prior pyrotechnic use, “unauthorised access” to areas of the stadium, and claimed that despite the sanction, members had ignored the ban. The statement also announced that the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) of Glasgow City Council had called a special meeting to discuss “recent events,” a meeting Celtic must attend, but one which the Green Brigade had asked to be represented at.
The club stressed that the SAG is “an independent body” and that any link between the current situation and wider fan protests was “misleading and disingenuous.”
For all the legal phrasing, however, the underlying message was clear, this was Celtic, doubling down.
Barely half a day later came a reply, not from the Green Brigade, but from the Celtic Trust
