It is time to save the soul of Glasgow Celtic FC. Are you ready for the fight?
Eric Knott 
Matthew 12:25: “And knowing their thoughts, he said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand'”.
I’ve decided to write today’s article in line with what has become the general consensus amongst most Celtic fans after this summer’s events.
There is no doubting now that Glasgow Celtic FC is officially a house divided.
I’ve used the quote above from Matthew 12:25.
Nothing more aptly describes the situation at Celtic than that quote.
“Every Kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation.”
You need to ask yourself as a Celtic fan if this is what you want?
Do you want your club brought to desolation?
Does what you’ve seen over the course of this summer just gone present enough evidence to you that Celtic is headed for desolation?
I think it does.
I don’t see this changing, no matter what the board does from here on out.
Because anything from here on out will be an act of appeasement designed to ensure we continue to pour our money into the club.
That is all this current board is interested in.
A reduction or withdrawal of that finance is the only thing that will frighten these men into action.
And that in itself should speak volumes to you about where their priorities really lie.
They don’t care about you or what you think.
They only care about what they can extract from you.
If that comes under threat, they will pretend they care, but do not be fooled into believing that they do.
Everything they have done up to now proves that they do not.
As the old saying goes, a Leopard never changes it’s spots, and believe me, neither will these charlatans.
They may pause the route to desolation to lure you back in to their way of thinking, but make no mistake, Celtic will remain a house divided, regardless of what they do.
“Every city or house divided against itself will not stand”.
Celtic “will not stand” on it’s current trajectory.
Look at how far it has fallen since that night in Munich, which in hindsight for us, should have been a major turning point for our club.
It should have been the night where we committed to taking Celtic to the next level.
Well, we the fans were, the manager was, and there is no doubting the players wanted it too.
It is clear now that the board did not, thus emphasising where we officially became a house divided.
The fall from grace has been nothing if not both catastrophic and spectacular.
Most billionaires are billionaires because they prioritise money over everything else.
It becomes the be all and end all of their existence, they are billionaires because the more money they accumulate, the more they want.
It is the essence of corporate greed.
We have a billionaire involved in our club who acts like he owns our club.
Yet he does not.
He may own a sizable portion of the club’s shares, but he does not own the club.
He acts like he does because nobody tells him otherwise.
It is one of the reasons he is a billionaire, he commands fear and respect because he has that title.
People will rarely say no to him.
In fact I’m pretty sure he rarely hears that word.
He certainly never hears it from the people on the Celtic board, that’s for sure.
In return for their loyalty and obedience, they are also richly rewarded, and the trappings they’ve become used to as custodians of our club are something they are loathe to let go of now.
So they will do whatever it takes to retain those trappings.
Whatever it takes.
However, they are blinded by corporate greed.
I believe that stems from the individual they revere residing in Shrewsbury road in Dublin, and the Caribbean whenever it takes his fancy.
Corporate greed has made him a billionaire.
People afraid of saying no to him has made him a billionaire.
But when you strip Dermot Desmond down naked and put him beside you or I, he is just the same as the rest of us.
A human, vulnerable, subject to age and illness, the same as us.
He eats, sleeps, shits and pisses, just the same as the rest of us.
Just because his bank balance could feed a nation, should not set him apart from the rest of us.
But he feels that it does.
And because he feels it does, he also feels he can treat Celtic as his plaything, to do with as he pleases.
Because nobody tells him otherwise.
He can act like he cares about it, or when he doesn’t, he can leave it to the charlatans who do his bidding.
As long as the bank balance is burgeoning, he doesn’t really care how it’s achieved.
He is completely detached from the needs and wishes of the Celtic fanbase.
He, in fact, does not care about us or what we think, which he proved categorically back in early 2021 when he decided to retain Neil Lennon despite the fact he was killing our 10IAR season.
Desmond did that to spite us, to show us he’s in control and we’re not.
And just look at how Lennon is beholden to him by his comments in relation to the board at last Sunday’s Glasgow Derby.
Essentially, the current board have sold their souls to corporate greed, and in doing so, they have lost complete sight of what Celtic is.
Celtic has become a vessel for their corporate greed, an entity with which to develop it.
And as a result, they have torn the life and soul out of the club.
This is not what Celtic was created for when Brother Walfrid founded the club back in 1887.
It was not created to become a corporate entity run by individuals who only care about what can be extracted from the people who love it so much.
Celtic fans are as devoted to Celtic as they are to Christ, the very ethos that was driven by the club’s founding father.
It is what makes being a Celtic supporter so special, and what makes us feel so connected with the club.
But of late, we feel like we are losing that connection, or that it is being taken away from us.
So, what you’ve got ask yourself is this, do you want to continue to be part of a cult that worships only the bank balance of the vassal that is Celtic?
And I say vassal, because a vassal is something that is in a subordinate position to another.
The “other” being Dermot Desmond, and by extension, his cronies in the boardroom.
These are the men who have sold the soul of this club in exchange for corporate greed.
It is our duty as Celtic supporters, who revere Celtic for what is was founded for, to save the soul of the club.
Because it has been lost of late, drifting aimlessly, and we need to put it back into the heart if the club.
But are you ready for that fight?
Are you ready and willing to do whatever it takes to save Celtic’s soul?
Because this could be a long and ugly road.
It could result in our club falling behind it’s rivals, just as it did before.
It could result in you not going to watch the team you love to make a point to these people that your loyalty is not a one way thing.
That if you give to Celtic, you expect something in return.
You expect that your dreams for this club are realised by what you see on the field of play.
Not asset stripped and decimated, as the footballing operation has been over the last year or so.
Celtic is a football club, not a corporate entity to be used for corporate greed.
Too many football clubs have sold their souls for corporate greed, and in doing so, they have all lost sight of what they are there for.
The fans were once the heart and soul of a football club, now we are seen as cash cows.
People to extract as much as is possible from, and give very little in return.
That is not Celtic.
It should never be Celtic.
We are better than that.
Are you ready to save the soul of Celtic Football club?
Are you ready for the fight?
It starts now, with us, the life and soul of the club.
It’s time for us to take our club back.
#Sack the Board
#Renewal is coming
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Look forward to seeing you and your two stoogie pals up on a stage with a loudhailer trying to brainwash so called fans into believing you can remove the board of a PLC it will be hilarious
You failed to mention in your writing that you cant afford to buy out Dermott Desmond and neither do your stoogie pals
So how about writing a blog with some guidelines on how you intend to remove the board instead of speculating?
And it is that very attitude which has us where we find ourselves today. So, while you sit back and pontificate, watch how the rest of us will get it done. You have no idea of the size and power of the movement that will begin this. None.
Brilliant piece . See that’s what it comes down to. Are we willing to take the pain from the war which it will be cause Desmond is acting like a dictator with his sycophants in place on the board acting as how he wants and with Lennon singing from his hymn sheet . Desmond will double down in the knowledge that we won’t sabotage the club unlike him who as you say is used to getting his own way and will be absolutely ruthless . All we want is for the money generated by US that we give ourself a fighting chance and to be proud of our team . It might be years of pain but if that’s what it takes to get rid of them
You have to feel really sorry for Dan’s missus, imagine having to listen to that mooncat every day!
Eric it’s bad enough what has come to pass , but what is next if we don’t take a stand all will be gone
Dan
says:
3rd September 2025 at 12:48 pm
Look forward to seeing you and your two stoogie pals up on a stage with a loudhailer trying to brainwash so called fans into believing you can remove the board of a PLC it will be hilarious
You failed to mention in your writing that you cant afford to buy out Dermott Desmond and neither do your stoogie pals
So how about writing a blog with some guidelines on how you intend to remove the board instead of speculating?
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Danny the fanny
Arrogant fuckwit.
Fuck off back to CQN
They`ve cashed in on the Brother Walfrid story and the Lisbon Lions stuff for too long now: and I mean CASHING IN.
If I was Archbishop of Glasgow I would demand the removal of the statue to a more sanctified, rather than a Godless, site.
It must be bordering on blasphemy.
Posted this on the wee Celticnoise forum. I’d never do anything to harm Celtic but if we could firstly unite you guys with the blogs, podcasts and forums before the UEFA tickets go on sale and appeal to the fans to ignore the offer for 72 hours and hopefully show the the scale of resistance to the true incompetence displayed by the board. If it numbered in the thousands the club as a PLC would be compelled to respond and we allow them 72hours to do so. I was almost resigned to the all the excuses until the club from ibrox in the final week of the window sold their 2best strikers for 14.5 million and replaced them two new new strikers for 14 million rising to 17 million immediately. I also think Brendan has been shafted and would not blame him if he walked. Hail Hail
Fergus wish was that no one individual would again have control over the club. Yet here we are with a guy who owns 34% of the shares ripping the soul out of the football club while he plays golf with his celebrity pals. This isn’t the Celtic Walfrid envisaged when he started a football club as a way of generating money to feed the poor and underprivileged of Glasgows east end. Eric you are 100% right enough is enough. No more ticket money, merchandise, Celtic TV or social media engagement is what is required. Starve them out.
Scenario : Two guys playing Pool . Question : ‘ What’s the game ?’ Answer : ‘ Cutthroat!’ Question : ‘ What’s the object of it ?’ Answer ‘ The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else’s off !’ Rick Danko …circa 1977…. thwack …thwack ..
I believe the time for talking about the grey brigade is over. The writing has been on the wall for years and when Lawless made his return the sirens should have been exploding in every celtic supporters head. Not everyone is going to be on board as was evident away back when the bunnet saved our club. The boo boys were there then and will be now as is evident by the first comment. I hope there is a plan to bring the majority of us together to make a stand.
United we stand, divided we will fall. Time to bring our club into the 21st century.
I stood in the Kerry Dale car park 31 years ago,when the takeover was announced.Yet here we are,another battle.This time for the soul of the club.Eric is bang on ,this is going to be long ,nasty,and brutal.These type of corporate monsters,always need to be dragged screaming.But it is a fight that must happen.It will be painful,and we will most likely have to witness the old supremacy stuff we all came to know and love from across the city,for a time.Personally I’m beginning with no more merch,not even a fridge magnet.
Bring it on Dan. As a small shareholder who is waiting a big operation I’m happy to let any of the Trinity Tim’s who do not hold shares to attend the AGM as my proxy, as most likely won’t be fit enough to go.
I started already,no merchandise will be bought by me this year,sick & tired of this board
10 out of 10 Eric.
They’ve had their chance and all they have done is Ripped us off constantly made a fortune and gave themselves a pat on the back.
How can a group of people with 60000 paying customers + thousands looking for tickets have roughly £100m in the bank playing in Scotland make such a complete arse of things.
I cant get my head around it!
Times up GTF!!!
I for 1 won’t buy another thing from Celtic I have a season ticket bought obviously before this debacle.I may stand alone buy not purchasing the Diddy European Competition tickets but in my mind I am being truthful to myself in not buying anything corporate or otherwise for this incompetent board to fill their pockets with will any true Celtic Supporter do the same or am I A LONE VOICE ON THIS SUBJECT?If I am at least I will be content in my own being.
We had fans like Dan when Kelly’s whites were in power backing them even thou we were seriously in debt, Huns showed us up for club 13 years old in pot 1 while we are pot 2 plus got euro final, last time we got final was before Lawwell senior took over as chief executive.
Eric,
I have to admit my patience has ran out.i wrongly assumed BR had a bigger influence than it turned out to be.
I won’t be buying the Europa tickets or merchandise even though it breaks my heart not to support my club.
I have to admit though that I do not believe I will have the fortitude to forego my season ticket after 30 years in the same seat.
That said,I have six months to ponder that one.
We have a manager who will leave at the end of the season if not before and you have a management who are probably financially rewarded relative to the profitability of the club.
When you look at the players purchased over the last three years a lot of them have been way below the level needed to improve the first team so we have a stand off if Brendan won’t extend his contract it looks like the board are keeping their necessary investment in the first team until a new manager is identified or Brendan’s position is clarified.
We the supporters don’t really come into it as they know we will always support the club but hopefully they get some of the major decisions regarding team management and the correct players to support that manager soon.
A lot of us are not getting any younger.
Brilliant article Eric. This Celtic board are leeches and are bleeding our great club dry. I believe the poison to be lawwell because when he was removed as CEO transfers ran smoothly and the club was in better shape. Desmond is an absolute disgrace, his lack of ambition and vision is absolutely soul destroying. They have all been there far too long and the silent CEO is worse than a man down. We will need to suffer short term pain for long term gain! #sack the board, #boycott the Europa league
Look bhoys I’m all for change it’s clear .but the problem we have is brendan has spent 70m in two and a half years .that’s a load of cash idea 9m we sold at 7 making a 2m lose engals 11 m trusty 6 m teirney a fortune on wages jota 10m there is 36m on 4 just four players jota our to 2026 5 million each for the new bhoys 46 ..47m yet to prove them self it’s a load of cash for a Scottish club the truth is to convincing players to come to a league were only 2 teams can win the league ..I love celtic and I want the best for our club and the best players but even when we spend 40 odd million were not getting that recruitment needs to change the board must be looking at these players and saying well they don’t get a game .or we going to spend 40 more for bench players with little re sale value we are a selling club that’s our pitch to players we will bring you in make you better and help you make the next big step ..idah went to Swansea not even a prem club players are choose Charlton over us past players are giving interviews saying we held them hostage. Change is needed the board won’t step down Desmond won’t give up his shares Nicholson won’t give up his pay packet ..so we need communication with the board to express our fears to drive change but it’s not just at board level Rodgers is not innocent bad signings zero clarity on his contract situation. No matter what that team is or who’s in it it’s the managers job to motivate the team passing side to side and pack to kasper is not installing confidence in the fans or the team is he going to be here next season we need to know if recruitment isn’t working then heads have to roll I’m not saying the board are innocent far from it there very guilty but it’s about collective responsibility. Board . Manager .back room staff .recruitment team .if we are going to improve the fans need more clarity and more say we need to bring everyone together and say OK let’s sort this out who’s to blame what did you do wrong brendan what can you do better ..Micheal what did you do wrong what can you do better ..as it stands are the board going to give bendan 40m in January if he is away in may when they have to bring in a new manager and he might not want half of brendans players and we need to back him with more money .BR is not sqeeky clean here bhoys ..hail hail
I like others who have posted here have just cancelled my membership of the HCTS , I will not be buying tickets for any games not covered by my season ticket as enough is enough, the board must go, it’s as though we are back in the era of the Kelly’s and the Whites of my early Celtic supporting days
These three guys we have just signed.they all play for African national teams so is it likely they will all be away for the African cup of nations early next year?
We have been down this road before and unfortunately will have to go down it again and we will and win again nobody or board will ever be bigger than us supporters I can’t believe that they even thought they could get away with it not even a contest if we stand together The will regret this 😢
MON took Celtic to a European Final. Peter Lawwell came in. MON left, “Celtic Supporters should get used to living in the Slow Lane”
Peter Lawwell sold the business to Dermot Desmond ( in direct contradiction to Fergus McCanns wish that “Celtic should never again be in the control of a family or small group of people”) and guaranteeing Dermot Desmond Dividends for life and himself a job for life.
Dermot Desmond owns Celtic yet other than his investment in buying himself shares he’s never put any money into the business. Bizarre that, as a NED, he has a controlling interest in the business and, according to multiple sources, actually runs the business. That’s the way it is. He can do what he likes.
Spot on Ian, the silence is deafening!
Has anyone else heard the rumour of an all out walkout at the next home game in the 67th minute?
( Will the Exits be open at that time? )
Gravy train is over for these muppets