The Celtic AGM row continues as the Green Brigade fire back after the club’s double statement on Friday night.
Peter Lawwell called the Celtic AGM to a halt early after the reaction to Ross Desmond’s shocking attack on the Hoops support was met with a furious response by the fans and shareholders in attendance.
Celtic fans branded Lawwell’s actions as ‘cowardly’ and say the chairman should have allowed the meeting to go despite the backlash from the angry crowd.
Whilst the club blamed the fans for the meeting ending early in their own statements, the Green Brigade have fired back and listed the ‘shameful’ actions of the Celtic chairman that inflamed the whole sorry debacle.
Green Brigade point out Peter Lawwell’s ‘shameful’ mocking of Celtic shareholder
Lawwell, as the chairman, was the Celtic executive who was in control of the AGM proceedings. However, the minute he allowed Ross Desmond’s attack on Celtic fans, that control was lost.
And the Green Brigade have listed everything the Celtic chairman got wrong on the day.
In a thread on X, The Green Brigade said, “At Friday’s AGM, Peter Lawwell, the Celtic Chairman and Chair of the meeting, acted disgracefully towards Celtic shareholders in the room. Lawwell’s behaviour, language and tone reflected a view that he was of a higher class than the shareholders on the floor.
“Lawwell displayed an inability or unwillingness to manage basic grievances and annoyance from the floor, choosing to adjourn the meeting rather than engage with the shareholders and responsibly manage frustrations to allow the meeting to continue.
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“When a motion was raised from the floor in line with standard practice, Lawwell mocked the shareholder by mimicking the practice of raising the hand to speak. There was no other reason for Lawwell to do this other than to shamefully mock the shareholder in front of the room.
“The shareholder in question has been a courageous representative of the Celtic support for over 20 years, regularly facing racism, sectarianism, sexism and misogyny throughout. To be openly mocked by the Chair, while the rest of the board watched on, was shameful.”
Peter Lawwell ‘lacked class, dignity and respect’ at the Celtic AGM
This was only the first half of the blistering statement as the Green Brigade tell Lawwell his position at Celtic is ‘untenable’.
The statement continued, “As well as this, Lawwell repeatedly made disparaging, inaccurate and irrelevant comments towards shareholders. This ranged from questioning their attendance at the meeting to discriminatory remarks.
“Lawwell proceeded to disrespect the entire room of shareholders, and all Celtic fans, by demanding they “behave” and obediently and respectfully listen in silence while Ross Desmond delivered a tirade of abuse and insults aimed at them.
Peter Lawwell on closing the AGM meeting
“Throughout the short meeting, Lawwell’s behaviour lacked class, dignity and respect. He was irresponsible, irrational and most likely breached organisational policy. It was further evidence that his position in Celtic FC is untenable.”
The Celtic chairman and the rest of the board are now under intense pressure and scrutiny after overseeing one of the most embarrassing AGMs in the club’s history.
Where do Celtic go from here and how can they mend the bond with the fans? Well, looking at it right now, that task seems nigh-on impossible.
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