Celtic interim chairman Brian Wilson vowed to improve communication between the board and Celtic supporters at the end of last season.
As tensions between Celtic supporters and the board reached boiling point during the title run-in, Wilson admitted lessons had to be learned and promised to improve communication with the fanbase.
The Celtic Fans Collective called Wilson out back in January for breaking a pledge to bring ‘unity’ to the club after the Green Brigade ban and now, the Celtic Supporters Limited are next up to raise fresh questions over whether Wilson’s promise is already being honoured.
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Celtic Supporters Ltd call out Wilson and the Parkhead board’s silence
The Celtic Supporters Ltd issued a statement on social media calling for Wilson and the board to reply to an open letter that was sent on the 9th of June.
The statement read, “On the 9th June 2026 we wrote an open letter to the board of Celtic Plc.
“We asked for one thing: a meeting. Us, or a delegation of the board, to sit down and discuss The Celtic Paradox, our review of the club built entirely on Celtic’s own audited accounts, ahead of the AGM.
“We said we would publish their reply, whatever it said. A month on, there has been no reply. No, yes, no no, not even an acknowledgement.
“So here is the letter, in full. Read it and judge for yourselves.
“We are supporters and shareholders asking, in good faith, for a conversation about the club we all own a part of. That should not be too much to ask.”
The board were asked three simple questions in the open letter:
- Publish a strategic plan. Three years, five years, Shareholders are entitled to know where the board intend to deploy its capital.
- Modernise shareholder engagement. That means an AGM run for the benefit of shareholders, and a communication culture that treats the shareholders as owners rather than an inconvenience.
- Meet us. Celtic Supporters Limited is a company limited by guarantee. Our members collectively hold Celtic plc shares and proxy authority over more, and our membership grows weekly. We have set out our analysis in full, with sources, in the manner the board itself would use.
Whether Celtic agree with the report is almost beside the point. Wilson promised better communication with supporters, yet if Celtic Supporters Ltd’s account is accurate, the club did not even acknowledge receiving the letter. That sits uneasily alongside the commitment Wilson made only weeks ago.
Brian Wilson now has to back up his words to the Celtic fans
Wilson took over as chairman when tensions between the fans and the board were at their highest, but let’s not forget, he was still part of that same board when he took up the interim role.
This is now the second time Wilson’s public commitments have been called into question.
Brian Wilson still has every opportunity to prove his promise was genuine. But communication isn’t measured by speeches or staged interviews on Celtic’s YouTube channel.
Communication isn’t tested when everything is going well. It’s tested when supporters ask difficult questions and expect an answer.
If Celtic cannot even acknowledge a request for dialogue from supporters who are also shareholders, plenty of fans will wonder whether Brian Wilson’s promise was ever going to look any different in practice.
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