Here are the minutes from the Celtic supporters meeting with Celtic Football Club on Monday 6 October 2025…
Celtic supporters shows their support at full-time following the team’s victory in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Semi Final match between St Johnstone and Celtic at Hampden Park on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
As has been widely reported, Celtic Fans Collective representatives left the meeting disappointed at the lack of meaningful progress believing that it was a missed opportunity to begin genuine reform. As reflected in the minutes, the absence of timelines, accountability measures, and clear responses to key concerns reinforced a perception of disengagement and complacency in the view of the Celtic Fans Collective representatives at the meeting.
Celtic Fans Collective, Founded September 2025.
The Celtic Fans Collective representatives made clear to Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay that this moment represents a turning point in supporter relations, reaffirming a commitment to pursuing structural change, transparency, and accountability across all levels of the Club’s governance and operations.
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In Attendance:
Michael Nicholson, Chief Executive of Celtic FC and Chris McKay, CFO of Celtic FC looks on from the stands prior to the Premiership match between Celtic FC and St Mirren FC at Celtic Park on May 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Club Attendees: Michael Nicholson (CEO), Chris McKay (CFO), John Paul Taylor (Supporter Liaison Officer), Mark Hargreaves (Head of Safety and Security Operations), Kevin McQuillan (Head of Commercial Operations), George Campbell (Head of Legal and Governance).
Supporter Attendees:
Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters Clubs: Alan Horne, Ann McElhinney
Association of Irish Celtic Supporters Clubs: Gerry McDonnell, Mick Hurley
Celtic Disabled Supporters Association: Mark Henderson, Clare Byrne
Celtic Fans Collective: Steph McGinn, Paul John Dykes, Kev Toner, Paul Thomson, Paul Quigley, Andy McGregor, Michael Gallagher, Ross Bready, Martin Macauley, Martin Gemmell
Celtic Supporters Association: John Andrews, Joe Gallagher
Celtic Trust: Paul Wilcox
North of Ireland Supporters: Martin Gilmore, Seamy Darragh
Agenda: The meeting had no fixed agenda, with the Club welcoming questions from attendees.
Minutes: It was agreed that joint minutes would be drafted after the meeting and thereafter circulated following approval by the Club and represented Supporter Groups.
Welcome: Michael Nicholson opened the meeting and thanked everyone for attending, confirming that the Club are aware of issues that supporters have raised and wish to discuss with the Club. Concerns have also been raised with the Club about the potential for impact on the team on the pitch. The Club has arranged the meeting to discuss a way forward.
The Club invited the recognised representative supporters’ groups to attend the meeting, as we have done in the past, most recently in relation to the Fairhurst report. The Club received a response this morning with further attendees from the Celtic Fan Collective, and the Club is keen to make progress and to make arrangements work this evening.
Michael Nicholson acknowledged that the Club is not in a place where we would want to be and that some recent communications have not been well received by supporters. The Club wants to find a way forward, which allows us to seek to address concerns, while backing the team on the pitch.We respect that everyone is entitled to their view, and we would hope that we can discuss respectfully. We are going to have differences, but the fundamental we all share is that we want success for Celtic and we want the team to win. The Club wants to find a way forward. Michael Nicholson then asked if there were any thoughts on the meeting from the attendees.
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