{"id":206415,"date":"2025-10-17T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206415\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:32:09","slug":"celtic-activists-escalate-campaign-to-hit-under-fire-board-in-the-pocket-as-they-warn-not-another-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/206415\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic activists escalate campaign to hit under-fire board in the pocket as they warn ‘not another penny’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Celtic Fan Collective have announced plans to hit the club in the pocket as they ramp up their demonstrations<\/p>\n

09:22, 17 Oct 2025Updated 09:31, 17 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"CelticCeltic fans protest against the board(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

The Celtic Fans Collective have launched a new anti-board campaign by calling on fellow supporters to BOYCOTT all merchandise and in-stadium spending.<\/p>\n

The Hoops activists – a newly formed group representing various bodies including the Green Brigade<\/a>, Bhoys Celtic, and Celtic Trust – have been leading demonstrations against the club’s hierarchy in the wake of the shambolic transfer window and humiliating Champions League exit to Kairat Almaty.<\/p>\n

A series of banners have been unfurled at games, while late fan walk-ins and silent protests have also been staged in a show of discontent.<\/p>\n

The Collective met under-fire Parkhead supremos Michael Nicholson<\/a> and Chris McKay last week but subsequently hit out at the lack of “humility, awareness and accountability<\/a>” and promised further action after discussions collapsed.<\/p>\n

Now, on the day Celtic<\/a> launched their latest ADIDAS SPZL F.C. x CELTIC capsule collection, the influential fan group have announced their latest plans by vowing to strip the club of merchandise and matchday revenue.<\/p>\n

A statement read: “Following widespread agreement among member groups at last night\u2019s meeting, the Celtic Fans Collective is launching the ‘ Not Another Penny’ campaign – effective immediately.<\/p>\n

“For too long, the Celtic board has taken supporters for granted.<\/p>\n

“They are responsible for repeated failures in Europe, an archaic transfer strategy, a collection of NEDs who have grossly out-stayed their welcome, inflated ticket prices and unfair distribution, a neglected stadium, a stale atmosphere, a non-existent fan engagement model, an underperforming academy, an underfunded Women\u2019s team, and a pitch unfit for playing football the Celtic way.<\/p>\n

“These are just some of the failures which expose an out-of-touch board and make a mockery of their claim to be ‘ world class in everything we do.’<\/p>\n

“Their contempt for supporters was laid bare in the recent insulting public statement of 6th September 2025, and confirmed again in last week\u2019s well-documented meeting between the Club and the Collective.<\/p>\n

‘Our support for the team remains unequivocal. But our protest against the Celtic board and in particular Michael Nicholson, Chris McKay and Peter Lawwell continues – the \u201cNot Another Penny\u201d campaign is the next step in that effort.<\/p>\n

“From today, we commit to: \u2022 No more merchandise purchases \u2022 No more food and drink at Celtic Park \u2022 No more stadium tours, bars, restaurants or Club-run events \u2022 Nothing beyond a match ticket<\/p>\n

“This campaign will be reviewed on 3rd February 2026. Until then, not another penny.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtic Fan Collective have announced plans to hit the club in the pocket as they ramp up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2817,1669,12431,218,43738,43737,8058,11728,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-206415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-celtic-fc","tag-champions-league","tag-dermot-desmond","tag-football","tag-michael-nicholson","tag-peter-lawwell","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}