{"id":271485,"date":"2025-11-19T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271485\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:59:10","slug":"celtic-called-out-by-fans-for-releasing-green-brigade-update-moments-before-scotland-vs-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271485\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic called out by fans for releasing Green Brigade update moments before Scotland vs Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic have faced the wrath of supporters once again after releasing an update on their decision to ban the Green Brigade just moments before Scotland\u2019s 2026 World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>With all eyes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/hampden-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hampden Park<\/a> before the famous win for the Tartan Army, a statement was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticfc.com\/news\/2025\/november\/18\/supporters-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Celtic\u2019s official website<\/a>, but not released on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, the Hoops have confirmed that this is an \u201congoing investigation\u201d before hitting out at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/green-brigade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Brigade<\/a> for claiming that the footage in relation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-falkirk-as-benjamin-nygren-and-johnny-kenny-shine-in-important-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">game against Falkirk<\/a> on 29 October were minor.<\/p>\n<p>They also defended their decision to impose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/the-green-brigade-call-out-disingenuous-celtic-board-statement-with-message-to-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">six-game ban on the ultras group<\/a>, saying that it had nothing to do with the protests against the board.<\/p>\n<p>       Celtic statement on Green Brigade ban  <\/p>\n<p>Any suggestion that this matter is motivated by the club\u2019s reaction to wider protests is completely misleading and disingenuous.<\/p>\n<p>     Celtic fans respond to club statement <\/p>\n<p>Any hopes that this incident could be swept under the carpet moments before Scotland vs Denmark were quickly ended as a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> fans found the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, the decision to not post the article to social media didn\u2019t sit well with fans, who appear to firmly be in the camp of backing the Green Brigade.<\/p>\n<p>@BrianLanigan11 said: \u201cNot fit for purpose in any shape or form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Ghuntears commented: \u201cA sneaky move by a shower of charlatans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The current custodians of Celtic have went to war with people who follow, love, and support the club\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We must stand with our fellow supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott McCorry (@ScottMcCorry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottMcCorry\/status\/1990869003221311502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 18, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>@MrMoonMusica wrote: \u201cThat\u2019s the end of the gb. Will use the outcome of the meeting to ban them permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@larryhagman12 added: \u201cThe people in charge of the club have never been more disconnected with the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The contempt the Plc board <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CelticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CelticFC<\/a> has for its fans is beyond belief.<br \/>The latest statement, and timing of it, is clearly an attempt to deflect from their abysmal performance as we approach Fridays AGM.<br \/>I, for one, stand with the Green Brigade <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCCeltic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NCCeltic<\/a> .<br \/>Back the banned fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eddie Toner (@eddie_toner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddie_toner\/status\/1991039881561153745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 19, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Safety Advisory Group organise meeting to discuss Green Brigade ban<\/p>\n<p>The main body of the statement focused on the news that a meeting will take place on Thursday 20 November with the Safety Advisory Group for Glasgow City Council to discuss the recent events.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the club have not organised the meeting themselves, but will be attending, but there is no guarantee that the Green Brigade can attend following a request of their own.<\/p>\n<p>It said: \u201cThe Safety Advisory Group is comprised of a number of public authorities and emergency services and is responsible for advising Glasgow City Council on the issuing of safety certificates at Celtic Park, and other grounds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1571574824-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"The Green Brigade section fills up for Celtic v Athletic Bilbao\" class=\"wp-image-175412\" \/>Photo by Steve  Welsh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Safety Advisory Group is an independent body, the meeting is not called by Celtic, but is one that we, as the organisation responsible for safety and security matters relating to our safety certificate, are required to attend. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Green Brigade requested representation at the meeting of the SAG. The Club has been called to the meeting and cannot determine participants. Notwithstanding this, the request has been passed to the Safety Advisory Group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic have faced the wrath of supporters once again after releasing an update on their decision to ban&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,61288,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-271485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-brigade","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271485","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=271485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}