Opinion – Boycotting Celtic for me personally is not happening

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·7 February 2026

Opinion – Boycotting Celtic for me personally is not happening

Boycotting today’s Celtic game against Dundee in the Scottish Cup for me is simply not an option I can support…

I will be going through the turnstiles with my head held high but I do respect the decision to stay away that’s being taken by fellow fans.

The Celtic Fans Collective has pushed forward with their intentions to oust the club of the incompetent directors that occupy the corridors of power inside Celtic Park.

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I’m fully behind the collective in 99 percent of their itinerary, but when it comes to boycotting games, it’s not for me, as that doesn’t harm the board in the slightest, it just affects our players on the pitch and harms our chances of progressing to the next round of the Scottish Cup with the ultimate objection in this competition, like every other, is to win it.

Celtic supporters at Hampden. Celtic v theRangers. Premier Sports Cup, semi final at Hampden. 2 November 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

So the Collective’s subsequent message was at least a crumb of comfort, in regard to their stance on a total boycott of Saturday’s cup clash with Dundee, to which they said stated wasn’t their intention.

I was willing to participate in a total boycott to get rid of Wilfried Nancy, but that was only because the players were already in harms way, and going only one way but downwards. But at this present moment they are challenging for a title, as well as competing in two other competitions, under the more than competent management of Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney.

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill is seen during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on February 01, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Such a move not only affects the players, it hurts me and you, the ordinary supporter, who like to go to the football as a way of escaping the pressures of life, it’s our mecca of sorts, and any attempt to deny fellow supporters that pleasure is unjust in my humble opinion. We need football in our lives, and the players need us, to cut that out would do no one any good.

It doesn’t make us ‘scabs’ if we go, far from it. We can show our displeasure at our incompetent custodians from the stands, or protest at the front door. They will get the message without affecting the players who remember, have done nothing wrong.

I’ll always back the team, I make no apology for that. Of course at the end of the day, if you want to boycott, you do what you feel is necessary, it’s your right as a paying customer. Just as it’s mine and a lot of others right to back the players.

03.01.2026 Celtic v theRangers, Scottish Premiership. Brian Wilson, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO / News Licensing

The boycott call certainly got a reaction from the Boardroom with interim chairman Brian Wilson using his old Westminster box of tricks to gaslight the Celtic supporters. He has reached out to various supporters associations but NOT the Celtic Fans Collective.

You will remember last autumn the club invited the Celtic Fans Collective to the meeting at Celtic Park so they are merely playing games at the moment trying to isolate various groups. The United We Stand, Divided We Fall’ motto is in play here.

To their credit the Green Brigade refused the offer of a meeting with the Celtic Board without the involvement of the Celtic Fans Collective and hopefully other groups will do likewise.

Celtic v Livingston – cinch Premiership – Celtic Park Celtics Green Brigade message during the cinch Premiership match at Celtic Park, Glasgow. Picture date: Saturday December 23, 2023. Photo Steve Welsh

The Celtic fan media can be divided into two groups, the ones that were still working with the club before the ban and the rest who either dropped out or where never part of the agreement in the first place. As things stand NONE of the first category have been contacted by the club.

It’s possible that the club will NOT resume this relationship going forward and that’s a bigger loss to them than the fan media. As was mentioned the other night on The Celtic Star, the biggest losers in this has been the Celtic FC Women’s team which is now starved of just about all coverage as awareness and interest goes through the floor.

Amy Gallacher in action for Celtic FC Women against theRangers in the Sky Sports Cup semi-final, Sunday 3 February 2025. Photo AJ (The Celtic Star)

The Celtic Board needlessly dragged women’s football into this situation, just the latest damaging decision that they’ve taken regarding the women’s team.

If you’re at the game today make as much noise as you can for the team. If you’re watching on TV, haste ye back and come on you Bhoys in green…

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Celtic in the Thirties by Matt Corr. Click on image to order