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Trying to silence us? Sorry Peter, sorry Michael and Dermot,  you’re all going to hear us even louder…

Celtic Unveil new manager Wilfried Nancy at Lennoxtown Training Centre on December 05, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Celtic yesterday once again showed their contempt towards the supporters by snubbing fan media for the unveiling of Wilfried Nancy at Lennoxtown with less than two hours notice…

Celtic end fan media era

The Celtic Star was scheduled to appear as one of two outlets at the manager’s pre-match media conference ahead of the game against Hearts. This was decided by the club in the summer before a ball was kicked as they issued the participating fan media sites with the club’s rota.

Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic, acknowledges the fans prior to the Premier Sports League Cup match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on August 15, 2025 . (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

So if it was Brendan Rodgers or Martin O’Neill it was the same but it turned out to be Wilfried Nancy with this scheduled pre-match media conference doubling up as the new manager’s unveiling.

Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill during the Premier League match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

So The Celtic Star were one of two fan media outlets to be denied access by the Celtic custodians, in yet another example of the massive chasm that exists between them and the ordinary supporter. In true Celtic fashion the snub was made a mere few hours before the manager’s introduction was taking place.

First it was the Celtic Fans Collective, and then Green Brigade

First it was the Celtic Fans Collective, and then Green Brigade who were hastily shunned by the club, now it’s the Celtic fan media who are the latest to be sine die by Peter Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and their boardroom cronies. Or maybe it was an order from Dermot Desmond after his boy took some stick for that perfectly unreasonable attack on the Celtic support at the AGM that has been widely criticised across Celtic fan media.

Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell, Dermot Desmond, largest shareholder and Michael Nicholson CEO are seen during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Fan Media is now one of the most popular sources for the Celtic support to keep up to date with the goings on at their club, due to the distrust in the SMSM. By taking this stance, they have made the gaping gap between the club and the supporters all that more wider.

Source – Celtic Fan Survey, 2024.

Make no mistake, this is in my view a move that is all down to our chairman who is reeling from the much deserved flak that is consistently being directed towards him and his chums that hold all the power in the corridors of Celtic Park.

Does he think by trying to silence the fan media means that it’s all going to magically disappear? Well, he’s in for some serious disappointment if he believes that, if anything it will made the backlash all the worse. This latest move isn’t going to silence The Celtic Star or the rest of the fan media, if anything you will hear us even louder.

Peter Lawwell, former CEO of Celtic, is seen in attendance prior to the Premier Sports League Cup match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The Celtic Star has always been a moderate voice in the Celtic support but it will never be a propaganda tool for the Celtic Chairman, the way he traditionally likes his quick fan media sites to operate.

Controlling the messenger allows him to control the message, like the underhand campaign that was waged since the Scottish Cup Final against Brendan Rodgers on the Chairman’s favourite blog, or the Celtic Insider backstabbing in The Scottish Sun against a manager who who 11 trophies from 13 at Celtic – that alone merited more respect but it never came.

Even after Brendan ‘resigned’ their hostility poured out as the official club website posted that disgraceful and unnecessary rant against Rodgers.

Celtic Unveil new manager Wilfried Nancy at Lennoxtown Training Centre on December 05, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The Celtic Star still covered Wilfried Nancy’s short media conference yesterday, despite not being there. The Celtic Star didn’t break our agreement with the club, Celtic broke it by banning The Celtic Star at 11.31am yesterday before the lunchtime media conferences.

Wilfried Nancy will have our support tomorrow. Let’s see if he can deliver. Michael Nicholson admitted he was on the Celtic Board’s radar BEFORE Brendan Rodgers ‘resigned’ so Nancy was their number one choice. He may well be the man who can get them out of a hole of their own digging. We shall see.

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