Dundee Utd 2-0 Celtic – ‘The Big Questions Facing Celtic,’ Business of Sport | OneFootball

Celtic’s dismal performance 2-0 defeat at Tannadice against Dundee United this afternoon puts a massive dent in any chances we had of winning the league this season…

Celtic Huddle at Tannadice.Dundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

And there could be no complaints about the result as Jim Goodwin’s side thoroughly deserved their win against a Celtic team who wee simply dreadful.

Struggling to think of the last time a Celtic team was this bad, how about the 2-0 defeat away to St Johnstone in the 1993 which resulted in Liam Brady leaving the club.

Let’s not entertain any excuses about the state of the pitch. It’s the state of the team that is the problem and well done to the Celtic supporters who were sharing their thoughts with the clowns that are dragging Celtic down, those Celtic directors who have such distain for the supporters and tell themselves that they are world class in everything that they do.

Referee Nick Walsh at Tannadice. Dundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

The Celtic supporters and in particular the Celtic fan media have challenged this proclamation and given that they have left us without a proper striker for over a year, it’s remarkable that they retain some support from a sizeable percentage of the Celtic support. Maybe some of the happy clappers will have a re-think after today. Maybe we can help them along that road to a greater clarity of what is going badly wrong with our club.

This comes not from Celtic supporters but from two articulate podcasters from south of the border who turn out to be well informed and insightful when the Scottish Premiership title race caught their attention.

The side-benefit for Celtic is that they take a close look at what’s going on at Celtic and for every Celtic supporter this in an intelligent, outsiders’ view on what the issues are at Celtic and they deliver a devastating assessment of the Celtic’s board’s strategy.

Kelechi Iheanacho at Tannadice. Dundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

The Business of Sport podcast looks at the situation in the Scottish Premiership where Hearts stand a chance of becoming the first club outside of Glasgow to win the top division in Scottish football since Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen won the title in 1985.

While there is decent – and accurate – coverage of both Hearts and the Rangers, recognising the liquidation event at Ibrox in 2012 – the most interesting aspect of this excellent podcast is how they cover the situation at Celtic which is described as the most fascinating in world football as the support and the Celtic Board have very different views on his how the club should be run.

Iain Jamieson and Martin O’Neill at Tannadice. Dundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

“Hearts are top of the Scottish Premiership for the first time in 40 years, and it’s sending shockwaves through Scottish football. Business of Sport digs into the numbers behind Celtic’s extraordinary financial position, why they’re only spending 20% of revenues on player wages, and whether a boardroom coup could be on the horizon. Plus, what Tony Bloom’s arrival at Hearts really means for the title race and the future of the Scottish game…” Business of Sport podcast.

This is an unmissable listen. Every Celtic supporters should watch it with an open mind, especially after what we watched this afternoon.

Let’s have a look at the comments posted by Celtic supporters who have watched this brilliant summary of the situation at Celtic.

“Brilliantly summed up what many Celtic fans have been saying for the last 5-10 years and backed it all up by the finances, great video.”

“Can someone send this to all the members of the board?”

“It’s so refreshing to see a couple of Englishmen who not only understand the situation at Celtic but also respect the size and global appeal of the club. We need to get this current board out by any means necessary. The fans aren’t stupid… we know the board have been running our club poorly.”

“Good to see some unbiased input which legitimises the feelings of a large section of the Celtic support. A club which is only “well-run” when viewed through the prism of securing the board’s performance bonuses but to the overall detriment of the club and it’s standing within not only world football but it’s “peer group” of similar clubs. The Celtic fans are the emotional and financial lifeblood of the club but are treated with disdain by the club hierarchy despite their concerns being legitimised by unbiased external observers such as yourselves. Thanks for the analysis. Sack the board.”

Daizen Maeda at TannadiceDundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

“Thank you for doing this, this is the gripe Celtic fans have with the board, they think they are doing a good job.”

“Good to see outsiders articulate this so clearly. Often, fans of other Scottish clubs will dismiss the concerns of Celtic fans as entitlement because we win the league almost every year. The fact is, we should be competing in Europe after Christmas every single season, and we should be able to achieve that in a fairly low risk way.”

“Very good and thanks for dealing with Celtic.”

United celebrations at TannadiceDundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

“Confession time…when this podcast episode appeared on my screen, I fully expected to shouting ‘what do a couple of English guys know about my club?’……well I got that 100% wrong! I’ve bleated on for years about Ajax and Benfica and of course let’s get the additional 10,000 season tickets sold! The two Charlie’s have just won over a huge number of Celtic supporters, who are all rightly saying…”see….we told you so”! Excellent episode…hail, hail!”

“Really well articulated and presented gents. It’s crazy how dumbed down the coverage is in Scotland by way of comparison, there is no hard questions asked of the current custodians and the fans aren’t yet united behind any of the single collectives just yet, so they might be able to linger on for a little while longer yet.”

“This was a fantastic summary from two articulate guys with no vested interest in the club. Important to take into account the huge bonuses received by Lawwell, etc. over this time period too.”

United celebrations at TannadiceDundee Utd v Celtic. Sunday 22 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

“Thank you for aknowledging the size of our club, that unfortunately doesnt happen very often. Great discussion. I disagree with the end though, the board and our minority shareholder in chief, will never self-reflect and fundamentally change their ways. If they havent done so yet, nothing will act as a wakeup call for them. All we fans can do is to work towards getting them out of our club.”

“Watched this earlier in the longer version. The analysis of Celtic is pretty much bang on. An incompetent, unambitious and complacent board led by an egotistical largest minority shareholder / self-styled owner are gradually destroying the football potential of the club. These are not the type of people that Fergus McCann saved the club for, they are the type of people that McCann saved the club from.”

Chris McKay and Michael Nicholson arrive at Ibrox.theRangers 2 Celtic 2. Sunday 1st March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

“I’ve travelled all around the world to watch Celtic and spent tens of thousands to follow them and its soul destroying the way this board are allowing our club to become a none entity in European football. They have less than zero ambition and that’s giving them a very high compliment. The stadium outside and inside is becoming a dump, the toilet facilities are atrocious. Around 6 years ago Celtic got planning permission to build a new 200 to 300 bedroom hotel, they have done nothing while hundreds of Celtic fans stay in hotels all over Glasgow. They got planning permission to build a new museum, a new ticket office and to increase the size of the superstore and nothing done.”

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 Dermot Desmond on the 18th tee during the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 on the Old Course at St. Andrews Golf CLub, Fife, . 06/10/2024. Picture Fran Caffrey / Golffile.ie

“As a Celtic fan it’s great to hear an impartial voice from outside of the fan base. The board are letting us down and lining their own pockets. Can someone explain how Dermot Desmond managed to obtain his shares without paying a penny?” (He bought shares, which he retains and have increased in value).

“Participation in the champions league is the key money maker. The biggest gripe the Celtic fans have – the board have repeatedly not properly invested in improving the squad prior to champions league qualification. And as a result of this under investment we have failed to qualify for the champions league, being knocked out at the qualifying stage by smaller teams.”

“Well done. This is an incredibly accurate and in-depth account and description of the finances and historical finances of Both Rangers and Celtic and Scottish football. Seriously well done for reporting this fascinating story about the finances of Both Glasgow clubs. No offence but most commentators and even journalist from England have an incredibly poor grasp or interest in Interesting finances of Scottish football and the fascinating story of the historical finances of Rangers and Celtic. Thanks for covering this so accurately.”

“Every Celtic fan should see this. Celtic using FSR as an excuse to not spend money when wages are 20% of revenue is, or should be criminal.”

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