Club distance themselves from self appointed Celtic Trust.
The first thing I want to know is who the hell are the Celtic Trust and who the f@@k do they think they are appointing themselves as the spoke person for the Celtic support?
The next thing I would like to ask is why do they choose to make such a stupid statement regarding the issue of certain songs?
On reading her comments the only relevant comment to the post she holds I saw in the statement was the word "…history". Unfortunately for Ms Krankie she was not talking in reference to the fact that these songs have all but gone from our support.
Here is the comment in full for those wishing to read it.
She said: "The club was founded to help the poor of the Irish immigrants to Scotland.
"Many of the supporters are descendants of these people.
"They may take a particular view of history, what happened in Ireland, which is different to many other people. So I don’t call those pro-terrorist songs."
She said that the chants were "songs from a war of independence going back over a hundred years".
She also said: "I think what history tells us is that it’s actually facile to say that politics and sport will ever be separated.
"Throughout history, sports events are used often as a means of expressing political views, political identity."
When you read her comments you may feel that they are not that far from the mark as regards both the contents of the songs and the correlation between football and social politics and you would be correct. The problem is her ill-advised statement fudges the issue and gives the impression that her comments are representative of the Celtic support.
Celtic were quick to distance themselves from the comments and issued the following statement.
CELTIC Football Club has issued the following statement after comments made by Jeanette Findlay of the Celtic Trust connecting the Club and its supporters to political singing.
Clearly Celtic Football Club, a non-political organisation which has been open to all since 1888, is extremely disappointed by these comments.
"These comments are totally unrepresentative of the Celtic support," said a Club spokesperson.
"There are around 27,500 Celtic shareholders, we believe that Ms Findlay claims to speak for only around 200 of these - a very, very small minority - as yesterday's 99.1% vote in favour of Dr Reid's appointment as chairman clearly underlines.
"We are sure, given the nature of her comments, she is presenting her own opinion and not that of the Celtic Trust.
"We are delighted with the way in which our fans currently support the team."
The Club’s Social Mission Statement states: "Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club with proud Irish links. The primary business of Celtic is as a football club. It is run on a professional business basis with no political agenda. However, the Club has a wider role and the responsibility of being a major Scottish social institution promoting health, well-being and social integration."
The sooner this self-proclaimed "voice of Celtic" is gagged the better.
Yours in Celtic
Clydebuilt