Here’s a reminder on what Brian Wilson had to say last night in his hastily arranged interview with Gerry McCulloch on Celtic TV…
“Turbulent,” was how Wilson described his first month as interim Celtic chairman. He continued: “On the positive side, on the field of player, which is where it really matters. Thanks to Martin, Shaun, the players and everyone behind them, it’s been a really positive month.
“We’re in a situation where winning the league title is in our own hands again. It didn’t look like that around a month ago.
Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson. Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic, Scottish Cup 4th Round, Rugby Park. Sunday 18 January 2026. Photo Vagelis Georgariou ( The Celtic Star)
“On the transfer window, it doesn’t really matter what I think, but the manager is positive about it. It’s all to play for, and that’s the main thing for the club at any time.
“On the strategic changes that I spoke about, that work in ongoing. It’s been side-tracked by the focus of the past few weeks on the transfer window. It’s very much active and going ahead – we’ll have quite a lot to say about that in the near future.
“Obviously, on the immediate issues of supporters, the frustrations, and in some cases, the problems that exist there, there hasn’t been as much progress as I’d like to see. That’s something that we’re going to turn our attention to.
“I spoke about unity, and I spoke about unity within the stadium. I don’t expect that suddenly, all of the issues go away. What I did ask for was unity behind the team, which is what I think the majority of Celtic supporters would like to see.
“So, let’s sort out these other issues. I am in no way dismissing or marginalising them. On the contrary, we want to engage with them. But the short-term imperative is to support the team. It’s up to each individual to determine whether a boycott outside or inside the stadium helps that.
“I accept there hasn’t been as much engagement as I would’ve liked over the past month for a range of reasons, but most recently because of the focus on the transfer window.
“We have reached out. We’ve reached out to every supporters’ group and I hope these meetings will take place within the next week or so. Let’s see if we can go forward. There is no reluctance on my part to engage, and I hope that can be put into practice soon.
“Unity inside of the stadium is one thing. We’re not going to agree on everything on some of these issues, but we can talk about them. But don’t let it distract from what’s going on inside the stadium. That’s all I’m asking for.
“What I want to see if a full Celtic Park with a great atmosphere and everybody behind the team. That’s what I’ve experienced over the decades of going to Celtic Park.
“I was in the centre of Glasgow last night. I bumped into four young boys who, I guess, would’ve at the weekend been standing up saying they hated the board. They recognised me, we had a good conversation. I explained some of our difficulties in addressing these issues, they listened, they gave their point of view, and at the end of the day, they said ‘Thanks for listening,’ and I said ‘Thanks for talking to me’. I think if I could do that for every Celtic supporter inside of the ground we’d reach the same mutually respectful conclusion.
“That’s not quite possible, but it’s the kind of model I want to see. We focus a lot on particular groups of supporters, but there’s thousands of Celtic supporters inside the ground. Many of them, as they expressed, feel the same frustrations about communication and knowing what’s going on at the club.
“That’s the channel that I want to develop over these next few weeks. Of course, with each individual group, but also the broad mass of Celtic supporters and give them what they are totally and reasonably asking for, which is information and understanding to seeing us back to where we should be which is a full stadium behind the team.”
