A former top Scottish football league chief, who once wanted to buy Celtic, has weighed in on the travelling support's Armistice Day protest that saw a minute's silence cut short at Rugby Park.
Celtic went on to extend their unbeaten domestic run with a well-contested 2-0 win in Ayrshire on Sunday (November 10), however the protest that preceded kick-off captured headlines in its own right.
Unofficial fan group, The North Curve – the umbrella under which ultras groups The Green Brigade and The Bhoys operate – released a statement thereafter, calling out the perceived "hypocrisy and shame of the British establishment and others who selectively mourn the loss of life and fail to support an armistice to the ongoing genocide in Palestine."
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday afternoon, Roger Mitchell expressed dismay with the fan group's banner and statement, while questioning the club's hierarchy in the process.
He said: "The more I see, the more angry I get.
"How can anyone, far less a social institution like a big football club, allow this to be shouted down?
"In terms of branding, it is beyond insane. Look, the Green Brigade are a lost cause, so I look to the Board. You gonna do something?"
The more I see, the more angry I get. How can anyone, far less a social institution like a big football club, allow this to be shouted down? In terms of branding, it is beyond insane. Look, the Green Brigade are a lost cause, so I look to the Board. You gonna do something? https://t.co/QBtM8EhtaS
— Roger Mitchell (@RPMComo) November 11, 2024
In the replies to his original post, Mitchell added: "You can have an opinion. I’m just telling why it’s flawed and going to be very very costly. Because I’d like to not see Celtic suffer. In the big world."
