Michael Nicholson and the remaining Board members are long past their sell by date in more ways than one. Their shambolic running of the club over many seasons has resulted in a failure for us to compete at any serious level on the European football stage. Nicholson’s utter lack of vision and leadership and failure to develop has led to the shambolic season we have all endured. While this team stumbles from one week to the next, Season Ticket renewal notices will soon be arriving in your inbox and this offers us all the opportunity to show the Board, allegedly led by the perennially-silent Michael Nicholson, that we are not going to accept their pathetic performance any longer.
The Delay ‘til the Final Day campaign, is based on a number of principles:
- It gives all Season Ticket holders an opportunity to show that the dissatisfaction about the current season’s performance, as well as long-standing concerns about poor corporate governance at Celtic, is wider than just the members of the Collective.
- It costs Season Ticket holders absolutely nothing and does not endanger their ability to follow Celtic next season in any way whatsoever.
- It interferes with the planning of the Celtic Board in terms of the expected cash flow over the renewal period.
We are not foolish enough to think that this tactic, in and of itself, will be enough to force change, but taken together with all the other tactics already in play and still to come, it keeps up pressure on the Celtic Board and ensures that our voice is backed up by concrete action by a wide swathe of the Celtic Support.
The Not Another Penny campaign has been incredibly successful in terms of the impact on merchandising and sales and we thank everyone who has stuck to that throughout the season. That campaign will be expanded very soon by including Celtic’s digital endeavours which seek to monetise our data. There will be news on that one shortly but be assured it is another one which will cost you nothing at all and neither will it interfere with match-day outcomes.
If you are one of the few people still on the interest-free scheme from Celtic then please don’t come off that because that will have an impact on you in the future. Further, if delaying your renewal to the final day causes you any financial problems at all, then please don’t do it. We are not asking people to make any sacrifices for this but for most of us this is completely easy and cost-free to do. Just don’t renew until the last day or as close as you can without causing yourself any problems. Please spread the word and please DELAY ‘til THE FINAL DAY and lets get this Board told that we have had enough and we want change.