Celtic shareholders will get the chance to question the board at the club's annual general meeting, which has been confirmed for next month. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 1 at Parkhead, starting at 12 noon.
Background of Unrest
The AGM was abandoned last year when former chairman Peter Lawwell was forced to call a halt to proceedings due to unrest. The meeting barely lasted half an hour before it ended prematurely amid protests, as Ross Desmond took a flamethrower to his father Dermot's critics.
The upcoming meeting comes amid simmering unrest after Celtic missed out on the Champions League again following a calamitous defeat to Austrian side LASK. They are also out of the Premier Sports Cup having lost to rivals Rangers, who also defeated them in the league.
Financial and On-Pitch Context
Celtic are last season's double winners after Martin O'Neill rescued the Hoops on the park during a tumultuous campaign, and that will be high on the agenda. The recently published annual accounts show the club made a loss of just short of £5 million, and a 22.7 per cent drop in revenue.
Shareholders will now be able to air their concerns and ask club powerbrokers what will be done to get things back on track after the details for the Annual General Meeting were confirmed.
Interim Chairman's Statement
Celtic interim chairman Brian Wilson said: "The shareholders have every right to be heard, to challenge, to question and to be given information and explanations.
"That is the point of an AGM and it's one of the reasons why I just hope that this time the AGM will run its full course. It is very much our intention that the business will be done live, in full, with resolutions moved, with questions asked, with questions answered, criticisms made, with challenges made.
"All of that is what we want and I think it's what the vast majority of shareholders want and that's the way it's going to be."
