Nancy sacked, O’Neill returns – What’s next for Dermot Desmond and Celtic Board

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Dermot Desmond – Celtic’s keyboard warrior 

Dermot Desmond

Celtic v RB Leipzig – UEFA Champions League – League Stage – Celtic Park Dermot Desmond in the stands ahead of the UEFA Champions League, league stage match at Celtic Park, on Tuesday November 5, 2024. Photo Andrew Milligan

Celtic’s principal shareholder, Dermot Desmond added: “I am pleased to welcome Martin back to Celtic. We know exactly what he will bring and we hope that he can do what he has done for us before, giving us that drive and direction as we move into the next part of the season.

“We all know about his proven track record with the club and hope he can bring us similar success going forward.

“When we appointed Wilfried to the role of manager, clearly we thought we could enjoy a successful period under his control. Unfortunately this did not work out in the way we would have liked, and while he and the club are disappointed with the recent period, I want to take this opportunity to wish him well in all he does going forward.”

Dermot Desmond

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 Dermot Desmond on the 18th tee during the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 on the Old Course at St. Andrews Golf CLub, Fife, . 06/10/2024. Picture Fran Caffrey / Golffile.ie

The Celtic Star:  Desmond, your mask slipped the night you posted that disgraceful rant about Brendan Rodgers on the official Celtic FC website. It was so unnecessary as you and your boardroom subordinates had already achieved your objective on removing Rodgers for daring to point out that the squad needed improving.

It wasn’t Brendan who appointed Paul Tisdale – formerly of Stevenage Town – to handle our football operations and while he was picking the team he wasn’t going to start substandard players of Tisdale’s choosing. Almost year later we still don’t have a striker to replace Kyogo and in Nancy’s last game he was relying on Johnny Kenny and Shin Yamada to score the goals.

Ross Desmond

Ross Desmond at Celtic AGM. 21 November 2025.
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Your son Ross attended the AGM and read out some of your message attacking the Celtic support and that day any remaining credibility you had within the wider Celtic support was destroyed. It’s going to be a long way back.

Maybe even Mission Impossible.

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About Author

The Celtic Star founder and editor David Faulds has edited numerous Celtic books over the past decade or so including several from Lisbon Lions, Willie Wallace, Tommy Gemmell and Jim Craig. Earliest Celtic memories include a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email [email protected]

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  1. Did the fan media not put their names to the” collective” letter , statement , or whatever it was? I wouldn’t have let them in either tbh.