Former Celtic director Michael Kelly has known as on Parkhead chiefs to distance themselves from the banners mocking the Queen’s loss of life as he claimed “the membership has all the time supported the monarchy”. Kelly, former Lord Provost of Glasgow, was on the board on the Hoops throughout the Nineties earlier than Fergus McCann’s takeover introduced an finish to the Kelly-White household dynasty.
And he appeared on Jeremy Kyle’s TalkTV present to attempt to clarify the explanations for the “F*** the Crown” banner which appeared throughout Celtic’s 1-1 Champions League draw in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland. Kyle slammed the away followers and Kelly agreed, saying: "It was disgraceful and utterly inappropriate. The membership is silent on this however they need to come out and make it completely clear that this has no a part of Celtic or Scottish soccer.
"The membership has all the time supported the monarchy. Jock Stein accepted a CBE from the queen, my uncle Robert Kelly accepted a knighthood. The membership should distance itself from these followers who're a minority however they make a major noise. They're entitled to their political ideas, however they need to be making these factors elsewhere.
"It's all the way down to the membership not all the way down to Uefa or the Poles. Sanctions ought to be taken in opposition to them. It's no use interesting to them. I perceive that turning a blind eye, hoping it will go away. However there is a sport developing on Sunday and the membership should make its place clear.
"The Scottish police and the Scottish stewards should be sure that no such banners seem on the sport You'll say it's a provocation, a breach of the peace.”
However he added: “If you would like the background of it, there's many Celtic followers who're of Irish origin and who're Republicans. That banner was in opposition to the establishment of the monarchy, it condemned the crown, it wasn't a direct insult to the queen, it was in opposition to the establishment nevertheless it ought to by no means have occurred.
"Celtic is a soccer membership, a sporting organisation, it's not a political establishment and these individuals ought to be informed this fairly clearly by the membership.”
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