Queuing fans and a grid-locked car park used to be the sign that Celtic were winning games of football. On Friday morning, they were the evidence of a club engaged in a war with its own supporters. A confrontation with no winners.

For shareholders of a listed company, the Annual General Meeting is the chance to hold directors to account and put their feet to the fire. Thanks to the performative grandstanding of the Celtic Trust and a Parkhead board a little too quick to pull the plug from the wall, this year’s gathering ended in the kind of disorder usually followed by a fine from UEFA .

The club calculated that 40 of the 907 attendees rose to the bait of Ross Desmond and, despite a statement from the Celtic Fans Collective denying accusations of disruptive behaviour, a pair of worki

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