Celtic supporters call for Ian Bankier dismissal over ‘criminally racist’ remarks

Ian Bankier criticised fans’ diagnosis of associate executive Lord Ian Livingston
Celtic authority described abuse as ‘criminally racist’ during club’s AGM
Supporters groups have called for his position to be considered

John Greechan For The Scottish Daily Mail

Published:
17:51 GMT, 22 Nov 2015

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01:34 GMT, 23 Nov 2015

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Celtic were forced to urge bar authority Ian Bankier after 3 apart supporters’ groups demanded his resignation.

The Celtic Trust, Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters’ Clubs and a Green Brigade indicted him of an ‘unforgivable slur’ on fans opposite to a re-election of his associate executive Lord Ian Livingston.

They all put their names to a strongly-worded conflict on Bankier, who had indicted some fans of ‘criminally racist’ online abuse of a Tory peer.

Celtic authority Ian Bankier has been criticised for comments done over diagnosis of associate executive Lord Ian Livingston

Celtic supporters groups have called for Bankier's position during Parkhead to be reviewed

Celtic supporters groups have called for Bankier’s position during Parkhead to be reviewed

This followed Lord Livingston being targeted for dismissal by a territory of a Parkhead support after he recently voted in foster of a UK Government’s tax-credit cuts process in a House of Lords.

Bankier after simplified his comments after final Friday’s AGM, insisting: ‘I have not branded a supporters extremist and it is vast to advise that we would ever do that.

‘I was usually referring to a tiny series of specific comments that have been done on amicable media, that we trust are unacceptable, and we know Celtic supporters would determine with me.’

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But Bankier, who also forked out that Celtic ‘are not a passage for domestic statements and campaigns’, came underneath complicated glow in a matter expelled on interest of a 3 supporters’ groups yesterday.

It read: ‘Following a barbarous remarks done by Ian Bankier, Chairman of Celtic PLC to a Celtic PLC AGM on Friday 20th November, a undersigned organisations feel it required to demonstrate a annoy during these allegations.

‘Mr Bankier’s explain that fans opposite to a re-election of Mr Livingston to a Celtic house have intent in “criminally racist” amicable media postings is an unforgivable offence on a Celtic support.

‘For him to thereafter elicit a name of Brother Walfrid (founder of Celtic) to transparent his ungrounded avowal is definitely shameful.

Lord Livingston was subjected to abuse after voting in foster of a UK Government's taxation credit cuts

Lord Livingston was subjected to abuse after voting in foster of a UK Government’s taxation credit cuts

‘We are now, given a AGM took place, wakeful that there were some postings on amicable media that we reject and we would support a club, and Mr Livingston, should they take movement opposite those individuals.

‘None of this is a justification for a generalized staining of a Celtic support and, in particular, those of us who voted opposite Mr Livingston’s re-election.

‘Mr Bankier committed an blunder of visualisation and showed a finish miss of control during a AGM and this is not excusable in a Celtic Chairman.

‘We would like to publically reject his unsuited poise and a successive attempts to advise that his disproportion had been taken out of context, as this plainly was not a case.

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‘We call on all other members of a PLC house to malign these comments.

‘Ultimately, we are of a faith that Mr Bankier is no longer means to redeem himself following this conflict on a Celtic support, and his disaster to redress and apologize immediately afterwards, and we call on him to give critical care to his position as Chairman of Celtic PLC.’

Celtic final night came out in counterclaim of a chairman, observant in a statement: ‘Ian done his position positively transparent on Friday when he thanked, praised and commended Celtic supporters and shareholders and simplified that he had not branded a supporters as some had suggested.

‘Ian was simply referring to those people that a Trust in their matter have also condemned, so we seem to be in agreement.

‘We are astounded and unhappy that a open matter has been done though any discourse on a matter with a club, though as always we will be happy to accommodate any of a fans groups to discuss.’