Celtic sack the board protestors return with 'dangerous rhetoric' claim Neil Lennon publicly condemned

The calls for change included banners and demands for Desmond, Nicholson and Lawwell to go

Furious Celtic protestors have ramped up their demand for change outside the club's stadium to tell Dermot Desmond, Peter Lawwell and Michael Nicholson it's time to walk away.

The calls for change included banners, chief executive Nicholson and non-executive chairman Lawwell's names added to exit signs and a menacing 'shoot the board' warning – a phrase which left Neil Lennon raging when the club were met by furious dissenters during their aborted attempt to secure 10-in-row.

Principal shareholder Desmond was also told time's up with supporters believing boss Brendan Rodgers wasn't backed after losing Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo before Adam Idah was sold before the window shut.

Celtic's decision makers are facing up to a public on the brink of combustion with supporters' group returning a vote of no confidence, with recriminations festering in the wake of an ill-fated statement in the eyes of their followers, attempting to explain the club's disastrous summer transfer window.

Lennon - speaking amid Celtic's gloomy run during the Covid-affected 2020/21 season, said: "I understand the frustrations and the players are feeling that as well. But we don't like that kind of language or expression anywhere near the stadium. It serves no purpose really.

"From some sections of the support, it is dangerous rhetoric. What I will say is we all want the same thing. Those fans want success.

"We all want unity. We have got that certainly from the football side of things and we just want the supporters to get behind the team, especially when they need it."

Celtic fans are likely to turn the heat up on their beleaguered board when Brendan Rodgers' side take on Kilmarnock in their first match since the window shut.

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