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Celtic finally responded to the SFA’s independent report with a statement which differs hardly at all from its previous statements...
“The Club has publicly expressed its sincere sympathy, regret and sorrow to all those affected across Scottish football including at Celtic Football Club and Celtic Boys’ Club, something which the Independent Review acknowledged and welcomed. Today we reiterate this apology. “..
1 as anybody can see this is not an apology. Celtic does not say “we are sorry” ie we bear some responsibility...
2 the club say it “has expressed” past perfect tense ie the club itself is merely pointing to its repeated past expressions of sympathy not direct apology ...
3 the club is trying to deflect from the available evidence that it has the worst record of Paedophilia of any Scottish club by talking about the wider issue across the game when it knows perfectly well it has the biggest issue on available evidence...
4 the club ignores the SFA independent report’s demolition of its absurd excuse that Celtic Boys’ Club was somehow an “entirely separate entity” from CFC
5 in sum what we have here is anything but the full apology demanded by the Report and instead a statement of legal defence against forthcoming actions. ..
6 and the obvious mystery - what on earth were Celtic doing all across yesterday when it mattered, only to put out their same old statement a day late? Curiouser and curiouser...Nitey nite.
