Celtic FC

A US style 'class action' lawsuit against Celtic FC by alleged sex abuse survivors has been delayed until March next year.Earlier this year, Lord.

“The Boys Club was a nursery for senior team players. Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? We pay for your stories and videos! “Articles about Celtic Boys Club appeared regularly in the Celtic View, the club’s newspaper - and the club was referred to as being part of the Celtic family. “The averments which the pursuers offer to prove set out a background in respect that each was a player with Celtic BC when they were subject to sexual assaults and when they were under the supervision and control of these individuals.” Celtic FC have long said that the Celtic Boys Club was a separate legal entity “Celtic Football Club exercised control over who played for Celtic Boys Club because scouts recruited players who they considered were good enough to play for Celtic Football Club and diverted them to Celtic Football Club. “The pursuers’ understanding was that they were playing for the boys club of Celtic Football Club. He said his clients believed they wouldn’t get a “fair trial” because documents which would be key to their case that the boys club and Celtic FC were different entities were missing. “Celtic Boys Club trained at Barrowfield, the training ground of Celtic Football Club and Celtic Park as well as elsewhere. Mr Mackay said: “Celtic Boys Club was intimately connected to Celtic Football Club - it was branded as being closely connected to Celtic Football Club. [two entities were “intimately connected”](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/8499511/celtic-connected-boys-club-court-victims-sue/) to each other - a claim denied by [Celtic FC](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/14914/celtic/) who say the two organisations were separate from each other.