Celtic fan fury erupts as Mark Lawwell goes face to face with seething support amid 'sack the board' chants

A fan confronts Mark Lawwell

Mark Lawwell was in the Celtic firing line as the entire Parkhead hierarchy seemed to get it on a day of high anger.

Another poor Hoops display ended with a sucker punch as Kilmarnock levelled in stoppage time to leave the door wide open for Rangers to go top of the table by beating St Johnstone on Sunday lunchtime. The prospect of falling behind in the title race against a resurgent Gers – having previously opened up a seven point gap – has left fans pointing the finger.

Brendan Rodgers and the players are the obvious targets, but the shot callers at board level aren’t getting of scot free. Chairman Peter Lawwell is usually at the head of the queue, but son Mark was singled out by one fan at full-time. Spying the club’s head of recruitment on a hospitality concourse, the peeved decided to launch his criticism there and then, and while it’s not clear exactly what’s being said, it’s clear to see it’s not complimentary.

And it continue outside the stadium. Fans who had stayed to the end streamed out of the ground towards home. And that’s when the “sack the board chants” went up. Not only are they fearing the worst based on what’s happening on the pitch, two successive windows in which significant investment has been seen to be lacking has adding to the annoyance.

Despite plenty of cash in the bank and huge profits, fans have been left wondering why more hasn’t been pumped into giving Rodgers what he wants. The boss needs to back up those requests with results using his current crop, though, and his team could be playing catch up by this time on Sunday.