Resolution 12: What you need to know

RESOLUTION 12 has been brought forward at each of the club’s annual meetings since 2013. It has, once again, dominated headlines of the latest AGM. But what exactly is it?

It all starts in 2011. During the 2010/11 campaign, Rangers won the league title with Celtic finishing as runners-up. As such, the Ibrox club qualified for the Champions League while Celtic had to make do with a place in the Europa League.

Of course, the season ended in disaster for Rangers as the club imploded due to the financial mismanagement of the club. What Resolution 12 argues is that the SFA – in their role as the body that has the power to issue a license to compete in European football – understood that Rangers did not fulfil the necessary financial obligations in order to receive the license, yet granted one anyway.

Resolution 12 asks Celtic to bring a legal case against the SFA for the loss of revenue that their participation in the Europa League brought with it. The Celtic fans tabling this motion argue that Rangers should not have been granted a licence to compete in the 2011/12 Champions League campaign and that as runners-up, Celtic should have taken their place – and gained the greater financical rewards that accompany a spot in Europe’s top club competition.

At the club’s AGM on Thursday, shareholders were polled on whether or not Celtic should proceed with the resolution. At the time of writing, no results have been announced.