CELTIC have backed SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster to guide Scottish football through the coronavirus crisis - after attempts to force an independent investigation into the Scottish Professional Football League failed.
The resolution, which was initially proposed by Rangers, drew 13 of the 32 votes needed to pass. There were 27 votes against and two clubs abstained.
The Hoops say they are satisfied with the outcome and insist it was “irrational” to blame people like Doncaster and SPFL legal advisor Rod McKenzie for the crisis currently facing Scottish football.
And with the majority of Scotland’s teams in agreement, the current Premiership champions have called for the focus to be turned on survival amid these unprecedented times.
A Parkhead statement read: "Celtic Football Club welcomes the decisive vote by SPFL clubs to reject a lawyer-led inquiry into the processes relating to the resolution approved last month with support from the vast majority of clubs.
"We are satisfied that there is no evidence of any wrongdoing by the board or executive and do not consider that such an inquiry is necessary.
"We now appeal to all clubs to look to the future in the knowledge that the threats which exist to the fabric of Scottish football are grave and unprecedented.
"All of our energies should be applied to planning for the return of the game in season 2020-21 and to the financial survival of all our clubs.
"This current crisis is the fault of no individual or organisation and it would be irrational to suggest otherwise.
"It is the duty of everyone committed to the future of our game to make the best of this awful situation, and not the worst.
"We greatly regret the denigration of named individuals who have, on every occasion, acted upon decisions which were made by the board of the SPFL, representing all 42 clubs.”
It continued: "The board and executive of the SPFL have operated under circumstances of unique difficulty in dealing with challenges of an unprecedented nature.
"Although Celtic are not directly involved in issues of promotion and relegation, we have great sympathy for clubs which will end up in a lower division.
"While we have been supportive of temporary reconstruction, Celtic also understands the position of clubs who do not support league reconstruction at this time.
"We recognise the hugely damaging effects that measures to counter the pandemic are inflicting on football clubs of all sizes across Scotland, Europe and beyond.
"It is the duty of everyone with the interests of football at heart to work for the greater good of securing the future of our sport.
"In that spirit, Celtic will play our part in ensuring the earliest possible safe return to something approaching normality.
“Our highest priority is the safety of our players and supporters and we are acutely aware that Scottish football’s current difficulties represent only a tiny part of the challenges faced by society as a whole."
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