Some Celtic fans have been raving at the latest news involving Peter Lawwell that emerged on social media recently.
The Times recently reported that Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell will be part of the SPFL delegation that will meet Scottish government’s minister Joe FitzPatrick. These talks will be held to discuss football’s potential restart after lockdown because of the pandemic.
The SPFL and SFA executives will also be joined by representatives from Scottish Rugby Union and horse racing. The idea of the meeting is to convince the government that appropriate measures are in place for sporting activities to resume.
The Daily Record relayed an update about this on Twitter. Many Celtic fans flocked to this and made their admiration for Lawwell very clear.
Would hope so as runs Scottish football ??????
— Leftwing Badges (@Leftwingbadges) May 29, 2020
Does Peter Lawwell deserve more credit than he gets?
For sure!
I don't think so
Everyone out the way, big Pedro will sort this mess out as usual?
— CelticBhoy1888 (@Bhoy1888Celtic1) May 29, 2020
About time. The man who runs the game up in Scotland will sort it out to Celtic benefit ??
— 9 in a row champions (@thatsworldclass) May 29, 2020
He owns this country pic.twitter.com/Z1jhwtbpoP
— MRNY_10 (@MRNY_10) May 29, 2020
The Hoops were awarded the Scottish Premiership title last month after the league was cancelled. The club was 13 points clear at the top of the table and they had already won the League Cup. Neil Lennon’s men had reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup (via Transfermarkt).
This tweet about Lawwell attracted even more attention and many other Celtic fans also had huge praise for the club’s chief executive.
The main guys arrived
— tom (@tom26066089) May 29, 2020
What do you mean ‘Joins’ ? Big Peter is leading the SPFL delegation. It is the only way forward.
Peter whispers in Nicolas ear and job done.— 45 Allybhoy #fbsi (@ally_bhoy) May 29, 2020
The boss ? he’ll sort this rabble out
— R (@KlNG89) May 29, 2020
Lawwell was reported to have given a ‘rousing’ speech at the SPFL EGM some weeks ago. While no one knows if this had an influence on decisions or not, Rangers’ desire to launch an investigation of the SPFL was rejected as it couldn’t get enough votes to get passed.
This shows that Lawwell is someone who likes to take responsibility for things about Celtic and Scottish football. For that, he deserves a lot of praise.