Celtic and two other SPFL clubs served with surprise notices of complaint 26 days after season finished

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CELTIC are one of three SPFL teams facing disciplinary action over 'unacceptable conduct' by fans at matches, league bosses have revealed.
A statement released by the league say that the Hoops, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle all face "notices of complaint" at the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
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Aberdeen's Jack MacKenzie gets treatment on the pitch
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SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster
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At the SFA's annual meeting on Thursday, clubs agreed to an increase in the powers to award sanctions against clubs whose fans continue to disrupt games by their use of flares.
The Scottish FA's powers now mirror those of the SPFL, whose punishments range from fines and ticket allocation restrictions - and can include to the ultimate sanction, expulsion from the Scottish Cup.
There's no details of the specific charges mentioned in the SPFL statement but Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was struck in the face by a seat thrown by his own fans on the final day of the league campaign at Tannadice.
The news comes four weeks after the SPFL regular season came to an end, although Thistle also featured in the play-offs.
The SPFL statement read: "During the 2024/25 season the SPFL took disciplinary action against a number of clubs and notices of complaints have now been raised against three clubs in respects of incidents which occurred at the end of the season - Partick Thistle, Aberdeen and Celtic.
"As well as club bans, unwelcome incidents have unfortunately made it abundantly clear that there is a need for far more widespread use of football banning orders (FBOs) and we are encouraged by the progress being made in partnership with our clubs, Police Scotland and the Scottish Government.
"We have been discussing broadening the scope of these orders as part of the Scottish Government's FBO working group and we're extremely pleased to see this was covered in the Programme for Government in May.
"These recent incidents reinforce the need for such sanctions to protect the match-day experience for the vast majority of law-abiding fans."
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