Celtic chief says Hearts narrative due to 'deep-seated resentment'

The criticism followed a pitch invasion during the final day victory over Hearts, which secured the league title for Celtic.

Celtic have been fined and given a suspended reduction in capacity as a result.

There were also claims that Hearts players were assaulted on the pitch and were advised by the police to leave the stadium immediately for their safety.

The pitch invasion, which occurred before full-time, raised concerns about how the game was handled.

However, Wilson said these claims were "rubbish" and created by people with "axes to grind" and "deep-seated resentment" of Celtic's success.

In an interview with Celtic TV, Wilson said: "Well, we took a a conscious decision in the immediate aftermath of the the season and the Hearts game in particular not to join in exchanges of words with with anyone.

"We were celebrating winning a double and we were not going to get bogged down in what actually was an absurd series of of debates about issues which didn't really exist.

"And one by one they've been chopped off.

"There was nobody attacked. The game did finish. What else was there?

"The the Hearts players were not advised by police to leave the stadium promptly. It was all rubbish."

He believes the controversy was fuelled by people who "And yet people who should have known better or people with axes to grind who couldn't quite conceal them, made this into a running narrative until it ran out of steam."

Wilson dismissed the controversies, saying: "None of these issues that were turned into great mountains of artificial controversy held any water whatsoever."

He added: "At the end of the day, what matters is we won the double. We won it in great style."

When asked about the importance of maintaining the good name of Celtic and their supporters, he said: "I just think that what it brought to the surface were attitudes that you'd prefer didn't exist.

"It all proved to be froth and what was there at the end of the day was that Celtic won the league and Celtic won the cup because Celtic deserved to win both of them on the field of play without any of these noises off."

Wilson also responded to comments from Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell, who criticised the club for the disorder that followed the Scottish Cup win at Ibrox.

He said: "I'm disappointed by the these kind of generalisations from from the chief constable.

"If you boil it down to the specifics of what Celtic do and the relationship we have at an operational level with the police, it's it's very good.

"They recognise that and we will continue to do that.

"But you know, maybe you know the chief constabl should maybe look at her own organisation's response at a at a senior level.

"And if you go back to the what happened at at Ibrox for example, the mechanism which we have respected and supported through the safety advisory group was not adhered to in these circumstances and that leaves a bit of a vacuu going forward and I think it's one that has to be be addressed.

"So everyone should look at their own house before they're too critical of others."