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title: "Celtic: Fans slam New Balance appreciation tweet"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Ford"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-03-15T09:00:27Z"
modified: "2020-03-15T09:00:27Z"
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# Celtic: Fans slam New Balance appreciation tweet

**A number of the Celtic fanbase tore into New Balance on Twitter on Saturday afternoon after the club left a tweet of appreciation following their partnership.**

> [#CelticFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CelticFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has today extended its sincere thanks and appreciation to New Balance, following a wonderful five year partnership with the organisation.
>
> Read more ⬇️[https://t.co/vyevFlvv8F](https://t.co/vyevFlvv8F)
>
> — Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) [March 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1238809079822368769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The brand had been the manufacturer for the kits before the Scottish giants signed a deal with Adidas earlier in the week which, as a result, brought an end to the five-year partnership the two business had together; thought to be worth around £25m at the time ([The42](https://www.the42.ie/celtic-kit-sponsorship-adidas-5045625-Mar2020/)). The new deal with the German sports company, though, is expected to eclipse that ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11781/11956832/celtic-and-adidas-sign-record-five-year-kit-sponsorship-deal)).

Celtic had called the business arrangement ‘[wonderful](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17685)‘, however it seems many of the club’s faithful would find it difficult to agree with that view and would call it something far more negative.

Indeed, many slammed New Balance for their time as the manufacturer, with plenty of them criticising the quality of some of the jerseys that were produced, whilst some mentioned that they had felt there were also some poor designs.

Here are just a few of their reactions to the announcement Celtic made on Twitter…

https://twitter.com/Dan\_Bhoy1888/status/1238809868917788675

https://twitter.com/ParkheadWolfe/status/1238813774250938374

https://twitter.com/SakurabaKS/status/1238809916581777409

https://twitter.com/ChuckReboots/status/1238849998642728967

https://twitter.com/omuiriniall/status/1238821262799056899

https://twitter.com/MichaelMcClorey/status/1238810463628124160

> Strips were absolutely horrific
>
> — glasgowceltic (@sp5591) [March 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/sp5591/status/1238814504844214272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> They made rotten kits no thanks to to them
>
> — Damien Forrester (@Damien\_\_2001) [March 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/Damien__2001/status/1238816543984750597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, what did you make of the kits that New Balance produced? Let us know below!***