The juices are flowing ahead of tonight’s crucial third round Champions League qualifier against HJK Helsinki at Celtic Park. Not only is it the first competitive game Celtic have had something to play for since winning the league at Rugby Park almost four months ago, it will be one of our most important games of the season.
The Finnish champions are midseason and have already negotiated an earlier qualifying round. After recent August disappointments against Sion, Braga (how little we knew about them at the time) and Utrecht, Neil Lennon will know only too well the pitfalls of summer football.
It will be a long and tiring 90 minutes for the players but a special Celtic Park atmosphere should see them through.
Best wishes to Morten Rasmussen, who joined FC Midtylland yesterday, or to tell the fuller story, was removed from the Celtic payroll with around £250k in compensation heading our way. Morten arrived in January 2010, shortly before Robbie Keane and a host of other loan signing pitched up at Celtic and squeezed his chances of first team football.
Tony Mowbray was replaced by Neil Lennon two months later and Morten was clearly not in the new manager’s plans. It all looked promising for him when he came on as a substitute, scored a goal and turned the game against Hamilton Accies in his first week at the club, but it was pretty much downhill from there.
Lesson here: for several years we signed too many players.
Enjoy the game!
Remember our raffle. All proceeds go to the good causes; The Haven, Cancer Respite Centre, Blantyre, Oscar Knox Neuroblastoma Appeal, Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust and Aberdour Primary School Parents Association.
For the price of a £1 ticket you can win:
A celebrating Henrik Larsson painting.
A painting of Scott Brown in classic pose.
A Neil Lennon print.
Check them out and buy a ticket!
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Before I go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qXmDyGKgi8
Burghbhoy
commons trained this morning
starry plough on 1 August, 2012 at 13:26 said:
chrisiriberri on 1 August, 2012 at 12:34 said:
Celtic TV
Mac friendly since last season Mate…
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Thanks mate!
The huns have been so desperate in their futile attempts at clutching at straws over this whole “we are still the same Rangers” debacle that they have whittled their straws down to a pithy kernel…an infinitesimal knot…a microscopic medulla…the singularity point of a nubby stump…at some period they will have to accept it, surely.
Nubby Stump…where they not a 70s glam rock band?
Paddy Turner on 1 August, 2012 at 15:18 said:
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Someone somewhere coined ‘Succulent Spam’ !
: > )
btw, went out earlier wearing my black zip-up Celtic F.C. jaicket with CQN badge strategically placed on collar with sartorial flourish,wearing my new green suede trainers with green laces,yellow t-shirt and Levis.
Being mostly a conservative natty dresser I felt a bit like a walking neon sign but curiously refreshed and confident in my outgoing apparel. I do believe no one could be in any doubt as to which team I support !
HH !
Nubby Stump…where they not a 70s glam rock band?
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Surely you mean Numpty Sub……?
The bhould bhoys
Its a post on the new Scottish football corruption blog, formed in homage to RTC ( http://scottishfootballcorruption.wordpress.com/)
In simple terms for the hun:
Fiorentina – newco’d. Newco bought back oldco. History intact.
Leeds – did not liquidate.
Napoli – successfully exited administration.
Darlington – liquidated. Newco formed, considered a ‘continuation of the tradition of Darlington’ in the eyes of the FA but a completely separate entity, a new club.
Rangers – To be liquidated. Incorporated 1899 > if company dies, club dies.This is what incorporation means. Can’t just keep the bits they want(ie. trophies). See Darlington. Newco dies > newclub dies etc. Charles Green may yet sanction a new Tesco or BDO may laugh at the whole charade and call it off.
Celtic – did not liquidate. Same company number since incorporation. 125 years and going strong.
HH
Ianbhoy & gourockbhoy.
Many thanks for the responses re premier sports subscription. Just checked and promo code didn’t work and need to subscribe for the full 12 months at tenner a month.
Cheers anyway ghuys.
Hail! Hail!
Big Mike on 1 August, 2012 at 16:39 said:
Well done the Thai Tims and get it right up you Daily Record!
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Pray tell!
Vmhan, dont know how to do the linking but I was just acknowledging the below post:
TheBarcaMole on 1 August, 2012 at 15:02 said:
That’s the record telt then eh! Brilliant!
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Somebody needs to do something somewhere sometime……and soon.
If not,before we know it The Rangers F.C. 1872-2012 In Continuity will be signing players they can’t afford,gliding on Moonbeams and promising European domination,mibs weighed off,with the msm as their PR wing,and the governance of Sottish Football in their pocket….
……oops, too late,there they go….singin’,”Je ne Regrette Rien”.
Whereas it should be, ” Simply The Bust”……..:-(
S. Korea not long kicked off against Gabon. Ki on and doing well so far. Used red button, Olympics and then the A to Z up top to call up the full list for Football.
miki67 on 1 August, 2012 at 16:55
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So whit team is it then?
Bournemouth FC?
:>)
COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN
Big Mike on 1 August, 2012 at 17:11 said:
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Thanks I’ll have a look back.
HH
Guys
I’m working (trade off fir getting to Aberdour)and win’t get to Paradise tonight- I will be back in time to catch the game it is on T V somewhere- anybody know if Tennants in Byres Road is showing it?
Hail hail
Pack in the shouting, save yir voiceCSC
Fool people, that you have a social life by staying off CQN for a while.
Gazebo CSC
Off to the QPC for a wee aperitif or 2 then Paradise bound
2-0 the Hoops
Late rush for last few remaining tickets, going well according to twitter
Tweets CSC
Evening Times Billboards in Glasgow……………………….Sevco pash on a Euro night.
Hurtin Hunes CSC
Threesie CSC
Live updates article will be up at 19:15, could someone leave a note here?
Thanks.
Looking forward to the big game tonight, despite all the apprehension leading up to this tie I’m hoping the Celtic Support scare the proverbial out of this Finnish team and we see a 5 star performance by the Bhoys in Green on and off the park. I don’t like losing an away goal but if its 5-1 I won’t mind. ;)
All the best Morten Rasmussen, good luck in Denmark
Once a Tim CSC
Estorilbhoy you can sub for two months, I’ve just done it. You need to cancel in writing before start of month 2. Check the t&c’s for instructions
Good evening from Manchester.
Have we won a gold medal yet?
Two
Have we signed any new players yet?
Is the match on tv? Celtic TV.
Miki67, what happened to the auld B’mouth Shammy, used to have a good crowd for televised games, badges and held Celtic do’s (I done 2 gigs for them).
I guess the Bhoys who ran it must have moved?
HH
Lads
Enjoy the game if you are going,
Setanta Ireland for me,
best of luck
Horsey stuff
Source of Light last race Leicester 8.45,currently 10/1 expected to win but back each way just in case.
Bon chance Mes Ami
No problem Paul67, did you get any info for me yet re previous email?
HH
Googy yes but not if you live in England grrrr
HH
tooting tim,
good news – decided on my establishment of choice.
bad news – its yours! see you in yucatan soon.
getting some weird looks on metropolitan line wearing ma scarf.
COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN
Hi all,
Can anyone suggest a channel showing the game in US?
Cheers
glasgowbhoy on 1 August, 2012 at 17:36 said:
Estorilbhoy you can sub for two months, I’ve just done it. You need to cancel in writing before start of month 2. Check the t&c’s for instructions
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Cheers mate just subscribed on line, checked T’s & C’s and looks right but if any problem I can always send you the bill :)))))
Many thanks.
Hail!Hail!
Vmhan on 1 August, 2012 at 17:39 said:
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Aye……building flogged. Don’t have a clue where most went. It was strange.
It was a great place…..right inside the train station….on ‘big’ nights it was rammed. Where did everyone go? I go out and about and hardly ever see another Tim these days. They must be around….
HH !
miki67 on 1 August, 2012 at 17:11 said:
I’m more than a bit surprised at some of the recent Sevco signings who do not come cheap in k per week terms.
Looking at my wage calculator (and removing a payback to Ticketus because although I suspect they are still involved it is only a suspicion), if the average weekly wage is £3,000 per week then Sevco need to sell 37,000 SBooks.to avoid going into debt.
If SB sales are around 22,000 then they will accumulate £4.5M debt by the seasons end. They only break even by year 3 if they are in the top tier. So the SFA must have bought into CG’s business case, although being in a position to help a leg up to the top tier reduces that risk.
Now whilst UEFA FFP standards do not apply to the SFL surely the principle of the ratio of football income to spend is not being abandoned by the SFA? I know UEFA could not give a monkey’s, but a member association abandoning a key part of UEFA policy by which national associations are bound, suggests UEFA FFP is a busted flush before it gets off the ground.
CG was boasting about being debt free at the end of the season but that will depend on where the funds to finance wages are coming from and if it is not from footballing sources does it come within UEFA’s FFP parameters in ratio terms? I might have to do some checking.
Wee update for those seeking a pub
Tennents in Byres Road is showing the game
Great
Lateshiftcsc
Hail Hail.
Great to be back and raring to go.
Hope the injuries suffered in the Inter game were light and precautions taken with the players. I am a bit nervous about this time of the year and I trust Neil has done all the homework he could including stirring up the team. We need to come out the starting blocks like Bobby Lennox !
Glad to see the mention of the Thai Tims and action taken against the press through the press complaints commission, does anyone know the details to the earlier mention of the Daily Rangers ? I went to see them in the concert hall and it was a great night, well and ably supported by a superb cast. More shame on the MSM.
Off to Paradise.
C’mon the Cellic
Hail Hail the CELTS are HERE !