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Beat Hapoel Beer-Sheva for Champions League football

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Celtic will face Israelis Hapoel Beer-Sheva in the Champions League playoff round later this month, with the first leg due to take place at Celtic Park.

Hapoel, carrying a Uefa coefficient of 4, eliminated Olympiakos, coefficient: 70, in the last round – a bigger shock than Dundalk’s win over BATE.  They put on two backs-to-the-wall performances, drawing the first leg in Greece 0-0 before winning the return 1-0.  In the earlier round they shot the Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova, winning 3-2 in Israel before securing another 0-0 away.

The positives: the Israeli league hasn’t started yet, so Hapoel will be no further into their season’s preparations than Celtic.  It also looks like the play on grass.

In recent seasons Celtic have found new and innovative ways to bow out at this stage but we know what’s required and will be strong favourites to progress.

Bring it on.

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  3. Billy Bhoy on

    Hot Smoked

     

     

    I wasn’t impressed at what I was watching.When Astana equalised my gut feeling was that we were heading out. It seemed to be shared by many around me.

     

     

    The joyous scenes at the end were a mixture of delight and relief. It could easily have gone the other way. An injury time winner sure puts a gloss on things.

     

     

    I gulped when they read out a midfield of Brown, Forrest and Armstrong. I reckoned the first while brave lacks the quality for this level and the other two lack his bravery to start with as well as the quality. To be fair Broony worked really hard as did Forrest to a lesser extent. Personally, I wouldn’t have any of them in my Celtic team though going forward.

     

     

    If BR hadn’t brought Dembele on when he did we’d probably be waiting to play a EL play off match.

     

     

    Bet you’re sorry you asked now!

  7. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    BLANTYRETIM IS PRAYING FOR THE KNOX FAMILY on 5TH AUGUST 2016 7:02 PM

     

    How did wee BGFC get on today, did he report back?

     

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    Hello this is WEE BGFC. HAD AN AWESOME DAY!!!!!!! GOT A HUG OFF OF EFE AMBROSE AND KOLO TOURE (who by the by is the nicest guy youll ever meet) THAT NACKERED FROM THE EXCITEMENT I SHALL WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO GIVE FULL FEEDBACK!!!!!!!

     

     

    HH

     

    WEE BGFC

  9. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Glad u enjoyed it wee man

     

    Look forward to the full story tomorrow

     

    Your auntie Mo mentioned it on her FB page

  10. embramike says "the Huns are Deid" on

    SFA Scottish Cup Final Commission report and statement summed up in just a dozen words …

     

     

    “It wisnae us – a big boy did it and ran away”

  11. Hot Smoked on

    Beatbhoy:

     

     

    ” Bet you’re sorry you asked now! ”

     

    Not at all.

     

     

    I was reasonably confident throughout the game that we would prevail. This was based on the very simple belief that we were proving ourselves to be the better side and , in my experience,the better side USUALLY wins.

     

    I think your experience is more reflective of the majority of Celtic fans than is my own. Maybe I am less passionate but I do remain fairly calm in most games as we are the better side in most games.

     

    I totally accept your differing point of view of the game, though,

     

    JJ

  12. Stringer Bell on

    Wee BGFC

     

     

    well played wee man, you lived the dream:-)

     

     

    Word is Toure is built like a small rhino? Is that true?

  13. Neustadt-Braw on

    Wee George……sounds like an awfy braw day……well chuffed for you and yours …hail hail..

     

     

    Braw

  14. Hot Smoked on

    Wee BGFC

     

    What time tomorrow are you going to post of your experience? I would hate to miss your inside story. It will certainly be better than anything the current (!) MSSM has to offer.

     

    JJ

  15. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    WEEBGFC

     

     

    Reward for you today, for being one of the best Celtic fans out there.

     

     

    Hail Hail

  18. beatbhoy on

    Hot Smoked

     

     

    I’m drinking Brewdog ‘Born To Die 18.8.2016’, 8.5%, so I could be wrong, but I don’t remember making that comment, or talking to you about the game.

     

     

    Wonderful drop, by the way.

  19. Hot Smoked on

    OK. That`s it for me for tonight. Roll on Sunday and Tynecastle.

     

    `night all.

     

     

    JJ

  20. the_huddle on

    What a great bit of skill by the Fulham player, off his back over the Newcastle defender

     

     

    Fulham 1 nil up and playing some very good football.

  22. clogher celt on

    ERNIE LYNCH on 5TH AUGUST 2016 5:33 PM

     

     

    ‘Because a significant proportion of the Scottish people still harbour anti Irish and anti Catholic feelings.’

     

     

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    Sorry for the delay, just back in.

     

     

    Sorry to read of your belief that such a significant proportion of the Scottish population harbour such sectarian feelings. Living in the south of Ireland there is virtually no sectarianism and most people of all faiths and of no faith would be absolutely appalled at your depressing description of Scotland.

     

     

    Maybe progress could be made if some people considered the commitment Ireland has demonstrated to the international community. Since 1960, 86 Irish soldiers have been killed in the service of the United Nations in a number of countries the Congo, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Chad being example. The Irish Naval Service has played a prominent role in the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean.

     

     

    Since 1997 huge strides have been made I have a few friends who are committed Unionists but who come to Dublin each year to watch the rugby in a friendly environment. Membership of sectarian organisations is reducing rapidly.

     

     

    Perhaps in due course the significant proportion of the population in Scotland will realise that there really is much more to life in the 21st century and sectarian prejudice based on fear and insecurity are their real enemy.

  25. the_huddle on

    Denis Odoi is the Fulham players name, get him signed, based on 90 mins I’ve watched :O)

  26. Malorbhoy on

    Antearmann, HEBCELT, Tontine Tim

     

     

    Yes it was great to see Edb at the Game,he is fighting his illness with great humor and courage

     

    AT hope to see you sone time during the season for a beer

     

     

    HEBCELT

     

    Jim was wondering where you were

     

     

    Tt

     

    Rodger a true gent

  30. Billy Bhoy on

    Beatbhoy

     

     

    Hot Smoked has got us mixed up. He was replying to me. Easy mistake to take as we’re both Elvis Costello fans!

     

     

    Did you catch his recent gig in Glasgow? Unfortunately I was in Lake Garda at the time.

  31. jmccormick on

    Good evening, well we have been handed a decent draw. That will also be the sentiment within the Happoel dressing room, so we must get the job done at Celtic Park.

     

    A small compact stadium , fanatical support and very warm weather awaits us on the 23rd August. I hope Roberts is fit for the home leg although any hamstring pull can be at least a two week lay off..

     

    Looking forward to Sunday, the Hertz will be well fired up and will be as physical as ever.

  33. Gordon64 on

    Tomorrow the fun begins. The smsm will go into Old firm overdrive. Tanner and co on Sky will have declared servo champions in waiting. Our custodians will have no option but to issue a statement on the status of the new club.

  34. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    CLOGHER CELT on 5TH AUGUST 2016 9:28 PM

     

     

    You respond to an opinion based on what ?

     

     

    An opinion expressed as fact.

  35. starry plough on

    Wow had a lucky escape there, I logged on by mistake to Maiden Aunt and Curtain Twitchers Quick News, FFS they even had a guy dressed up as a clown killing everybody’s vibe…scary…it’s those big shoes that get me…

  37. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Gordon64

     

     

    A bit optimistic there Gordon…what do you base that on ?

     

     

    HH

  38. beatbhoy on

    Billy Bhoy

     

     

    Cheers!

     

     

    Unfortunately, I missed him, but 70s and 80s gigs at the Apollo, The Edinburgh Playhouse, and best of all The Barras in the 90s with the Attractions will sustain me.

     

     

    Love the Mhan, and his group.

     

     

    Here’s his performance of Radio Radio, which got him banned from Saturday Night Live, for not performing the agreed song, a la Hendrix on the Lulu show.

     

     

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8caBUVjWvA

  40. beatbhoy on

    Billy Bhoy

     

     

    Love some of his contemporaries too, who couldnae half knock out 3 minutes of pop magic when required.

     

     

    Squeeze

     

     

    Vicky Verky

  42. bognorbhoy on

    Newsflash: A man dressed in what can only be described as a clown outfit , was apprehended today when the car he was driving had pieces dropping off it on the motorway.

     

    Trevor McDoughnut news at ten….. ;-))

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