Having the first leg of our Champions League qualifier against KR in Iceland instead of Scotland, as initially drawn, ticks boxes for both clubs. Without being disrespectful (well, maybe a bit), if the first leg was in Scotland KR could find themselves trying to sell a dead rubber second leg to TV companies. With their home tie starting level, this could be their biggest windfall of the season.
Despite KR’s lowly coefficient, Celtic are stepping into the unknown and would infinitely prefer the second leg at home, a week after competitive cobwebs are blown away. If we encounter a Karagandy-goat-sacrifice-type experience in Reykjavik, we would still have the chance to resolve things at Celtic Park Murrayfield. The only surprise is that it took the clubs this long to confirm the change.
Now all we need to worry about is the goat-sacrificing habits of Scotland’s rugby types.
News from Nyon that Celtic’s share of last season’s Champions League bounty was £14.1m, plus £1.8m for participating in the qualifying rounds, on top of ticket sales, reiterates how important the competition is to the club.
We’re now trying to qualify for the third consecutive season, a feat we’ve never achieved before. After the chastening experiences of last August, and the changing of the guard, I’m taking nothing for granted this season. By my reckoning we cope without reaching the group stage two years in five without significantly downsizing.
I got a bit of banter for saying I was still raw from Georgios Samaras penalty miss four seasons ago. Why shouldn’t we be raw, it was the last time Celtic failed to win a Scottish championship. Ever! Those who celebrate that miss will be clinging onto it as a highlight for the rest of their days.
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his book, All the Best.
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skyeisalandfill what is the name of said curry shop? How ya doing? Hail Hail Hebcelt
Hooper
Deans
Hughes
Lennox
Chalmers
Igc….and breathe out lol
ICG
Harry Hood
Deans
McClair
Hooper
Chalmers
Lennox
Hughes
Larsson
Use of words in question suggests 5 or more
If 4 is acceptable then McClair and Dziekanowski are my other 2
How come wee never hear from wee Jim Diamond these days?
Looks like he’s let us down (again)
ICG
Joe McBride?
Exhaaaaaaaaaaaaaale…
Squire has five of the seven correct (Bobby Lennox and Stevie Chalmers scored 5 twice)
Just read the question again. Forget McClair and Larsson they scored 4 in a game. Doh!
Right! That’s it. Am votin Naw noo
http://t.co/MXB9LbeIT4
Deary me. Imagine havingBritNat freens like they apes.
MWD says AYE and is pwoud take have nae alignment wae the BritNat Klan OO
Seems to be a Doh Day Gary
No Bangura.
MWD- Ta ,can,’t see episode 8 on Catch Up gggrrrŕ, great programme.
Harald Brattbakk – 4 vs Kilmarnock.
ICG
The 7 scorers are:-
Hood, Hughes, Lennox, Chalmers, Hooper, Deans and Dalglish. I think.
McGrory must be on of the players to score more than 4.
I’m sure my auld man mentioned that John Hughes scored 5 once in a game.
LB
…which is not more than 4 just a good reason to mention our mild mannered Norse flier.
:-)
P67 – ‘Now all we need to worry about is the goat-sacrificing habits of Scotland’s rugby types.’
As if poor goats don’t have enough to worry about in Scotland at this time of year with all the excited masons and orangemen marching about…
livibhoy
Was about to say McGrory too then noticed it was post WW11.
Ole DIxie Deans holds the record with six in one game – post war.
*no search engines were used in the making of this post*
Dalglish is correct if you include friendlies
Scored 6 v Kilmarnock in testimonial
Don’t recall him scoring 5+ in competitive match.
Except Hooper, no recall of any 5+ from 80s onwards, which rules out Nicholas and several others, some whose name I will not mention.
Sorry Ger57, still just 5.
Amazing fact 2&3:
Chalmers and Lennox both scored 5 in the same game (v Hamilton Accies) with the latter scoring five 11 days prior.
Nadal loses first set 6-4
igc
Auld
Went to a rugby game at Murrayfield years ago , a big match too. Didn’t enjoy it and didn’t feel comfortable. We were in the first of the stands to be built.
Just catching up
Sorry if already posted
Broonie on being back in training
http://www.celticfc.tv/freeview?video=1545
top ten C/L earners
Real Madrid £46 mill
PSG £43.5 mill
Atl Madrid £40 mill
Man Utd £36 mill
B Munich £35.5 mill
Chelsea £35 mill
Juventus £34.5 mill
Barca £33.5 mill
Napoli £30.8mill
AC Milan £30 mill
Lazy journalism doesn’t get much lazier than this. From the Scotsman newspaper today in their rumour mill section:
“Samaras puts Greece through
Former Celtic striker Georgios Samaras put his country into the last 16 of the Champions League from the penalty spot last night. Samaras was freed by Celtic after his contract expired at the end of last season. (Sun)”.
Dear god, no wonder these papers are going down the pan ha ha!!!.
i would guess the other two 5 goals in a game players are from the mid 40s to early 60s era as i’m sure there’s only been the five players who’ve done it in my lifetime
John McPhail? Billy McPhail? Neil Mochan?
guessing from 1950s centre forwards
LISBON LION Tommy Gemmell has admitted to CQN that he would have had an immediate reply to any player trying to take a chunk out of him.
The legendary CQNer laughed: “I would have told him to look out his oxygen mask because I was about to boot him into orbit!”
Uruguayan Luis Suarez hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons after another controversial biting incident with Italy’s Giorgio Chielini in their World Cup-tie this week.
Liverpool legends such as Robbie Fowler and Phil Thompson are now urging the Merseyside club to kick him out of Anfield.
Gemmell, who launched West Germany’s Helmut Haller into the air during a flashpoint incident in a World Cup qualifier in Hamburg in 1969 after being tripped by the midfielder, said: “Not my proudest moment, I admit, but I thought he deserved it.
“The red mist came down, especially when the referee didn’t award us a free-kick, and I thought instant retribution was the only answer.
“I saw the Suarez incident on TV and could hardly believe my eyes.
“That’s three times he’s been involved in such crazy actions. The lad needs help.
“Racing Club of Buenos Aires were undoubtedly the dirtiest team I ever encountered when we played them in the World Club Championship in 1967.
“I could hardly believe the antics of their players.
“They spat on us throughout the three games, pulled our hair, nipped our arms and legs, elbowed us in the ribs, kicked our ankles and generally made a nuisance of themselves.
“I had never encountered this on a football field before and we got absolutely no protection from the three referees involved in the games at Hampden, Buenos Aries or Montevideo.
“However, I have to say none of their players tried to sample some prime Gemmell beef. No-one put the bite on me.
“That really would have sent me over the edge.
“I’ve got a fair idea how I would have reacted and it would be reasonable to assume the culprit would have been walking funny for the rest of his life.
“I was caught on camera giving one of their players, a bloke called Raffo who wore the No.11 shirt, a kick up the crown jewels.
“Okay, I admit that was another incident that doesn’t look too good on the CV.
“But, like Haller, he deserved everything that came his way. He had been indulging in the game’s black arts throughout the three games and was getting away with it.
“I decided to mete out some justice of my own. Just a pity the entire world was tuned in to see me dish it out!
“Biting, though, is a new one on me.
“I’ll watch with interest what sort of punishment FIFA dish out. I’ll also be intrigued to see how Liverpool cope with the situation.
“Should be an interesting few days in the career of Luis Suarez.”
* Visit the CQNBookstore.com and get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his book, All The Best.
Paolo Nutini new tour dates-Monday 27 October: Glasgow, Hydro Arena- tickets on sale tomorrow morning.
Mrs Winning Captains graduation day today at Glasgow University – just heading for that and then a well deserved celebration this evening. Then at the weekend she’s coming with me to Dublin for the CSC Dinner where we hope to meet our new manager and three or four of the first team squad. We’ve also got Big Yogi coming along too!
Better Together = British Together = BritNats Together = Loonballs
MWD says AYE
Igc,
Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt & Gwyneth Paltrow? :)