The dirty wee secret for countries to move their way up the Uefa coefficient table is to concentrate resources to the Conference League. Winning points in the Champions League is difficult (Celtic’s impressive tally from last season was an outlier). The Europa League is a far easier environment, but that competition still has very strong clubs; as Ange Postecoglou found out in his first season at Celtic.
The Conference League is by some way the easiest competition to work in. Even Hearts won three games last season, and they were rubbish. All three Uefa competitions offer two coefficient points for a win. Scottish football would be rescued from its slide down the coefficient table with more of our clubs entering the Conference League.
That option is not available to Celtic next season, who will play either Champions or Europa League football, while Aberdeen, Newco, Hibernian and Dundee United can all reach the Conference League.
Yesterday’s draw set Hibs against Midtjylland in the Europa League second qualifying round. They will almost certainly drop to the Conference League third qualifying round, with the playoff round one further step away. Dundee United should overcome a side from Luxemburg (do we remember a Scottish side losing to a Luxemburg team?) in their Conference League qualifier.
Newco have three rounds ahead, with the Champions, Europa and Conference Leagues on the table, as well as elimination from Europe in the qualifiers. Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup (no memory of this), which ensures them Europa or Conference League football, the latter is far more likely.
It is a big ask for Hibs and United to reach the Conference League. Aberdeen should lose a qualifier and get there, while a Panathinaikos win would make it likely Newco would join Aberdeen.
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Father Sydney MacEwan , ex St Aloysius –
https://youtu.be/J5Ns4fcCGOQ?feature=shared
Back to Basics 7.49
😂😂
Embdy read SHUGGIE BAIN – my wife’s just finished it and is raving about it?
SwissTony on 19th June 2025 5:50PM
For the record, this blog has a long history of interesting posters who made us readers think. Were you ever posting as Starry Plough?
Shame if you weren’t.
Evening all
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bigrailroadblues on 19th June 2025 7:36 pm
GGH
I’ve got more chance of being the next prime minister.
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BRRB
You are aware there are many hostelries within the Houses of Parliament.
VOTE BRRB.
Weebobbycollins on 19th June 2025 7:50 pm
https://x.com/ecomarxi/status/1935492203633414429
Absolutely superb.
It should be shared daily on every platform.
jackiemac
Never read it, though I did read a review of it in the New York Times Book Review.
Trust me that was enough…
The abridged version?
“Ma life wis a misery fae start tae finish……”
WeeBobbyCollins at 7.50 pm
Wonderful 👍
jackiemac, Yes, read it a while ago , heartbreaking but very good.
I do believe they are filming it now or have completed filming.
Good evening all from Heraghtys. Pints are flowing and so will my blood when Mrs BRRB gets a hold of me. 🙄
right – not sure if I’m up to heartbreaking at the moment
scullybhoy on 19th June 2025 7:42 pm
garygillespieshamstring on 19th June 2025 7:23 pm
Scullybhoy
I’ll not be holding my breath waiting on the SFA dishing out fines for “abhorrent anti catholic chanting” in the new season.
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The Famine song? And singing about paedophilia?
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If they are going to do nothing about the numerous bottles getting thrown at our players
Why the feck do we expect movement on singing
What did cerny get for skooshing our fans with water???
Its a fecking joke
New 8 count coming in next year for the goalkeepers
Cant wait to see our referees count
1 fenian
2 fenian
3 fenian
ermmmmmmm
Start again
Does anyon know if a transfer fee hass been decided by the panel between Aberdeen and the scum yet?.That’s a full season now.
Money owed to Dundee also for Cameron,to be decided.
Anyone have any info ion this .
Turkeybhoy
Aye, feck all. If Aberdeen or Dundee complain there will be another fooking dribbling statement.
At Celtic Park, we can all count the 8 seconds in unison. Let them see if they can ignore that.
HH
jackiemac on 19th June 2025 8:00 pm
Embdy read SHUGGIE BAIN
Yep . Well written but quite depressing .
scullybhoy on 19th June 2025 8:57 pm
At Celtic Park, we can all count the 8 seconds in unison. Let them see if they can ignore that.
HH
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If you can ignore bottles smashing off crossbars
If you can ignore bottles smashing of physio’s heeds
If you can ignore the ball not proven to be out of play, but call it out of play
You think we can trust them to count to 8??
How many warnings will they give (wasting more valuable seconds) before they take action???
It will be a bigger farce than var
Jackiemac
Started it twice….got there in the end….you have to persevere!🥴
Scullybhoy
Could end up with quite a lengthy list.
Belmont Brian
He ‘s been barred from them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rr6cEJVds
Note the reaction of the original club when they went 4 – 0 down.
David Icke was correct!
They are Lizards!
https://x.com/CharlotteEmmaUK/status/1530110983489867776#m
Turkeybhoy on 19th June 2025 8:47 pm
Does anyon know if a transfer fee hass been decided by the panel between Aberdeen and the scum yet?.That’s a full season now.
Money owed to Dundee also for Cameron,to be decided.
Anyone have any info ion this .
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I read Barron was settled a while back.
Cameron has just signed,after pre contract
Remember huns do numbers and our media lie
HH
Aberdeen say they have been awarded a fee of “£639,920, with an additional £250k of conditional performance-based payments” following Connor Barron’s summer move to Rangers.2 Jan 2025
Just picked up reading back re the blog’s John McCormack. I think I recall he was often cooking up some tasty dinners when not supporting the hoops.
Very sad to hear of his passing.
https://x.com/tparsi/status/1935800620058853414?t=Kr_TCkR6blZVPmYaZjKWQA&s=19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPB7wvhjBe8
A romantic club if ever there was one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqc6U7-DLY
We invented romantic endings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXfvXW5aMx0
My best night at Celtic Park?
Burnley78: Yes that’s the ghuy.
Sadly, I missed out on the !966 – 67 run. But I was luck enough to be around during the 19990’s and early 2020’s. Hard to pick the best night / result. For example, I was at Celtic Park when we lost to Ajax 0 – 1 but qualified for the Champions League.
Champions League Qualifiers: Second Leg match
First Leg: Ajax 1-3 Celtic
Second Leg: Celtic 0-1 Ajax
Agg: Celtic 3-2 Ajax
Sorry for the typo’s as wine is kicking in. Enjoy the best times since Jock Stein. A great time to b a Tim. Started with St Martin and going strong.
Sleep tight all bhoys, even our trolls, we are a very big family.
HH
JACKIEMAC
SHUGGIE BAIN is a fantastic novel and a terrific read.
Yes it is very sad at times but interspersed with great humour. It is beautifully written with wonderful characterisations.
Well worth a read.
Stuart’s second novel YOUNG MUNGO is another great read.
AT,PB,many thanks.
Weebobbycollins on 19th June 2025 7:50 pm
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Brilliant message.
We’re being lied to again by a murderous, industrial-scale propaganda machine.
RIP, the rules of international law.
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JACKIEMAC – I also read Shuggie Bain.
It conveyed a kind of perma-bleakness quite eloquently.
Clown ghirl, maybe she’s trying to get a move into woke sinn fein they’ll do anything for a sook at the Eu gravy train genocide mob.
The fools.
https://x.com/SorchaEastwood/status/1935716859103293933#m
Gerry Adams said the other week there, from his Big and beautiful Oirish voice…”IF POLITICIANS DON’T LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC, THEN THE PUBLIC WILL REMOVE THOSE POLITICIANS.”