Celtic Park was packed with an expectant crowd 11 years ago when Celtic took a two goal lead into the second leg of a Champions League play-off round. Many of us felt it was to be a sort of Coming of Age. After our long hard slog throughout the 90s we were champions and ruthlessly swept aside Ajax in the first leg.
After the full time whistle arms were aloft in celebration but only after an incredibly tense 90 minutes which saw the visitors win the game and fail to convert some decent chances.
Four years after our last entry into the Champions League this new Celtic side have a Coming of Age opportunity tonight. Last season they showed their mettle to overcome a daunting deficit early in the season to win as comfortable champions, with or without penalties applied to opponents for employing more footballers than they could afford.
While the players may reach a new stage in their development tonight is as much about the supporters who have been part of the struggle in recent seasons. This is your reward for all those hard times when your club paid their bills but had victory snatched away from them by others who were playing to different rules.
Bring your singing voice tonight.
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A77 TRAFFIC INFO-Roadworks between just past Kilmarnock towards EK cut off northbound,same southbound.For bhoys heading to Paradise.
Definition of Roadworks- 1mile of cones,4 miles of traffic,6 guys sleeping in a van,1 copy of the Daily Star.
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I think Sami, Rogne, Broon and Commons will all play.
Anybody know if we are able to exit the joint sponsorship deal with tennents.
Our original partners are about to be liquidated yet a brand new club in the 3rd division are sporting almost identical kit with the tennents logo. (All that’s missing is the 5 stars)
To the outside world you could be excused for thinking this brand new club is our joint partner, which I pray to god It’s not.
What would be in it for us to get in tow with a bunch of bullying, lying, cheating bigots.
We made the mistake once. No more joint deals with any club that represents the very worst of society.
South of Tunis
Great idea. Somebody phone Charles Green.
When It Comes Tae Sea Cucumbers……
Ole Anal_Car “Just Can’t Get Enough..”
( If Your Were Tae Believe What Yon St.Julian Of Assange Hiz Been Tellin’ All The Folk,Who Are Still Listenin’ Tae Him….)
(ThumbsUp?)
Why has our confidence been replaced by nervousness?
Prior to the first game we reckoned that we had got one of the best draws possible. We would have taken a 1 – 1 draw in the first game and felt really confident about the second game. Now that the BIG moment is upon us, we are nervous, yet we are in a much better position than we wished for. We need to pass on our confidence, instead of our nerves, to the players.
Unfortunately, I won’t be at Paradise tonight, but instead will be watching on lovely Cape Cod.
Let The Thunder Begin !!!!!!!
Big Georges Fan Club
I think Sly Spurts were talking pash mate as all took aprt in full training yesterday.
Here are some picks and they all look fit to me.
http://www.snspix.com/28_08_12_celtic_training/photo/85389.html
HH
/.Bishop B
Sargossosea
It’s alreday begun here. And the lightening!
The Battered Bunnet/ Celtic First.
Gordon Smith. ?.
A prize buffoon . The epitome of everything that is wrong with Scottish football . Heavily conflicted . A cupboard full of skeletons.. Thinks he is smart . A conceited arrogant fool. A narcissistic windbag..
Hope he gets all the karma he deserves.
alreday = you know fine well
Kilbowie Kelt:
Many of those in the OO reject they have any connections to terrorism- so they can take the high horse approach.
What of the Orange Volunteers- still active and still administering threats to prominent members of Sinn Fein and other members of the nationalist community?
In any case we all know the OO’s traditional relationship with the Loyalist paramilitaries.
I’m looking forward to tonight’s game. If we make to sort of noise we can the Helsingborg players simply won’t know what has hit them, they’ll be blown away, then the team can finish them off.
Why all the nerves it’s Helsingborg not arsenal FFS if we mess it up we deserve nothing IMO
COYBIG
kdc-you can collect at half time at CP mate.
Bhoys
A great performance tonight and a solid win to herald our comeback in the Group Stages.
If that happens then no one wants us in their group for Fridays draw;
Plant the seed of doubt early,
a big performance is what we need. The games not starting until 20:45 here so don’t give the score away at half time ;)
Hail Hail from A very Hot Majorca :)
A Ceiler Gonof Rust….
…..is an anagram of….?
I also think you are a hun.
So, no welcome from me.
Prodigal Tim,
Try Molly Bloom’s on University Ave or Failte on King St. If you go to Failte ask for Tobago St Bhoy. He is a good pal and will see you alright.
It’ll be a different game tonight with Big Vic sitting in front of the back four.
I can’t see Helsingborg making the same chances tonight.
They need to come at us and score at least twice.
That should mean some space for James to rip them a new one.
Confident we will go through.
Greetings from The Celtic Supporters Club Budapest. We’ll be gathering tonight to add our support and will raise a glass of our 1.40 GBP pints of lager. Can’t wait and predict another 2-0 result, with Hooper and Sammi doing the business.
Working offshore but will be there in spirit. hail hail,MON THE HOOPS
Bom dia,
Stuck in Venice airport, waiting to fly back to Brasil. Will be in the air for the kick off tonight, but will try and convince some poor unsuspectiung barman in Paris Charrles de Gaulle to show the game while I wait for a connecting flight.
Last time I did this I was advised to calm down or they’d turn the telly off. Philistines!!
Anyway, good luck to wee Ross, who will be leading out the teams this evening. Only man taller than the wee fellah at Paradise tonight, will be his auld man, Gerry.
G’aun yersel’s !!!!
Thunder’s started early over the East of the City.
SoT
That’s quite a CV isn’t it :¬)
philbhoy – I got rangers from ceiler gonof rust and gave up.
Can a newbie like me who is no doubt suspected of rampant hunnery themselves accuse someone else of said offence?
Maybe it’s a set up double hunbluffery: maybe we’re in fact both huns and he’s gonna allow me to out him so I look good for you guys.
No offence ceiler if I am wrong
God this blog sure inspires some paranoia doesn’t it?
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
Miles off the mark, A Ceiler Gonof Rust is 100% not of the hun variety…..c’mon gie him a welcome, you know you want to.
PC67
hamiltontim
I would ask every Celtic Supporter going tonight to
‘Bring The Thunder!’
Let them worry about playing in front of the most passionate and incredible support anywhere in Europe if not the world tonight.
“Football without the fans is nothing” – Jock Stein
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
” Its a two hour drive for me to paradise …” Where are you driving from? ( Genuine question. Nothing to do with Hun credentials 0:-) )
JJ
pedro…..
As a valued and respected poster I will accept your word and apologies to A ceiler…..
Welcome!
McCourt For 7
a £10 pint is easy… the £10 a pint hangover is worse than the average hangover….
MayTodaysBhoysBeTomorrowsMenCSC
Where are these Helsingborgers? Let me at ’em …….. let me at ’em …….. put ’em up …….. put ’em up (in a cowardly lion from The Wizard of OZ sort of voice).
We can do this tonight Bhoys! Your time has come to finish the job you started so well last week. We believe in the Celtic Team and the Celtic manager. Go get ’em!
Paul67
Superb! It’s up to everyone at Paradise tonight to make a racket… Frighten the ‘Borg out their spacecraft …err skin. :)
Let that other mob stew in it!
HH
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
Good man, he’s one of the new breed unleashed yesterday, i think he got a wee bit excited with his sweary words…..anyway he’s big enough to stick up for himself. i think the anagram’s got something to do with a goat!!
Enjoy 2nite
HH PC67
The Battered Bunnet .
Add his Scotvec Business Studies qualification and you get a man who worked for Rangers , The SFA and the Beeb .
A no mark non event who could be trusted to do the right thing
I hope he is outed .
Good luck to the Bhoys tonight…..3-0 with young Tony on the scoresheet!!!
COYBIG!
Thanks TimsInOhio. I will go up to Waterloo. So its true about the CSC that was in the Kinights?
Tá ár lá teacht
Ming
COME ON CELTIC!
Jungle Jim
15:10 on 29 August, 2012
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
” Its a two hour drive for me to paradise …” Where are you driving from? ( Genuine question. Nothing to do with Hun credentials 0:-) )
Near Arbroath JJ.
Philboy, thanks for the warm welcome.
Pedro, cheers. See you saturday and bring you that donut:-) Sweary word was simply not noticed between copying from hun media to word earlier and then putting up here. I’ll try to be more vigilant if I post again.
Off for the drive to fun city and paradise, and confident the bhoys can deliver us to the CL group stage.
HH
Out of all the new posters how many huns do think there are? and when they are outed can we bannish them?