Assuming Celtic hold onto their three goal lead over Cliftonville they will almost certainly face Elfsborg in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The script is written for Elfsborg striker and current Celtic employee, Mo Bangura, to score his first goal at Celtic Park, while it is another tie for Henrik Larsson to politically wish both of his former clubs the best of luck.
Elfsborg are five points off the pace after 16 games in the Swedish league. Happy with the draw.
It’s the Columba Club, Blantyre, tonight for Paul McConville, Phil Mac Giolla Bhain and myself for what is sure to be another thoroughly enjoyable Question and Answer. Proceedings get underway at 19:30, tickets available at the door.
See you there.
At the turn of the century then St Johnstone chairman, Geoff Brown, told the world his club would rather suffer relegation than indulge in the financial craziness which was then going on in Scottish football. Relegation soon followed, creating its own financial problems for St Johnstone, while others, most notably for Saints, Dundee, paid over 100% of turnover in player wages.
What do you do when your direct competitors are acting like lunatics, when remaining competitive requires you to behave likewise? I remember feeling frustrated for Brown and St Johnstone fans. They did the right thing but suffered as a consequence.
Yesterday’s win, away to Ronsenborg, who are 16 games into their league programme and top of the table, was among the most impressive by a Scottish club in Europe in the last 25 years. This is a well-run club. In the last six years they have lost Owen Coyle, Derek McInnes and Steve Lomas, all cherry-picked by better-funded, but not better-organised English clubs, but their progress continues. Coyle was taken before he reached the Premier League, McInnes won promotion and Lomas reached Europe. Tommy Wright has now made an impact in Europe within six weeks of being appointed.
Still a lot of work to do next week, Rosenborg will arrive in Perth capable of winning the game, but the scene is set for a special night’s football.
The Celtic Charity Five-a-side tournament takes place on Saturday, 12 October (an international weekend) at Lennoxtown (where the scouts are based, this could be your big chance!!). If you can get a seven player squad together and think you can raise £40-per-head for charity, get your application in now. Ages 18 and over, winners get to take a halftime bow at a subsequent home game. To sign up email janemaguire@celticfc.co.uk.
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Masty
Celtic should demand an explanation to why a story claiming neds set fire to the sevco bus is full of pictures of celtic fans .
canamalar1
was that couldn’t afford the “bus fare” or “bus fire”?
The Boy Jinky
I have no doubts we have someone monitoring these rags..
masty is neil lennon
If I were pictured I’d be seeking compensation from the Sun
twists n turns
09:42 on
21 July, 2013
140 miles of history gone………
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lappy covered in cornflakes…pmsl..
The Boy Jinky:
I saw it too.
CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever
09:46 on
21 July, 2013
masty is neil lennon
If I were pictured I’d be seeking compensation from the Sun
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yip! totally agree mate, hun cretins will be wanting names and addresses
Dangerous places these bus depots.
Hundreds of grand lifted…. Buses torched…
twists and turns
140 miles of history gone.
brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
If you were pictured in this and were of a litigious mind… I’m no legal expert…. but it looks like a gimme..?
Italiabhoy
I was at haydock last night and heard 2 scousers talking at the bar and one of them said that to the other. I was absolutely doubled up.
They’re just huns without the bus …
How will they get to their prestigious away League Cup tie in Forfar now?
Good job that they just got involved with some guys who own a bus company, isn’t it? Great timing too, as another bus company goes up in flames. Worked out well for them.
masty is neil lennon 09:38 on 21 July, 2013
Steinreignedsupreme
That would explain everything. Did Mongo Graham pick it up and run with it?
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that looks exactly what happened mate yes!
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In pre-internet days people like Mongo Graham were nothing more than the village idiot.
Thanks to technology we can all have a right good laugh at this compulsive liar.
He is literally of the scale when it comes to stupidity.
Mongo claims to work in ‘finance’ – turns out he is employed by Cash Converters.
The sun has a long and inglorious history of tarnishing football supporters. I’ve always seen it as the same as the Sunday Sport, full of press releases and made up p1sh.
Charlotte has highlighted the links between SDM’s former editor and current press stories. Examples on the previous two pages show just how easily influenced churnalists are.
It’s no wonder print sales are in terminal decline. Journalists have grown fat and lazy on expenses whilst being spoon-fed lamb.
ItaliaBhoy
09:50 on 21 July, 2013
twists and turns
140 miles of history gone.
brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
hahahahah tnt hahahahahah
………..aye an’ that would only add fuel to the ‘fire’……………
What about the owners of the other Wee Happy Buses?
This is a hun bandwagon, we should not jump on…………
HHH.
……….Jackanory…………………………..
Given the close proximity of the photos in the Sun (toilet) paper, only one conclusion makes sense:
Having seen the blaze so close by, the Celtic fans set off the sprinkler system in an attempt to put out the fire.
Well, it is just as believable at the implied story printed in that toilet rag.
Pre season friendlies and mine shafting .
Catania 25 ——- Mergara Augusta 0 [ an 80 minute game ].
Serie A v a works team .
Met a Catania Ultra who went to the game . His view .?
Not pleased that it took his team 7 minutes to score the first.
Not pleased that his team occasionally gave the ball away .
Not pleased that his team missed some chances . Should have scored more ! .
Not pleased that his team dropped the pace after 60 minutes.
Scorchio -way down south . Beach time !
The Sun makes accusations against football fans … well they do have form, don’t they?
The Scum have apparently taken the pictures down from the Bus “story”.
I am sure we can expect a full apology any second now.
Twists and turns.
140 miles. ..brightened my day and it’s sunny:)
Tallybhoy
Tex Mex
Hold the Tex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Fd5yOSVDE
Ten Men Won The League
22:10 on
20 July, 2013
derbyshirebhoy
As i thought. It is so rare even i can’t remember.
If it happened on a regular basis there would be justification for you worrying about Celtic’s reputation.
It remains untarnished.
Only in your eyes and the eyes of those similarly deluded. In the real world real world judgements apply not your blinkered version. One incident such as this is one incident too many if you want to encourage others to invite you to enter their playground. You seem to live in a world where simply being a Celtic fan makes it right whatever you do and whenever you do it. That attitude has much in common with the dead club.
The overwhelming message from that Sun story is that the Sevconians are writhing in tormented agony.
Just clicked on the Sun link.
The Celtic pics and associations seem to have been removed.
Hope this has come from the club and someones card has been marked
The huns are getting a new bus courtesy of the Easdales, who just happen to own a bus company ( spooky eh?), but I understand that they will buy the 140 miles of history of the old bus so it will actually be the same bus.
Thruppence and sixpence every day……….
gherrybhoy57
22:25 on
20 July, 2013
Derbyshirebhoy
We are football fans. CELTIC fans. The best in the world. We don’t care what the animals say. FIFA and UEFA have given us awards for our behaviour. A bit of high spirits at the end of a pre season friendly is no cause for alarm.
You remind me of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music lecturing the von Trapp kids how to behave. I know your heart is in the right place but don’t get things out of proportion.
Gerry
We are better than others that’s for sure but it is only too easy for standards and reputations to slip. Self policing has worked wonders with the difference between fans today and those of many years ago when I went to matches on a regular basis. I’m not going back to those days if it can be avoided so when its unacceptable I’m going to say so. I love Celtic. I want others to love them and not find myself having to excuse them because of “high spirits”
All kidding aside – Sevco’s status as a two-bob outfit has been well and truly cemented with the bus story.
Their highly-paid manager giving quotes to the media about a feckin bus FFS.
Can you imagine the manager of any big club talking about the team bus?
Twitter.
So McGills bus company robbed of £100k
A week later Rangers new super bus firebombed.
Hmmmmmm
The fat Ally said “I left 6 Steak Bakes in the fridge of the new state of the art Sevco Bus”
I’m getting a but worried, now that we’ve won a pre season friendly does that mean we’ll have a poor season ?
On the Sevco bus disaster……hahahahahahahahaha
Wasnt it hilarious when Lukasz let the guy take the bye kick?
Parkheadcumsalford
22:42 on
20 July, 2013
Derbyshirebhoy,
You’re right, of course. Too many on here too often are too complacent about when our support act like idiots. They can’t see the bigger picture. Maybe they don’t want to. They’ll defend to the last our right to set off flares (just high spirits crap), sing rebel songs (they’re not sectarian) and any other nonsense. That others may find this offensive doesn’t matter. That others who matter might not want us to join their league because of this behaviour doesn’t seem to concern them one jot.
Couldn’t agree more. Maybe you have to be of a certain age before that sort of concern for how others view you kicks in.
Steinreignedsupreme 09:43 on
21 July, 2013
ItaliaBhoy 09:26 on 21 July, 2013
Loads of Celtic fans in Salsburgh right enough – you could almost fill a phonebox with them.
In my younger days I atteneded many Green nights out in Salsburgh Church Hall.
There a quite a few Tims live in Salsburgh.
~SPF~
Looking forward to seeing Sevbus.
Back To the Future 1690…………….
” Ra bus they couldnae burn!”…………..A Story Fit For ‘ ra Peepil.
Steinreignedsupreme there are more tims in Salsburgh than sevconians.