With Lionel Messi and Barcelona focussed on winning their final group game against Benfica tomorrow night Celtic must achieve a better result against Spartak Moscow than Benfica manage at the Camp Nou to progress to the latter stages of the Champions League.
Aiden McGeady has suffered a recurrence of a pennate muscle tendon injury and is doubtful. Georgian creative midfielder, Jano Ananidze, is also out injured, while coach Valery Karpin is under pressure to axe Argentine defenders Juan Insaurralde and Nicolas Pareja after both picked up red cards on Friday night against Zenit. The Russian media have also turned on Dutch midfielder Demy De Zeeuw, who was at least partially culpable for the Zenit defeat. Celtic could face a more cohesive Russian team tomorrow, although perhaps without some of their more talented players. Who this troubles most remains to be seen.
Reading (and writing) Celtic Quick News you learn of the thousands of actions Celtic fans take in order to assist others or alleviate pain and distress. In aggregate these actions can and do move mountains.
Yesterday it was announced that one of our family, Rod Stewart, is donating proceeds of his new single, Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas, to the Celtic Charity Fund and Teenage Cancer Trust to fight this horrible disease and assist those afflicted by it.
The single will be available for download from this Sunday, 9 December. It offers you and me the opportunity to raise awareness – and funds – on a level we would otherwise never be able to achieve. Charity is part of your job as a Celtic fan. On this occasion, on aggregate, we can have an enormous impact.
Still looking for tickets for tomorrow night?
You can email an auction bid for two Wee Oscar Write Bands, each comes with a free ticket to Celtic v Spartak Moscow. Send an email with your bid to weeoscar4life@gmail.com. Competition closes at 20:00 GMT tonight.
You can buy the CQN Annual at the Cathedral House Hotel before the game tomorrow night. The Hotel are organising a lift to the game too!
We’ll pick up on the SFA president once the more important matters are out of the way.
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Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die
18:06 on 4 December, 2012
‘Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire 18:00:
I believe part of the decision to delay the enquiry into footballing matters was due to the accident that deadco’s legal advisor was involved in,’
It’s the SPL’s solicitor who was seriously injured in a car accident.
He is said to be one of us.
There’s no conspiracy.
vp
:o)
Rod McKenzie of Harper McLeod legal advisers to the SPL was injured in a car crash in which I think there were fatalities
Surely if the football authorities bent the rules to allow thems into the league set up, they can bend them again to allow dun utd to keep all the gate money.
Weefra HH
Chuckles latest
CHARLES GREEN, Chief Executive of Rangers, has tonight issued the following statement.
He said: “Rangers Football Club will not be taking its allocation of tickets for the forthcoming Scottish Cup match against Dundee United at Tannadice.
“This is a unanimous decision by the board, senior management and staff at Ibrox. Everyone at this club is dismayed at the actions of certain SPL clubs, which were actively engaged in trying to harm Rangers when we were in a perilous situation and we are acutely aware of their attitude to us.
“Not all clubs who voted against Rangers returning to the SPL fall into that category and indeed we made Motherwell very welcome when we played them at Ibrox in the League Cup competition recently.
“However, feelings remain very raw and it should be no surprise that we as a club feel this way.
“It is unsurprising too that there has been a reaction from our supporters to this particular fixture.
“The last thing we as a club want to do is to compromise security arrangements for any match.
“I therefore appeal to all fans not to travel to this match and to Dundee United not to sell tickets to Rangers supporters.
“Our only regret is that this turn of events will not assist Ally McCoist and the team in what will be a very difficult fixture.
“We should make clear that the Club, the manager and the players all look forward to a situation where Rangers fans attend every match to support the team. The fans are our greatest asset.”
This just gets better and better every day …….. Absolutely BRILLIANT……. Who is advising the rankers ? ….. must be jabba……LOL….
If the SFA do the right thing, they will award Dundee United the full gate money, particularly in view of the fact that the rankers are refusing their allocation …… and, if that happens, every supporter of every other club, who lives within a reasonable distance of Tannadice, should get along to that game and fill the stadium…… Smiled when dalziel said oldco had high standards / principles…… LLLLOOOOLLLL …….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surely the SFA must make a statement as regards the Green statement re them not taking an allocation of tickets for the SC game against DUFC – mainly to set out the position re the sharing of gate money….
A quick look through the Scottish Cup rules suggests that The Rangers are within their rights.
The rules state that “the visiting club shall have the right to claim admissions up to 20% of the spectator capacity of the ground”. Logically that means that they don’t actually have to claim any tickets at all.
The rules also talk about the number of complementary tickets, including Directors’ Box seats, being agreed between the two clubs. So what happens if DU argue that The Rangers are taking no tickets so are entitled to no comps and no Directors’ Box seats?
Kayal33
I was going to post something similar, saved me the bother :>)
As the huns aren’t taking any tickets, DU can please themselfs as to how much they charge.
ernie lynch 18:39:
Cheers mate. I wasn’t inferring there was a conspiracy, just that this was the reason for the postponement.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
ernie..,
I wasnt implying conspiracy, thought I was clear, his bottle has went, all the info is available there is no need to postpone, however it will be delayed till the final outcome of the EBT case. Will you bet the morgage the inquiery will start on programme next year or can you see another delay till after the UTT
Charles Green a fit and proper person?
Shocking, even for them. They really should be thrown out of the tournament for bringing the game into disrepute.
The SFA have a vicarious responsiblity over the game in Scotland. If this isnt bringing the game into direpute then god knows what is.
HELP I’ve been stumped
Sevco fan said to me today
if were no Rangers why do you
still call me a hun?
How much money did the Huns stiff United for back in May?
And now Chuckles comes out with that?
Embarrassing.
The Comedian, The Who?, and good ole Rod
http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=3421
Obviously , because of their high standards and integrity , they will of course refuse half the gate monies
By refusing tickets, Sevco have forfieted any right to a share of gate money.
Chuck is a clown…
Valentine’s Day 18:51:
What about the old cliche…once a (in this case hun) always a (in this case hun).
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
valentine’s day
The reason I refer to them as zombies. The huns died with their club.
Valentine’s Day
18:51 on
4 December, 2012
Just because his club is dead, doesn’t mean he has died too.
Jungle Jim
Was making the dinner there, going to the Italian Caffe at 3 for a bite to eat and a few drinks…
Revenue from cup ties is split 60-40 in favour of the home club after expenses are deducted.
Surprising omission from Chuck( the man of integrity) statement is his refusal of half the gate monies .
No surprise at all….. These people really are incredible
Valentine’s Day
He has a point.
I call them Zombies or Sevcovians.
They don’t like it one bit.
A67
Valentines Day
They aren’t huns because they follow Sevco… they follow Sevco because they are Huns.
Its the old philosophy joke…. a cow has four legs and a tail … if you call a tail a leg, and and a leg a tail… how many legs does a cow have? 4… it doesn’t matter what you call them.
You’ll have to trust me … that joke slays them at the philosophy parties!
Now I’ve started it … the old CQN nomialism debate… sorry, Paul!
Dundee Utd could only put up enough tickets for sale to cover the costs of staging the match.
Then they wouldn’t have to give The Rangers a penny.
Valentine’s Day
HELP I’ve been stumped
Sevco fan said to me today
if were no Rangers why do you
still call me a hun?
To humour him.
I find the old, “Sevco Franchiser,” keeps them simmering away nicely.
This boycott is unprecidented – and Sevco have made an official statement which provides Dundee United with an extremely strong case for keeping the gate money.
Utterly disgusting!!! The SFA must respond appropriately!!!!
time for SFA and SPL to discipline this bully – i don’t hold my breath.
What will boycott do for potential investors in ole chuckles share issue– turning down possible income stream? – work of genius there chuckles
bourne
why am i not surprised! news agencies contradicting themselves by stating new rangers in their news bulletins whilst their sports reporters act like nothing really happened… except ‘relegation’! Farcical.
HH
Nae tickets for Tannadice?
Then no share of the gate receipts!
Seems fair tae me!
HH!!
Sebhoy..he will get put on the naughty step ..hh
Old philosophy jokes
Ship of Theseus comes to mind re the zombies
HH
You have TO LAUGH at the high opinion the third division team have of themselves.. Like a petulant child. Best ignore the huff. They’re desperate to be seen and heard. It hurts them our high profile…
Brilliant they’re refusing tickets. They ll be getting pumped that game anyway…
JCGE