Celtic will play KR Reykjavik in the Champions League second qualifying round with the first leg taking place on either 15or 16 July. Celtic are provisionally at home for the first let – but don’t book your flights until arrangements have been confirmed.
KR beat Glentoran 3-0 on aggregate in last season’s Europa League qualifying campaign before losing 1-3 home and away to Standard Liege. The Icelandic season continues throughout the summer, KR played a league game yesterday and have another three competitive games before meeting Celtic. Nine games into the league campaign they are three points off the pace.
From what I can tell, it looks like they have a grass pitch at their 3300 capacity stadium, which removes the big complaint from last season’s qualifiers.
This is a good tie for Celtic, who will be physically stretched by a mid-season team, but we’ll be strong favourites.
We were last in competitive action in Iceland against Valur in 1975, when a 0-2 win out there preceded a 7-0 victory at Celtic Park.
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Auldheid
A fair and true observation on our games decline that I cant argue with.
That decline can be arrested with forward planning and a clear audit path to success if you are a well run club-(a pyramid system inc juniors maybe).
Taking Scotland out Europes main seasonI fear would only leave us more isolated in the long run,both in club competition and national comps like euros and world cup.
Auldheid
13:16 on 23 June, 2014
How close to CP do you have to live for that scenario to work?
RWE
me to with some whale stew
Quonno- what’s the story with WH & JR ?
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In the Champions League qualifiers last year, Celtic reached a significant milestone when the came up against Shakhter Karagandy. What was so momentous about that tie, that will be overtaken when we play KR Reykjavik?
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Auldheid
13:21 on
23 June, 2014
Quanno
Do you think Celtic will prosper in an independent Scotland by removing the best argument we have for playing in a UK league ie Swansea with average gates of 20k?
I think that is the real question and the debate should be if we are Better Together then how come Swansea are getting a better deal?
You have me lost.
I made no mention of Celtic prospering here or anywhere else.
I did however question what is beginning to look like hypocrisy by Celtic on the matter of the use of the club’s name for the purpose of promoting political opinion.
To put it another way. What has been public sauce for the Green Brigade, should be equally public sauce for Haughey and Reid.
QUONNO
I believe a The Catholic Observer had a full page blurb for the Yes campaign a coupla weeks ago.
Presumably,like most publications,their policy is to accept advertising.
Murray looking sharp 4-1 up first set
Badabing
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27938290
quonno
13:19 on
23 June, 2014
Tontine Tim
13:05 on
23 June, 2014
BhoyfromSky
23:48 on
22 June, 2014
Yup. Scottish media has always been reluctant to comment on Shearer and Caldow’s roles that day.
If I recall correctly, only a week or so earlier, they were part of a Rangers’ defence that shipped five or six goals to Aberdeen.
*aye and both also played in “oh hampden in the sun” as did the Scotland manager at the time.
Scotland had quite a good side including Dave MacKay and Denis Law.
What is also conveniently forgotten is that big Frank was 3rd choice goalie, the 1st choice Laurie Leslie pulled out through injury as did his back up seven past niven.
IGC
Have we played more Euro games against teams from a country’s capital)
Rwe
The Stein docu wont be on iplayer any more as it only had five days left on it when i watched it over a week ago.
Fixture calendar for iPhones and ipads.
Tap link and it should load automatically.
webcal://www1.skysports.com/calendars/football/fixtures/teams/celtic
works on andriod too,should download and populate diary app on smartfones.
Johannes Edvaldsson used to live in Rutherglen.
useless info CSC
‘Easy’ draws getting harder to find, especially if a team has some competitive games under its belt, bringing both sharpness and fitness. Having both ties away from home doesn’t help either.
Let’s just get through this round first.
For anyone wondering where the BBC World Cup coverage has gone today, they’re busy with a sport in which putting the ball in the net is a bad thing.
ITV 4 has a couple of matches on tonight,as well as ITV1, though it’s your choice now,as final group games have the same kick-off times.
ITV 4 is on Virgin Media channel 118.
Fixture calendar for iPhones and ipads.
Tap link and it should load automatically.
webcal://www1.skysports.com/calendars/football/fixtures/teams/celtic
igc,
Shakhtar was the farthest east we have travelled, KRIS Reykjavik is the farthest west we will have travelled in the Champions League
AR
Mmmm not opening
Squire – thanks, agree with Quonno,our club name should not be used in this debate.HH
BM
One of the Sundays ran a story yesterday to the effect the Catholic Observer ran an advert placed by Yes campaigners as a direct response to the Reid/Haughey advert
I agree with the original poster that for Reid to call himself “former Chair of Celtic FC” within that context is a deliberate and despicable attempt to manipulate the Catholic community regarding the referendum.
What’s that bit about “Celtic is a club open to all…..”
‘You’ll vote NAW cos ahm tellin ye’ sez Dr Reid.
John Reid supports the union. John Reid supported the invasion of Iraq. John Reid supports Celtic.
It sure does take all sorts!
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/celtic/no-home-comfort-in-the-capital-for-celtic-168330n.24559518
a former player’s opionion….
or even opinion
If only i had an income to match the expenditure the marketing men want me to spend
Auldheid
13:16 on
23 June, 2014
A summer football scenario.
Your smart ST provides the right to buy additional kids tickets either per match per kid or for say £50 per season or £5 per match that you can buy on line up to 1 hour before KO and be seated together.
It’s a lovely summer night, The Celtic Way has picnic tables under tents with barbecues ready( it’s a Scottish summer no Barbados after all).
Wimbledon is on the TV or maybe a test match. The wife is suggesting the grass needs cut.
You can
a) stay at home
b) bugger off to CP taking kids with you at reasonable cost.
What do you do and does wife qualify for an extra seat at kids price?
Quonno
If we are Better Together then why are Scottish clubs denied access to the total UK football market in the way Swansea or Cardiff are??
And I mean all Scottish clubs not just Celtic. Hearts for example could command a 20k crowd if they were playing UK opposition and prosper with the TV money that they would also attract.
If there is an argument that we are not Better Together it is the current state of Scottish football. Yet that debate would turn in the Better Together ‘ s favour if the promise was the current cartel arrangement that denies UK residents in Scotland what is enjoyed in the rest of the UK was to be brought to an end .
Celtic will continue to downsize because of current market restrictions to a degree that will have us being thankful to get into the Europe League.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
13:32 on
23 June, 2014
QUONNO
I believe a The Catholic Observer had a full page blurb for the Yes campaign a coupla weeks ago.
Presumably,like most publications,their policy is to accept advertising.
The Observer is at perfect liberty as to what paid adverts it accepts or does not accept.
Whaat I am questioning is PL and DD’s silence so far on former directors using Celtic’ name to promkote a political viewpoint.
squire danaher
13:42 on
23 June, 2014
It says it all about Dr Reid, the lowest common denominator politics, playing the religious card is gutter politics, unfortunately he has friends who post on here
Know nothing of our CL opponents but confident that we will blow them away!
Looking for good things next season
Richie #TeamOscarForever
13:44 on
23 June, 2014
John Reid supports the union. John Reid supported the invasion of Iraq. John Reid supports Celtic.
It sure does take all sorts!
Although I despise him, John Reid is entitled to support what ever he likes.
1: KR Reykjavik were founded by a Scottish engineer, Frank McGregor, on February 16 1899.
2: They are the oldest and most successful Icelandic club, winning 26 national championship and 13 Icelandic Cups.
3: They were the first side to represent Iceland in European competition with an appearance in the European Cup in 1964.
4: KR were defeated in the second qualifying round of last year’s UEFA Champions League, losing 9-1 on aggregate to HJK Helsinki.
5: Manager Rúnar Kristinsson joined the club in 2010 and has led his side to two Icelandic titles and two national Cups.
6: The Icelandic league campaign for 2014 started at the beginning of May and KR currently sit in fourth place after nine games.
7: Former Celtic striker, Kjartan Finnbogason plays for KR and recently became their leading scorer in European competitions with eight goals.
8: The team play in black and white vertical stripes – copied from Newcastle – and are part of a multi-sports franchise which boasts a successful basketball team.
9: The football club are rated 247 in the official UEFA rankings and their home stadium is called KR-Völlur, which has a capacity of just under 3,000.
10: Former Rangers midfielder Jim Bett played for the club in 1994 before returning to Scotland with Hearts.
“Wheresoever knives and razors are used, wheresoever sneak thefts and petty pilfering are easy and safe, wheresoever dirty acts of sexual baseness are committed, there you will find the Irishman in Scotland with all but a monopoly.”
Prof Andrew Dewar Gibb KC, founder member and chairman of the SNP.
For those nats maybe wondering why Reid and Haughey , Celtic stalwarts both, chose to put that ad in the Catholic Observer.
Summer fitba.
We play fitba on grass right, mostly.
Grass grows like hell in summer right.Right. The daylight is longer in summer. We,ll sell more shirts in summer. As for attracting players, ask them whether they would rather play on a warm balmy day in June or a freezing cold day in January in Aberdeen.
A no brainer.
squire danaher
13:42 on
23 June, 2014
Other way round. The Yes advert was first. Reid/Haughey via their ‘Faith in the Union’ organisation have countered it, although they’re not registering as official ‘No’ campaigners because they won’t be going above the spending threshold, just rolling he ads.
So to counter the one ad taken out by Christians for Independece (who have registered as official campaigners), they’re going to take the same slot on a rolling basis, up to the referendum. So that’s three ad slots take with more to go but they’re not official campaigners. Ridiculous.
darwinsbeautifulidea what exactly was that post all about? Hail Hail Hebcelt
ernie you were doing so well now back to this we’ve read it now move on Groundhog Day CSC Hail Hail Hebcelt
ernie lynch
13:51 on
23 June, 2014
Right on cue from the gutter
I think that traditionally the Labour Party in Scotland hated the SNP more than it hated the Tories.
I expect it might have changed recently but ole Dr Reid will be well aware of the atavistic dispute.
Ernie Lynch
I believe the vast majority of ST holders are within reasonable travelling distance but what I would do is set a 50 mile blackout zone around CP and allow any ST holder outside it the right to watch the game on Celtic TV over the Internet. Just the home games, for all games I’d add a premium.
Give everyone the means to support Celtic within their means and I believe Celtic supporters will turn out or turn on to support.