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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Any word on whether season tickets will be valid for the home leg of the Rejkavik game?
darwinsbeautifulidea.
Take it your a vegetarian then.
Auldheid
13:56 on 23 June, 2014
So you want to change the set up to pander to the fair weather element on the doorstep at the expense of the dedicated element who travel a distance to support the team?
For that reason alone, it’s a no from me.
Auldheid
13:48 on
23 June, 2014
Sorry.
So far today, I have made no comment on Independence or being Better Together.
What I have done is to raise that, contrary to Celtic’s avowed stance on promoting political viewpoints, the club so far, has made no response to Willie Haughey and John Reid using their past association with the club to promote a political viewpoint in the pages of a denominational viewpoint.
From responses to my posts so far, it seems that everyone here is quite happy for Celtic to appear two faced on the matter.
Personally I’ve no idea what Ronny Deila’s views are on Norways whaling policy.
Darwin obviously has.
Why do the nats get so upset when someone reminds them of their history?
It’s almost as if they’re ashamed.
QUONNO
I freely admit to not having read the article or the advert.
Did Dr Reid describe himself as a former chairman of Celtic or was he thus described by the journalist involved?
I don’t know,hence the question. And,btw,if it was his own description then I agree with you that it was way wrong to use it.
However,he is not well-liked by many Celtic fans so his intervention may be self-defeating.
quonno
14:00 on
23 June, 2014
Not happy with it, cant see why the club should comment, i suppose it would be to much to ask Messers Reid and Haughey to aplogise for using Celtic’s name.in a political message………………
ernie lynch
14:02 on
23 June, 2014
Why do the nats get so upset when someone reminds them of their history?
It’s almost as if they’re ashamed.
I imagine that some might level the same accusation against those at Celtic Park who would wish to water down the club’s Irishness.
ernie lynch
14:02 on
23 June, 2014
We’re not voting for or against the SNP on September 18th.
However people/parties/organisations change. Labour used to be a socialist party.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
14:03 on
23 June, 2014
There was no journalist. It was an advert. Their wording not the paper’s.
lionroars67
14:04 on
23 June, 2014
quonno
14:00 on
23 June, 2014
Not happy with it, cant see why the club should comment, i suppose it would be to much to ask Messers Reid and Haughey to aplogise for using Celtic’s name.in a political message…………
As I pointed out earlier. What is good for the Green Brigade should be good for Reid and Haughey.
winning captains
13:51 on 23 June, 2014
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.
ernie lynch
13:51 on 23 June, 2014
“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.
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What position does Prof Gibb hold now Ernie?
How about a wee post about the Labour MP Oswald Mosley and his veiws on minorities?
Why didn’t the Labour party in Scotland speak out in defense of Catholics when the COS was ranting agaist us from it’s pulpits?
We can all find these little snippets from the past the thing is only the desperate use them and try and make out they have any revelance to todays debate.
Sounds like wee Amelie has been working on Andy Murray’s grunt.
Sorry WC somehow your post got copied into my reply to Ernie
lionroars67
14:04 on
23 June, 2014
quonno
14:00 on
23 June, 2014
Not happy with it, cant see why the club should comment, i suppose it would be to much to ask Messers Reid and Haughey to aplogise for using Celtic’s name.in a political message………………
In Reid’s case there is plenty more to apologise for. But that is for another day.
I suspect the nats are annoyed at the Reid/Haughey advert because they can find no one with such an association with Celtic to promote their cause.
I suppose there’s always the old wife beating tax exile Shir Shean, but last time I checked he had switched allegiance to the huns.
With the following managers in the SPFL;
Dundee – Paul Hartley
Dundee United – Jackie McNamara
Inverness Caledonian Thistle – John Hughes
&
St Mirren – Tommy Craig
is this a record for ex-celtic players/coaches working as mangers in the top flight of scottish football?
I foresee a 2-0 Home win followed by a 2-1 away win….
or whatever tie is played first home or away.
Fitness wise, the players shud be refreshed as oppossed to unfit. I would imagine the majority of players would have kept themselves ticking over fitness wise.
Whats the pre-season schedule, do we play 2 friendlies before the champs league tie on 15th.?
Ernie Lynch
Don’t be stupid.
I don’t want to be dependent on the decreasing number who choose to go and suppor to have a team to watch and support.
Au contraire I want to increase non attending income so that the cost of attending would drop and perhaps increase the numbers attending.
I know you are not stupid so thanks for opportunity to set out the advantages of spreading the load.
I assume you are resident outside the 50 mile zone and would be happy to contribute to such a fair objective.
kidpyramid- i think both CLQs at Murrayfield (hopefully) will be on the ST.I think the club should look at free buses too.HH
ERNIE LYNCH 1351
You know you and I share largely the same opinions so rarely have cause for disagreement.
But I honestly feel that your quotations from times long gone are doing you/us no favours. There are many historical comments from senior politicians from ALL parties which do not sit well in current climes.
I know that I am guilty of remarks which are offensive now but were acceptable when they were made. And probably some which weren’t.
We are trying to head off separatism,Ernie. Argue in the here and now and help us out,bud.
lionroars67
14:04 on
23 June, 2014
quonno
14:00 on
23 June, 2014
Not happy with it, cant see why the club should comment, i suppose it would be to much to ask Messers Reid and Haughey to aplogise for using Celtic’s name.in a political message………………
Precisely. Celtic’s name should not be getting used in support of any political agend. Or so, when it suits him, PL never tires of telling us.
ernie lynch
14:08 on
23 June, 2014
I’m only annoyed because they’re bending the rules in order to saturate that particular organ in their favour.
By the way, do you honestly believe the views of a man who resigned from the SNP nearly 75 years ago, as it was getting too left wing are really relevant today?
I’m also pretty sure Motherwell played this team 3 or 4 seasons ago, and beat them in the Europa qualifiers…. altho i might be wrong
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
14:12 on 23 June, 2014
And you think that sentiment expressed by Dewar Gibb, and the decades that such sentiment was acceptable within the SNP, has had no effect on the political outlook of Reid, Haughey and many others?
Jim White on SSN wishing a Reykavik player good luck when they play Celtic.
Why do I think of the song “Sad Sweet Dreamer” and Ernie Lynch? All I’m saying is move on Ernie you’ve surely got more ammunition rather than the same old same old BTW I’m not a Nat. Hail Hail Hebcelt
WEEMINGER
The ad specifically referenced their past connections to Celtic?
Well,tbh,I’m with those who are angry about that.
I know that some people were angry about The Catholic Observer taking the original ad for the No campaign,so balance is fine. That’s it,one each,please desist.
But using our club to promote either view-however spuriously-is not acceptable.
Murray 2 sets up
eddieinkirkmichael
No worries – glad to stay out of the politics stuff. Daft question. Don’t suppose anyone wants to chat about football?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
14:19 on
23 June, 2014
Yep. It contained a quotes signed off as “John Reid, former Labour Cabinet Minister and Former Chair of Celtic FC”.
As I said to EL what annoys me is that they’re about to run the 3rd in a row but because they’re doing it on a rolling basis they’re not breaching the £10k figure which would require them to register as official Yes campaigners and adhere to some basic rules. Sleekit.
ernie lynch
You are a stupid person.
John Reid and Tony Bliar,, 2 of your heroes, are warmongers. They have been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people from Iraq to Afghanistan yet you try to make a unionist point by quoting some scotnat bigot from almost 100 years ago.
Plonker!
weeminger
14:22 on 23 June, 2014
Well why don’t you nats run your own advert?
It’s not like you’re short of money.
How about Christine Graham doing it?
Or maybe MacKaskill?
Rowley birkin – last year there were four ex celts managing in the ep, di canio, moyes, mckay and lambert.
I’ll open the question to the floor as to whether this has ever been beaten.
Keep it lit bada.
ger57
14:24 on 23 June, 2014
Let me repeat myself.
And you think that sentiment expressed by Dewar Gibb, and the decades that such sentiment was acceptable within the SNP, has had no effect on the political outlook of Reid, Haughey and many others?
ROWLEY BIRKIN QC
I think that mid-seventies we had a fair few.
Bertie,Big Tam,Willie Fernie spring to mind,and I’m sure there were one or two more.