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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ernie lynch
14:25 on
23 June, 2014
They ran an ad, however as correctly registered No campaigners there are limits to what can be spent. Willie Haughey is not registering his organisation and therefore isn’t restricted by those limits.
As a club we’ve had our own battles with opposition not registering things correctly. Cheating we all (correctly) called it. What do you call Haughey and Reid’s actions via Faith in the Union?
Wimbledon tennis ALERT.
Keep an eye out for Italian player Camila Giorgi.
She’s not a bad player either.
HH!!
ernie lynch
14:27 on
23 June, 2014
He resigned in 1940, ostensibly because the party was heading left, so that suggests that his disgraceful views were no longer receiving the support they once had. If they really had widespread support at all. He was involved in the party for less than a decade.
Do you have any similar quotes that are less than 25 years old and therefore might edge slightly closer to being relevant?
ernie lynch
It had the effect of many catholics joining the Labour Party with the almost sole aim of building Catholic Schools, to the detriment of promoting real socialist policies and alienating non catholics.
quonno
Can you specify what the complaint is against Willie Haughey and what that has to do with Celtic?
I agree that Lord Reid has a case to answer and that it is legitimate to ask Celtic to dissociate themselves from his portion of the advert.
I disagree with the accusation that the No side was telling Catholics how to vote or “chasing the Catholic vote” because the inconvenient fact is that it was the Yes side that first used the Catholic Observor as a vehicle.
I understand that they placed their ad legally but the scattergun accusations about telling Catholics what to do or chasing their vote just sounds hypocritical.
ger57
14:33 on 23 June, 2014
‘ernie lynch
It had the effect of many catholics joining the Labour Party with the almost sole aim of building Catholic Schools, to the detriment of promoting real socialist policies and alienating non catholics.’
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Oh dear.
***Lunchtime Quiz***
The answer I was looking for was that Shakhter Karagandy was the 100th team we played in European competition, soon to be 101.
I see Nicola Sturgeon at Wimbledon supporting Andy Murray. Hopefully she’s got a Saltire tucked away somewhere.
Born in Bellshill to working-class, Roman Catholic parents, Reid first became involved in politics when he joined the Young Communist League in 1972.[1] He later joined the Labour Party, working for them as a senior researcher before being elected to the House of Commons in 1987 as the MP for Motherwell North.
It is a long political road to go from being a communist to a seat in the house of lords, we can only wonder why Reid started off as a communist ? Approaching Jim White, the secretary of the Young Communist League, Reid professed to be a convert seeking membership. “He told us he was a Leninist and Stalinist,” White recalls. “Although I was suspicious about his transition, we couldn’t tell if he was acting. We let him join.” With White’s support and Reid’s good organisation, he won the vote. John Reid’s political career was launched.
George Galloway on Lord Reid the Celtic man, the man who loved a rebel song and taught them to his political friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRTbOTaTnFc
With hindsight, White condemns Reid as “an opportunist”, an opinion echoed by Kenny Ferguson. “He wasn’t political,”
Anyway I see Ernie Lynch has once again diverted the referendum vote to being about the SNP. It isn’t. I shall stop responding to points about the history of the SNP.
ERNIE LYNCH
Do you honestly believe that either of them had even heard of Dewar Gibb when they were formulating their political opinions?
I hadn’t,and I’m considerably to the left of each.
He was a nonentity then,he’s a nonentity now. And had you not referenced Wolfe’s comments a million times,I would never have known he was either.
The serious stuff is in the here and now,Ernie. You are NEVER gonna dissuade a potential yes voter using your tactics,quoting one-off historical moments of idiocy.
Yes,that may well have been their in vino veritas moment,but our opposition now are considerably more difficult to ridicule.
Political pygmies they may still be,then as now,but we’re hardly blessed with giants.
So do me a favour ERNIE. Do what you do best,win the argument. Sniping from the sidelines is unbecoming of you.
Igc
what about the teams we played in the group stages last season? Don’t they count?
igc,
Looks like your football related post got lost in amongst the usual tired ‘non-fitba posts’, enough to make you want to log off
AR
‘Jim White, the secretary of the Young Communist League’ – he keeps his politics well hidden when he’s presentin’ Sevco Sports News.
ernie lynch
You tell me, ernie, what’s socialist or christian about lying to the country to drag us into an illegal war and causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people?
And it happened only 13 years ago, not in the 1920s.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
14:33 on
23 June, 2014
quonno
Can you specify what the complaint is against Willie Haughey and what that has to do with Celtic?
I agree that Lord Reid has a case to answer and that it is legitimate to ask Celtic to dissociate themselves from his portion of the advert.
I disagree with the accusation that the No side was telling Catholics how to vote or “chasing the Catholic vote” because the inconvenient fact is that it was the Yes side that first used the Catholic Observor as a vehicle.
I understand that they placed their ad legally but the scattergun accusations about telling Catholics what to do or chasing their vote just sounds hypocritical.
Haughey apparently paid for the advert. Unless he is a complete numpty, which I don’t believe him to be, he would have been well aware of of its content and the spin that could of been put on the inclusion of Celtic’s name in it.
mcbhoy
14:42 on 23 June, 2014
Igc
what about the teams we played in the group stages last season? Don’t they count?
We’d played all of them before in European ties.
Or did u mean for the first time, you didn’t say that.
weeminger
14:32 on 23 June, 2014
ernie lynch
14:27 on
23 June, 2014
‘Do you have any similar quotes that are less than 25 years old and therefore might edge slightly closer to being relevant?’
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I think the fact that a subsequent leader, William Wolf, had similarly robust views about Catholics, which didn’t seem to restrict his political progress through the ranks of the party, suggests that Dewar Gibb wasn’t unique.
It’s no coincidence that for generations the SNP was regarded with mistrust and hostility by the Irish Catholic community.
By the way have the nats ever acknowledged or apologised for any of this? Or do you prefer not to talk about it?
Got it now gary67.
It’s 100 [different] teams, we had played all the teams in the group several times before.
Good question though, and I think Antipodean Red’s answer has some merit.
I don’t kno of many places further west of Iceland in Europe.
Weem miner
Is there any info on wind speeds in Munich or the angle that rain falls? :)
Sevconia of course is west of Iceland.
On this tiny outcrop in the vast Atlantic Ocean space is at such a premium they had to build a football pitch on the roof of the casino.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
14:42 on
23 June, 2014
‘Jim White, the secretary of the Young Communist League’ – he keeps his politics well hidden when he’s presentin’ Sevco Sports News.
Hard to imagine both of them singing rebel songs
ernie lynch
14:44 on
23 June, 2014
I don’t Ernie, I’m not a nationalist.
weeminger
14:49 on
23 June, 2014
ernie lynch
14:44 on
23 June, 2014
I don’t know* Ernie, I’m not a nationalist.
*missing from previous post, thus altering my intended meaning.
weeminger
14:37 on 23 June, 2014
I see Nicola Sturgeon at Wimbledon supporting Andy Murray. Hopefully she’s got a Saltire tucked away somewhere.
Wouldn’t rule it out mate.
Weem miner??
Best predictive typo for ages :)
lionroars- I kno, the assorted totty that get to share air time with wee Red Jim are up for it but he strongly disapproves.
After the transfer window closes he will grab the mike and give a few verses of ‘Joe Hill’.
Cheers Sons Of Erin
The makers of sweet and salty popcorn from M&S are the true British heroes…….. 4 all third set
Igc..
One more qualifying tie.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
14:48 on 23 June, 2014
Sevconia of course is west of Iceland
Surely it’s on the south side ;-)
CELTIC are currently in discussions with KR Reykjavik over the possibility of swapping the legs of the UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.
The Hoops will face the Icelandic side, with the first leg scheduled as a home tie on July 15/16. The return leg would be a week later, on July 22/23.
Discussions as to the possibility of Celtic playing the first leg in Iceland are ongoing, and supporters will be updated as soon as possible.
quonno
“Haughey apparently paid for the advert. Unless he is a complete numpty, which I don’t believe him to be, he would have been well aware of of its content and the spin that could of been put on the inclusion of Celtic’s name in it.”
So you reckon that, because he paid for it, he would have been aware of Lord Reid’s decision to use Celtic in his added signature to this ad?
I think that is a big leap of logic. It has nothing to do with being a numpty or not. It has a lot to do with signing cheques and being a fundmaster for various groups but not their Campaign organiser.
Celtic’s quarrel should be with Lord Reid. Spreading it to include Willie Haughey suggests that you are fighting the Yes/No vote rather than the issue of Celtic not being associated with politics campaign.
Willie Haughey should be challenged by the Electoral Commission, for the ads other failings, but not by Celtic. You will see lots of people signing Yes/No petitions who include their positions and former positions. Some of these are people in public funded posts who mention the posts they hold, such as Chair of the Arts Council, or Celtic (the music festival not the club) Connections. They, or the drafter of the ads will include their job or post titles as part of the attempt to influence people that this is how people of standing think. I don’t get too het up about it if someone who runs an organisation I am involved with chooses to advertise their intention to vote another way. However, John Reid made a big mistake in including his association with Celtic in his title. It will make it harder for Celtic to defend that line of non-involvement.
Willie is not officially involved with Celtic in any capacity and did not claim to be when he signed his name to the advert. Celtic should not seek an apology from him.
Rowley – it is south of the North pole.
it’s an off shore tax haven, like the British Virgin Islands, ‘cept without the ole virgins.
The capital, and main harbour, is Murraytown [pop 1,690].
Celtic played their 100th European team last year… I’m surprised there wasn’t a commemorative DVD.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
Scarey place…sounds like it should be twinned with Airdrie or Larkhall.
RB QC