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
17:00 on
I must have missed that post, I thought you were only refering to Celtic moving leagues.
So which association runs which leagues or do all the associations amalgamate? Bit of a pointless discussion really as even you know it’s never going to happen.
Snake Plissen
So we would rather be independent and poor (in football economic terms) than be interdependent and prosper?
When you say “they” do not want us, what right have “they” to dictate terms to us?
They only do so because we allow it. We allow it because we think nothing will change when in fact change is constant if imperceptible at times.
The question to Better Together should be prove it. End the right to exclude that English football benefits from.
You tackle the unfairness head on, not pick up the ball and say it’s my ball I’m not playing.
Boyd unlikely to pass up his last chance to play in the Ramsden’s.
Q….which country bought most match tickets for the World Cup, apart from Brazil?
Aberdeen play Doug Rougvie of Latvia…that’s a fekn fix.
Marrakesh –
USA?
marakesh
It must be England, as they believed they were going to win it. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Chile?
LiviBhoy
Good shout. I’ve made the point on here before that with BT sponsoring Murrayfield stadium, they might be keen to try and exploit the fact that we are playing, hopefully, three games there. They will need to talk directly to Celtic, we do have their previous Chief on board after all. Might help to make the qualifiers a bit more affordable.
Nigeria..?
Eddiekirkmichael
Oh ye of little faith :)
Celtic were going to vote against Res12 remember, then they were parking it.
If you think nothing will change then nothing will change.
We are not slaves to destiny. We are slaves to our thinking.
The Dutch are not enjoying this.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Away to the golf. Back for Mexico Croatia
A UK league will never happen imo.
A European Regional/Pyramid league probably will.
Some of the major clubs want it, as do some of the major broadcasters.
CFC will be part of this.
HH!!
Jobo..correct
USA. 198k
Arg..62
France 61
Germany 58
England 57
Colombia 53
Australia 52
Tallybhoy
Whatever the route we have to break free or diminish as a club on the world stage.
Seen this on twitter
Boyd celebrated avoiding relegation to the Championship in his last game for Killie.
*scratches head*
Tallybhoy
Your just hoping to rent out a few rooms to us if we play Tally teams :-))
Ernie Why Why Why?? Hail Hail Hebcelt
TD
Is that a Dromedary camel or Bactrian
One hump or two?
South America gave to World Football.
Best team ever..Brazil 70
Best players ever..Pele Maradona Messi
Best derby…Boca v River
They also do football passion like no other.
Sevconian football is level 38 of the ole Euro-pyramid, except in Bonnie Scotchland, where it is level 2.
1-0 Spain ,Villa
Livibhoy
Regionalisation lower down to cut costs.
The higher up you go the more you earn so clubs can afford to travel. The price of success for fans.
Robben was brilliant there. Deserved a goal to finish.
Auldheid
17:28 on
23 June, 2014
Tallybhoy
Whatever the route we have to break free or diminish as a club on the world stage.
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Your own point about Swansea surviving in the EPL comfortably with crowds of 20k is a good one.
Dundee filled their stadium(12k) to see their team win the Scottish Championship and Dundee United season ticket sales are at record levels.
If we negotiate a TV deal befitting of our game we might not have to go anywhere!
What would broadcasters, pre-the huns skewing the whole thing by spending money they never had, pay for a league where the winner could come from any of the following teams(all with big support bases) as was the case up until the late 80s: Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts(almost, 86!), Celtic, Rangers?
Quite a tidy sum I’d say.
Can we get back to that? I see Dundee Utd knock back an EPL bid for one of their players and I think…why not?
HH
Which two brothers last played for and against Celtic in a match?
Bada bing
Do it ??
*minus Rangers, of course.
Hibs could get their act together. Who know where Sevco will end up.
HH
bournesouprecipe
17:43 on 23 June, 2014
Siblings or masons?
bournesouprecipe
17:43 on 23 June, 2014
Colin and Tam McAdam
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
pfayr-aye,doing well with first scorers.Had Goetze 13/2 and Odemwingie 8/1,singles but no double :(.Was in pub and betting as games about to start.Canny complain mate.
Twardzigs (sp)?
Paul McGowan, previously of us and St Mirren has signed for Dundee apparently.
Good signing in my opinion.
Gordon and Scott Marshall unfortunately……?
auldheid
Totally agree.
I am also convinced that we WILL break free in the near future and NOT diminish as a club on the world stage.
We may play in a ‘diddy’ league, but we have a worldwide fanbase that most clubs dream about.
HH!!
Brazil v Chile on Saturday ,as it stands
Auldheid
It’s their baw and we’re no getting to play with it.
It’s their club and they decide who gets to be a member and they don’t want us and have made that crystal clear on more than one occasion.
That is the long and the short of it.
Within the Union a UK league won’t happen and we’ll still be the poor relation and I’d love to hear some New Labour muppet tell us who the UK pools and shares resources when it comes to football.
It is clear that one is bogus.
Much as we might like to play with the so called big boys, it is only when they want us for testimonials that we are invited.