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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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  1. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Bada bing

     

     

    Had a few myself

     

     

    Peralta,Muller, Cavani, Suarez and Messi

     

     

    Messi was particularly satisfying as it was with a free bet

  2. WeefratheTim on

    @HibernianCFClub: Hibernian FC are delighted to confirm Kenny Shiels as our next manager. More to follow #HFC

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  3. spikeysauldman on

    or perhaps you ‘d rather just hear some other muppet tell us how much scotland and scottish football need the Huns, and proactively go about saving theit cheating a%ses.

  4. Kenny Shiels the new Hibs manager?!

     

     

    Thought it was Stubbsy?!

     

     

    …or did I dream it?

     

     

    HH!!

  5. WeefratheTim on

    HT

     

     

    Not according to the fishul site on twitter. :-)

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  6. Snake Plissen

     

     

    Fair enough but there is a clear restriction of trade that only requires Scottish football ( not Celtic) to challenge legally.

     

     

    That plus a political will could make it happen. I thought you would be up for a fight.

  7. WeefratheTim on

    bada

     

     

    It’s on the Hibs fishul twitter site.

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  8. glendalystonsils on

    If true, I think Stubbsy may have dodged a managerial bullet.

     

    I can see the beleaguered Hibs support being totally appeased if Sheils gets it………..not….

  9. Rowley Birkin QC on

    News of our lass in Portugal:

     

     

     

    Helena Costa: Female coach decides not to fulfil Clermont role

     

     

    Helena Costa has decided not to take up the role of head coach at Clermont Foot next season, the French club say.

     

     

    Portuguese Costa, 36, had been the highest-profile female manager to be put in charge of a men’s team in European football when she was appointed in May.

     

     

    Club president Claude Michy said she had “decided not to honour her commitments”.

     

     

    “This decision was sudden and surprising,” he added.

  10. eddieinkirkmichael on

    Hamiltontim

     

     

    17:56 on

     

     

    Plenty of off field issues though he is a tidy player.

  11. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    BSR

     

     

    Must be …otherwise Hibs must have seen something in his disastrous spell at Morton that everyone else missed

  12. WeeFra

     

     

    Just checked, I don’t think that’s the official site mate it’s a bam up :-)

     

     

    EddieinKirkmichael

     

     

    I think he’s a great wee player but you’re right it’s whether he can start behaving off the park that will determine how productive his future will be.

  13. eddieinkirkmichael

     

    18:13 on

     

    23 June, 2014

     

    Hamiltontim

     

     

    17:56 on

     

     

    Plenty of off field issues though he is a tidy player.

     

     

    I rate tommy craig lads, why did TC release him

  14. RT

     

     

    Don’t think dates have been finalised yet if you’ve booked flights.

  15. WeefratheTim on

    Sorry ghuys, just checked, which I should have done before posting, it is a spurious site that tweeted. Apols. :-(((

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

  16. How refreshing that the blog has somehow returned to politics. I was getting worried with all this football.

     

     

    Didn’t we sign our young Icelandic striker “The Fridge” from KR?

  17. Captain Beefheart killed Marxist dreams... Keane ate my courage... Formerly JO'N... Just say no to the clique. on

    FC Porto have some amount of players at the WC. One wonders how they have debts.

     

     

    The inability of Scottish football/Celtic to accommodate South Americans ensures that we remain at a disadvantage. Work permit relaxations would not necessarily help us to reach Porto’s level unfortunately.

  18. ....PFayr supports WeeOscar on

    Tallybhoy

     

     

    It’s the only thing that’s keeping me from a pasting ( that and the CQN lift ) ……I keep trying correct scores …got England/Italy ……others have been plain wrong

  19. !!Bada Bing!! on

    traditionalist88

     

     

    18:22 on 23 June, 2014

     

     

    Shiels sacked by Hibs

     

    VG

  20. tallybhoy,

     

     

    Got your mail, thanks mate…as for long legged woman, knowing my luck it would turn out to be a ladyboy. :((

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