Inter Milan as Stein’s 50th looms

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The last two teams out of the pots for today’s Europa League draw left to former European Champions.  Celtic will face Inter Milan, who they have met twice before in European competition.  The teams faced in the European Cup Final in 1967, when Celtic won the tournament, and again in the European Cup Semi-final in 1972, when Inter progressed on penalties after two 0-0 draws.

It’s not the draw I would have handpicked but it’s a great draw from many perspectives.  Inter will bring genuinely tier-one talent to Celtic Park, and provide Ronny Deila and the squad with an invaluable chance to test their progress.

The games will take place a few weeks before the 50th anniversary of Jock Stein becoming Celtic manager and set his team on the road to dismantling La Grande Inter.  History is made of great stories and no sporting event in history has been so infused by story telling than the first meeting between these clubs.

If all these stories teach us anything it’s to fear no one.  Bring it on.

Among many great features, we have an interview with Dixie Deans in the 2015 CQN Annual, see above, who among many things, discusses “that penalty”.  Still time to order yours for Christmas.

You can also order the CQN Annual and DVD bundle here. It’s a great offer, check it out – oh, and there’s tons of photos, fresh stories and comment on the first time Inter faced the green and white hoops.

The latest edition of the Magazine is out today, click on the download link on the graphic below to read for free.
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  1. CELTIC are pleased to announce that we are giving away a free ticket to supporters who are unemployed this Christmas for our next home match against Ross County on Saturday December 27.

     

     

    Somebody from Celtic reading my posts?.

     

    Makes a change from some reading them,and through ignorance,or snideyness,digging me up.

  2. Jim Murphy out jogging with a Scotland jersey on (amazing that a photographer was there….)

     

    The man who put the con in condescending….

  3. Roberttressel

     

     

    I will not be using mine, starting Italian night classes on a Thursday,so I suppose if none of my relations are looking for it you can have it, I imagine it will be circa £75

  4. For the usual mechants of doom on here,already trying to put a dampner on everyone elses hopes,regards AC Milan game.At that time AC still had a team littered with big names.We outplayed them in Milan,and were unfortunate to lose,never mind win.This Inter team have a team that ,apart from Medel,who played in the World Cup,and in England last year,who has heard of any of them.I am not stupid enough to think we will win easily,but they are in transition,there form in a very poor Serie A is shocking for a team like Inter.We have a chance,nothing else.Maybe a good chance.

     

    Sorry for the “There”.

  5. Dubaibhoy-Ur they still deid? on

    Tom McLaughlin

     

    13:23 on

     

    15 December, 2014

     

    Worrying events in Sydney.

     

     

     

    Tom,

     

    If the guy is, as reported Iranian, then that is probably what caused the confusion. Arabs speak/write arabic. Persians speak/write Farsi.

  6. SFTB

     

     

    Murphy would be too scared to go to tennis – in case he’d get hit with a tennis ball after his non stop egg bombardment and resultant psychological trauma.

  7. glendalystonsils on

    Swally MacCrust’s decision to resign has left thousands of football fans broken hearted……………………………………all of them Tims.

  8. Joe Filippis Haircut,

     

     

    Celtic have AGREED a fee with Man City.How many times.Its up to JG,and JG only,if he wants to join Celtic.This is the loan/buy agreement we have.There are no other connotations.

     

    If JG informs Celtic,he does not want to sign,then other clubs are free to deal with Man City.

     

    Celtic will terminate his loan deal I would expect.

  9. south of tunis

     

     

    13:48 on 15 December, 2014

     

    Off oot —–to Chi Kung class .

     

     

    Where do they speak Chi Kung?

     

     

    MariahCareyCSC

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  10. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    I don’t know how others are feeling at the moment, but I feel like I am waiting for the biggest, and best, Xmas present I’ve ever had ……. my distinct impression is that Sally knows something big is imminent, and has tried to get out before it happens…..unfortunately for him, the bored have given him a big “GIRFUY …..you’re staying right where you are, since you are not getting any pay-out which would only dilute the imminent spiv ‘spoils’ share-out ”

     

     

    Hope I’m right, eh ….. Hahahahahahaha…!!!!

  11. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    turkeybhoy

     

     

    16:09 on 15 December, 2014

     

     

    Hope he signs……

  12. Paul67 et all :

     

     

    Further to the good move to offer a free ticket for the unemployed on the 27th, I asked JPT on twitter would the club look at allowing the adult to bring a kid too, he said he thought they would look at that favorably. So anybody in that position that wanted to take a kid maybe ask about it at the ticket office or through JPT on twitter @CelticFCSLO.

  13. outh Of Tunis

     

    14:04 on

     

    15 December, 2014

     

    ” It is OK -you play who you get .We will be a much better team when we play those ties ”

     

     

    Roberto Mancini

     

     

    ” a fascinating tie between Inter and the Scottish..Historically to be feared in Europe but presently a long way from their better days ”

     

     

    La Gazzetta Dello sport

     

     

    More than a wee bit like his team.

  14. Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan. The Vow – Critically Rebuked by 45% of this fine nation.

     

    15:55 on

     

    15 December, 2014

     

    Turkey

     

     

    if you were a real tim you’d have seen that last week! :)

     

     

    MWD said AYE

     

     

    Really sorry to add you ,cant really believe it,to the wee list of snides.

     

    You should be ashamed.

  15. lubo of the lamp on

    Moonbeams WD – 15:58

     

     

    “well I suppose if you make a point of running past the STV and BEEB studios like that your likely to get caught on camera.”

     

     

     

    Instead of running he should have stood stock still like The Rangers support and the YES crowd by organising a solitary demo against imaginary BBC bias.

  16. Weefra.

     

     

    Thank God you’re here.

     

     

    Someone said ACGR had kidnapped you. Others said he’d eaten you.

     

     

    Either way, We were terrified.

     

    For him!

     

     

    ;-)

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  17. OMG -Major lack of forward thinking………going to New York the morning of the Inter Milan game……..

  18. BMCU,

     

     

    If you had read my post from a couple of days ago,this was just one of the many things I said Celtic could do.Got a couple of “Well saids”

     

    Today,I was making a joke.This seems to be frowned on here,as I found out the other night when I made a light hearted post aimed at WITS.Too many on here snydes.

  19. WeefratheTim

     

    16:20 on

     

    15 December, 2014

     

    Good afternoon all.

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

     

     

    Thank god How are you my friend rumor was ACGR had eaten you :-)))))))

     

     

    missed my hug yesterday never mind you’ll keep lol till the 27th

     

     

    HH

  20. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    whitedoghunch

     

     

    16:20 on 15 December, 2014

     

     

    You don’t say……..well, I say he is, unless you can negotiate with Messi :)…!!

  21. Turkeybhoy

     

    16:25 on

     

    15 December, 2014

     

     

    I think MWD was just making a we joke based on the fact Celtic first announced the gesture last week. I wouldn’t take it too personally.

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