Sion had their elimination coming, totally banged to rights. Legia made a stupid mistake which came to light after two of the most impressive and important victories in their recent history. Football can be a cruel game. I’m genuinely gutted for them.
Notwithstanding that, after we read the rules and found precedents the outcome was not in doubt. Unlike fielding an ineligible player, fielding a suspended player brings an automatic forfeit verdict.
For the record, it wasn’t Celtic who drew Uefa’s attention to the error, we played no part in Legia’s misfortune.
Having stayed long enough to see ‘the winning substitution’ I’m not confident of progressing beyond the play-off round with the squad as it is, but this decision guarantees us four home gates and the best part of £3.5m from Uefa from the next round and (at least) the Europa League. That’s circa £5m extra into the budget this morning.
Ronny’s going to need every penny. This could be a transformational moment.
Can we briefly speak about HMRC? They will lose the next appeal, which, like earlier deliberations, takes place in Scotland, but they will win the final appeal, to the Supreme Court, in London – because it’s in London.
HMRC are right to appeal, aggressive tax avoidance schemes rob the poor. I am confident justice will eventually out, but not in a Scottish court.
On another subject…… watch how the Uefa verdict is interpreted elsewhere in Glasgow. For the first time in history, cognitive dissonance is close to taking physical form. This one was dumb luck, nothing more.
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lazydynamite
11:13 on 8 August, 2014
Maribor!!!…do we ever get ANY luck
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Maribor not the most difficult of those possible teams, not quite the easiest.
hhhhhhmmmmm.MARIBOR
rings a bell !!!!!
21-5-79
11:15 on 8 August, 2014
Bless you …..hahahaha
EEN news saying the home tie will be at Murrayfield???
We need to go to Slovenia and get a result, we can do that can’t we Celtic!!
Never, ever will PL and DD get another lucky chance like this to even partially redeem themselves in the eyes of the fans.
Let’s see if they have the gumption or guts to grab it.
We should beat any of the teams in the draw with what we have. And I believe Legia would have beat them also. We can’t possibly be as bad as we played!
Anybody know what Maribor’s Admin team are like ?
KevJungle is a Celtic fan…not a supporter.
10:46 on
8 August, 2014
Btw, the huns got – in through the back door of the ECWC – and went on to win it!
*not only that but they were eliminated in penalties aet in the quarter final by Sporting Lisbon……..however, the referee had failed to realise that away goals counted as double in extra time (it was a new ruling) and ordered the penalty shoot out.
waddell was insistent that the penalty shoot-out should never have taken place…..he tracked down UEFA official Senor Ranirez of the Spanish FA and pointed out in the rule book the section on away goals. he of course was correct……the referee was overruled, the result overturned and the deid team were heading into the next round.
See UEFA with their pesky rules…..karma ya dobs.
Maribor Even
Do Celtic earn coefficient points for both legs – are they recorded as home and away wins?
Feel sorry for legia, kind of feel we don’t deserve to be here. But now that we are Celtic need to take this chance.
If no signings are made then we will not progress, simple.
Are maribor not the mob that helped kill rangers??
Was it not them that humped them out of Europe after their champs league elimination?
Obviously the whole of Scotland will be delighted with the news as it helps the coefficient
The news channels will be euphoric in their positive reporting – Scottish football particularly Campbell Ogilvy and the SFA will be dancing in the corridors of Hampden
67ECW
If someone told me yesterday morning that we would be back in champions league and would have to play Miribor for a place in the group stages I would have eaten them whole :))))
Having a party in the champios league.
If the worst comes to the worst and we lose we are still in EL and European football for a while .
I will take thatCSC
What are the dates please?
Sign Sammi now.
Doc
11:14 on
8 August, 2014
Can we briefly speak about HMRC? They will lose the next appeal, which, like earlier deliberations, takes place in Scotland, but they will win the final appeal, to the Supreme Court, in London – because it’s in London.
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A damning indictment of the Scottish Establishment, fair and accurate though it is.
No use complaining about corrupt Scottish Establishment when Celtic openly collude with corrupt SFA.
Didn’t realise the draw had been made.
Maribor will have a stand closed for their home leg.
In the 2013–14 season, Maribor qualified to the group stages of the Europa League for the third consecutive time after losing to Viktoria Plzeň in the Champions League play-off stage.[51] This time, the team progressed through the group stages for the first time after defeating Wigan Athletic 2–1 in the final match.[52][53] In the Round of 32, they were eliminated by Sevilla with an aggregate score of 4–3.[54]
DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY
Yes, but ‘football club’ is singular.
Celtic FC (football club) is….
But I wouldn’t argue over ‘Celtic are’ either.
starry plough
11:15 on
8 August, 2014
DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY
I guess English is not the mans first language Herr Grammar Meister…
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You’re probably right. This is an example of creeping Americism (e.g. “Celtic is a great team” instead of “Celtic ARE a great team”), so on that basis, I am guessing that they speak a kind of English in the good old U.S of A.
Today’s outcome has got my birthday off to a flier………………..
I may or may not make it back to the blog later tonight! :-)
Maribor .
Last time I saw them on the tele they beat Wigan . Winner was a screamer.
The big atmosphere generating stand in Maribor is closed due to racism punishment
HH
fanadpatriot
11:19 on 8 August, 2014
Sign Sammi now.
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Post of the day!!!
(So far!)
Lads
Just one thing.
We were lucky to lose only six goals.
First priority is a defender,not a striker.
Im just glad that we will be playing european football til christmas no matter what…there is a big job on for ronnie but at least he will have time to mould things the way he wants..of course winning the marimor tie would be amazing but its not life or death ….we probably aint got such a great team right now therefore a stint in europa league would do them no harm at all as a learning curve….champions league football could be a total embarrasment however i would still take it….its all good celtic fans,we should be very happy today and happy for our manager who has got the break he needs..im pleased for him
big pierre just got a text from ROSE HALL to say theyre do a night shift over the weekend……..his private jets in for a service today.
Now we are back in the CL will they change the date of the away game at ICT back to the Saturday .
Malone Bhoy
11:19 on 8 August, 2014
Didn’t realise the draw had been made.
Maribor will have a stand closed for their home leg.
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MB, Aye but we’ll have a whole stadium closed for ours apparently. That cannae be right can it?
Will Fraser be in goal for these ties ?
According to the BBC , Legia are distraught at what they call a minor administrative error and are considering an appeal
starry plough
11:06 on 8 August, 2014
sipsini
I was asking last night where Monaghan was, haven’t seen him post for while, hope he’s alright?
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Here’s hoping all is well with him….my mates still registered on ff but doesn’t post on here only lurks.
I’ll see if he can send me links as I know thems will be spewing.
Huns in the work are having a birthday sash bash tonight…how flat will that be now….:)
Maribor.
Is that them that make those chewy wine gum sweets?
Maribor ! Was that not the beginning of the end for the ‘Old Rangers’ a few years ago?
Quonno, there is every reason to complain, when Celtic collude they are open to the same criticism. Indeed there is more reason than ever.
Macjay,
I’m chuffed at the decision but you are right in a sense. A couple of first picks is a minimum.