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13 days until Celtic are in preseason action on their tour of Austria against locals, SK Vorwarts Steyr.  We then face Bohemians or Prague, who the Celtic site tell us have Antonin Panenka as chairman, famous for the Panenka Chip to win the 1976 European Championships for Czechoslovakia against West Germany.

Panenka is less celebrated around these parts for being part of the infamous Rapid Vienna team Celtic faced in 1984.  No photos with Moussa, please.  We have two further games, against Sparta Prague, and Shamrock Rovers in Dublin, before our first Champions League qualification game.

Fair play to Newco for getting some money for the naming rights to what was previously called Murray Park.  Named after the Rangers owner who authorised the EBT schemes which ultimately led to the club’s liquidation, it must have been embarrassing to have Sir David Murray’s name associated with Newco’s training ground.

As a rule, I am up for things which bring money into a club.  Whether Hummel attach their mission statement, ‘We look for those who rarely win’ to the facility remains unclear.

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  1. Hearts away in between UCL qualifiers will be tricky and I see they’ve scheduled first Huns game directly after UCL plat off round second leg. Unusallly early.

  2. James,

     

    Another winger.To add to Forrest,Sinclair,Johnston,Hayes,Miller.I don’t think so.I would give Ralston right few games this season,to give Lustig a breather.See how he performs.Experience is everything.Same with Johnston.At the moment we have 4 CHs.Let’s just get the Edouarde one done and dusted first.A long time to go in the Window.

  3. If the top 6 is the same as last year we would have Kilmarnock, Hibs, Aberdeen and Huns all away after the split. One of which would be changed to a home game. If Motherwell make the top 6 same problem. They couldnt run a **** up

  4. TURKEYBHOY

     

     

    Ralston not good enough, at the moment, and should be sent out on loan for the season. If he improves then he can come back next summer when Lustig will likely go home at the end of his contract. We need to sign a right back now to initially compete with Lustig and hopefully by the end of the season be a regular.

  5. Eruct (ɪˌrʌkˈt)

     

     

    eructate

     

     

    verb

     

    1. to raise (gas and often a small quantity of acid) from the stomach; belch

     

    2. (of a volcano) to pour out (fumes or volcanic matter)

     

     

    Derived Forms

     

    eructation (ɪˌrʌkˈteɪʃən, ˌiːrʌk-), noun eructative (ɪˈrʌktətɪv), adjective

     

     

    Word Origin

     

    C17: from Latin ēructāre, from ructāre to belch

     

     

     

    KTF

  6. I see Sevco are away to Aberdeen, Motherwell and Celtic in their first 4 games plus Hibs in game 10.

     

    Exactly as it should be of course but I expect a statement by noon requesting an independent investigation into the decision making processes and the names of all those involved.

  7. David17

     

    If we qualify for the group stage of the UCL, the atmosphere at CP the following weekend will be awesome.

     

    The title will be won before the split and the home/away arguments will be moot.

     

    Think positively, young man!

  8. South Of Tunis on

    Hey Ho !!!

     

     

    ” Virtus Francavilla could beat Saudi Arabia . Can’t wait for the FIFA future . Cant wait to be sitting in my armchair watching Aruba (winners of the countries which used to be Dutch Qualifying Group ) V The Malvinas ( winners of the countries with more sheep than people Qualifying Group ) ”

     

     

    RAI RADIO 1 -15 6 2018 .

     

     

    I had to Google -Virtus Francavilla — mid table Serie C

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