Since the Artmedia debacle, exactly 10 years ago this week, we’ve had some memorable Champions League wins, but while the subsequent period saw Gordon Strachan, then Neil Lennon, become the first managers to take Celtic into the Champions League knock out rounds, the third and fourth round qualifiers at Celtic Park have been tight.
We drew 1-1 home and away against Spartak Moscow, before that incredible penalty shoot-out win. Dinamo Moscow actually won 0-1 in Glasgow before Tony Mowbray’s team peaked with a 0-2 win in Moscow.
The 2010 tie against Braga was effectively over before we recorded a 2-1 second leg home win. In 2012 we took care of HJK Helsinki but not after a nervy week pondering if the 2-1 home win would be enough. It all came together in the next round, where we beat Helsingborg 2-0 home and away.
2013 saw a tight 1-0 at home to Elfsborg, where Mo Bangura almost stole the show with a shot against the crossbar, before the high water mark, a dramatic 3-0 at home to Shakhtar Karagandy, overturning a first leg 2-0 deficit.
Last season saw us benefit from a forfeit, overturning a 0-2 Legia win at Murrayfield, before Maribor won 0-1 at Celtic Park.
Home defeats to Dinamo, Legia and Maribor, and a draw with Spartak, were at the bottom end of the scale, although only Maribor progressed. We beat Elfsborg 1-0, HJK 2-1, Helsingborgs 2-0 and Shakhtar 3-0, the latter two are the only third or fourth round results which bettered last week’s win over Qarabag.
Clear inferences can be drawn. If you can’t do better than a 2-1 home win against HJK it doesn’t mean you’ll not go on to beat Barcelona by the same score a few months later. Struggling at home to Dinamo or Elfsborg is an immediate concern, but not something which will necessarily cast a long shadow over the season.
We have a hard game ahead this afternoon, but we’re favourites for a reason.
Win a Bumblebee shirt, courtesy of Magners
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Email your answer, with the country in the subject line, to celticquicknews@gmail.com
Competition closes at 14:00 tomorrow (Thursday), so there’s not a lot of time. If you’d like to help towards the next kitchen, you can send a £1, or £2, here. Pile in, you know how effective Karma is in football!
A big Cheers to Magners.
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Cqn simply not up to the task
Severely pissed off waiting for a page to refresh
Over ten minutes
AGENT GREEN on 5TH AUGUST 2015 4:23 PM
I thought I was super confident about this game. Just cracked open a cold yin and my bottle crashed and my erse collapsed simultaneously!
Mon the hoops!!
deckchair
@celticfc: CELTIC v FK Qarabag: Gordon; Lustig, Boyata, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Mackay-Steven, Johansen, Armstrong; Ciftci #UCL (MD)
1 hour to go and butterflies fully up to speed.
The team that picks itself has just picked itself.
Possible Play off opponents Astana come back from 2-0 down at home to lead 3-2 against HJK but now down to 10 men with 20 mins left.
Away to pub to calm the nerves and the crabbitness
What is the story with Griffiths apparently complaining about not starting?
JJ
Currently 30 degrees in Baku with gusts of 28kmph.
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Blowing a mild hooly!
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HH!!
….and where did it originate?
Any techies out there? There a news item on today’s Celtic site that I’d like to save forever and ever. I use Google Chrome as my browser. Any suggestions how I do that. I don’t expect the news item to have a particularly long life on the ole Celtic site but I’d like to be able to revisit the page in years to come.
Thank you in advance, or email me at jobobaldie@yahoo.co.uk .
Meanwhile, over at Murray Park, training isn’t going so well.
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https://vine.co/v/eHvL5xEBjBa
Strong winds at Celtic Park do not seem to make a lot of difference at playing field level. Is the same true at Baku, anyone know?
JJ
jobo
Print it oot…
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on 5th August 2015 4:35 pm
This tweet – https://twitter.com/graham1A/status/628925067016192000
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JOBO BALDIE on 5TH AUGUST 2015 4:36 PM
Any techies out there? There a news item on today’s Celtic site that I’d like to save forever and ever. I use Google Chrome as my browser. Any suggestions how I do that. I don’t expect the news item to have a particularly long life on the ole Celtic site but I’d like to be able to revisit the page in years to come.
Thank you in advance, or email me at jobobaldie@yahoo.co.uk .
You could do a Screenshot from a Mobile..
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Would’ve started Commons, Armstrong has been stuggling imo but no time like the present!
HH
Jobo
Go to the Celtic News article.
Click on the Star at the right hand end of the Address bar.
Click on Done in the Drop Down Box.
It will now be saved in Other Bookmarks.
JJ
Summa of Sammi…. on 5th August 2015 4:39 pm ;
JOBO BALDIE on 5TH AUGUST 2015 4:36 PM
Any techies out there? There a news item on today’s Celtic site that I’d like to save forever and ever. I use Google Chrome as my browser. Any suggestions how I do that. I don’t expect the news item to have a particularly long life on the ole Celtic site but I’d like to be able to revisit the page in years to come.
Thank you in advance, or email me at jobobaldie@yahoo.co.uk .
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The Wayback Machine is good, though not sure how often it takes a snapshot of websites,
HH
Thanks for the immediate advice. I know I could print the screen or even copy and paste into word. But I’m aware that folk manage to ‘save’ internet items which they can revisit when they are subsequently deleted (is it something like a cached version?) .
However, I know there are more important issues to concern us all for the next few hours so I’ll put this one on the back burner.
But for anyone interested, see this – http://www.celticfc.net/news/8751
prouddadCSC
Jungle Jim –
thanks. Done that but wonder if it will still work if the original page is deleted?
Anyway, apologies, game time in 45……………..
GG
If some on here had their way, I would get hung, drawn and quartered :-)
Can’t crit the club in any way, even tho you praise them when they do well, tunnel vision has a lot to answer for.
HH
HJK equalise from the penalty spot v Astana. HJK now 3-3 and ahead on away goals with 3 minutes to go. Anybody fancy a trip to Finland ?
Lets hope everyone in the team are up for it tonight and we have no passengers we need to defend well and do our upmost to keep a clean sheet.Also any half chances up front need to be taken and not wasted. We need European football to add the spice to our season so come on you bhoys in green.H.H.
afternoon bhoys….does anyone know of any pubs in Durham likely to be showing the game tonight…..thanks in advance
traditionalist88
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I though KC did well when he came on on Saturday and looked quite sharp.
Had wondered whether he had put himself into the mix for tonight.
Good option to have IF we need that away goal later on!
Good afternoon (here)/evening (there)
Anyone know what is up with Liam Henderson? I had heard rumblings that he was going out on loan, but haven’t seen that confirmed, and he doesn’t seem to be in the squad much. I had thought he would be the one to break through this season …. still early in (i) his career, and (ii) the season, but I hope he makes it with us, as he seems to have a bit of skill and a bit of dig about him
And, surprisingly, relaxed about today’s game …
HH
TET … and flogged! You forgot flogged! :)
Hope the bhoys all bring their A-games tonight!!!
Weeminger
Thanks.
So, if I have read the Tweet correctly ( no guarantee!), Griffiths has told a friend and blabber-mouthed/instructed friend has Tweeted the information?
I am glad Leigh if is not happy at not being selected . I am not happy that it has been Tweeted before an important game.
JJ
Water break on 25 minutes?
new article posted.
mike in toronto
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Pretty sure i read that Liam has went to Dundee Utd on loan.
10 man Astana score in 93rd minute to win match and tie against HJK 4-3. So Kazakhstan a possible destination in Playoffs so far in addition to Cyprus and Croatia
Pub time,c’mon the Hoops,get it done
I”m in O’Neills in Liverpool just waiting for the game to start…. Dooo dooo
Jobo daughter says copy the article into a word document and you can then save it ??????//
does that make sense?
HH
THUNDER ROAD on 5TH AUGUST 2015 4:50 PM
traditionalist88
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I though KC did well when he came on on Saturday and looked quite sharp.
Had wondered whether he had put himself into the mix for tonight.
Good option to have IF we need that away goal later on!
I thought KC did well on Saturday as you say a good sub to bring on ,especially when the opposition is weakened from game and conditions (hopefully)
HH
On bus back from Glasgow and game kicks off in 5 mins. Will be lucky to get to daughter’so house for HT! CMON THE HOOPS.