Underestimating teams in August, win Walfrid hospitality tomorrow

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You and I have enough recent experience to know teams we’ve never heard of, or know little about, cannot be underestimated when it comes to European football.  We should expect, and will get, a very difficult game tomorrow.

The good news is that Hapoel Beer Shiva have lost goals in three consecutive matches after a solid defensive run which saw them keep 8 clean sheets in 12 games.  But they scored four while conceding in two of those games, the only reversal coming at home to Ashdod in the League Cup last midweek.

They shut up shop away from home in their two earlier Champions League qualifying rounds at Sheriff in Moldova after a narrow 3-2 home win, they kept out Olympiakos before winning the return 1-0 in the last round.

Unlike in previous years, we are not facing a team midseason in the playoff round; Hapoel have had a few cup games but will not open their league season until Saturday.

Hospitality for 3 people at Celtic-Hapoel Beer Shiva at Walfrid Restaurant

Celtic sponsor, Intelligent Car Leasing, have given us three tickets for fantastic hospitality at the Walfrid Restaurant, before, during and after tomorrow’s night’s Champions League qualifier.  This is another money can’t buy opportunity for three people to watch Celtic in a hugely important game in sumptuous comfort.

Anyone can enter the competition, however, as this prize of so incredible, I’d like everyone who enters to donate a recommended £10 to the good work of the Celtic Foundation.

You can donate at this MyDonate page.

The Celtic Foundation work to improve Health, promote Equality, encourage Learning and tackle Poverty (H.E.L.P.) in Scotland, the rest of the UK and Ireland, and worldwide.  It’s your Foundation, you built and maintain its good work.

A few guidelines for the raffle:

Raffle closes at 21:00 BST TONIGHT, so there’s not a lot of time and I’m not expecting many entries.  You will not be entered into the competition if you donate or apply afterwards.

Enter with an email address you are going to check later tonight or early tomorrow, add a phone number, if you like.

You can enter two ways:

By making a recommended £10 donation to Celtic FC Foundation here.  Then email me at celticquicknews@gmail.com with Walfrid in the subject line, to make sure I can get in touch with you.

Or

By emailing me the names of every Celtic shirt sponsor and official kit manufacturer.  Ever. To celticquicknews@gmail.com

One of the above will be pretty easy for most of us.  The other will be pretty difficult.  Do the easy one.

Great prize.  Only open for a few hours so there will be little competition.  Go for it!

Thank you, and thanks to Intelligent Car Leasing for supporting our fundraising efforts.

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  1. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 17th August 2016 12:39 pm

     

     

    OK; juts had to ask.

     

     

    KTF

  2. Craigellachie10 on

    On £49 to watch us play Sevco. I agree it is a ridiculous amount of money, howevvah! We as fans call for money to be spent on players, facilities, UEFA fines blah blah and that money has to be brought in from somewhere.

     

     

    Season ticket holders don’t have to pay more for this game than any other, except for those who entered into an agreement to purchase a ticket which didn’t include this game.

     

     

    Is it worse to charge the big game hunters, (and I realise that that doesn’t cover everyone who will be looking for a ticket, economics, employment and family commitments means that there are folks who cant commit to a season book) than it is to bring it in extra cash from sponsorship or corporate entertainment because you can be sure they will also be paying a lot more to be associated with the game whether we like it or not. In my view if this brings in the money that the difference in getting a talent like Sinclair in and not getting him then heyho!

     

     

    Btw cannae wait for tonight.

     

     

    HH

  3. tonydonnelly67 on 17th August 2016 12:43 pm

     

     

    There’s no new article posted I went twice nothing there.

     

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    It’s the meaningful thoughts of neanon2.

     

     

    There’s no content …………………………..

  4. Barney67 on 17th August 2016 12:46 pm

     

     

    Only ucleaver people can see the new article!

     

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    I don’t have a cleaver: that makes me uncleaver. So why can’t I see it?

  5. Ray Winstone's Big Disembodied Heid on

    £49? I’d pay twice that for a front row seat at the Womens’ Beach Volleyball.

     

     

    Hooray for our side.

  6. Maybe that’s BR,s new tactic ……invisible wee strikers….

     

     

    Maks sense to me…..

     

     

    Braw.

  7. Can cqn cope with all the refresh requests?

     

     

    Yeez are aw coin it don’t geez yer patter.:-)

  8. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    There is plenty of content…..its just that some cant see it because of the blindfold, and having cotton wool in their ears doesnt help either:)

  9. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BABASONICOS71 on 17TH AUGUST 2016 12:33 PM

     

    £49 to watch a Scottish football match is way too expensive regardless who’s playing.Supply and demand just doesn’t cut it,what next,a Milton Friedman CSC?

     

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    Government subsidies ?

     

    Ah`ll gie ye government subsidies.

     

     

    Keynes ya bas.

     

    Teward.

     

     

    Milton young Team.

  10. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    So far, we have had some cracking justifications for the 49 quid bigot con.

     

    Some dont mind being conned because they have money to burn….and its only 49 quid eh.

  11. Big Pierre's 2 front teeth on

    The Green Man

     

     

    Any chance of fcuking off somewhere else and warning people they’re being ripped off paying $49???

     

     

    I’ve got a season ticket like many others on here so your sh1te doesn’t concern us!

  12. mullet and co 2 on

    £49 quid to see Sevco.

     

    What where the viewing figures for Bobby Ewing waking up in the shower?

  13. Aye Barney67…..

     

     

    That really tall Italian bhoys was like a stretched Samara’s!

     

     

    Smiley thing.

     

     

    Braw

  14. Ray Winstone's Big Disembodied Heid on

    The Oil Boy for the women’s beach volleyball teams surely has the best job in sport.

     

     

    DumbandDumberCSC.

  15. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Anyway…im offski.

     

    Ahm nearly in tears at the savage mauling ive had today on CQN.

     

    Awe picking on the poor Green Man, because he tells it like it is:)

     

    That pile of sawdust calling me a hun….telling you, its not cricket.

     

    If it wisnae for me, you would have all be cosily agreeing that Peter Lawell was a genius:)

     

     

     

    HH

  16. Ooops! Already posted, make a good read.

     

     

    They have made hee haw from shirt sales and the auditors have washed their hands of the accounts.

  17. Ray Winstone’s Big Disembodied Heid on 17th August 2016 1:01 pm

     

     

    The Oil Boy for the women’s beach volleyball teams surely has the best job in sport.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    DumbandDumberCSC.

     

     

    You are of course, absolutely correct!

  18. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Big Pierre

     

     

    Ever had the feeling you have been conned….suck it up, and pay the price for the big lie.

     

    And before i go…can i just say GIRUY

  19. Celtic champs elect. You remind me of turkeybhoy a with that mad sychpohatntic rage. So what if I wear braces and have red curly hair and a red nose. What’s it got to do with you mr rage?

     

     

    Ah wee tony tells me a have a lack of content, without any hint of irony……