The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[imtommygunn]

Why would it be any worse than celtic rangers ? They don't ban away fans there.

[uimhr ocht]

It's disappointing that no celts will be in Windsor pk,the club should have taken up whatever tickets on offer.THe players could have done with some vocal backing and support.Hoping for San Marino victory now then HH

[Targetman]

Celtics greatest manager of all time Jock Stein said "football without fans is nothing" the Celtic board who decided not to take our allocation of tickets have just dismissed that, a lot of hoops unhappy, but anyway Govan Emerald CSC are taking names for trip to Belfast leaving Friday morning at 7 and returning after the game, faithful through and through!!

[michaelg]

Celtics greatest manager of all time Jock Stein said "football without fans is nothing" the Celtic board who decided not to take our allocation of tickets have just dismissed that, a lot of hoops unhappy, but anyway Govan Emerald CSC are taking names for trip to Belfast leaving Friday morning at 7 and returning after the game, faithful through and through!!

Surely removing away fans can only increase the chance of a shock / freak result.  Be interesting to see how many seats the Blues can fill.   Seems like a bollocks deision by Celtic to me.

[Over the Bar]

Celtics greatest manager of all time Jock Stein said "football without fans is nothing" the Celtic board who decided not to take our allocation of tickets have just dismissed that, a lot of hoops unhappy, but anyway Govan Emerald CSC are taking names for trip to Belfast leaving Friday morning at 7 and returning after the game, faithful through and through!!

Belfast based Celtic fans who want to go should be allowed to go and the club should ensure whatever ticket allocation is made available to whoever wishes to go.  If the PSNI say they can't assure away fan safety during 12th week  that's a different matter and FIFA should expel Linfield.  WTF?!

[michaelg]

Celtics greatest manager of all time Jock Stein said "football without fans is nothing" the Celtic board who decided not to take our allocation of tickets have just dismissed that, a lot of hoops unhappy, but anyway Govan Emerald CSC are taking names for trip to Belfast leaving Friday morning at 7 and returning after the game, faithful through and through!!

Belfast based Celtic fans who want to go should be allowed to go and the club should ensure whatever ticket allocation is made available to whoever wishes to go.  If the PSNI say they can't assure away fan safety during 12th week  that's a different matter and FIFA should expel Linfield. WTF?!

Doesn't seem to be the case.  Celtic the ones with the issue.

[Aaron Boone]

A full Windsor has a great atmosphere since the redevelopment. Brendan Rodgers will need his troops to concentrate on the football.

[michaelg]

A full Windsor has a great atmosphere since the redevelopment. Brendan Rodgers will need his troops to concentrate on the football.

I doubt Linfield could get close to filling Windsor.  Possibility of Belfast based Celts buying tickets could add to gate, however, and chances of bother potentially.

[Over the Bar]

A full Windsor has a great atmosphere since the redevelopment. Brendan Rodgers will need his troops to concentrate on the football.

I doubt Linfield could get close to filling Windsor.  Possibility of Belfast based Celts buying tickets could add to gate, however, and chances of bother potentially.

So you reckon Linfield couldn't fill their home ground for their first ever European tie with Glasgow Celtic?  Fancy a wee bet on that?

[michaelg]

A full Windsor has a great atmosphere since the redevelopment. Brendan Rodgers will need his troops to concentrate on the football.

I doubt Linfield could get close to filling Windsor.  Possibility of Belfast based Celts buying tickets could add to gate, however, and chances of bother potentially.

So you reckon Linfield couldn't fill their home ground for their first ever European tie with Glasgow Celtic?  Fancy a wee bet on that?

No bother.  No chance of filling it. Eight and a half I reckon.

[Over the Bar]

So which Liverpool flop are  Celtic being associated with today then?

[Hectic]

Linfield will fill the ground though not all die hard Linfield fans. The rats will be crawling out of the sewers in their thousands to fill the additional seats.

[stew]

Celtics greatest manager of all time Jock Stein said "football without fans is nothing" the Celtic board who decided not to take our allocation of tickets have just dismissed that, a lot of hoops unhappy, but anyway Govan Emerald CSC are taking names for trip to Belfast leaving Friday morning at 7 and returning after the game, faithful through and through!!

Surely removing away fans can only increase the chance of a shock / freak result.  Be interesting to see how many seats the Blues can fill.   Seems like a bollocks deision by Celtic to me.

Ffs the club do not want their fans hurt, they did the right thing here and the focus on this decision is abhorrent to me, the focus should be on the why behind this fixture has to be changed, the reason is hatred and that is on EUFA and the club in question, not Celtic.

[Targetman]

They don't want their fans "hurt", would you wise up its not a bunch of primary school kids we're talking about!

[T Fearon]

I suspect the main reason here is the club don't want a small section of the support to embarrass it,being drawn into sadly and taking  part in a sectarian fest.We have also incurred way too many fines from UEFA lately,and obviously the club doesn't want to take any risks.

This game could have been easily managed,with both club's recording the name and seat number of every fan to whom a ticket was sold,thus anyone from either side causing trouble could have been retrospectively dealt with.