The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[gerrykeegan]

Why do rte show the utd game? Surely there are more Celtic fans in its region than utd?

RTE have always been biased towards Man U.
Would have preferred if they showed the Chelsea game myself.

I read somewhere United have 650 million fans worldwide, hard to compete with that

[AZOffaly]

I would say there are far more people that count United as their 'first' team than those who count Celtic. In fact I'd say Liverpool fall into that bracket as well.

Of course a lot of these people would like Celtic too, but if they were offered watching United or Celtic, I'd say the majority, by a good bit, would go for United.

[bennydorano]

RTE & TV3 are both an embarrasment tripping over themselves to put MU on on every ocassion, only thing that trumps it is TV3 & their Dubs obsession. All commercially driven off course, but still w**k.

[mylestheslasher]

Chelsea game being shown before Celtic so I assume they do must be more supported now than celtic.

[Main Street]

Not a bad game, Benfica had that bit of technical ability in hand but Celtic more than held their own. Brown was at his hyper best and Wanyama not far behind, Wilson also looks a solid player  - badly needed at CH. It's games like this that a player like Nakamura would make the difference. All in all, a good first game in the CL group stages against one of the best teams in Europe.

[5 Sams]

Evander Sno in hospital with a heart attack!!

[Armaghgeddon]

1-0 Celtic in CL. 12 mins - Hooper.

[sammymaguire]

2-1 Spartak... 

[Armaghgeddon]

2-2 now. Red card for Spartak player

[ross4life]

First European away win since when?

[Dougal Maguire]

most clubs in Europe would be happy with a point from a double header with barca before a ball is kicked

1 point from 4 games. There will fcuk all from Barca and away to Spartak.

You didn't call that one too well

[Main Street]

Nice for Celtic to get that victory, I had thought a draw at best before the game. I also thought Matthews would be badly missed but Lustig did very well. Hooper was outstanding, leading the line on his own, scored and 'won the red card'. Samaras had a very decent game after his injury last month, with a brilliant header for the winner and a (dummy) assist for the equaliser.

[red hander]

First European away win since when?

Since they beat Helsinborgs 2-0 in Sweden in the qualifier

[T Fearon]

Fantastic display and win.Almost a year on from being 3 nil down and facing the sack against Kilmarnock,Neil must now be on the radar of English premier clubs.

[fitzroyalty]

Fantastic display and win.Almost a year on from being 3 nil down and facing the sack against Kilmarnock,Neil must now be on the radar of English premier clubs.

In much the same way as when the Queen uttered her attempt at the Irish language, she was on the radar of the Gaeltacht for a new chairperson.

Yeah, or maybe not.

Lennon has assembled a great squad and seems to be more clued-in than some would give him credit for. Certainly some of the players at Celtic are being watched by EPL clubs so I don't see why they wouldn't be tracking Lennon either.