The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Hectic]

Ha - I have been in grounds before where I have only managed to get tickets with the home fans when playing Celtic and to be honest while it was hard to take the grin off my face at Celtic goals I have managed to sit put - albeit on my hands on occasion but you def are more obvious when everyone around you is jumping for joy - that said never came to any difficulty because of it but none of the grounds were Ibrox.

Come to think of it when visiting Windsor in the past I was in with the away fans for NI Spain - then again I was not an alien in that situation   

[T Fearon]

I did the tour of Windsor yesterday.First visit since the redevelopment.It.looks a hell of a lot smaller and pitch very close to fans.No hesitation in going if I grab hold of a ticket.They have a monitoring centre, from which cameras can home in on any seat.I think Linfield will control this well.I've sat among Lazio ultras so nothing bothers me at football now.

[Hectic]

Yeah I am not expecting massive difficulties - will be plenty of verbal abuse but that aside cannot see where issues will arise unless some Celtic fans out themselves in a big way as described by Main Street or suspicion may arise should Linfield score.  A family friend had to leave the Pat Jennings testimonial years ago as he had taken his young son and the supporters were singing 'If you hate Derry City clap your hands' and then singling people out who were not clapping but hopefully those days are past.

I would think tickets will be reasonably easy to come by if keen.

[T Fearon]

Was at Pat's testimonial.Where I was it was all good humoured.I think it will be ok.Banter is fine but no doubt you'll have a small minority frothing at the mouth.

Still its a far cry from 1979 when Gerry Daly playing for FAI team was split by a bottle thrown from the crowd, a game I was also at.

[ned]

TF? More like JT!

[T Fearon]

Unlike JT I was there!

[under the bar]

Celtic expect Rangers' EBT 'sporting advantage' review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40510207

Can't see how anyone could expect the biased SPFL to do anything but uphold the "no competitive advantage was gained" line in favour of Rangers, but how come UEFA aren't the adjudicating body in all of this?

[Main Street]

Celtic expect Rangers' EBT 'sporting advantage' review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40510207

Can't see how anyone could expect the biased SPFL to do anything but uphold the "no competitive advantage was gained" line in favour of Rangers, but how come UEFA aren't the adjudicating body in all of this?

Why do you think the point of Celtic's statement is to expect a different outcome from the SPL?
Considering that since the  bizarre - "no competitive advantage was gained"  from the financial doping judgement-  there have been 2 court decisions which have swung the other way against old Rangers, it's Celtic's  prerogative to expect a review of the original decision in the light of a changed (illegal) context and to again reiterate their considered opposition about the original decision.
Sometimes it's okay when there's a perceived injustice, to highlight  some years later,  'see, we were right, we knew then and we know now, you fcked up with your no competitive advantage was gained judgement'.

[straightred]

Celtic expect Rangers' EBT 'sporting advantage' review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40510207

Can't see how anyone could expect the biased SPFL to do anything but uphold the "no competitive advantage was gained" line in favour of Rangers, but how come UEFA aren't the adjudicating body in all of this?

Why do you think the point of Celtic's statement is to expect a different outcome from the SPL?
Considering that since the  bizarre - "no competitive advantage was gained"  from the financial doping judgement-  there have been 2 court decisions which have swung the other way against old Rangers, it's Celtic's  prerogative to expect a review of the original decision in the light of a changed (illegal) context and to again reiterate their considered opposition about the original decision.
Sometimes it's okay when there's a perceived injustice, to highlight  some years later,  'see, we were right, we knew then and we know now, you fcked up with your no competitive advantage was gained judgement'.

They dont want to tackle the problem as it will bring out the very worst in rangers. However the very basis of Lord Nimo Smith's judgement was blown out of the water yesterday so they may not have any choice but to look at it again. Lets see will other clubs get involved. For me the fairest outcome is to strip the trophies but don't award them to anyone else.

[straightred]

Whats the story regarding tickets for Windsor? One part of me doesn't want to give them any of my money but at the same time to go there and watch Celtic make we boys out of them should not be missed. I think Celtic are wrong to not take their ticket allocation as i believe it'll be more dangerous for we pockets of fans going to the ground not policed (which will happen), at least if the Celtic fans had a stand they can be segregated and policed to avoid any of the vampires looking victims. I just hope things pass off without incident but can't see it.

Yeah thinking about going myself - difficulty will arise in the extremely unlikely event Linfield score and everyone around you is going bananas.

That's just a bad feeling, not a life threatening difficulty,
I'd say a difficulty might arise when Celtic score, you loose the run of the yourself, are up on your feet roaring and celebrating and then you feel something akin to an overbearing malicious silence, you stop and look around.

Many years ago (1988 i think) i went up for a world cup qualifier. I was only a teenager and had a few pints on board but Houghton nearly scored after about 5 mins and i leapt up (i was in the main stand). Got serious abuse for the rest of the game and we ended up leaving early. I honestly thought we were going to get a serious kicking that night or maybe even worse.

[T Fearon]

That was the nil nil draw in World Cup qualifier.Like all venues when you are an away fan in among home support it is better to keep the head low and emotions in check.Atmosphere was bad that night.

[Hectic]

Rangers (IL) titles and cup from the period of financial doping have to go - plain and simple.

[T Fearon]

They should go but will they? Rangers,and Celtic too for that matter,are so important to Scotland and its economy that you get the feeling they have special protections above and beyond sporting bodies.

[Hectic]

I think it should be pretty clear cut - it is hard to defend - in fact as well as the cups and titles, Regan and Doncaster and whoever else was involved with overseeing, facilitating and judging should be walking also.  Laid bare it is probably the biggest case of cheating in UK and possibly European football history.

[themac_23]

Titles should be stripped, the problem is Rangers fans think celtic fans want them awarded to us. i know any celtic fan i chat to doesn't want them but equally, we shouldn't listen to this going for 55 Sh*t when they cheated for a number of them, strip the titles and have it right on the record books.