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[illdecide]

Looking like Linfield 

aye watched it live there...some draw for them hoors as they'll benefit from the money whereas Celtic will not benefit from it really only a passage into next round...Assuming of course if Linfield win their tie

Ties possibly on weekend of the 12th? Belfast will be chaos!

I know...there's a Linfield guy here in work jumping about like he's just won the CL FFS, saying we'll march to the stadium etc. Dunno if i'd like to be in that Cess Pit for that game TBH on 11th July, I would love FIFA to insist it on 12th July (Assuming Linfield are at home first) that would be predicament for marchers and security...lol

[tonto1888]

Looking like Linfield 

aye watched it live there...some draw for them hoors as they'll benefit from the money whereas Celtic will not benefit from it really only a passage into next round...Assuming of course if Linfield win their tie

Ties possibly on weekend of the 12th? Belfast will be chaos!

I know...there's a Linfield guy here in work jumping about like he's just won the CL FFS, saying we'll march to the stadium etc. Dunno if i'd like to be in that Cess Pit for that game TBH on 11th July, I would love FIFA to insist it on 12th July (Assuming Linfield are at home first) that would be predicament for marchers and security...lol

will linfield even beat the san marino mob?

[general_lee]

Looking like Linfield 

aye watched it live there...some draw for them hoors as they'll benefit from the money whereas Celtic will not benefit from it really only a passage into next round...Assuming of course if Linfield win their tie

Ties possibly on weekend of the 12th? Belfast will be chaos!

I know...there's a Linfield guy here in work jumping about like he's just won the CL FFS, saying we'll march to the stadium etc. Dunno if i'd like to be in that Cess Pit for that game TBH on 11th July, I would love FIFA to insist it on 12th July (Assuming Linfield are at home first) that would be predicament for marchers and security...lol

will linfield even beat the san marino mob?

Exactly

[tonto1888]

even if they do, No club from the 06 is allowed to play football in the 06 on the twelfth  apparently - that's from someone who posts on Kerrydale Street

[ned]

even if they do, No club from the 06 is allowed to play football in the 06 on the twelfth  apparently - that's from someone who posts on Kerrydale Street

No way would any sane Celtic fan want to be anywhere near Belfast on the 12th.
It won't be on the 12th anyway.

[illdecide]

even if they do, No club from the 06 is allowed to play football in the 06 on the twelfth  apparently - that's from someone who posts on Kerrydale Street

Who doesn't allow them? Themselves and their poxy religion. Did UEFA not recently insist on them playing a game on a Sunday which went down like a lead balloon despite them pleading with UEFA to move the game to another date. The Police will obviously insist it played (if they win) on 11th July for security reasons which UEFA I suppose cannot ignore but UEFA are quite arrogant and don't like 3rd parties telling them when they can play and when they cannot...Will be interesting should Linfield progress...

[bennydorano]

They'll probably be a step up from Rangers tbf

[mrdeeds]

Even if it's moved to the 11th will that not still be a bad time for security personnel?

[bennydorano]

If it does come to pass and lands on the 11th / 12th  I'd say it'll be in Glasgow even if it means reversing home advantage 2nd. That or they move the date of the game. Things could get out of hand very quickly in Belfast especially if there was anything contentious on the day as well.

[Hectic]

UEFA will make the call. Good chance if it is to go ahead on their halloween that Celtic will not take up ticket allocation. Sevco sites already planning pitched battles. The hangers on will be the biggest problem.

[yellowcard]

Lets just hope that the San Marino crowd can take down Linfield in the first round. This is not a fixture you'd want to be attending, or certainly not the Belfast leg anyway.

[PAULD123]

Linfield have said that it will NOT be on the 12th. Also have said that they expect it to be on 11th around 5pm in Belfast and that Celtic have not complained about that.

The big problem for Linfield is that a first leg in Belfast is a huge money spinner. But if they reverse the fixture and take a hammering in Glasgow then the second leg in Belfast lacks TV interest and become a dead rubber. There is no suitable neutral venue because they already play at the national stadium. Meaning Dublin is the only alternative venue and there is no way the Linfield or supporters would be willing to go to Landsdowne Road. Also do Celtic want six thousand orangemen descending on Parkhead on the 12th of July?

I wish this match hadn't been drawn. NI is in a precarious state at the moment with this DUP-Tory deal and the lack of a Stormont assembly. Secatraianism is the last thing we need right now. How happy would a Dundalk v Celtic event have been???

I would not be surprised if the vicious fervor of Linfield fans results in then being banned by UEFA when they unleash sectarian hell in front of the continents TV cameras. If there is any positive to be taken it may raise a  question over the whole 12th celebration itself and its immoral nature.

[ned]

Linfield have said that it will NOT be on the 12th. Also have said that they expect it to be on 11th around 5pm in Belfast and that Celtic have not complained about that.

The big problem for Linfield is that a first leg in Belfast is a huge money spinner. But if they reverse the fixture and take a hammering in Glasgow then the second leg in Belfast lacks TV interest and become a dead rubber. There is no suitable neutral venue because they already play at the national stadium. Meaning Dublin is the only alternative venue and there is no way the Linfield or supporters would be willing to go to Landsdowne Road. Also do Celtic want six thousand orangemen descending on Parkhead on the 12th of July?

I wish this match hadn't been drawn. NI is in a precarious state at the moment with this DUP-Tory deal and the lack of a Stormont assembly. Secatraianism is the last thing we need right now. How happy would a Dundalk v Celtic event have been???

I would not be surprised if the vicious fervor of Linfield fans results in then being banned by UEFA when they unleash sectarian hell in front of the continents TV cameras. If there is any positive to be taken it may raise a  question over the whole 12th celebration itself and its immoral nature.

I don't doubt the vileness of the Linfield support, much like their Glasgow cousins. However, you seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions there. The San Marino team might just have a say in matters. You are also being a tad melodramatic with regards the influence of this potential match on political goings on.

[PAULD123]

Not sure I am being that dramatic at all Ned. Northern Ireland is on the brink of collapse. We constantly live life on a political knife edge and right now with the extremer parties gaining all the power, a huge sectarian event is the last thing we need. You don't live here do you? Have you ever lived in northern Ireland?

[ned]

Not sure I am being that dramatic at all Ned. Northern Ireland is on the brink of collapse. We constantly live life on a political knife edge and right now with the extremer parties gaining all the power, a huge sectarian event is the last thing we need. You don't live here do you? Have you ever lived in northern Ireland?

I'm originally from the north, moved away 20 years ago. Coincidentally just as the troubles were coming to an 'end'. Oops, should have moved sooner. I'm not that far out of the loop but not living there doesn't give me first hand knowledge of the situation. However, a football match is unlikely to have a bearing on future political ramifications.