The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[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.

[stew]

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

Their fans once ran on to the field and broke the leg of a Celtic player you idiot,!

These are hate driven arseholes Celtic are dealing with, two days after the 12th of July, are you kidding me?

Celtic will not take up their ticket allocation for next month's possible Champions League qualifier at Linfield.

Uefa confirmed the first-leg tie in Belfast will take place on Friday 14 July should the Northern Irish champions make it past the San Marino club La Fiorita.


Celtic and Linfield face prospect of Champions League clash on marching day
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The original dates would have taken Celtic to Belfast at the height of the marching season on 11 or 12 July. That sparked fears of trouble among the club's supporters and Linfield's loyalist fans.

After talks with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it has been decided to move the match to 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off. But Celtic have decided the potential for disorder is still too big a risk and will not invite their travelling support to attend.

Celtic said: "Following security concerns raised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Celtic has taken part in discussions with Linfield and the PSNI over recent days. While there can be an option to reverse the fixtures if both clubs agree, during discussions Linfield made it clear that they did not wish to reverse the tie and they wanted to play their home leg first.

"In addition, as is often the case in football, Celtic's football management team wished to play our away leg first so that we could benefit from the advantage of playing the second leg at home in front of our supporters at Celtic Park for this crucial European tie.

"Following the discussions, it was agreed among the clubs and PSNI and has now been confirmed with Uefa that, should Linfield progress to the second qualifying round, Celtic's Uefa Champions League match against Linfield will take place at Windsor Park on Friday, 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off.

"No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters. The safety and security of all Celtic supporters travelling and attending matches is of paramount importance to the club.

"Should La Fiorita of San Marino qualify for the next round, the first leg match would take place on 11 or 12 July.

"Regardless of opposition, Celtic's home leg of this qualifying round will take place at Celtic Park on Wednesday, 19 July."

[T Fearon]

Celtic should see this tie out without away support,though Red Imps turned that on its head last year.They obviously don't want to risk bad behaviour from a section of the support.Sound decision to not take tickets,just get the fixture (which should be easily won)out of the way,and with no fans present, no blame can be attached to Celtic for any sectarian behaviour.

[imtommygunn]

For once i agree with you!

[michaelg]

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

Their fans once ran on to the field and broke the leg of a Celtic player you idiot,!

These are hate driven arseholes Celtic are dealing with, two days after the 12th of July, are you kidding me?

Celtic will not take up their ticket allocation for next month's possible Champions League qualifier at Linfield.

Uefa confirmed the first-leg tie in Belfast will take place on Friday 14 July should the Northern Irish champions make it past the San Marino club La Fiorita.


Celtic and Linfield face prospect of Champions League clash on marching day
Read more
The original dates would have taken Celtic to Belfast at the height of the marching season on 11 or 12 July. That sparked fears of trouble among the club's supporters and Linfield's loyalist fans.

After talks with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it has been decided to move the match to 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off. But Celtic have decided the potential for disorder is still too big a risk and will not invite their travelling support to attend.

Celtic said: "Following security concerns raised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Celtic has taken part in discussions with Linfield and the PSNI over recent days. While there can be an option to reverse the fixtures if both clubs agree, during discussions Linfield made it clear that they did not wish to reverse the tie and they wanted to play their home leg first.

"In addition, as is often the case in football, Celtic's football management team wished to play our away leg first so that we could benefit from the advantage of playing the second leg at home in front of our supporters at Celtic Park for this crucial European tie.

"Following the discussions, it was agreed among the clubs and PSNI and has now been confirmed with Uefa that, should Linfield progress to the second qualifying round, Celtic's Uefa Champions League match against Linfield will take place at Windsor Park on Friday, 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off.

"No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters. The safety and security of all Celtic supporters travelling and attending matches is of paramount importance to the club.

"Should La Fiorita of San Marino qualify for the next round, the first leg match would take place on 11 or 12 July.

"Regardless of opposition, Celtic's home leg of this qualifying round will take place at Celtic Park on Wednesday, 19 July."

It was 69 years ago ffs. 

[stew]

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

Their fans once ran on to the field and broke the leg of a Celtic player you idiot,!

These are hate driven arseholes Celtic are dealing with, two days after the 12th of July, are you kidding me?

Celtic will not take up their ticket allocation for next month's possible Champions League qualifier at Linfield.

Uefa confirmed the first-leg tie in Belfast will take place on Friday 14 July should the Northern Irish champions make it past the San Marino club La Fiorita.


Celtic and Linfield face prospect of Champions League clash on marching day
Read more
The original dates would have taken Celtic to Belfast at the height of the marching season on 11 or 12 July. That sparked fears of trouble among the club's supporters and Linfield's loyalist fans.

After talks with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it has been decided to move the match to 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off. But Celtic have decided the potential for disorder is still too big a risk and will not invite their travelling support to attend.

Celtic said: "Following security concerns raised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Celtic has taken part in discussions with Linfield and the PSNI over recent days. While there can be an option to reverse the fixtures if both clubs agree, during discussions Linfield made it clear that they did not wish to reverse the tie and they wanted to play their home leg first.

"In addition, as is often the case in football, Celtic's football management team wished to play our away leg first so that we could benefit from the advantage of playing the second leg at home in front of our supporters at Celtic Park for this crucial European tie.

"Following the discussions, it was agreed among the clubs and PSNI and has now been confirmed with Uefa that, should Linfield progress to the second qualifying round, Celtic's Uefa Champions League match against Linfield will take place at Windsor Park on Friday, 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off.

"No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters. The safety and security of all Celtic supporters travelling and attending matches is of paramount importance to the club.

"Should La Fiorita of San Marino qualify for the next round, the first leg match would take place on 11 or 12 July.

"Regardless of opposition, Celtic's home leg of this qualifying round will take place at Celtic Park on Wednesday, 19 July."

It was 69 years ago ffs.

I stand corrected, their modern day support are tolerant, non catholic hating  men and women of reason!

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[T Fearon]

Look things have changed,Linfield have a lot of Catholic players now,and it is preposterous to bring up things like Jimmy Jones incident.

Still Linfield have a substantial bad element among their support,and Celtic are right to reject any tickets for what should be a straightforward fixture on the pitch,which they just want to fulfill with minimal fuss.

[michaelg]

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

Their fans once ran on to the field and broke the leg of a Celtic player you idiot,!

These are hate driven arseholes Celtic are dealing with, two days after the 12th of July, are you kidding me?

Celtic will not take up their ticket allocation for next month's possible Champions League qualifier at Linfield.

Uefa confirmed the first-leg tie in Belfast will take place on Friday 14 July should the Northern Irish champions make it past the San Marino club La Fiorita.


Celtic and Linfield face prospect of Champions League clash on marching day
Read more
The original dates would have taken Celtic to Belfast at the height of the marching season on 11 or 12 July. That sparked fears of trouble among the club's supporters and Linfield's loyalist fans.

After talks with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it has been decided to move the match to 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off. But Celtic have decided the potential for disorder is still too big a risk and will not invite their travelling support to attend.

Celtic said: "Following security concerns raised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Celtic has taken part in discussions with Linfield and the PSNI over recent days. While there can be an option to reverse the fixtures if both clubs agree, during discussions Linfield made it clear that they did not wish to reverse the tie and they wanted to play their home leg first.

"In addition, as is often the case in football, Celtic's football management team wished to play our away leg first so that we could benefit from the advantage of playing the second leg at home in front of our supporters at Celtic Park for this crucial European tie.

"Following the discussions, it was agreed among the clubs and PSNI and has now been confirmed with Uefa that, should Linfield progress to the second qualifying round, Celtic's Uefa Champions League match against Linfield will take place at Windsor Park on Friday, 14 July, with a 5pm kick-off.

"No tickets will be available for Celtic supporters. The safety and security of all Celtic supporters travelling and attending matches is of paramount importance to the club.

"Should La Fiorita of San Marino qualify for the next round, the first leg match would take place on 11 or 12 July.

"Regardless of opposition, Celtic's home leg of this qualifying round will take place at Celtic Park on Wednesday, 19 July."

It was 69 years ago ffs.

I stand corrected, their modern day support are tolerant, non catholic hating  men and women of reason!

Tube!

By the same rationale then, would you recommend Celtic take the  same action if they drew Liverpool in the Champions  League?  After all, 39 fans died after the actions of Liverpoll fans 32 years ago at Heysel.