QuoteThere a few smaller grounds dotted around Glasgow. God forbid Murrayfield was unavailable - they might have to use one.Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
For some reason that was the first one sprang to mind
Ha ha.
There a few smaller grounds dotted around Glasgow. God forbid Murrayfield was unavailable - they might have to use one.
For some reason that was the first one sprang to mind
Mouse,
If not one of the three in Glasgow, then one of the three in Edinburgh...
Gretna is miles away!
You're as far out as fanad lighthouse
Setanta are showing Manchester City against CSKA Moscow instead of Juventus-Real. This must be some sort of crap joke.
Just how do you imagine UEFA can order a game to be played at Murrayfield?
Perhaps UEFA can order a game to be played at Croke Park for that matter?
All that time spent waiting for the GAA to pass a motion at congress when all that had to be done was Platini to issue an order that the GAA open up the gates
It's up to the club to find out from the Rugby authority if Murrayfield is available for rent, and could they see it in their heart to let Celtic use it. UEFA can't mandate a game to be played on the grounds of another sport.
Fir Park might be ruled out for safety reasons. Way too small to deal with the hordes clambering to get inside.The club Celtic draw might also want the game to be played at a 50 -60k sized stadium. Liverpool or Manchester might be realistic, depends on what is available inside Scotland.
As I have always said, it's a remote chance that the game be moved out of Scotland but it can't be totally ruled out at this stage.
It's a no brainer which game looks to be the game of the evening.
It's on sky sports isn't it? Gerry "about that goal"Armstrong is co commentator.
I'll go for Juve,
so put your money on Madrid.
Not bad from Casillas, making a save with his boot, a save worthy of an average, 2 bob handball goalie.
Ronaldo getting plenty of bird tonight. If Howard Webb does fall for one of Ronaldo's strokes, there will be a riot.
The perfectly struck penalty from Juve puts them one up.
I thought it wasn't a peno, that the defender clearly got a foot on the ball, then the replay showed Webb got it spot on.
The turf is a bit slippy out there, players are picking up yellows for sliding through with the tackle.
Balls.
Unballs.
Petered out after Juve equalised, as if Juve had a 'knowing' that Copenhagen were going to hold on in the other game. It will be tight for Juve but you never can rule out theGermansItalians in a qualification group.
Dwight Yorke as a pundit? whats the world coming to? next we will be having pundits running our team. Dwight thought the Madrid defender made a rashional tackle to concede the peno.
Derry played Gretna in Fir Park.
This was Gretna's home patch:
Aye, but WTF have either to do with Fanad Lighthouse...
Celtic are highly unlikely to play a CL qualifier at Fir Park.
Like was said earlier, there's probably only 6 grounds in Scotland that can accommodate a Celtic home game. No-one in their right mind would take it to Motherwell.
If I were a Derry supporter, I'd be a bit shy to be posting a photo, highlighting another club's ramshackle 'stadium'.
Ah, c'mon, not even the Brandywell's infamously-sloping pitch is as lopsided as Gretna's there!
Or maybe that's just amateur photography for you...
To begin with I was slightly bemused by the presumptuousness of this.
But having looked into it it seems incredibly cynical, and slightly sickening.
First up is there any reason they couldn't use their own stadium (or for that matter Ibrox or Hampden) the week of 16th July?
Now this year at the same stage of the competition they played Cliftonville - attendance < 30K. Ignoring the big 3 Glasgow stadia, only one other venue in Scotland could accommodate that many. But let’s face it, if they're only half filling their home, what are the chances of doing any better in a big ground in Edinburgh.
So what's the solution to having a half empty stadium? Pack out a smaller venue? No, if on there was a way of filling a big stadium. Some less discerning fans willing to go and watch anything as long as it say celtic on the tin. I think I got it - thousands of rabid wallets just waiting to be emptied, maybe even enough to fill a big stadium - if only they could take the franchise on the road - the nfl do it all the time, what's the problem?
Is there a photo edit software program in existence that could possibly add a bit of stadium gloss to that photo of the Brandywell?Ah, c'mon, not even the Brandywell's infamously-sloping pitch is as lopsided as Gretna's there!
Or maybe that's just amateur photography for you...
An illusion of a stadium?
Hampden Pk is definitely out and wont be used for football until well after the Games. Celtic Park in all probability will be in the process of preparation mode for the opening ceremony. Don't know about Ibrox.
What was the cause of this?: http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/champ...-in-amsterdam/
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks