And probably the European Milk Marketing board, the Fisheries Forum and BBCs Watchdog, after the court of Abitration for Sport told them they were full of shite as well.
That didn’t stop the BBC, Sky sports and anyone else with airtime to fill from giving the Polish sides co-owner Dariusz Mioduski , pictured above performing his new single “I Did it My Way “, a chance to waffle on about how its Celtics fault that his club didn’t fill in the paperwork properly, and he didn’t disappoint them;
“We expected this decision.
Because it was the right one ?
We just felt we needed to file for provisional measures because this was our last chance to get reinstated.
And to deflect attention away from our incompetence in case our nasty, horrible support put my windows in.
“But the fact is, knowing that both UEFA and Celtic would be filing documents and arguing against us, we didn’t expect the courts would make a different decision at this point.
Especially as they were both right.
“We know we will be playing in the Europa League. We accept that, but we will not give up on our pursuit on what we believe is justice for football.”
Perhaps the word “justice ” translates into something else in Polish.
Mioduski added: “The main thing for us is making sure the rule is changed and that UEFA actually considers that.
“I don’t see it as us fighting against UEFA at this point. I see it as working more with UEFA to make sure a situation like this will never happen again.”
You can see it whatever way you want. You made an arse of it, and now you are off to Kazakhstan. If I could be so bold as to offer a little advice, don’t let the lass who did the paperwork organise the flights.
There was more disappointment for the Polish chief when it was announced the Scorsese movie “The Wolf of Wall Street ” has broken the record for the use of the “f” word, which he set last week when he found out about the mistake.
All of this means that Celtic can officially concentrate on preparing for tomorrow nights first leg play off in Slovenia against Maribor.
Wikipedia gives us a brief history;
Nogometni Klub Maribor (English: Maribor Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from Slovenian top flight 1. SNL since its establishment in 1991.[1][2] They are regarded as a symbol of Slovenian football, particularly in their home region of Styria (Slovene: Štajerska) in the northeastern Slovenia.
Maribor is the most successful club in the country, having won 12 Slovenian PrvaLiga titles, eight Slovenian Cups and four Slovenian Supercups. The club’s most successful period was in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when they overwhelmingly dominated domestic football, winning seven successive league titles and three national cups. Following the 2008–09 season, Maribor became the dominant force in Slovenian football for the second time, having won four out of five championships since then. Darko Milanič has led the club to four league, three cup and two supercup titles between 2008 and 2013, becoming the first coach who has won all three domestic trophies. Prior to Slovenia’sindependence in 1991 Maribor played in the Yugoslav football system. They are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the country’s highest division, Yugoslav First League, between the end of World War II in 1945 and thebreakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, the club had no major success during its Yugoslav period; the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup. In addition, they are the only Slovenian club and one of only four clubs from the former Yugoslavia who participated in group stage of the UEFA Champions Leagueand the UEFA Europa League.
They maintain a fierce rivalry with Olimpija from the capital Ljubljana, with whom they contest the Eternal Derby (Večni derbi). Their other major rivalry is against NŠ Mura from Murska Sobota and matches between the two are dubbed as the Northeastern Derby (Severovzhodni derbi). Maribor also have a loyal and passionate fan base and the club has the highest average all-time attendance in Slovenia.
The club’s home ground is the Ljudski vrt stadium, which has a capacity of 12,994.[3] It was originally built in 1952 and later underwent a series of major reconstructions in the 1990s and 2000s. The club’s Academy, which is hailed as the best in the country,[4] is responsible for youth development at the club and has enjoyed a fair amount of success in producing promising young players.[5] Maribor’s nicknames are The Purples (Vijoličasti) and The Violets (Vijolice), both referring to their primary colour purple. The club’s motto is One club, one honour (En klub, ena čast).
Thats nice. One club, one honour.
After the shambles that was Legia Warsaw and their petulant antics, it will be nice to entertain a club with honour.
Oh, hang on…
At the end of 1980–1981 season Maribor were celebrating as the club managed to avoid relegation, when the “Ball” (Žoga) bribery scandal emerged, and caused the club to be relegated from second tier to third by the decision of the Football Association of Yugoslavia disciplinary committee.[12][13] The club had a secret fund that was used for bribing officials and opponents.[14] Some club officials were keeping track of the bribery expenses in their black book, which was later confiscated by the authorities.[14] From the book it is clear that Maribor had bribed a total of 31 people.[14] After the scandal and the subsequent relegation to third division, Maribor spent the following years bouncing between the second and third Yugoslav leagues until the independence of Slovenia in 1991.
Dodgy club waiting until independence to re-emerge ? Are we about to see this story happen again, closer to home ?
The 2003–04 Slovenian Cup was the last trophy won by Maribor before the darkest era of the club began. Between 2004 and 2008, the club was plagued by financial difficulties, and Maribor even came close to being disbanded at one point.[25] However, the club did not follow their rivals Olimpija Ljubljana and Mura on that path.[25]
Due to their large debts, which at one point amounted to 4 million euros, the club could not afford to buy new players. As a consequence, the first team at the time consisted mostly of youth players mixed with a couple of foreign players brought to the club on free transfers. In the autumn of 2006, the leadership of the club changed, with the debt still amounting to over 3 million euros, and it was not until January 2011 that the club announced that the debt had been paid in full.[
Not exactly. They paid their debts.
The ground looks, well, nice. with surroundings a bit like Inverness but warm and sunny.
The Ljudski vrt (English: People’s Garden, German: Volksgarten) stadium is the only stadium in Maribor that lies on the left bank of the river Drava. The stadium is a natural, cultural, architectural and sports landmark of the city[63] and is considered one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world.[
They don’t have much to brag about in Slovenia. Its a stadium, with some seats and a football pitch. Functional is probably how the estate agent would describe it.
It holds around 13,000 , which might mean that the return game, in front of a packed Parkhead will put the heebie jeebies into them.
Their dangerman appears to be Brazilian forward Marco Tavares, who has won the award for the clubs best player three years in a row.
This award, incidentally is called the “Purple Warrior “, a reference to the clubs colours, and not in any way connected with sexual prowess.
UEFA.com previewed the game;
Previous meetings
• none
Form guide
• Maribor have played three previous two-legged ties against Scottish sides, with the overall record W3 D1 L2 (W2 D0 L1 at home – W1 D1 L1 in Scotland).
• Having lost 6-1 over two legs to the same side in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, Maribor got the better of Celtic‘s arch-rivals Rangers FC in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-offs. Maribor are now on a four-game unbeaten run (W3 D1) against Scottish clubs.
• Celtic are meeting Slovenian opponents for the first time.
• Eliminated in the play-offs in both 2012/13 (by GNK Dinamo Zagreb) and 2013/14 (by FC Viktoria Plzeň), Maribor‘s only previous UEFA Champions League group stage campaign was in 1999/2000, when they had beaten Olympique Lyonnais in the third qualifying round; Celtic are veterans of eight group stage campaigns.
• Celtic have won their last two UEFA Champions League play-offs since going down to Arsenal FC in 2009/10; they overcame Helsingborgs IF in 2012/13 and FC Shakhtar Karagandy last season.
Links and trivia
• Celtic forward Leigh Griffiths celebrates his 24th birthday on the day of the first leg against Maribor. He has yet to score in four UEFA club matches.
• Scotland’s record in three encounters with Slovenia at senior international level is W1 D2 L0; in UEFA age-group competitions, Scotland’s record against Slovenia is W7 D1 L3.
• The colour of Celtic‘s shirts may provide an extra spur for Maribor, whose traditional main rivals in Slovenia, NK Olimpija Ljubljana, also wear green.
• Maribor‘s naturalised Brazilian captain Tavares recently became one of just six players to reach 300 appearances for the team.
The only real worry is that tomorrow nights referee is Pavel Kralovec, who was in charge for the first Karagandy game last season.
Maybe he’ll feel sorry for us.
Gerry creaney, Brian O’niell , mark McNally
Daruisz wdowczek and Liam Brady in the back round.
I had to look again to see the players in the backround, whats that lassie up to these days? Shes ot the height to win a header or two.
aye get her signed up and she can play instead of efe lol
shes only 40 noo 😀
Doc
Something tells me those two in the background knew more about grass cutting and ticket sales than playing fitba.
H H
Back then, the signing on bonus looks a bit better
Gerry Creaney, Brian O’Neill & Mark McNally
Brian ONeill, the only Scotsman to miss 2 penalties in the one World Cup final! – U16s at Hampden vs Saudi Arabia over 30s
Whered deadhead to moan we dont have penalty takers like that anymore!
Was Mioduski in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?”
No: he played Betty in Hill Street Blues
That was one of my favourite Celtic pajama tops they have on
Dnc
No wonder if that model came with the pyjamas?
H H
G Creaney, Brian o Neill, Mark McNally
And Mrs San Miguel on the right !
I wish !
SM
I used to wish that too. But I in my own experience you soon get bored of them. Take Mrs PB., for example……
H H
So Legia want the rules changed, I’m sure Luis Suarez wants that as well. More of the same Celtic, should be a bit easier now Ralph has done half the scouting. The performance was that good at the weekend that I completely forgot about the amazing reception Fergus got unfurling the flag. Hail Hail
Ralph
If Mr. Mioduski was Willy Wanka, then his maltesers will be in bits after the kicking you just gave them. I just hope they were in his jacket and not his trousers pocket.
This fitba stuff is getting a bit hard to handle. The way things are going, we will be the only club with a history that hasn’t been fiddled, fondled or fuddled in some way or another. Gees, at this rate the corruption could reach the very top.
Things are looking well up on the south side. 8 goals and not a single doubt raised about it – well if you ignore the opposition manager. He has always been a dubious. By the way that was the substitute bench on the terraces. But all is well. Now there is the possibility of a £12 zbmillion (one never quite knows which letter to start with) embez..no, investment in the club. Well, provided the Big Hoose is put up as collateral. The involvement of Tesco in the deal might be well worth an investigation. Can’t wait till the SMS get their gums, sorry teeth into this one.
All answers so far are correct for the photo. Three half decent youngsters during one of our kind of hit and miss periods. No hit and miss about Mrs PB back then? Wasn’t she really stunning. Ah, the passage of time! Sometimes I think I am going to wake up – hopefully in Dnc’s pyjamas.
By the way, is that a zombie Danny Kay holding the mic or is it actually “deadhead” singing “Sweet Dreams”? Looks like he’s singing the “There once was an Ugly Duckling”. Is McCoist in the background on the karaoke?
H H
Sometimes the written word can really let you down!!!!!!
The Legia man looks a wee bit like Gene Wilder as Willie Wonka in the Chocolate Factory! I said “Wonka”.
Maribor? Let’s just go 4-4-2 but with plenty of movement on and off the ball. Let’s score a few and not concede any. Let’s have a Plan B in case of a sending off. I would go:
Gordon
Lustig/Denayer/Van Dijk/Izzy
Ambrose/Johansen/Mulgrew/
Commons moving just in front of the midfield and justbehnd the strikers
Berget/Stokes
I think Griffiths could come on and light things up.
Mainly, we need a goal. 1-0 or even 1-1 would do fine.
If we can score early, let’s be canny and try nick another.
Or, we could run riot and mince them. Are Maribor better than Dundee United? I doubt it.
C’mon The Celtic.
I just noticed that the Europa Cup Final is played in Warsaw! Now, what two teams might make that really interesting?
“The main thing for us is making sure the rule is changed”
WHY??!! It works well for every other team on the fucking planet!!!
BTW is that Gene Wilder at the top?
wan mer sleep canny wait cmon you bhoys in green
This guy that owns legia is just as daft as al the yes voters totally deluded
You might have to change your mind after Sept 18th…
Anyone know the situation with Lustig is he fit wasn,t in the squad on saturday
Ach who cares? Lustig the furniture-murderer is pure scheidt anyway. He wouldn’t make a scrap of difference to the outcome of the game which we will lose by between 7-20 goals depending on whether Ronny Deeelya is wearing his clown outfit or not. Is that no right Deedheed?
aye, but it’ll still be PL’s fault, no that he’ll care cos all he’s interested in is the money and we’ll still be in the europa league anyway and I wouldn’t be surprised if PL planned this all along as he’s worked out that he’d make just as much money in the Europa league if we get to the final and he wouldn’t need to buy any players as we won’t be in the CL, so he’ll save money as well, which will help him get a bigger bonus.
deadhead you have our pity
Is that Andy Gibb up top? He’s the Legia chairman? I thought he shuffled off 25 years ago …
he looks like hes just about to suck that mike off
Dariusz Mioduski my arse, its f****n don henley
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses
You’ve been out ridin’ fences
for so long now
Ohh you’re a hard one
I know that you’ve got your reasons
These things that are pleasin’ you
Can hurt you somehow
Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds boy
She’ll beat you if she’s able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones
That you can’t get
Desperado,
Ohhhh you ain’t getting no younger
Your pain and your hunger,
They’re driving you home
And freedom, ohh freedom.
Well that’s just some people talking
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine.
It’s hard to tell the night time from the day
And you’re losing all your highs and lows
ain’t it funny how the feeling goes
away…
Desperado,
Why don’t you come to your senses?
come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(let sombody love you)
You better let somebody love you…ohhh..
before it’s too..oooo.. late
Lets get tore in fae the first whistle wae the same pace and intensity as the weekend and we’ll get a result nae danger.