Go on, admit it. after conceding the two goals either side of half time last night you thought “Here we go again”. And admit it, after eighty nine minutes and fifty one seconds , you too, jumped up in a pub in Accrington and startled several diners enjoying a meal. Well, perhaps that was just me. At least, I think it was Accrington, the chap who told me wasn’t sure, even though it seemed he had been there for a while.
So thats it. A 3-2 win in Moscow over Spartak has broken the awayday hoodoo in the Champions League. Either twenty six years or twenty one games depending on which commentator you believe. The 1986 claim is the competition proper, as opposed to a fake one presumably, which discounts wins in Amsterdam, Helsinki etc, whilst the twenty one games is more accurate. The one that got less mention, and still does, is the current away form. Five unbeaten -three straight wins.
Anyway, there is little interest in what has gone before, attention is turning to what this squad is going to do next. Last night saw truly outstanding performances from pretty much everyone. Alex Ferguson always says you need eight players performing to the best of their ability to do well at this level. We had more than that.
Manager Neil Lennon said he was “the proudest man in Europe tonight” . He probably is, but there are thousands more who could say the same.
“Its been a long time coming” he said “I cannot speak highly enough of the players,they were magnificent. They played magnificent football at a very tough venue against an excellent side. They showed great character and fortitude to come back after going behind just after half time. I thought we thoroughly deserved to win it.”
Spot on. That despite a referee who joined the list of clueless clowns that seem to always get Celtic games. When Hooper was hauled back while bearing down on goal, he looked as though he was about to book the Englishman for diving, but he seemed to get a message in his earpiece along the lines of “don’t be so bloody stupid”, and for once in the history of Celtic, the referee did the right thing. Incidentally, still on Hooper, it would be great to see who these twenty strikers are that Mark Guidi, the esteemed expert, reckons would get a game for England ahead of him.
Barcelona are next up in the Camp Nou, or the Nou Camp, depending again on which commentator you listen to, and significantly, they will be without their talisman Carlos Pouyet, who dislocated an elbow last night in their 2-0 win over Benfica. Significant because the last time Barcelona visited Celtic, when they became the only side to win in Glasgow in a Champions League game, he spent a lot of the game calming his team mates down and getting them to focus, which largely negated the effects of the crowd.
So, four points from two games, not exactly the way we would have expected, but with two home games to come, we must be in with a shout.
Anyone in England who waited for the highlights package on ITV, and avoided the score, would have been annoyed with former boss Gordon Strachan, the man who idiot diary writers keep getting confused with Tony Mowbray,. After the highlights of the Chelsea game, the presenter turned to Gordon and asked him what he thought.
“Never mind that”, said the little bundle of fun ” I thought we were going to start with Celtic”, wearing a grin that threatened to cut his head in two.
Er, we’ll get to Celtic later, don’t spoil it ” replied the host.
Like him or loathe him, the little man clearly loves us.
Scott Brown was another clearly delighted. He said it was nice to be on the winning side for a change, and it is. More so when you live down here, I guess, and perhaps as Lennon says, we might start to get a wee bit more respect.
The result means that this season Celtic are currently sixth in the UEFA co-efficient table, despite the armageddon claims from the laughable Scottish press.
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UEFA Team Coefficients 2012/2013Last update: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:46:26 CET |
Cup | Match Points |
Quali Points |
Bonus Points |
Total Points |
Country Part |
Team Coef | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FC Barcelona | Esp | CL | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 1.0570 | 9.0570 |
2 | Manchester United | Eng | CL | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 0.9714 | 8.9714 |
3 | BATE Borisov | Bls | CL | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 0.8500 | 8.8500 |
4 | Chelsea | Eng | CL | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.9714 | 7.9714 |
5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukr | CL | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.8000 | 7.8000 |
6 | Celtic | Sco | CL | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.5000 | 7.5000 |
7 | Valencia | Esp | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 1.0570 | 7.0570 |
Málaga CF | Esp | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 1.0570 | 7.0570 | |
Real Madrid | Esp | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 1.0570 | 7.0570 | |
10 | Arsenal | Eng | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.9714 | 6.9714 |
11 | Sporting Braga | Por | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8166 | 6.8166 |
FC Porto | Por | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8166 | 6.8166 | |
Paris Saint-Germain | Fra | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8166 | 6.8166 | |
14 | Bayern München | Ger | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8142 | 6.8142 |
Schalke 04 | Ger | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8142 | 6.8142 | |
Borussia Dortmund | Ger | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.8142 | 6.8142 | |
17 | CFR Cluj | Rom | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.7200 | 6.7200 |
18 | Juventus | Ita | CL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.7166 | 6.7166 |
19 | Benfica | Por | CL | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.8166 | 5.8166 |
20 | Anderlecht | Bel | CL | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.7400 | 5.7400 |
21 | AC Milan | Ita | CL | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.7166 | 5.7166 |
22 | Manchester City | Eng | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.9714 | 4.9714 |
23 | Dinamo Zagreb | Cro | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.8250 | 4.8250 |
24 | Lille OSC | Fra | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.8166 | 4.8166 |
Montpellier | Fra | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.8166 | 4.8166 | |
26 | Dinamo Kiev | Ukr | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.8000 | 4.8000 |
27 | Spartak Moscow | Rus | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.6832 | 4.6832 |
Zenit St. Petersburg | Rus | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.6832 | 4.6832 | |
29 | Galatasaray | Tur | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.4800 | 4.4800 |
Olympiakos Piraeus | Gre | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.4800 | 4.4800 | |
31 | Ajax | Ned | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.4714 | 4.4714 |
32 | FC Nordsjælland | Den | CL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.4600 | 4.4600 |
33 | Athletic Bilbao | Esp | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.0570 | 3.0570 |
Levante UD | Esp | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.0570 | 3.0570 | |
Atlético Madrid | Esp | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.0570 | 3.0570 | |
36 | Liverpool | Eng | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.9714 | 2.9714 |
Newcastle United | Eng | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.9714 | 2.9714 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | Eng | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.9714 | 2.9714 | |
39 | Maritimo Funchal | Por | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 |
Olympique Marseille | Fra | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 | |
Sporting CP Lisbon | Por | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 | |
Girondins Bordeaux | Fra | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 | |
Académica Coimbra | Por | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 | |
Olympique Lyon | Fra | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8166 | 2.8166 | |
45 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Ger | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8142 | 2.8142 |
Hannover 96 | Ger | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8142 | 2.8142 | |
VfB Stuttgart | Ger | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8142 | 2.8142 | |
Bayer Leverkusen | Ger | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8142 | 2.8142 | |
49 | Metalist Kharkiv | Ukr | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8000 | 2.8000 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukr | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.8000 | 2.8000 | |
51 | Molde FK | Nor | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7400 | 2.7400 |
Club Brugge | Bel | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7400 | 2.7400 | |
Rosenborg BK | Nor | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7400 | 2.7400 | |
Racing Genk | Bel | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7400 | 2.7400 | |
55 | Helsingborg IF | Swe | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7250 | 2.7250 |
AIK Stockholm | Swe | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7250 | 2.7250 | |
57 | Steaua Bucuresti | Rom | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7200 | 2.7200 |
58 | Udinese | Ita | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7166 | 2.7166 |
Internazionale | Ita | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7166 | 2.7166 | |
Lazio Roma | Ita | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7166 | 2.7166 | |
Napoli | Ita | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7166 | 2.7166 | |
62 | AEL Limassol | Cyp | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7000 | 2.7000 |
Viktoria Plzen | Cze | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7000 | 2.7000 | |
Sparta Praha | Cze | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7000 | 2.7000 | |
65 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Rus | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.6832 | 2.6832 |
Rubin Kazan | Rus | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.6832 | 2.6832 | |
67 | NK Maribor | Slo | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.6000 | 2.6000 |
68 | FC Basel | Sui | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.5750 | 2.5750 |
Young Boys | Sui | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.5750 | 2.5750 | |
70 | Neftchi Baku | Azb | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.5000 | 2.5000 |
Partizan Belgrade | Srb | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.5000 | 2.5000 | |
72 | Fenerbahçe | Tur | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4800 | 2.4800 |
Panathinaikos | Gre | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4800 | 2.4800 | |
74 | FC Twente Enschede | Ned | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4714 | 2.4714 |
PSV Eindhoven | Ned | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4714 | 2.4714 | |
76 | FC København | Den | EL | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4600 | 2.4600 |
77 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Isr | EL | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4500 | 2.4500 |
Hapoel Tel-Aviv | Isr | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4500 | 2.4500 | |
79 | FC Fehérvár | Hun | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.4000 | 2.4000 |
80 | Rapid Wien | Aut | EL | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.3500 | 2.3500 |
81 | Tromsø IL | Nor | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7400 | 2.2400 |
KSC Lokeren | Bel | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7400 | 2.2400 | |
83 | FC Vaslui | Rom | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7200 | 2.2200 |
Dinamo Bucuresti | Rom | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7200 | 2.2200 | |
85 | Slovan Liberec | Cze | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7000 | 2.2000 |
APOEL Nicosia | Cyp | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.7000 | 2.2000 | |
87 | Dinamo Moscow | Rus | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.6832 | 2.1832 |
CSKA Moscow | Rus | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.6832 | 2.1832 | |
89 | Mura Murska Sobota | Slo | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.6000 | 2.1000 |
90 | FC Luzern | Sui | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5750 | 2.0750 |
91 | Slask Wroclaw | Pol | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 |
Motherwell | Sco | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 | |
Red Star Belgrade | Srb | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 | |
Legia Warsaw | Pol | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 | |
Hearts FC | Sco | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.5000 | 2.0000 | |
96 | PAOK Thessaloniki | Gre | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4800 | 1.9800 |
Bursaspor | Tur | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4800 | 1.9800 | |
Atromitos FC | Gre | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4800 | 1.9800 | |
Trabzonspor | Tur | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4800 | 1.9800 | |
100 | Feyenoord | Ned | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4714 | 1.9714 |
Heerenveen | Ned | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4714 | 1.9714 | |
AZ Alkmaar | Ned | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4714 | 1.9714 | |
103 | AC Horsens | Den | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4600 | 1.9600 |
FC Midtjylland | Den | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4600 | 1.9600 | |
105 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Mol | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4500 | 1.9500 |
106 | DVSC Debrecen | Hun | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4000 | 1.9000 |
HJK Helsinki | Fin | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.4000 | 1.9000 | |
108 | FC Gomel | Bls | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.8500 | 1.8500 |
109 | Hajduk Split | Cro | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.8250 | 1.8250 |
Slaven Koprivnica | Cro | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.8250 | 1.8250 | |
111 | Metalurg Donetsk | Ukr | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.8000 | 1.8000 |
Dila Gori | Geo | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.3000 | 1.8000 | |
Arsenal Kiev | Ukr | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.8000 | 1.8000 | |
114 | F91 Dudelange | Lux | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.2750 | 1.7750 |
Zeta Golubovci | Mon | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.2750 | 1.7750 | |
116 | Aalesunds FK | Nor | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7400 | 1.7400 |
AA Gent | Bel | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7400 | 1.7400 | |
118 | Ekranas Panevezys | Lit | EL | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.2250 | 1.7250 |
IF Elfsborg | Swe | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7250 | 1.7250 | |
Kalmar FF | Swe | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7250 | 1.7250 | |
121 | Rapid Bucuresti | Rom | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7200 | 1.7200 |
122 | Mladá Boleslav | Cze | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7000 | 1.7000 |
Anorthosis Famagusta | Cyp | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7000 | 1.7000 | |
Omonia Nicosia | Cyp | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7000 | 1.7000 | |
125 | Servette FC Genève | Sui | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5750 | 1.5750 |
126 | Lech Poznan | Pol | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | 1.5000 |
Vojvodina Novi Sad | Srb | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | 1.5000 | |
Ruch Chorzow | Pol | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | 1.5000 | |
Dundee United | Sco | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | 1.5000 | |
130 | Eskisehirspor | Tur | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4800 | 1.4800 |
Asteras Tripolis | Gre | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4800 | 1.4800 | |
132 | Vitesse Arnhem | Ned | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4714 | 1.4714 |
133 | Bnei Yehuda | Isr | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4500 | 1.4500 |
134 | KuPS Kuopio | Fin | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4000 | 1.4000 |
135 | FC Salzburg | Aut | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3500 | 1.3500 |
Naftan Novopolotsk | Bls | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.8500 | 1.3500 | |
Admira Wacker | Aut | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3500 | 1.3500 | |
Shakhtior Saligorsk | Bls | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.8500 | 1.3500 | |
SV Ried | Aut | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3500 | 1.3500 | |
140 | NK Osijek | Cro | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.8250 | 1.3250 |
141 | MSK Zilina | Svk | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3000 | 1.3000 |
FC Zestafoni | Geo | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3000 | 1.3000 | |
Spartak Trnava | Svk | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.3000 | 1.3000 | |
144 | Shakhtyor Karaganda | Kaz | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2750 | 1.2750 |
Buducnost Podgorica | Mon | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2750 | 1.2750 | |
FK Aktobe | Kaz | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2750 | 1.2750 | |
147 | Zeljeznicar Sarajevo | Bos | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2500 | 1.2500 |
Vardar Skopje | Mac | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2500 | 1.2500 | |
KR Reykjavik | Isl | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2500 | 1.2500 | |
FK Ventspils | Lat | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2500 | 1.2500 | |
FK Sarajevo | Bos | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2500 | 1.2500 | |
152 | Linfield Belfast | Nir | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2000 | 1.2000 |
Shamrock Rovers | Irl | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2000 | 1.2000 | |
St. Patrick’s Athletic | Irl | EL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.2000 | 1.2000 | |
155 | Valletta FC | Mlt | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.1750 | 1.1750 |
Ulisses Yerevan | Arm | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.1750 | 1.1750 | |
157 | Skënderbeu Korçë | Alb | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.1500 | 1.1500 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | Bul | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.1500 | 1.1500 | |
159 | The New Saints | Wal | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.1000 | 1.1000 |
Olimpija Ljubljana | Slo | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.6000 | 1.1000 | |
161 | Flora Tallinn | Est | CL | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.0750 | 1.0750 |
Spain | 7 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 31.00 | 1.0570 | |||
162 | Inter Baku | Azb | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.5000 | 1.0000 |
Khazar Lenkoran | Azb | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.5000 | 1.0000 | |
St. Johnstone | Sco | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.5000 | 1.0000 | |
165 | Stabæk IF | Nor | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.7400 | 0.9900 |
England | 7 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 29.00 | 0.9714 | |||
166 | AGF Aarhus | Den | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4600 | 0.9600 |
167 | Dacia Chisinau | Mol | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4500 | 0.9500 |
Zimbru Chisinau | Mol | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4500 | 0.9500 | |
Maccabi Netanya | Isr | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4500 | 0.9500 | |
Milsami Orhei | Mol | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4500 | 0.9500 | |
171 | MyPa-47 | Fin | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4000 | 0.9000 |
Honvéd Budapest | Hun | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4000 | 0.9000 | |
JJK Jyväskylä | Fin | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4000 | 0.9000 | |
Inter Turku | Fin | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.4000 | 0.9000 | |
175 | NK Celje | Slo | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.6000 | 0.8500 |
Belarus | 4 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 0.8500 | |||
Croatia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.8250 | |||
Portugal | 6 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 19.00 | 0.8166 | |||
France | 6 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 19.00 | 0.8166 | |||
Germany | 7 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 22.00 | 0.8142 | |||
176 | FK Senica | Svk | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.3000 | 0.8000 |
Olimpi Rustavi | Geo | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.3000 | 0.8000 | |
Slovan Bratislava | Svk | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.3000 | 0.8000 | |
Ukraine | 6 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 14.00 | 0.8000 | |||
179 | Celik Niksic | Mon | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2750 | 0.7750 |
Ordabasy Shymkent | Kaz | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2750 | 0.7750 | |
Differdange 03 | Lux | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2750 | 0.7750 | |
182 | FK Baku | Azb | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.5000 | 0.7500 |
Renova Dzepciste | Mac | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
FK Jagodina | Srb | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.5000 | 0.7500 | |
Thór Akureyri | Isl | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
FH Hafnarfjardar | Isl | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
Metalurg Skopje | Mac | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
Metalurgs Liepaja | Lat | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
Skonto Riga | Lat | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
Siroki Brijeg | Bos | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | |
Norway | 5 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7400 | |||
Belgium | 5 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.7400 | |||
191 | Suduva Marijampole | Lit | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2250 | 0.7250 |
Zalgiris Vilnius | Lit | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2250 | 0.7250 | |
Sweden | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.7250 | |||
Romania | 5 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.7200 | |||
Italy | 6 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 0.7166 | |||
193 | Portadown | Nir | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2000 | 0.7000 |
Sligo Rovers | Irl | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.2000 | 0.7000 | |
Cyprus | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.7000 | |||
Czech Republic | 4 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.7000 | |||
Russia | 6 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 0.6832 | |||
195 | Shirak Gyumri | Arm | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1750 | 0.6750 |
Gandzasar Kapan | Arm | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1750 | 0.6750 | |
197 | MTK Budapest | Hun | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.4000 | 0.6500 |
SK Tirana | Alb | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1500 | 0.6500 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Bul | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1500 | 0.6500 | |
CSKA Sofia | Bul | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1500 | 0.6500 | |
Levski Sofia | Bul | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1500 | 0.6500 | |
202 | B36 Torshavn | Far | CL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.1000 | 0.6000 |
Slovenia | 4 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.6000 | |||
203 | Levadia Tallinn | Est | EL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.0750 | 0.5750 |
Switzerland | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5750 | |||
204 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Geo | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.3000 | 0.5500 |
205 | CS Grevenmacher | Lux | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2750 | 0.5250 |
Rudar Pljevlja | Mon | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2750 | 0.5250 | |
Zhetysu Taldykorgan | Kaz | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2750 | 0.5250 | |
Jeunesse d’Esch | Lux | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2750 | 0.5250 | |
209 | Tre Penne | Sma | CL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
FC Lusitanos | And | CL | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | |
FK Borac Banja Luka | Bos | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | |
Daugava Daugavpils | Lat | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | |
IBV Vestmannaeyjar | Isl | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | |
Shkendija Tetovo | Mac | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | |
Azerbaijan | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | |||
Serbia | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.5000 | |||
Poland | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.5000 | |||
Scotland | 5 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 0.5000 | |||
Turkey | 5 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.4800 | |||
Greece | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.4800 | |||
215 | FK Siauliai | Lit | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2250 | 0.4750 |
Netherlands | 7 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.4714 | |||
Denmark | 5 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.4600 | |||
216 | Crusaders Belfast | Nir | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2000 | 0.4500 |
Bohemians Dublin | Irl | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2000 | 0.4500 | |
Cliftonville | Nir | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.2000 | 0.4500 | |
Israel | 4 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.4500 | |||
Moldova | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.4500 | |||
219 | Floriana | Mlt | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1750 | 0.4250 |
Hibernians FC | Mlt | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1750 | 0.4250 | |
Birkirkara | Mlt | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1750 | 0.4250 | |
Pyunik Yerevan | Arm | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1750 | 0.4250 | |
223 | KS Flamurtari Vlorë | Alb | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1500 | 0.4000 |
Teuta Durrës | Alb | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1500 | 0.4000 | |
Hungary | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.4000 | |||
Finland | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.4000 | |||
225 | NSI Runavik | Far | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 |
Cefn Druids | Wal | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 | |
Llanelli FC | Wal | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 | |
Víkingur | Far | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 | |
EB Streymur | Far | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 | |
Bangor City | Wal | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.1000 | 0.3500 | |
Austria | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3500 | |||
231 | Trans Narva | Est | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0750 | 0.3250 |
Kalju Nomme | Est | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0750 | 0.3250 | |
Slovakia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3000 | |||
Georgia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3000 | |||
Luxembourg | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2750 | |||
Kazakhstan | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2750 | |||
Montenegro | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2750 | |||
233 | Libertas | Sma | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 |
FC Santa Coloma | And | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 | |
UE Santa Coloma | And | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 | |
USV Eschen-Mauren | Lie | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 | |
La Fiorita | Sma | EL | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 | |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2500 | |||
Macedonia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2500 | |||
Iceland | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2500 | |||
Latvia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2500 | |||
Lithuania | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2250 | |||
Northern Ireland | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2000 | |||
Ireland | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2000 | |||
Malta | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1750 | |||
Armenia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1750 | |||
Albania | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1500 | |||
Bulgaria | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1500 | |||
Faroe Islands | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1000 | |||
Wales | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1000 | |||
Estonia | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0750 | |||
San Marino | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0000 | |||
Andorra | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0000 | |||
Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0000 |
Perhaps a bit more information than needed but if you are sixth in a table, its nice to look down on who else is in it.
Twitter, the social network site for those with a limited vocabulary saw congratulations to the club from the likes of Dundee Utd and Ross County amongst others, whilst the Rangers tweet concerned their reserve team losing 2-0 to Dumbarton. This came as a shock, because we didn’t think they had enough players for a reserve team, especially on a school night.
Meanwhile, the phoenix club continues its quest to drag down as many other clubs, indeed even the Scottish game, with them, led vociferously by clueless hack James Traynor, who is asking for a “forensic examination” of other clubs who may have paid large amounts of money offshore for image rights and so on. This form of dual contract, bellows the now almost desperate reporter should be investigated.
Perhaps if his paper had investigated Rangers forensically over the last decade the club may have been saved.
Scott Brown is back in the Scotland squad, but Kris Commons isn’t, Craig Levein deciding instead to pick as many players called Fletcher as he can.
Yesterday, we asked who scored Celtics first European goal, and it was Bobby Carroll, who scored twice against Valencia, the then holders of the Fairs Cup. He was dropped for the return game, which shows how far we have come since then.
Today, have a think about this.
Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Leeds Utd never did it, but still might. Rangers did, but won’t do it again. What?
Lost 7-1 to Celtic in a cup final.
Got liquidated (pending in the case of RFC)
Yeah I’m one of those who has a great deal of time for WGS – I know some of the football was turgid but he brought us 3 in a row – he gave us Naka & the holy goalie who no doubt were the main catalysts in 3-in-a-row & also got us our first ever penalty shoot out win in europe v none other than Spartak as well numerous great european victories!! Not forgetting tannadice & our title in 2008 on the last day of the extended season – Tommy Burns Thursday – HH.
You could tell last night that whilst NL was the proudest man in europe WGS wasnae far behind him!! He mibbee didnt arrive as a Cellic mhan but he sure left as one.
I love his one liners & he’s also a very astute analyst imho! Just stayed one season too many tho!
Win at Celtic Park?
A great summary, Ralph. Thoroughly enjoyable!
“Like him or loathe him, the little man clearly loves us.”
This, for me, sums up WGS as perfectly as you could. Personally, I liked a great deal about him. My only gripe was that I actually expected more from him than he achieved, even though it ranked among the best.
The congratulations from other clubs was truly heartening and, perhaps, is an indication that on our own we may have more respect from our fellow fans than we thought. As for the Hussars, Dragoons and Lancers (coincidently led by one Lord Cardigan – another one) of the Light Brigade, let them charge their way to disaster and may all their ghost writers be blasted from our media by some internet canon balls. And Ralph, your well aimed guns may account for a few going down. I sincerely hope so, sir!
H H
PS Glad you found a place to watch the game. I was surprised to hear they had TV in Accrington. Was it introduced by Stanley??
Is Pouyet any relation to Puyol, or of Poyet?
Win a match at Paradise that did not involve Celtic?
First of all, Ralph, that was a cracking read. Helped digest my lunch no end! I AM catching up. Now just early PM by the time I log on :>).
Two stupid answers to the question:
Never beaten Celtic on a neutral ground.
Have never won the second tier European trophy.
Don’t laugh, please!
H H
scored a goal at CP in competitive match
Apologies to Bartly Cole-only just seen this! spot on. Leeds was thrown in as a googly, as the game in 1970 was at Hampden