European: Celtic news thread

hey, thought i would start a thread so i could post all the news that is happening with celtic in here

Dang! this needs updated

celtic team sheet

goalkeepers

22 David Marshall

defenders

6 Bobo Balde 16 Ulrik Laursen 23 Stan Varga 42 John Kennedy 44 Steve McManus

midfielders

11 Stephen Pearson 8 Alan Thompson 18 Neil Lennon 19 Stan Petrov 33 Ross Walace 46 Aiden McGeady

forwards

10 John Hartson 29 Shaun Maloney 37 Craig Beattie

[Edited on 6/2/06 by rynaldo82]

theres been alot of talk about john hartson and wether he will be staying, mark hughes at blackburn is one of the clubs interested in signing him. he is supposed to prove his fitness due to doubts and the manager hasnt had time time to sit down and talk yet

Blackburn Rovers manager Mark Hughes is remaining tight-lipped at this stage whether he wants to bring John Hartson to the club, as the transfer window is closed.

The striker's agent Jonathan Barnett stated the Ewood Park outfit were keen to land the Wales international, however Hughes refused to confirm the speculation.

link about hartson interest

O Neill being busy link

hartson denies he wants 5 year deal

hartson talks in a few days

hartsons worry

[Edited on 11/9/04 by rynaldo82]

henri scored another few goals to take his tally to 5 for the season after not scoring in his first few matches and is starting to look hungry

Henri Camara hit a classy double as Celtic warmed up for their UEFA Champions League Group F clash with AC Milan with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Dunfermline.

The Senegal International took his Hoops tally to five goals with a well-taken brace, after Stanislav Varga had put the Glasgow giants into the driving seat with a 20th minute strike.

link

Since O'neil took over Celtic have been the best side the last few years and i expect it to continue untill Man United come calling....

celtic have been tied against rangers in the 4th round of the CIS cup away from home

Alex McLeish's Rangers will meet Old Firm rivals Celtic in the fourth round of the CIS Insurance Cup.

The Ibrox tie will be one of four all-Scottish Premier League quarter final ties to be played in November.

link for CIS cup 4th round ties

[Edited on 11/15/04 by rynaldo82]

Originally posted by TRD
Since O'neil took over Celtic have been the best side the last few years and i expect it to continue untill Man United come calling....

yer, hes done a great job when you consider the state john barnes and dalglish had the team in, i think this is his 5th season now and he has won the league 3 out of 4, the time we didnt win it was when we finished the season on equal points and they won a goal difference, at that time though we where concentrating on europe a bit too much and rangers only had the league and won it

his name was constantly linked with liverpool, but at least that cant happen now cos they have benite and he will do a job there, man utd though, maybe one day

milan picked up a good victory of seria A giants lazio the other night, despite playing with 10 men for part of the match. having been defeated by messina the other week it looks like that score has kicked them into action and will want to erase it from there memory

Ukrainian striker Andrei Shevchenko was delighted with his side's victory over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

Shevchenko scored twice as Milan came from a goal behind to record their second win of the season.

milan lazio game

messina shock milan

[Edited on 9/27/04 by rynaldo82]

young celtic keeper david marshall believes if his team do well they can take something from wednesdays game against milan

Young Celtic goalkeeper David Marshall is anxious for his side to get their first UEFA Champions League points when they face Milan on Wednesday night.

Celtic travel to the San Siro knowing they need a result to keep their European dream alive.

Marshall, who is best remembered for his exploits in Camp Nou when Celtic knocked Barcelona out of last season's Uefa Cup, is aware his side cannot afford defeat.

marshall optimistic


[Edited on 9/28/04 by rynaldo82]

ahhhh bummer, celtic have been defeated by milan after milan scored two goals in the last 2 minutes

Two goals in the last two minutes stunned Celtic as Milan won 3-1.

The Italian champions took the lead in a first half they dominated as Andrei Shevchenko made it 1-0, and Celtic were lucky the deficit was not worse at half time.

match report link

O'Neill distraught in defeat

[Edited on 10/2/04 by rynaldo82]

during the defeat against milan, alan thompson had to go off injured, its now known he may be out of action for a month, it will prob be ross walace coming in for 2morrow's league match though

Celtic have been hit with the news that influential midfielder Alan Thompson will be ruled out for at least a month with a hamstring injury.

The left-footed England hopeful pulled up in Wednesday's UEFA Champions League defeat to Milan and scans have now revealed the extent of the injury.

thompson injury



[Edited on 10/2/04 by rynaldo82]

after the disapointment in midweek, having came so close to getting a point at the san siro and leaving with nothing, celtic bounced back to a victory over Dundee Utd

Celtic bounced back from their midweek European disappointment with a comfortable 3-0 win at Dundee United.

Celtic opened the scoring after just nine minutes with Sutton heading home Petrov's corner.

match report

in this post, i will try add all the information i come across with reference with the shaktar game on the 2nd of november

Celtic boss Martin O'Neill is hopeful Joos Valgaeren will be available for The Bhoys' next UEFA Champions League clash against Shakhtar Donetsk, but thinks the game will come too soon for Alan Thompson.

valgaeren and thompson injury doubts

celtic flop magnus hedman may be leaving celtic after a unsucceful stay in scotland

Celtic keeper Magnus Hedman has admitted he is tempted to return to Sweden and end his career with AIK.

Hedman is currently back-up to David Marshall, but is happy to remain with Celtic unless a more interesting offer comes along.

hedman to leave?

Yeah get rid of him, he isn't that good a keeper.

Hey can we have John Hartson back?

hehe....yer. hedman, not sure whats happened to him, am sure he was good for coventry at one point, maybe it was due to him being tested more there, he cost us in a few games to be honest, there was a game in europe when he made a right mess (cant remember who it was against) and his loan spell at the italian club didnt go very well i dont think. his wife seems to get more publicity than he does, she some kind of model.

but then again, our sub keeper is rab douglas, and he aint much better, he costs us on plenty of occasions

hartson is supposed to be sitting down over this weekened i believe, at some point to have talks, maybe its 2morrow. would hartson and sheringham be good together though? what about the pace up front? maybe berkovic would show up again

Ohh Sheri and Hartson up front.....

Pace? we have Etherington on the left and we could play 'Shrimp Head' Harewood on the right. That enough pace? lol!

Hartson was great at the Hammers and i was a bit gutted he went. I used to see him over the greyhound track with Joe Kinnear and Vinny Jones....

sounds like it would be too fast wingers and sheringham and hartson are good in the air, i dunno if he is too old to move on now, i dont think he the type of player who will be playing when he 32 possibly, i think he will be wrecked by then (injured too much)

Yeah he always did have a problem with his weight. Maybe i shouldn't have bought him too many drinks over the track lol!!!

I tell ya something though, that Vinny Jones was a scary man lol!!!

west ham seem to have a habit of scary guys, you got vinny jones, neil ruddock, he went to play for you right? stuart pierce

Ruddock and Stuart Pierce played for us, not Jones. We also had Julian Dicks, he was a great defender....