[Official TC Thread] Celtic vs Happoel Be'er Sheva match thread. Wednesday 17th of Aug, 19:45, BTSport2

Of course.

Said this would happen as soon as the draw was made. Some folk never fail to live down to your expectations.

 

aye.

 

so whats that there time ??

 

I think it i fairly obvious the answer to that is no mate :smiley-laughing002:

 

18:45.

 

The exact point that I have been making. It's rare to go to a Celtic game home, away or abroad and not see a Palestine flag. As you say, there have been Palestine flags at the European games we have already played this season yet no fine.

I personally have never taken one to a game and this won't be changing for Wednesday night but I do not have an issue with other Celtic fans doing so.

The issue here is the hypocrisy of UEFA and Celtic fans should be united on this instead of having issues with each other over whether flags are present at the game or not. Historically, we as a club and a group of supporters have always challenged corruption and our focus should be on UEFA and not each other.

 

Good post

 

17:45 surely

 

And i will ask again, what about UEFA's political stance of standing with Paris and Brussels, they are * hypocritical * and they can go take a * to themselves

 

Well my life resembles a season ticket in row Z of the Jock Stein Upper then :smiley-laughing002:

 

from the Celtic Website

Hapoel Beer Sheva Celtic
Hapoel Beer Sheva (A)
Tue, 23rd Aug 18:45
UEFA Champions League

 

i thought this too

 

Celtic officials will have feared Hapoel Be'er Sheva Champions League tie for off-field reasons

Why Celtic fans will have to be on their best behaviour in Israel to avoid a UEFA beating.

The Champions League draw would have been an emotional rollercoaster for Celtic last week.

The nerves would have been jangling with the likes of Dinamo Zagreb and fancied Ludogarets Radgrad kicking about. So when Hapoel Be’er Shiva came out of the hat the first feeling would have been relief. It could have been worse.

Then there would have been excitement. Brendan Rodgers is starting to assemble what appears to be good side that has every chance of getting to the groups after two years with their noses pressed up against the glass watching the cool kids downing shots and dancing with the wee darlings.

But there will be some people behind the scenes at Parkhead who will have taken one look at the draw and felt nothing but a sense of dread.

It is nothing to do with Hapoel being a decent team – which they undoubtedly are – but other, outside factors that will be causing sleepless nights.

Celtic officials know – and fear – this clash has the potential to land the club in all kinds of hot water. Let’s not dance around it.

Celtic facing a team from Israel has trouble written all over it. Not in the sense there will be boxing in the streets. There won’t be any kind of that nonsense.

But there is a real danger some Hoops fans could land their club in serious soapy if they decide to get political on Wednesday night.

A sizeable chunk of the Celtic support have got strong pro-Palestinian views. But Wednesday is not the time nor the place. All they will do is land their club in trouble with UEFA . Major bother.

The footballing governing body don’t just take a dim view on political statements at games, they try to snuff it out altogether.

Now, you could argue they are the ones in the wrong.

But, as it stands, they are the ones who make the rules and they are the ones who will absolutely clobber Celtic if punters decide even to pull out just one Palestinian flag. UEFA are already watching Celtic like hawks.

The Parkhead club have been done eight times in five years for naughtiness from supporters, whether it was flairs, smoke bombs or banners.

The fines have gone up and up and the next occasion they upset the beaks it won’t be a 10-grand cheque making its way to Nyon.

UEFA will be shutting stands. That’s what they do. If clubs don’t get the message then they start closing down sections of grounds. If they are really p***** off then the entire stadium could be dubbed up. Just imagine if Celtic do get through and draw Real Madrid but the match is played in front of a Parkhead ghost town while 60,000 punters are locked out.

If there are big pro-Palestinian displays on Wednesday, what kind of environment will be awaiting those Celtic fans who will be heading to Israel for the second leg?

There will be some who will see Wednesday night as a free speech issue. They won’t be silenced and they won’t bow down to UEFA or the Celtic board.They will only damage their club.

If they are so keen to protest then they should leave their bank details at the gate so Peter Lawwell can send them the bill when the inevitable brown letter from UEFA comes through the Parkhead letter box.

But Celtic supporters need to park the politics and concentrate on creating the kind of atmosphere that will have Be’er Sheva shaking in the tunnel – and sending their side to the Champions League.

 

Match kicks off at 6:45 our time and 8:45 theirs I think.

 

Pish.

 

GORDON
LUSTIG TOURE ERIK TIERNEY
BROWN
MCGREGOR ARMSTRONG
ROBERTS GRIFF SINCLAIR​

would love to see this. esp that back 4.

 

Did you get that from a hun website, or a certain bitter blogger

 

Article is a load of pish, imagine the can of worms that would be opened by UEFA if they had us play our matches behind closed doors for flying a flag.

 

The main hypocrisy that is never called out is the fact Ajax and Tottenham show loads of Israel flags at all their games including in European Competition and somehow that is not deemed political or worthy of comment from UEFA.

UEFA are an odd bunch, they incredibly deemed a cartoon style "Gay Gooners" small banner aimed at Ozil by Bayern fans worthy of a partial closure of an area of the Allianz Arena

 

If there is going to be a banner at the match why not make it

"Uefa and Israel- Brothers in Corruption"