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Post by MTS on Jun 19, 2017 11:09:50 GMT
Linfield or La Fiorita v Celtic
What we could have is Linfield v Celtic on 12th July, could be one tasty tie.
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Post by drj1956 on Jun 19, 2017 15:27:21 GMT
I understand that Sevco have already sold out their allocation of tickets for the Linfield v Celtic game on 12 July 2017
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Post by drj1956 on Jun 19, 2017 19:50:07 GMT
What a hoot. First time in history 20,000 Celtic fans heading to Belfast on July 12th.
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Post by MTS on Jun 23, 2017 16:23:26 GMT
Celtic refuse their allocation of tickets for Belfast
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Post by maroon1 on Jun 23, 2017 16:36:25 GMT
Understand why and get why some of their hard core fans are saying it's the wrong call, but Belfast that week in July is not a place for that game.
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Post by MTS on Jun 24, 2017 13:21:33 GMT
This is why I think Celtic have made the correct decision Now that he's allowed to buy a new top
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Post by maroon1 on Jun 24, 2017 13:50:48 GMT
It's a strange and crazy world over there, they are honestly the stupidest and most bigoted fans in the world
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Post by drj1956 on Jun 24, 2017 18:42:36 GMT
Personally. I think the game should go ahead on tbe 12th as its supposed to.why should it change just because a bunch of twats on both sides want to kill each other. Let them kill each other. Less of them to annoy us and they get lengthy euro ban thereby earning less money and the whole world gets to to see them for the mindless morons they are.
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Post by maroon1 on Jun 25, 2017 7:33:40 GMT
The game should have been moved to a neutral venue by UEFA and I'm baffled as to why it hasn't. Linfield cant ensure the safety of any opposition fans (whether they are travelling or local) and I'm not sure they can even ensure the safety of the players and officials who I assume will fly in and straight back out. Marching season in NI is something difficult to understand outwith the bubble over there and even some of the entrenched knuckle draggers in the West of Scotland are way out their depth over there. Absolutely no merit in this game going ahead for me.
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Post by MTS on Jun 27, 2017 9:11:46 GMT
Who's been telling porky pies then
Statement from Linfield Football Club Posted : 26th June 2017 at 23:29:59
Since last Monday’s Champions League draw, there has been considerable press hyperbole surrounding a possible Second Round tie between Linfield and Celtic. Aside from making some contingency arrangements for this possible game, the Club’s stated position is that our utmost concentration must be on our First Round tie against La Fiorita of San Marino. To do anything other than this would be to disrespect our opponents whom we look forward to welcoming to Windsor Park on Wednesday evening. The Club is providing every assistance to David Healy, his staff and the first team squad in the preparation for these vitally important games.
Linfield feel that we must, however, issue a public response to some of the more hysterical articles that have appeared in the press over the last few days. Even in this era of “fake news” and slashed media budgets, one would have not thought it beyond the capabilities of most reporters to perform some basic fact-checking before sending an article to the presses.
A particularly regrettable piece appeared in the Scottish Daily Record on Saturday 24th June, wherein the former Celtic footballer Joe Miller recalled a friendly match he had apparently taken part in against Linfield at Windsor Park whilst he was on the books of Aberdeen. The interview with Mr Miller, as told to the Daily Record reporter Gordon Parks, included such colourful details as the winger apparently being repeatedly targeted with laser rangefinders and that he and his colleagues, Derek Whyte, Tommy Craig and Roy Aitken were carrying match balls down a street after this game when they passed a public house where they were confronted by angry locals.
The latter detail may cause some bemusement to Linfield supporters, given that even in those pre-redevelopment days, Windsor Park was wholly enclosed from any surrounding streets, and there remains a distinct lack of local hostelries in the area adjacent to the ground. We have played numerous friendly games at Windsor Park over the years against such clubs from Manchester United to Flamengo of Brazil, but have yet to ask opposing players to walk around South Belfast whilst carrying various match accoutrements.
What troubles us most of all, however, is that Linfield FC has no record of having played Aberdeen at Windsor Park or elsewhere in the entire decade Mr Miller refers to, whether in a friendly fixture, training game or otherwise. In fact, it appears that Linfield have never played against Aberdeen at all throughout our entire history.
A particularly concerning allegation made by Mr Miller, printed in the Daily Record and broadcast on social media to tens of thousands of views, was that “there were red dots on us for the whole 90 minutes” of this mysterious game. This fanciful account seems to suppose that the player and his colleagues were being targeted by multiple firearms, and was provided in the context of suggesting that it would be unsafe for Celtic supporters to visit our stadium, should that tie come to pass in due course. Given that Windsor Park was, and is, an almost entirely enclosed stadium, it would have been unlikely that this could have come from outside the ground, had this fixture actually taken place. Given also that neither the then-RUC nor the British Army carried lasers fitted to their weapons as standard, and that in 1995 it would be some years before laser pointers became easily available and affordable to members of the public, one wonders where, exactly, these red dots may have appeared from in this match that didn’t actually happen.
In light of everything stated above we can only suggest that this account is demonstrably untrue.
The Club has now instructed Solicitors to write to Mr Miller and the Daily Record accordingly.
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Post by maroon1 on Jun 27, 2017 9:27:07 GMT
Oh Joe 😂
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