There was a time when Celtic played Real Madrid, Juventus or even Notts Forest back in the old European Cup. I know I was at all the home games. Two games home and away and winners go through. Tense, exciting stuff.

Now like others we play Manchester United, Barcelona and co every year, in a Group stage, devised so the top teams can get through every year and get more money to buy more players to do it all again the next year. Click to continue reading...

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Hello all. With the day winding down, here are some tidbits to pass along after another eventful Tuesday in the soccer world:

Edu poised for 'Old Firm' debut

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By Alan
Soccer City FC

The Scottish Premier League and the French Ligue 1 both started last weekend with champions Celtic and Lyon opening their title defences with victories respectively.

Celtic hosted St Mirren in a scrappy encounter at Parkhead and it took a penalty by Barry Robson to claim three points for the Glasgow outfit. Click to continue reading...

Defending champions Celtic get their season off to a winning start with a hard fought 1-0 victory over St Mirren at Parkhead. The goal came from a controversial penalty in the 64th minute, taken by Barry Robson (pictured above). Click to continue reading...

On Thursday, Mark Hughes and his Manchester City players flew to Germany along with a minimal staff to begin the club's preseason camp.

In other City news, 28-year-old captain Richard Dunne signed a four-year contract.

Several players including derby hero Geovanni were released. Click to continue reading...

Celtic 1-0 Hibernian (10:02:07)
Kilmarnock 1-3 Rangers (11:02:07)


'Say Aye to a Killie pie'

Kris Boyd opens the scoring for Rangers away to Kilmarnock.

One end of the Rangers fans at Rugby Park.

Whoops, I appear to be on the pitch again! Click to continue reading...

Photo credit: poity uk on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...