The dominance of the English clubs in this season’s Champions League was confirmed last night by Liverpool’s 0-1 win over Inter Milan. There are now four English clubs in the last eight of the competition and bookies are only offering odds of 2/5 on an English team lifting the trophy in May. With Roma, Schalke and Fenerbahce […]

The 20,000 Celtic fans who travelled to Barcelona deserve to give themselves a pat on the back for their exemplary behaviour in the city. The police have praised them as have the town council. The organization was helped by the collaboration of Celtic Football Club who did everything to make things run smoothly. The relationship between […]

FC Barcelona reached the last eight of the Champions League with a 1-0 victory over Celtic, but the night was spoilt for Barça due to a muscle injury to Leo Messi which could see him out for at least a month. Messi pulled up in the 34th minute and immediately put his hands to his head in frustration. First reports say […]

Gabi Milito has had to make a late withdrawal from the Barça squad for tonight’s Champions League match with Celtic due to suffering a fever. Edmilson has been brought into the squad as a replacement. Milito was expected to partner Carles Puyol in central defence but that role will now most likely go to Lilian […]

I noticed a few in town yesterday, but today Celtic fans are arriving in Barcelona by the thousands. This morning Camp Nou was swamped when tickets went on sale but for Celtic fans they have the problem that to buy one you need to show a passport or ID card that is not British or […]

You’ll be pleased to hear that Toure Yaya and Bojan Krkic have overcome their physical problems and return to the squad for tomorrow night’s game with Celtic. Giovani and Edmilson have been left out to make way, while Rafa Marquez has still not got over his foot injury.

This is a message from a Barça fan to all Celtic fans who are travelling to Barcelona for next week’s game. While the football fans in the city generally think you are all fantastic I should remind you that not everyone in the city is a football fan. The group you should be most aware […]

Despite drinking more than I should last night, I woke up early this morning feeling fresh and energetic. Last night’s scintillating exhibition of football was still buzzing around in my head. Ninety minutes of fast flowing football in front of a packed house of what surely must be the best most passionate fans in Europe, is […]

 
Football Club Barcelona all but booked their place in the last eight of the Champions League with a 2-3 win over Celtic. Very rarely will Celtic Park have witnessed such a superb display of football as that offered by Barça tonight. Two goals from Leo Messi and a Thierry Henry special gave Barça the victory […]

The return of Samuel Eto’o has meant Frank Rijkaard has left Bojan Krkic out of the 18-man squad for tomorrow night’s Champions League match at Celtic Park. Bojan will have just one more chance in the return game in two weeks’ time to become the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history. The good news is […]