05 Aug 2025 21:10:14
Celtic fixtures in between our European playoff games in the last decade or so.
2014 - Away to Inverness
2015 - Away to Dundee Utd
2016 - Away to St. Johnstone
2017 - Away to Kilmarnock
2018 - Away to Hearts
2019 - Away to Motherwell
2020 - Single matches
2021 - League Cup fixture
2022 - Automatic CL place
2023 - Automatic CL place
2024 - Automatic CL place.
Celtic have previously wanted those league matches postponed.
But
Celtic had already played at least 5 European Competitive games in those previous campaigns before the 2nd leg.
This time Celtic need more competitive minutes before our 2nd leg,
Plus our league game is at HOME for a change.
It's looks similar to our first fixture after Christmas until Brendan called it out.
06 Aug 2025 07:26:21
Odd that the random computer generator gave us an away game every time it could.
06 Aug 2025 09:18:41
Weejoe yes but you forgot about the Random computer PERSON who puts in all the fixtures, probably wearing his Sevco top as he does it.
06 Aug 2025 09:26:22
That 'random fixture computer' is a wee 'cheating' motherboard.
06 Aug 2025 10:23:41
Maybe they should do the initial league fixtures for first part season like a cup draw or CL draw. ???.
06 Aug 2025 10:41:08
True because the dates for Europe are confirmed before the SPFL fixture are released.
I remember Brendan calling out that Celtic had played away the first match after Christmas several seasons in a row and then we were at home the following season.
Celtic would often play a weakened team in those matches and then lose to clubs like Inverness and Hearts.