How Do Celtic Improve on Their Champions League Results Next Season?

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Celtic should be back in the Champions League group stage next season. Click here for the chance to get some Champions League tickets of your own. After a captivating domestic performance last season, Celtic were placed automatically into the Champions League group stage for the first time in five years. However, his eagerness to deploy such tactics against formidable Champions League opposition has led some to levy accusations of naivety or stubbornness against him. Ange has expressed his desire to turn Celtic into true Champions League contenders so, no matter what happens, we’re in for a wild ride.
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THE STORY OF CELTIC VERSUS KILMARNOCK IN THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP…Fate has decreed that we are to face Kilmarnock in the Scottish League Cup Semi Final in mid-January. Kilmarnock’s defeats in the League Cup final are all to different teams – Dundee in 1952/3; Rangers in 1960/61, Hearts in 1962/63; Celtic in 2000/01; Hibs in 2006/07. 1963/64 Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 0; Celtic 2 Kilmarnock 01964/65 Celtic 4 Kilmarnock 1; Kilmarnock 2 Celtic 01983/84 Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 1; Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 1 2000 semi final – Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 02001 final – Celtic 3 Kilmarnock 02008 Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 32012 final – Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 02017 Celtic 5 Kilmarnock 0Let’s take the bad news first. The 2012 League Cup final saw Celtic press and press, but when they saw that Celtic couldn’t score, Kilmarnock ran up and scored themselves – and Celtic still couldn’t score! David PotterCELTIC V KILMARNOCK – LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL TICKET INFORMATION…Celtic will play Kilmarnock in the Scottish League Cup semi-final at Hampden on Saturday 14 January, kick-off 5.30pm.

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