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history of Cliftonville football club. The champions of Northern | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
Ireland welcome the champions of Scotland Glasgow Celtic for a | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
Champions League qualifying tie. 5,000 fans will be show horned into | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
solt tud for this very special footballing occasion. There will be | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
little animosity between these set of fans for what should be an | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
intriguing first leg clash. Neil Lennon brings his side to North | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
Belfast very wary of the Cliftonville challenge. Celtic may | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
have reached the last 16 of the Champions League last year, but | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
Lennon described this game as a potential banana skin. Welcome to | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
solt tud on a glorious evening for what should be a great night for | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
local Irish League football. Joining me this evening are a former | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
Northern Ireland captain, Jim Magilton and Frank McAvennie. Take a | :01:51. | :02:01. | |
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COMMENTATOR: McAvennie does it! I'm sure they make you smile your two | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
goals. What people will forget is you played for Cliftonville as well? | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
I did, yes. Great record, one game, one win. It doesn't get much better | :02:31. | :02:38. | |
than that. I came over and played in the semi-final for them. Got them, | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
they won 2-1, got them to the final. Great to put my name in the history | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
of Cliftonville. You have been popular already here in Belfast | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
stopping for auto graphs. Jim, you know Neil Lennon well, how worried | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
will he be about this game It's a potential banana skin. The press | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
into the game was that he wasn't going to take it lightly. He | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
understands what it means to the people of Cliftonville, he knows it | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
they are riding the crest of a wave. Emotions run high here. He will go | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
and he picked the a very, very strong side. He wants to get this | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
tie out of the way. Look at the Celtic line-up this evening. Of | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
course, they arrived with as strong a side as possible without first | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
timers Charlie Mulgrew, Joe Ledley, Adam Matthews and Gary Hooper and | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
Virgil van Dijk all with injuries. Virgil van Dijk all with injuries. | :03:43. | :03:51. | |
The midfield is great. Strong midfield. Stokes great upfront. Big | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
Samaras. Goal threats, as you say, all over the park for Celtic | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
tonight. Goals. You look at that midfield four. That is a strongest | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
four you can pick at the moment. As four you can pick at the moment. As | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
I say, he is taking it seriously. He picked the strongest side he could, | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
on paper. You know, es's a formidable task Cliftonville will | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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face. Scott Brown must be fit, if there was doubt he wouldn't play him | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
on that surface. Samaras is a great player. He didn't score as many | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
goals as he should have scored. He is a great player. He can turn and | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
run at people. The manager has given him confidence. That is reflected in | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
his performances. Stokes?Great ball. Stokes has had the potential. | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
He always had potential. You are waiting for him to deliver. He is in | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
the big stage. Forrest is looking for a big season this year. Stokes | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
is playing for a contract. He got that. He is happy now. I think so r | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
I think Stokes is the man tonight. He has so much ability. I think he | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
will terrorise the part-timers. homecoming for the Celtic manager, | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
Neil Lennon, here are his pre-match thoughts. Welcome back. What is it | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
like to be home? Wonderful. First time in my career I have come back | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
for a competitive game. The welcome I've had and the hospitality has | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
been fantastic. Now, it's down to business. To the team. You have gone | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
with Efe Ambrose and given the injury list you were forced to do | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
that. Not ideal given given he is back from Confederations Cup? | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
a fortnight holiday. He did the fitness tests required of him. He is | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
a naturally fit boy anyway. His experience should stand us in good | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
stead this evening. Worried about the potential of the banana skin | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
given the preseason didn't go well in Germany? If it didn't go well you | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
are looking at a potential banana skin. I hope the results won't | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
affect the confidence going into the game. They have been together a | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
number of years. The I'm right in saying you have done something | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
nothing your starting 11 have that is scored at solt tud as a | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
15-year-old when Tommy Breslin was playing, do you remember it? Yes. | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
It's one of my earlier memories. It's my first real experience of a | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
big crowd in a stadium environment. It was a fantastic feeling. I | :06:44. | :06:52. | |
scuffed it in. Are you nervous?No, if I'm nervous it raidalities on to | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
the players. I'm looking forward to it. What a night it is for the | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
Cliftonville players. Some of them have been working today, knocked off | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
early before playing against the mighty Celtic tonight. We take a | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
look at their team, Jim, the one look at their team, Jim, the one | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
change from the Cup final side Scannell comes in. They know how to | :07:13. | :07:22. | |
score goals? They do. If you are scoring more goals than any other | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
team and you are conceding less, it's a recipe for success. Of course | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
it is. They deserve this opportunity. It's a wonderful night | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
for them. I hope they use it as motivation motivational lsh I hope | :07:33. | :07:43. | |
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it inspires them rather than deflats them. They said if Celtic can beat | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
Barcelona then Cliftonville can beat Celtic, is that the case? I think | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
so. The history books will show there has been upsets. There could | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
be one tonight. Looking at Neil Lennon, you could see he was busting | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
with pride bringing a team here to Northern Ireland in a competitive | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
game rather than friendlies. He put o out a strong team. Cliftonville | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
can cause an upset. The team Celtic have out, I don't see it. If they | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
cause an upset tonight they will look to Liam Boyce. He trained with | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
Celtic. Didn't get a contract with them. He is a Hoops fan himself. | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
Neil Lennon knows about his threat? Certainly. It was a great learning | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
curve for him and learning experience. He came home, 36 goals. | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
Northern Ireland Player of the Year, he is a huge threat. He can play. He | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
can get in the box and score goals. I'm sure he will be asked to link in | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
tonight and defend in midfield. He has been exceptional last year, last | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
season. This is a big stage. Hopefully he can perform. You liked | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
his goal celebrations? Yes. I would hurt myself if I did that now! | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
a big shop window for the Irish players this evening? What a stage | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
it is. Beautiful night. Capacity crowd. A lot of noise. If you can't | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
play on these nights you shouldn't be playing football. Cliftonville | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
football club were determined to have this game at solt tud. They | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
could have moved it to a bigger venue. They put in extra seating to | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
make sure as many of their fans could enjoy this night? The Chairman | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
and the volunteers. It's a fantastic sight tonight. Gerrard and his | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
directors deserve so much credit. I know how much pride and passion goes | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
into this football club. Let us hope the game reflects what has been a | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
terrific atmosphere in and outside terrific atmosphere in and outside | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
the ground. It's about tonight for Celtic simply not being too | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
complacent? I think so. I think they have let a lot of goals in | :09:52. | :10:01. | |
preseason. That is a strong defence he has out tonight. Mulgrew is | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
missing. Playing preseason games is different from playing the Champions | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
League. Lennon will have them built up for this? They go out with the | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
right attitude they should win the game. Cliftonville are riding this | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
huge emotional crest of a wave, if you like. Momentum is massive. They | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
won the league playing good football last year. If they come out and do | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
that, it should be one hell of a game. Most certainly. The fans will | :10:30. | :10:39. | |
have a ball, you would imagine? think so. We can't hear ourselves | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
think. The supporters have done everything they can. It's up to the | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
players. I hope Cliftonville give a good account of themselves and make | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
a game of it. I'm sure they will. Because these two sets of fans have | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
so much in common, Celtic won't want it to be too friendly? It won't be. | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
The fans will back the team. The Cliftonville fans are getting behind | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
their team. There will be banter getting on. After the game I'm sure | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
both set of fan also have a beer. the cards tonight? Not for me. I | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
think it will be tight. Cliftonville, pride will come into | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
this. They are very emotional. The it's a great night for them. Look at | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
the quality of Celtic. Their atact atacting flare will be too much for | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
them. I think Cliftonville go give them a really tough game. | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
attacking. Celtic will pile the pressure on. If they can get one in | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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10-15 minutes it could be 2 or 3. Neil has said, and made no secret, | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
there is no excuses here. He will not make an excuse for this. | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
Cliftonville are more comfortable in their surroundings. It's entirely | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
down to the attitude of the Celtic players. They can play on any | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
surface, that is the bottom line. Thank you very much indeed. Sit back | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
and enjoy the first half of this Champions League qualifier. Solt | :12:15. | :12:23. | |
tud, sun baked tonight. It looks absolutely fantastic. We can join | :12:23. | :12:33. | |
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COMMENTATOR: Historic pick tursz being taken. There is Neil Lennon. | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
Scored against Cliftonville as a 15-year-old playing for Glenavon | :12:51. | :13:01. | |
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playing back in 1987. Scott Brown plays tonight for Celtic, despite | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
only 55 minutes action in those four preseason friendlies in Germany. | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
Sitting beside me a man who play played for most of the teams in the | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
Irish League, Chris Morgan. An extraordinary atmosphere this | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
evening? It is, Michael. A great occasion and great opportunity for | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
Cliftonville who are getting their reward for a fantastic season last | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
year where they won the league. You couldn't have dreamt of a better | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
tie. Most people expect Celtic to progress. I'm one of those. | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
Cliftonville will have a go. Whether it's enough to keep the tie alive | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
for next week, we will have to wait and see. It's seven-and-a-half weeks | :13:43. | :13:51. | |
since Celtic won the Scottish Cup Final against Hibernian. They are | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
being asked to perform here on Cliftonville pitch. This is the | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
Cliftonville line-up. One change from the side which started the | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
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Irish Cup Final losing against undercooked for this one. Gary | :14:21. | :14:30. | |
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Hooper appears to be heading to QPR. Efe Ambrose he plays despite the | :14:32. | :14:42. | |
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fact he only arrived back after his time in the Confederations Cup. | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
Seats have been installed. Georgios Samaras, Fife away goals in last | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
season's competition. Celtic boss, Neil Lennon, wondering how come his | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
team have to play an extra qualifying round despite the fact | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
they finished in the last 16 last season. There are the two huddles. I | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
don't know who thought of it first? Cliftonville's traditional huddle. | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
Both sides wearing new home kit this season. Chris, you know what nerves | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
are all about. How important are the opening, 5, 10, 15 minutes? It's | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
natural the Cliftonville players will feel some nerves. They will | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
want a good first touch and be comfortable and try to build on | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
that. It's key. It depends what Celtic do. Whether they come out and | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
have a go, as Jim maybe suggested, quite often in European games the | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
first 20 minutes it's a case of sizing each other out. I think he is | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
right. I think Celtic might have a go at them and see what Cliftonville | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
are made of. If they get an early goal it will put the pressure onto | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
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Cliftonville. A free kick in a danger position. Great start. A | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
little sort of show of what they will do. A good first touch from | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
Liam Boyce. They do not have a natural left footed player on the | :16:41. | :16:51. | |
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his performances. The wall did their Cliftonville. It was Commons at the | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
back post with a header. Two minutes gone. | :18:31. | :18:40. | |
Great play from Forrest. Forrest went past quite easily. Commons goes | :18:40. | :18:49. | |
back across, unlucky. Cliftonville smothered it away. Celtic can break | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
quickly. Samaras glided down the pitch. It shows you the quality | :18:55. | :19:05. | |
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off. McMullen, Forrest is so quick. George will struggle with that. | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
McMullen will be looking at Coldwell, can he get deeper and | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
helping out because if he is isolated it will lead to | :20:05. | :20:15. | |
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would have wished for. The tallest man ever to play for Celtic | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
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but when the flag went up his instinct was to get a shot away. He | :21:04. | :21:12. | |
is a good at that, he does not need much backlift. We all know of the | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
threats of Gormley as well as Celtic. Breslin said he agonised | :21:17. | :21:27. | |
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side of the Irish Sea and from all parts of Europe. Every seat is | :21:50. | :21:59. | |
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occupied, the Cliftonville fans. Celtic, when they have the ball... | :22:00. | :22:10. | |
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indecision in the back four. None of the Celtic defenders reacted and | :24:01. | :24:11. | |
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Gormley and voice left it for each exposed, there's a couple of half | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
chances and the last indecision will give them hope. Ronan Scannell gives | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
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never threatening. He is a presence. He's a real threat so far. | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
Cliftonville will have to get closer to him as the develops because he is | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
coming off into space between midfield and the front position and | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
causing Cliftonville problems. coming into those spaces and he will | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
hurt Cliftonville if they don't identify him quicker than they are | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
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at the minute. He is causing the clearance kicks. Lifton Bill | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
will be happy because it eases the pressure, allows them to slow the | :28:50. | :29:00. | |
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game down. They want to keep it at a Celtic goalkeeper. If you hang the | :29:49. | :29:57. | |
ball up at all, he will come and take it. Born in Hexham. Another | :29:57. | :30:07. | |
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Celtic are lining up, they have strung for upfront, they've pushed | :30:16. | :30:25. | |
everyone forward. It's an indication of how they see themselves getting | :30:25. | :30:35. | |
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joy in the match, getting forward Gormley has to be stronger and hold | :31:04. | :31:14. | |
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the defender. And try to retain the this match now, we have played 16 | :32:09. | :32:19. | |
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minutes. That was well defend defended. Gorge was able to block | :32:23. | :32:32. | |
the ball at the near-post. I'm sure Tommy Breslin will emphasise keep | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
position of the ball. Chris Commons' first touch. Oh, that was an | :32:37. | :32:44. | |
opportunity. Poor defending from Cliftonville. Gormley has done well. | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
Onto the challenge of Ambrose. The referee said there was an advantage. | :32:48. | :32:58. | |
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is Kris Commons. He has won them a free-kick. It's really open, isn't | :33:11. | :33:17. | |
it, Michael? Commons makes the run. Scannell lets him run. Tries to | :33:18. | :33:21. | |
play-off side. They are not in line. It's poor defending. If he runs with | :33:21. | :33:27. | |
him he can defend it better. He is fortunate Commons' touch doesn't set | :33:27. | :33:32. | |
him in front of the goal. May have been looking into the sun. How open | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
is the match? From there Cliftonville broke and possibly had | :33:35. | :33:40. | |
an opportunity. Boyce gave it away at the edge of the box, Celtic are | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
back on the attack. It's interesting how open the match is at this stage. | :33:44. | :33:48. | |
You sense there will be a goal fairly soon if it keeps continuing | :33:48. | :33:58. | |
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ball. Good block by Jaimie McGovern. Celtic are trying to square the ball | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
into the path of Georgios Samaras. That was Lustig. The danger, for the | :34:10. | :34:16. | |
moment, has gone. That is exactly what you want from your centre | :34:16. | :34:19. | |
forward. It's a really difficult job. He came into his own half. His | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
back to the game. The best thing he can do there is draw a free-kick. | :34:24. | :34:29. | |
That is what he does. Super centre forward play. By a man who should | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
know all about it. It's the hard part of the job. It's the | :34:35. | :34:44. | |
unglamorous bit. He is used to scoring goals. He is a confident guy | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
Conor Devlin. This game will not phase him. The lights are on here | :34:49. | :34:55. | |
for some reason. The dark darker parts of the pitch are maybe just a | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
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will be the happier? Yes, they will be fairly happy. I worry about them | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
when they go forward that Celtic will counter. They need to think | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
about their midfield two being disciplined and trying to get | :35:15. | :35:22. | |
involved. When Celtic break, that is when they look their most dangerous. | :35:22. | :35:26. | |
Cliftonville can get at Celtic's back four. They have shown that so | :35:26. | :35:36. | |
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Belfast. It has the feel of, not quite an exhibition game, it's | :36:06. | :36:11. | |
remarkably open. Long ball for Stokes. A touch off the head of | :36:11. | :36:19. | |
McMullan. McMullan had a go at the assistant on the far side. That is a | :36:19. | :36:22. | |
couple of times they have looked for offsides. They haven't got it so | :36:22. | :36:29. | |
far. It's something they need to be very careful with. Stokes will leave | :36:29. | :36:39. | |
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the corner to Chris Commons. Samaras find a Hoops jersey. Off the back of | :36:48. | :36:58. | |
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at half-time will have plenty to say. It will not be easy for his | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
team. Cliftonville are a good side, on their own pitch and will be | :37:07. | :37:12. | |
highly motivated. They will tire in the game. 0-0 at half-time is not a | :37:12. | :37:21. | |
bad result, or a bad scoreline. Jamie McGovern is furious. He | :37:21. | :37:26. | |
thought that was a fair challenge. Does he get for his challenge or the | :37:26. | :37:34. | |
protest? No, for his reaction.Let us have another look at that? | :37:34. | :37:44. | |
we go. We will look at it now. It's not a foul. He has won the ball. His | :37:44. | :37:51. | |
reaction... I don't think it merited a booking, his reaction. He disputed | :37:51. | :37:57. | |
the decision. We see that all the time. It didn't look to be too much | :37:57. | :38:01. | |
of an overreaction. Coming up at the half way stage of the first half, | :38:01. | :38:11. | |
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Commons with a free-kick. Shot... Oh... Again, just prior to it Celtic | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
tried to take a quick free-kick and played it into the Cliftonville left | :38:17. | :38:21. | |
hand channel. The referee pulled it back. They went for a short one. | :38:21. | :38:28. | |
Cliftonville slow to react. It's an opportunity for him there. They need | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
to be tuned in when they don't have the ball, when the ball is dead, so | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
they won't be cut out. What is the difference when you are paying a | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
full-time side like Celtic? Look at them on the pitch. Physically, you | :38:41. | :38:47. | |
can see there is a major difference. Sometimes it's that. You talked | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
about Joe Gormley, he was pushed off the ball easily. Sometimes, you | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
know, these guys are big, strong athletes. It's easy for them. To me, | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
that was always the big thing that in theibly different. Technically | :39:01. | :39:05. | |
they will be more astute more comfortable with the ball. That is | :39:05. | :39:13. | |
down to playing every day. I found the physique was the thing that the | :39:13. | :39:23. | |
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most weeks he take it is and holds it in. It's the strength of Wilson, | :39:48. | :39:53. | |
at centre half, he brushes him off the ball and Celtic have it back. | :39:53. | :40:00. | |
Here's Lustig. Again Samaras has Stokes in the area. Forest has gone | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
to the right hand side. McMullan is at the back - Oh! I'm sure he knew | :40:06. | :40:15. | |
what he was doing? Do you?5,000 hearts and mouths there. He dealt | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
with it, that is the main thing. He didn't let the ball bounce. He | :40:19. | :40:24. | |
attacked it and dealt with it. Not toot far away from putting that in | :40:24. | :40:31. | |
his top corner. We will give him the benefit of the doubt. Six in the box | :40:31. | :40:38. | |
for Celtic. Devlin was slow. He has been punished by Mikael Lustig. Came | :40:38. | :40:45. | |
to the near-post. The Swede put Celtic in front. 25 minutes gone in | :40:45. | :40:51. | |
the first half. Cliftonville 0, Celtic 1. Delivery super. I will be | :40:51. | :40:54. | |
interested to get another look at it. Lustig makes a run to the | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
near-post. I don't know who tracks him. He is up higher than everybody. | :40:58. | :41:03. | |
He runs. Nobody seems to go with him. Devlin comes to deal with it. | :41:03. | :41:09. | |
Can't get through the bodies. A poor goal to give away. They will be | :41:09. | :41:14. | |
disappointed. Great delivery from the set-piece. Devlin would think he | :41:14. | :41:19. | |
should have stayed at home. No-one goes with him. He is bigger and | :41:19. | :41:29. | |
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stronger and wins it. A comfortable finish for him. There is a picture | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
of relief, Neil Lennon. I think Conor Devlin saw too late what the | :41:35. | :41:40. | |
danger was. He couldn't get through that scrum of bodies. It's Lustig' | :41:40. | :41:46. | |
run. He gets there first. If Devlin got there and punched it clear we | :41:46. | :41:50. | |
would be saying great goal keeping. That is the fine line sometimes. | :41:50. | :41:55. | |
Celtic can ease off a little bit now in terms of, they don't have to go | :41:55. | :42:03. | |
chasing it. There is Jim McGuinness. Ulster Final coming up somewhere | :42:03. | :42:11. | |
soon. It's been sunny in Donegal recently, I can tell you that. Sunny | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
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in Glasgow as well. What have they demonstrate their joy at Mikael | :42:52. | :43:02. | |
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Lustig's opening goal, as the action It didn't bend back round. I think | :43:42. | :43:48. | |
he was trying to put it in towards the far-post and maybe bend it round | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
for Stokes to maybe attack the back post. It went a bit too flat and a | :43:53. | :44:03. | |
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bit too straight. No Hooper, no Matthews no Ledley. Here is Boyce | :44:18. | :44:23. | |
though, he gets the shot in. He just needs half a chance. There is hope | :44:23. | :44:27. | |
for the Cliftonville fans? A good run from Boyce. He was waiting on | :44:27. | :44:33. | |
the ball. You can see he wants it to come in front of him. I mean, it's a | :44:33. | :44:40. | |
decent strike. The deflection from Ambrose takes the sting out of it | :44:40. | :44:50. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :44:50. | :46:56. | |
Ambrose takes the sting out of it wonderful goal-scoring run away from | :46:56. | :47:06. | |
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home. And it is 2-0, 15 minutes left of the first half. A classy finish. | :47:11. | :47:16. | |
Celtic were able to expose them by moving down the right-hand side. | :47:16. | :47:24. | |
The ball finds its way to Samaras. A great finish. Commons, it looks like | :47:25. | :47:31. | |
the chance is gone. He rifles it in. No chance for Conor Devlin. He | :47:31. | :47:38. | |
claims not to like non-grass surfaces but it hasn't done him any | :47:38. | :47:48. | |
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harm in Helsinki or Belfast. We all knew it was going to be | :47:49. | :47:56. | |
difficult for Cliftonville to stay in the game but you worry now that | :47:56. | :48:05. | |
Celtic can go on and score four or five or more. | :48:05. | :48:13. | |
Lustig with the first goal, Samaras with the second. The worries over | :48:13. | :48:19. | |
Neil Lennon have disappeared. Half an hour in, only a third of the way | :48:19. | :48:23. | |
through the first game in the away tie. | :48:23. | :48:30. | |
We expected Celtic to get through, Neil Lennon once to look towards the | :48:30. | :48:40. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :48:41. | :49:45. | |
next game as more of part of his left of the game, 2-0 down at the | :49:45. | :49:52. | |
moment. Cliftonville have nothing to hang onto now. It can become | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
disheartening when you are out there and getting passed around and it's | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
easy for the other team. They need to work harder now to keep the ball | :50:02. | :50:09. | |
because they keep giving it back and becoming tired mentally. They can | :50:09. | :50:15. | |
get a goal back. It's not a lost cause. They do not | :50:15. | :50:19. | |
want to concede again because then it is a case of getting the game | :50:19. | :50:25. | |
done and dusted. If they can't keep the ball, they will be under | :50:25. | :50:31. | |
pressure. Those waves will keep coming. Celtic will only get | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
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stronger as the game goes on. from Liam Boyce. Caldwell is a | :50:51. | :51:01. | |
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suffers from hayfever. He told his mum to stop hoovering in case it | :51:19. | :51:23. | |
flared up! I never need much encouragement to lay off the | :51:23. | :51:33. | |
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happy or not, his face doesn't give much away. In screwed. This could | :52:09. | :52:19. | |
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Suddenly, any number of players are interested in taking a free kick for | :52:40. | :52:49. | |
Celtic. I think Samaras will push his way to the front. We are seeing | :52:49. | :52:59. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :52:59. | :55:01. | |
forward. Oh, goodness! How did that stay out? Commons thought it was | :55:01. | :55:11. | |
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Beautiful skill. Gets inside and ends it with the right foot. Devlin | :55:23. | :55:29. | |
thought it was a goal. He has the resigned look. Fantastic skills, so | :55:29. | :55:39. | |
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now. Celtic, you can see how seriously they have taken the game. | :55:45. | :55:50. | |
There has been no letup from them. Neil Lennon has a side well-prepared | :55:50. | :55:55. | |
because they are continuing to go and Cliftonville are in for a long | :55:55. | :56:00. | |
evening. And there is no back door into the Europa league. You are out, | :56:00. | :56:05. | |
you are out. They will look at the draw and when | :56:05. | :56:10. | |
it was made and be fairly happy it is close to home, they are playing | :56:10. | :56:14. | |
against a part-time side. Cliftonville were pleased, it is | :56:14. | :56:21. | |
such a glamour draw. 99 times out of a hundred and more, Celtic will get | :56:21. | :56:31. | |
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the league again. It's an uncompetitive league. They will be | :56:44. | :56:54. | |
:56:54. | :57:21. | ||
looking at the Champions League as a suggesting the match officials from | :57:21. | :57:31. | |
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the Ukraine have not been favouring gone well! The seven stripes | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
represent the number seven jersey. Suggesting the likes of Larsson and | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :58:05. | :59:12. | |
Jimmy Johnson who warn -- who have the important moments Celtic have | :59:12. | :59:19. | |
the touch of class in front of goal. Cliftonville are finding it more | :59:19. | :59:24. | |
difficult to keep possession of the ball. It goes forward but comes back | :59:24. | :59:34. | |
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to soon. A difficult job for the front players. They are constantly | :59:35. | :59:38. | |
under pressure chasing the ball down. Celtic will keep playing and | :59:38. | :59:45. | |
cutting them apart. Cliftonville can only hope Celtic take their foot off | :59:45. | :59:55. | |
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a little bit. But it does not look I think that went into somebody's | :00:01. | :00:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds | :00:11. | :01:08. | |
goalkeeper fancies. It could have control, 2-0 ahead. Lustig and | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
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Samaras with the goals. And the referee from the Ukraine, no more | :01:19. | :01:27. | |
than five seconds stoppage time. Samaras is in debate with Izaguirre | :01:28. | :01:37. | |
:01:38. | :01:40. | ||
despite the fact he has opened his enjoy in the first half. Lots of | :01:40. | :01:50. | |
hard work. Lots of effort. He is the happier of the two managers. Chris | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
Morgan, two contrasting team talks at half-time? Absolutely. Neil | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
Lennon will be delighted. He has practically booked their place in | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
the next round, as things stand now. Tommy Breslin, a case of damage | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
limitation now. Try to keep the scoreline respectable. We expected | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
this. He has now to get his players up so that they don't come out and | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
get overrun in the second-half. Celtic, their class has told, two | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
goals. They have hit the woodwork. At half-time Cliftonville 0, Celtic | :02:28. | :02:37. | |
At half-time Cliftonville 0, Celtic 2. Watching was Jim Magilton and | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
Frank McAvennie. It was a masterclass? If Celtic were switched | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
on it would be a long night for Cliftonville. That was the case. | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Professional performance. A real attacking threat. We pointed out | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
before the game what a threat they would be. They haven't disappointed. | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
Krelt Vick been thoroughly professional. Frank, you are not | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
surprised, are you? I'm not. When I saw the team I thought Neil Lennon | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
was taking it seriously. There is a big difference between preseason | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
games and Champions League. It doesn't matter who you are playing, | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
the boys want to get back to the Champions League and get into their | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
the qualifying Group. They put a professional performance in. 2-0 at | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
half-time, could have been four or five. Cliftonville did well. It's | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
the strength, physically Celtic are too strong for them. We can hear | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
from Peter Murray. It was competitive. If anything you looked | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
the better of the sides. You conceded the corner which you | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
shouldn't have, you are one down. are kiss disappointing. To lose from | :03:49. | :03:57. | |
the set play Connor and George got into a mixup. We were doing well up | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
to this. The second you concede possession high up to Samaras, it | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
was special? It was a special level. It was a different goal. They both | :04:09. | :04:17. | |
have pace. The lads then are going to get it back up. We played well. | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
We had a bit of a go tonight. the standout performer he looks | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
:04:34. | :04:34. | ||
comfortable? Without a he request of doubt he is our hope. You may be | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
looking for O'Carroll to freshen things up? We will be looking for a | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
few to freshen things up. It's a hot night. Celtic are attack minded they | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
set their stall out early? They did. They passed the ball sharply. We | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
were talking about the surface. were talking about the surface. | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Samaras, in particular, dropped off deep. Caused problems for the back | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
four. Forest gave McMullan a tough time. A great header from Kris | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
Commons. That was early warning signals for Celtic. Forest was the | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
danger man in the first 15 minutes. He got a lot of ball and causing all | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
sorts of problems. Him and Samaras work together, as you can see. A | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
:05:30. | :05:32. | ||
great ball again. Stokes too is a handful? Dangerous. Finding little | :05:32. | :05:40. | |
holes in between the Cliftonville four. It's a difficult one. Both | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
Stokes and Samaras have caused problems. This from Kayal?The boys | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
have had their work cut out. The amount of energy they expended. They | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
are chasing shadows at times because of Celtic's passing. They have | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
something to prove. He wants to take his place in there. He will want to | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
do that all the time. Look a bigger side? Physically you can see it. | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Cliftonville have played well. Physically the boys have been | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
working all day and doing this. Celtic are powerful and | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
professional. It depends on their attitude. They came here and did a | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
professional job. Every time there is a set-piece you fear for | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
Cliftonville. Neil will want to finish it tonight to give him more | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
rest. Is how the goal came from that McMullan clearance which he almost | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
put in his own net? He did. He is a very good player, but I think his | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
heart was in his mouth here. He didn't really know where that was | :06:46. | :06:53. | |
going. In all fairness he dealt with it. Was that a knee or a shin. | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
the set-piece it looks simple? made a great run. Nobody picked him | :06:57. | :07:05. | |
up. A lad of 6 foot 3 making a run. The quality of the ball from Kris | :07:05. | :07:12. | |
Commons, he has a great left leg. Devlin is in no man's land. That has | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
been worked on in the training ground. The Irish League is known | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
for the rough-and-tumble. Samaras had a bit of treatment tonight? They | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
put him to ground a couple of times. For 10 minutes he was moaning. He | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
stayed out of the game for 10 minutes. When he came back in with a | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
goal. He doesn't like it. He wasn't particularly happy with that. | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
doesn't like people standing on him! A reminder of what this game is | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
about. Welcome to Ireland! bounced back, didn't he? He showed | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
his class. For a big fella he has great touch with both feet? | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
manager deserves so much credit for it. He was getting stick from the | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
Celtic reporter. Neil has given him his confidence. He responded. He is | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
such a good player. For a big man, he moves the ball to his weaker | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
side. A great strike. He has something in his locker that a lot | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
of Celtic players haven't got. He can chase the ball down, turn and | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
run at people. Great to watch in full flow. Cliftonville were to be | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
successful tonight, that term we used in Northern Ireland, they would | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
have to get stuck in? It It's a big half-time team talk for Tommy. They | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
looked as if he they were disheartened going off the park. He | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
has to get belief back into the side. The first 10 minutes is very | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
important. Celtic get another goal, the game is over. If Cliftonville | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
can raise their game, get a few chances maybe get a few set-pieces | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
themselves. Play in Celtic's half for five or ten minute that is | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
builds confidence they can hopefully make a game of it. Cliftonville fan | :08:53. | :09:03. | |
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also enjoy your optimism it's two at half-time 2 it could have been | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
morgue -- it could have been more. That is Commons. I thought you were | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
talking about the header. He did well holding on to the ball. | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
Everyone think that is is a goal. Fantastic. He doesn't have to pick | :09:24. | :09:32. | |
his head up, he knows where the ball is. Stokes ran at him to | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
congratulate him. They thought it was in. Cliftonville are reliant on | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
Liam Boyce. He has done well. He looks like the one Cliftonville | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
player to make things happen. He has been starved of the ball. A couple | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
of balls that Boyce got ahead of, Neil will not be happy. But they | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
have been too strong. Will talk about Liam Boyce. Jim McGuinness is | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
in the back room staff at Celtic. He in the back room staff at Celtic. He | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
is now pitch-side. He is performance consultant with Celtic. Jim, welcome | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
to Belfast. Performance consultant what is your assessment of the | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
first-half performance? Good. Great atmosphere, that was to be expected. | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
It's more of a carnival atmosphere than anything else. Great to be | :10:26. | :10:33. | |
here. Celtic had to weather a storm early on. Showed composure and got | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
the ball wide and did a bit of damage towards the end of the first | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
half. You work at getting their heads right. For a up could of weeks | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
in Germany it looked like you had derailed as a club. How much of a | :10:47. | :10:54. | |
concern was it coming here given the four games you played you had lost? | :10:54. | :11:04. | |
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You have to put it into context, the season end ended within three weeks. | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
We are starting to build for the season ahead and trying to get ready | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
for what will be another very long season. Obviously, we are trying to | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
move towards full fitness and the quest of another Champions League | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
campaign and obviously the SPL as well. Someone in the crowd say to | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
me, if you are talking to Jim will you remind him Celtic are ahead on | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
goals but Cliftonville are ahead on points? I think Cliftonville, I | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
suppose, they had a fantastic season last year. This is really the icing | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
on the cake for them in many respects in terms of the draw. For | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
the players themselves to be involved in this tie, it's something | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
that will live very inch their memory for the rest of their lives, | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
I would imagine. Fantastic fob everybody to be here. Wish you well | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
for Sunday. Thank you for being with us. If Cliftonville are to get a | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
goal you feel it will come from Liam Boyce. How impressed have you been | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
with his performance? When he landed on the ball he has always been | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
composed. Take it is on the chest. Nice and brave. Forces them to make | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
a tackle. He scuffs the free-kick. That was in the first couple minutes | :12:13. | :12:23. | |
:12:23. | :12:25. | ||
That was in the first couple minutes of the game. He has been gifted.O | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
no problem with the ball at his feet. Great awareness of time and | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
space around him. He has been starved. A great run. Over the top. | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
Gets his shot away. All he can do. Being linked with moves to English | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
clubs. Could he make it across the water He has the ability. He has the | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
physical capacity to do that. If he gets the right club, with the right | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
manager, I see no reason why he can't make a professional career, no | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
doubt about that. Celtic looked comfortable on the ball tonight. | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
It's something you both picked out was their lovely movement. Even | :13:04. | :13:12. | |
around the defensive area? They pass the ball well. Possession based. | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
They have been very comfortable. They earnt the right to play. They | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
got their head up and play. Scott Brown, for example, you know he had | :13:20. | :13:29. | |
that opportunity to get his head up. Scott tends to sit in the middle and | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
let's the players make runs. They can do that as well. That was a long | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
ball. The they can mix it up. won't be happy that a central | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
midfielder has time to get his head up, pick a pass. Commons is making a | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
diagonal run. He is giving them the freedom to to do so. Cliftonville | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
are 2-0 down but their fans are are 2-0 down but their fans are | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
enjoying it this evening. The Cliftonville favourite is with me | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
now. Let us talk about the occasion briefly. What made you particularly | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
proud? Proud. Played for Cliftonville. They put hard work | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
into the event. Cliftonville are getting beat. Not embarrassing | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
themselves. It's about the occasion and the Irish League what this has | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
done for Irish League football. Look at the night and the weather. Who | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
would believe a couple of months ago players were throwing snowballs at | :14:33. | :14:36. | |
each other. Everyone is enjoying themselves. That is what it's about. | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
300 people here told me they played in that game with Frank McAvennie. | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
You actually did. He was a good? They brought Frank in for the | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
semi-final at Windsor. We won the game 2-0. We had hair then much I | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
put cross noose Frank. A brilliant game. A good experience for me. Let | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
us hope Cliftonville can do themselves proud and get a goal in | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
the second-half. What would you do if you were Cliftonville? I would | :15:06. | :15:14. | |
take Joe Gormley off. He is not holding the ball up, not in the | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
game. Are you enjoying being back in Belfast tonight? I am. I enjoy | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
coming up here. No different tonight. Great atmosphere. Good game | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
we have been watching. What can Cliftonville hope for at best in the | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
second-half More of the same and maybe Lady Luck, maybe hope that | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
Celtic fall off the pace. Maybe one or two of the Celtic players now get | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
complacent. Tommy knows this team better than anyone. He knows they | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
will not give up. He wants, I'm sure, they get on the scoresheet. | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
would love to see a Cliftonville goal. Time for the second-half. Let | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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Cliftonville. No sign of any keeping the ball up front and oh | :16:55. | :17:01. | |
Carol is probably a better fit against... Gormley is such a goal | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
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front of us. Samaras is about a foot taller than everyone else on the | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
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favours for Fraser Forster. A decent ball. Lustig does not get enough on. | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
You know what he is trying to do, lift it over his head into the net. | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
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It changes the dynamic. And it lifts the Cliftonville players. Goals are | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
so important in matches in terms of how the players react to things. | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
Suddenly you go from feeling tired to a burst of energy. It's been a | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
good start from Cliftonville. They've got to build on it. Nice | :20:54. | :21:04. | |
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interlinking by skin out, Garratt down this evening. It's a huge step | :23:36. | :23:42. | |
up for them. They are by no means embarrassing themselves. | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
It is a big ask and they are competing. You would like to see the | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
get a goal and make this a goal again. The Celtic back for has not | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
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been massively convincing. You hope, the red jerseys. A lovely bit of | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
football from Cliftonville. One such, confidence and lovely | :24:43. | :24:53. | |
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interchange between McMullen and Fantastic play down that side and a | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
lovely pass. A good first touch but he cannot get the shot away quick | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
enough. Liam Boyce is alive to it and unfortunate not to take it off | :27:02. | :27:10. | |
Scott Brown. Great challenge by Ambrose. A feature of how Celtic | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
have played, hitting Cliftonville on the break. A clever ball from | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
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trying to get onto the shoulder of the far side of McMullen. It is the | :28:56. | :29:06. | |
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season in the semifinals. All of the was always going to be that type of | :31:32. | :31:42. | |
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He wins the free-kick. Quickly taken. Caldwell offloads it. A | :31:57. | :32:07. | |
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chance! There was the opportunity. He wasn't expecting to get the shot | :32:10. | :32:19. | |
in. A lovely touch from Ciaran. We talked about Celtic doing things | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
quickly and tonville Cliftonville out. Celtic were caught out this | :32:26. | :32:35. | |
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time with quick thinking. There is Stokes. Commons is going forward. | :32:44. | :32:54. | |
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That was good defensive work by Marc Smyth. Cliftonville, their best | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
chance of the game. Wilson threw himself in front of it. It was an | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
important block. You would have fancied it to have been a goal. | :33:05. | :33:11. | |
Ambrose on Joe Gormley. Barry Johnston been told not to referee | :33:12. | :33:21. | |
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the game, the fella with the whistle is in touch. There is -- charge. | :33:23. | :33:28. | |
There is the touch from Caldwell. He doesn't really catch it cleanly, | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
does he Marc Smyth. Still good defending. Can Cliftonville find a | :33:34. | :33:44. | |
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is waiting for it to sit. Knows he has to get a shot away before he is | :34:03. | :34:10. | |
closed down. Can't get over it enough. Doesn't threaten the | :34:10. | :34:20. | |
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goalkeeper. Cliftonville, still they Liam Boyce. Lustig. Just over 25 | :34:43. | :34:53. | |
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opportunity. Commons, hit the woodwork twice. Will he find the | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
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back of the net? Great save, Devlin. And still Celtic press. Commons! | :35:25. | :35:29. | |
Devlin happy to see the ball into his gloves. Lovely football from | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
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Celtic. Kept it and moved it around. They pass you and pass you. Commons, | :35:42. | :35:52. | |
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drops his shoulder and goes past stays onside. Can't get past | :36:03. | :36:10. | |
Scannell. Terrific challenge. Cliftonville trying to build from | :36:10. | :36:20. | |
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the back. Boyce is there. Ball taken competitive win on Northern Irish | :36:51. | :37:01. | |
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soil? -- Celtic to their first competitive win on Northern Irish | :37:08. | :37:18. | |
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Gormley has won the free-kick. Mirt of the match in place of Joe | :38:33. | :38:43. | |
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change, Izaguirre up against Caldwell. Finds Commons. | :38:55. | :39:01. | |
Cliftonville, I think, are getting tired now. Forest. Back to Stokes. | :39:01. | :39:09. | |
Room for Stokes! Oh! Woodwork struck for the third time this evening. | :39:09. | :39:14. | |
Great strike again. Very unfortunate for Anthony Stokes. You are right, | :39:14. | :39:18. | |
Cliftonville are getting tired now. Celtic will punish them if they keep | :39:18. | :39:23. | |
playing the way they are going. That was a great strike. Nobody can get | :39:23. | :39:32. | |
close enough to Stokes to close him down. That was one of the calls | :39:32. | :39:39. | |
Tommy Breslin made, O'Carroll ahead of Gormley. He spent five years at | :39:39. | :39:44. | |
the Celtic youth academy without making the breakthrough. Impressed | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
at Glenavon. It will be a double substitutions, Donnelly will come on | :39:50. | :39:56. | |
as well. O'Carroll on for Joe Gormley. Gormley did well tonight. | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
He will have learnt a lot tonight playing. Long-range shot by | :40:00. | :40:05. | |
O'Carroll. Almost the instant impact. Yeah, what a substitution | :40:05. | :40:11. | |
that would have been. Set up nicely for him. Hits it quite well. Good | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
linkup. O'Carroll won the first ball and flicked it on to Liam Boyce and | :40:15. | :40:23. | |
was able to take the return pass. Not too far away, Michael. Six goals | :40:23. | :40:30. | |
last season for Cliftonville. Famous for scoring six goals in one match | :40:30. | :40:34. | |
for Glenavon a couple of seasons ago. Three of them were penalties. | :40:34. | :40:38. | |
You are a striker, you should not point those things out. A goal is is | :40:38. | :40:48. | |
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a goal. Absolutely. Not saying that a goal. Absolutely. Not saying that | :40:53. | :40:56. | |
doesn't make them a goal! Mitt. -- it's just the useless piece of | :40:56. | :41:04. | |
information I carry around. goals and three efforts off the | :41:04. | :41:14. | |
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after 24 minutes. Scott Brown looks up and sees Mikael Lustig making the | :41:56. | :42:03. | |
run. Lots of movement. Forest goes to the back post. Well watched by | :42:03. | :42:13. | |
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Marc Smyth. Boyce, O'Carroll. Here's Johnston. Now, can Cliftonville | :42:16. | :42:26. | |
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Boyce. Excellent by him. Caldwell inside the penalty area. It just | :42:38. | :42:48. | |
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the Cliftonville fans are thinking that? They would love to see a goal | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
to give themselves something to cheer. You could maybe argue that | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
Celtic have taken their foot off the pedal a little bit. Cliftonville | :43:03. | :43:07. | |
have been very good this half. They have kept the ball well and passed | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
it around. There has been a couple of near opportunities. I think, you | :43:11. | :43:16. | |
know, I would love to see them get a goal and get reward for a hard | :43:16. | :43:24. | |
night's work. Lustig is the man who is down. Donnelly will replace | :43:24. | :43:30. | |
Ciaran Caldwell. Ciaran Caldwell can be pleased. He has had a really good | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
second-half. He has been comfortable on the ball. He has put a shift in. | :43:35. | :43:44. | |
Lovely skill. On another night Ciaran Caldwell might have been in | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
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on goal. We will see Tony Watt. Just what the Cliftonville defence | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
wouldn't want to see, fresh legs, pacy legs. He is going to replace | :44:09. | :44:19. | |
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Anthony Stokes for the remaining 17 Stokes. He is walking around | :45:20. | :45:30. | |
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Samaras. He feels he has done his Forest, who just found the stomach | :45:55. | :45:59. | |
of Conor Devlin. Another big clearance, first time ball up | :45:59. | :46:09. | |
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towards Boyce. Izaguirre, Kayal. It feels as if it is fizzling out this | :46:12. | :46:18. | |
game? Celtic are probably quite happy. The job is nearly all done at | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
this stage 2-0 in the away leg. They will be more than happy. A good | :46:23. | :46:29. | |
workout for them tonight. It is going probably as most people would | :46:29. | :46:34. | |
have planned. Stokes, Kris Commons. Stokes does well to get the ball | :46:34. | :46:44. | |
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ball back and had one thing on his mind. He has been impressive, | :46:53. | :47:03. | |
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Stokes. He looks like he's on his game. He is firing on all cylinders. | :47:09. | :47:18. | |
He makes way for Tony Watt. 14 minutes to make an impact at | :47:18. | :47:28. | |
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Solitude. Looks like he will play on wavelength. He has been impressive, | :48:18. | :48:24. | |
Kris Commons. He has. All the attacking players, Forrest, some of | :48:24. | :48:30. | |
the movement has been impressive. They talk about the surface here, it | :48:30. | :48:40. | |
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is very true, they've been Celtic. That's the key thing, you | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
start with the right attitude and Cliftonville had a flurry early on | :48:51. | :48:58. | |
but after that Celtic became really strong. Even now it is fizzling out | :48:58. | :49:03. | |
but they are working hard to keep the ball. That is difficult for | :49:03. | :49:06. | |
Cliftonville cos the tiredness is there and they are trying to get | :49:06. | :49:15. | |
close. It can be tough going when this situation arises. Competitive | :49:15. | :49:25. | |
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debut for Chris Curran replacing Stephen Garrett. Curran part of the | :49:28. | :49:32. | |
same Manchester United youth setup that Conor Devlin played in. He was | :49:32. | :49:38. | |
one of the big stars in a County Fermanagh's first season. A big move | :49:38. | :49:43. | |
for him. Yes, they've been really impressed with him. He is | :49:43. | :49:50. | |
comfortable, he fits their style. is technically gifted. A good | :49:50. | :49:59. | |
signing for Cliftonville. There was a suggestion some of their big men | :49:59. | :50:02. | |
may be moving on to bigger and better things. That might still | :50:02. | :50:12. | |
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happen with Liam Boyce. Curran makes he will not make it this evening. | :50:23. | :50:33. | |
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Cliftonville have used their three surprising into half-time scoreline | :50:42. | :50:47. | |
has not been added to. Cliftonville can take credit. They have been | :50:47. | :50:53. | |
quite solid this half. James Forrest...! Could not find the | :50:53. | :51:03. | |
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Kris Commons makes way for row gig. to the goal than his previous | :53:08. | :53:15. | |
effort. It is tiredness. It never really gets close. It probably | :53:15. | :53:25. | |
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wasn't on for Harry Johnson. -- a tidy finish. -- and he wraps it | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
up. That's ended any suggestion the second leg will be competitive. You | :55:18. | :55:25. | |
can't deny James Forrest the goal for his work this evening. The pace | :55:25. | :55:35. | |
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that he has. All he wants to do is Celtic safely into the qualifying | :55:56. | :56:06. | |
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round three. It's a bit unfair on Cliftonville, | :56:07. | :56:17. | |
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3-0. It is a tough night. 90 minutes against a team getting stronger. | :56:21. | :56:31. | |
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has told in the end. Cliftonville are a part-time team. | :00:17. | :00:27. | |
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It is something he does not need to will be quite happy to hear the | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
full-time whistle. Yes. That is what they are wanting. Those extra three | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
minutes, I'm sure they were hoping for less than that. Looking at | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
Stokes there, he is keen to get on the scoresheet. He is continuing to | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
go. For a striker, it's important to get a goal. I don't think he will | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
get a chance to put that into the net, Scannell was too cute for him. | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
Away by Devlin. O'Carroll tussling with Lustig. Kayal, the only Celtic | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
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evening Celtic deciding to keep hold defensive duties. Can't find | :03:38. | :03:48. | |
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upset. A goal in the last seconds would be something worth telling | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
your grandchildren about, if you are a Cliftonville fan. O'Carroll can't | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
get any advantage in Wilson, who has been solid in the heart of that | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
Celtic defence. You probably haven't been as tested as much as they will | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
be during the season. Apart from a few anxious moments with sometimes | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
straight balls forward, it has been a fairly comfortable evening for the | :04:17. | :04:27. | |
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whistle. The first ever meeting of the Scottish Premier League | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
champions and the Irish League champions has ended in a victory for | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
Neil Lennon's side by 3-0. First half goals from that man, Lustig. | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
Then another strike by Georgios Samaras and James Forrest in the | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
second-half, getting the third. They talk about potential banana skins, | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
Lennon's men avoided it completely. They will find themselves, barring | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
an unbelievable result at Celtic Park next Tuesday night, they find | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
themselves in the draw for the next qualifying round after a brave | :05:08. | :05:16. | |
effort by Tommy Breslin's men. Final thoughts. Cliftonville can be happy | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
with their performance. Most people expected a Celtic win on the night. | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
Cliftonville would have wanted to keep it closer. A fantastic | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
occasion. When you win the League it's unlikely they will progress too | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
far in the Champions League. Get the best possible draw and make the most | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
amount of money is how Cliftonville might look at it. Good night all | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
round. They should be pleased and proud of their performance. We wish | :05:40. | :05:50. | |
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them well next week. A little bit of history being made here. Mikael | :05:51. | :06:00. | |
Lustig with the first goal. Smiles all round. Tommy Breslin applauds | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
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the home fans. What an occasion. Red and the fans in Greened and | :06:18. | :06:28. | |
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White. -- green and White. The Neil Lennon smile says it all. It | :06:28. | :06:36. | |
finished here, Cliftonville 0, Celtic 3. In the tend was a | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
comfortable win for Celtic? Attitude spot on. Scored some great goals. It | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
was important that Celtic came here and approached the game in the right | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
way, they did that. They got their just rewards. Entertaining game. | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
Both sides played good football. Cliftonville gave everything they | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
got. They lacked the cutting edge. They should be very proud. | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
Second-half could have been a difficult night for them. Tommy | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
Breslin did his work at half-time. They deserve immense credit for | :07:08. | :07:16. | |
that. Frank, when did you see home fans lose 3-0 and look happy at the | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
end? It's a special night considering you see Neil Lennon | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
there, a happy man. Proud to bring the team here and for a competitive | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
game. He has den well. He will think the game is finished. I can't see | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
Cliftonville going to Parkhead and scoring four goals. He will rest a | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
few players at Celtic Park. Can hear from a couple of the Cliftonville | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
from a couple of the Cliftonville players tonight. Barry Johnston and | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
Liam Boyce. Liam, the occasion, you certainly weren't overrawed. Beaten | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
3-0, but by a side who is in the last 16 of the Champions League, no | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
shame in that? No shame. I think the full-time training told in the end. | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
They were quicker and stronger than us. We couldn't hold it up two | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
times. In the set-piece a man got free. We can hold our heads high. | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
You look comfortable out there. Did you feel comfortable amongst that | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
class? Yeah. I was good enough like. Had a couple of good moments. Could | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
have scored. Felt all right. Fitness in the end. They were running past | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
us and walking past us in the strength and pace of them. That | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
comes from full-time training. Barry, part-time, some of you guys | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
working today and had to get off early to play this. No disgrace, but | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
arguably, as Liam pointing out, that was the difference against | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
professionals? Definitely. The first 25 minutes we gave as good as we | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
got. Their sharpness is unbelievable. We have played a | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
full-time teams, even the one downs South, four or five yards of | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
sharpness is all the difference. They didn't have to work for the | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
goals. We gifted them three, they took them. Arguably, you should have | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
scored. A couple of Graeme chances. Blame Liam. I don't get the shots. | :09:05. | :09:11. | |
If we took one it might have been a different game. No shame getting | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
beaten by a team who beat Barcelona last year. A good work out for us, | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
it's preseason. Our bread-and-butter is the League. That is what we are | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
preparing for. Your uncle char Iy would have been proud of you. Played | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
for Cliftonville, Belfast Celtic, 300 appearances for Glasgow Celtic. | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
Good old night for the family? all my family was here. Unbelievable | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
occasion. My family enjoyed. It they were drinking from the early hours | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
of today. Some probably can't remember it. Good occasion. | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
Disappointed at the three goals. When Caldwell cushioned that one | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
down for Garrett, did you think goal? We thought we had another | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
goal. We played on to Joe. He scores first touch every time. It got stuck | :09:59. | :10:08. | |
under his feet. Marc touched it down to him. Good block. Lustig tackle | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
again. Could you cope with the pressure, some were saying, without | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
disrespecting Cliftonville, that you could be on the move. Do you think | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
you did your cause good this evening? I will have to watch it | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
back and see it for myself. I did a few good touches and played a few | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
good passes. We lost, it doesn't make a difference. For Neil Lennon | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
to applaud the crowd? Good atmosphere. The fans were sitting | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
together. Fair play to them as well. Tommy, for moy hoo my money, Liam | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
Boyce looked the best player on the park. No disgrace. 3-0 a fair | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
reflection? Yeah, I think so. It's just disappointing the three goals | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
were - they were preventible. A soft corner. We gave the ball away twice | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
in the middle of the park. They are in on top of us. They are a class | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
act. They opened us up. Liam did well. There were good performances | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
from our team. We played well between the boxes. 3-0 probably | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
about right. Would you have given to are registered a goal for the home | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
fans, you came close? A lot of chances. We didn't have composure to | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
put it away. One of those nights. Glad it went over. The game is out | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
of the way. It's good preparation for the League. We would have liked | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
a better result. It wasn't to be. All you have to do is go to Glasgow | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
and score four, not a bother? bother. We will sort that out. They | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
are a class act. Their movement, their touch. The pace down the | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
flanks. We knew what we would come up against. We showed up well given | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
we are back three weeks. We look forward to next week. Looked | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
comfortable against the side in the last 16 of the Champions League. | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
That must please you as a manager looking into the new season? That is | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
where I'm looking for. We are back three weeks. The passes of play was | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
good. We gave it away cheaply. When we kept composure and possession I | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
thought we matched them at least. We couldn't sustain it for 90 minutes. | :12:14. | :12:21. | |
As I say, 3-0 was probably about right. Kick-off Neil Lennon reminded | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
us 1987 as a 15-year-old he came here and scored the winner in a | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
match you played with him, what did he say to you? He scored down to | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
this goal. We have known each other over the years. Good to see his | :12:38. | :12:46. | |
career went onwards and upwards. He wished us the best and congratulated | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
us on winning the league last year. It was all good. Frank McAvennie is | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
one of our match analysts this evening. We know he played for | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
Cliftonville in 1992. He can't recall whether he scored one or set | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
one up. He thinks you scored one. scored it. The ball was played into | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
the box. He played one game. He had a bag full of boots. 40 pair of | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
boots for every different surface. Played into the box. He chested it | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
down, I scored it. If he is claiming a goal, he is telling lies. Bag full | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
of boots. Yours were two-and-a-half years old with the toes hanging out? | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
Toes hanging out and studs missing from the bottom. So is professionals | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
and part-timers. Well done. We searched the archives today Frank to | :13:34. | :13:44. | |
find that goal which Jim and I both believe you scored, by the way, but | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
we couldn't find it. Cliftonville can hold their heads high? | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
Cliftonville Celtic punish punished them when they gave the ball away. | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
When Celtic lost the ball Cliftonville didn't punish them. | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
Fitness was a big factor. The commitment of the Celtic players was | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
a joy for everyone. I didn't expect that. I expected them to come and | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
win, after the results they have been getting in preseason that was a | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
good performance. Cliftonville were committed to the end, it will be | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
encouraging for the manager? Definitely. Tommy's philosophy on | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
the game was that it will be an entertaining game. 85 goals last | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
year in the Irish League is a huge amount of goals. Yeah, it made for | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
an entertaining game. We just felt before the game that the team he | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
picked, Neil picked, was always going to be, you know, if they got | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
in front. If their attitude to the game - we go back to that word, if | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
the attitude was spots on it would be a difficult night. If you give | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
the ball away in those areas against top-class areas they will punish | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
you. Celtic were a different class tonight? You expect that. If Celtic | :14:53. | :15:02. | |
play there is -- you can't put them in the same class. Celtic have great | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
players that can damage any team not just Cliftonville, they can damage | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
Barcelona. They can do all that. They can come here and if their | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
attitude is right they will do. It they done it tonight. Didn't score. | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
When they watch this little montage back of all the chances they created | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
at the start of the second-half they at the start of the second-half they | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
will be pleased. This is a really good clans. I don't think he really | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
expected it. Had he got a little bit more on it. A difficult chance, in | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
all fairness. I think he thought he was getting hit by the keeper. | :15:37. | :15:43. | |
Great play. Real belief in the team. The two centre halfs for Celtic were | :15:43. | :15:49. | |
excellent, Ambrose and Wilson, they stopped any chances that | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
Cliftonville created. Great movement by Cliftonville Yes. One touch, | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
better touch he should have done better with that. As Liam says | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
normally has a better first touch. If they got that tonight it could | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
have been - another chance. Was a great chance. Caldwell magnificent | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
first touch. He has to put his laces to it. Barry is not reknown for his | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
goalscoring exploits he admitted that afterwards. I'm glad. If he | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
said anything afterwards I wo have had a word with him. Tommy would | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
have been worried at half-time. Celtic were good first half. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
Dominated first half. He would have been worryingedied at half-time. The | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
resilience in his team. They are not champions for nothing. They came | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
back and they showed that willingness to get back into the | :16:41. | :16:50. | |
game. They deserve credit for it. Celtic gave them no time on the | :16:50. | :16:58. | |
ball. It is still preseason for most of them. Do not let them get time on | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
the ball. People can become good players and under pressure it did | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
not stand up. After a disappointing first four games of the season | :17:10. | :17:18. | |
conceding 12 goals, will Neil Lennon be happy? Of course. That is not the | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
sort of teams he has been playing preseason. We talked before the | :17:24. | :17:31. | |
game, when we saw the team, it was game, when we saw the team, it was | :17:31. | :17:39. | |
worrying. Definitely. Again, the build up was all about not taking it | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
lightly. They posed a threat. The momentum and football is massive and | :17:47. | :17:54. | |
they have oiled up momentum. An emotional wave around at Solitude. | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
There was expectancy. They were professional and they did a very | :18:00. | :18:07. | |
good job. Let's see how much of the Celtic manager enjoyed tonight. | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
The question was how much did you enjoy that? Immensely. A real | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
privilege to be back here. atmosphere, the occasion, it was | :18:17. | :18:24. | |
fantastic. We had a job to do and we did it well. 3-0 and it could have | :18:24. | :18:31. | |
been more. Yes, we hit the woodwork three times. It was important we | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
started well and we did with intensity. We moved the ball | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
:18:44. | :18:45. | ||
quickly. James caused problems with his pace. I felt if we got the first | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
goal we could kill the game off and we did it before half-time. | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
Part-time against professional, Cliftonville did play some grey | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
fluid football. Yes, the reputation has been built on that. They had a | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
fantastic campaign last year. worried going into the game. People | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
told negatively preseason. The players performed well. They enjoy | :19:10. | :19:17. | |
the occasion. You said you felt, given you a last 16 and 7.5 weeks | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
ago playing in the cup final that this had come too early. But with | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
hindsight this may bring you on or do you feel aggrieved? I feel | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
aggrieved but that is the rules. It is a difficult thing to do. Try to | :19:31. | :19:41. | |
:19:41. | :19:41. | ||
get preparations right and ready for match practice. Pre-match, the | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
Cliftonville players, how did you sense the performance, Liam Boyce, | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
he looked comfortable. Technically he is a very good player. A lot of | :19:53. | :20:02. | |
:20:03. | :20:03. | ||
the Cliftonville work comes through him. He is very strong. They are | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
him. He is very strong. They are good athletes. Thank you for your | :20:07. | :20:16. | |
Do you think Celtic should be in the competition at this early stage? It | :20:16. | :20:24. | |
is the state of Scottish football. gets dropped down the ratings and | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
it's something I will never understand. When you get the last 16 | :20:28. | :20:37. | |
you should be playing. Neal is right. The three weeks holidays and | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
they still give them stick because some of the boys wanted a holiday. | :20:44. | :20:54. | |
:20:54. | :21:01. | ||
They only have three weeks. Did you sense that Neil Lennon was talking | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
about a height and build up and he was wearing and will be relieved | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
tonight. Yes, he is coming back home and here the stands there is a | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
certain amount of pressure when you come over here. You recognise and | :21:15. | :21:25. | |
:21:25. | :21:26. | ||
realise that. He came with young reserves. He had a bit of stick. He | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
is becoming a very good manager. He's a very composed in front of the | :21:31. | :21:38. | |
cameras and he has dealt with a lot of media, good and bad. He has done | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
himself a great deal of good. Tonight was a difficult experience | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
because Cliftonville had won the league, there was a lot of circus | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
surrounding the game. He made sure there was no slip-ups. A couple of | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
years ago he might have put a couple of kids in. They have to get to the | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
biggest tournament in world football. Do you see him maturing | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
into a great manager? Yes, he has only kicked ten buckets this | :22:13. | :22:22. | |
preseason. He has matured. He has grown into it. Everyone has given | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
him a chance. Is becoming a good manager. Two standout players, | :22:27. | :22:34. | |
Forrest and Stokes. Forrest had a few chances. And a good goal as | :22:34. | :22:43. | |
well. Yes, and the pace, it is well. Yes, and the pace, it is | :22:43. | :22:49. | |
difficult to defend. When you have that outlets and ability, they will | :22:50. | :22:59. | |
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try to get the ball to him as often as possible. When you are a defender | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
:23:11. | :23:13. | ||
it is intimidating, he shifts the ball so quickly. He has tried to put | :23:13. | :23:21. | |
it in the same corner twice. Perseverance, he has done well. | :23:21. | :23:28. | |
Stokes has had some stick. He has brought a lot on himself. To me, he | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
is the most skilful striker we have got. I have always rated him. Here's | :23:34. | :23:42. | |
hoping tonight is performance... Please the fans. When he really is | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
on top of his game and fancies it he is a really good player. He's always | :23:48. | :23:58. | |
:23:58. | :23:59. | ||
had that reputation, he started off as asthma -- at Arsenal. You are | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
waiting for him to blossom into the player he is capable of. He was keen | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
:24:13. | :24:15. | ||
to get on the ball. He looks so comfortable on the ball and so | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
skilful. One of the things people criticise him for is his work | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
:24:31. | :24:31. | ||
ethic. He looked very lively. unlucky not to score. You have to | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
:24:41. | :24:44. | ||
work for the team. For those of us who are joining as late as saving, | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
Celtic scored two great games in the first half and here they are. | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
:24:59. | :25:03. | ||
delivery. He is six foot three. A bit of a mix-up. Lustig goes in, | :25:03. | :25:12. | |
fabulous header. Cliftonville have done well, the passing of play was | :25:12. | :25:22. | |
:25:22. | :25:23. | ||
great. Samaras should do that more. He is magnificent. I like him in the | :25:23. | :25:33. | |
box as well. The ball comes to his right foot, onto the left and bang. | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
Are you disappointed Samaras does not use his physical presence more? | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
If you have a height and ability and weight you can put yourself about. | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
There were boys in midfield kicking him and he was going down like a | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
sack of spuds. Most centre forward do not have that ability. He's a | :25:52. | :25:58. | |
great player but I wish he would great player but I wish he would | :25:58. | :26:00. | |
stop moaning and hit them back. And as an occasion how successful has | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
this been for the local game? been a great advert for Irish league | :26:06. | :26:14. | |
football. It has put them on the map. The chairman and Cliftonville | :26:14. | :26:20. | |
deserve credit, the atmosphere, the atmosphere in the ground, the | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
players did not let themselves down. They were a credit to the Irish | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
league. They deserve the opportunity tonight, they will go to Parkhill at | :26:29. | :26:39. | |
:26:39. | :26:45. | ||
present again. It will be another good occasion for Cliftonville to | :26:45. | :26:52. | |
experience that. Most certainly. They will represent the Irish league | :26:52. | :27:01. | |
and I am sure they will give a good account of themselves. | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
philosophy of play. He willing carried them to play. It was such an | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
entertaining game was the Cliftonville could have parked the | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
bus and shut up shop but they didn't. They wanted to play. Tommy | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
summarised it well, middle of the park, they were very good at times. | :27:20. | :27:29. | |
They just lack cutting edge. And you are double jobbing. You are the new | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
IFA league performance director. A job you are looking forward to. Yes, | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
a big challenge but exciting, it gives me an opportunity to work with | :27:40. | :27:43. | |
the best young players in Northern Ireland and use my experience and | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
knowledge and maybe get one or two that we can bring through and give | :27:48. | :27:54. | |
them a clear pathway into professional trouble. And Frank, | :27:54. | :28:02. | |
back to Belfast. You have been a big hit tonight. Rates you here. I | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
thoroughly enjoyed it. I always enjoy coming to Belfast. I always | :28:06. | :28:14. | |
enjoy it. Thank you very much. The next live sport we have is this | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
Sunday. Join Austin O'Callaghan and Sunday. Join Austin O'Callaghan and | :28:20. | :28:24. | |
the team for the Ulster Gaelic football final. That is live from | :28:24. | :28:32. |