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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Lincoln Red Imps of Gibralta take on (another minnow-league side) Celtic tonight in the Champions League qualifiers.

Should be a close game and I fancy the Mediterranean side to get something on the Rock in today's home leg.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Lincoln Red Imps of Gibralta take on (another minnow-league side) Celtic tonight in the Champions League qualifiers.

Should be a close game and I fancy the Mediterranean side to get something on the Rock in today's home leg.
Don't they play their European games in Portugal and not in Gibraltar?
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I thought that was just the national side that plays in Portugal. They are playing at the Victoria Ground on Gibraltar tonight. 5000 seater.
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1-0 to LRI so far! If this keeps up we will have to question whether the Scottish League is much better than the Welsh, N. Ireland and Gibraltan Leagues.
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:lol:

1-0 full time!
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote::lol:

1-0 full time!
They were 16/1 to win.
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whens the 2nd leg?
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After battling back to overcome the Red Imps Celtic are currently playing away at relative giants FC Astana.

Astana of course made it to the Champs League proper last season so have more recent pedigree than Celtic.

Going to form at 1-0 to the home side at half-time.
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Shock result, ended 1-1.
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An outstanding result, says Rodgers...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36909747" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Shade wrote:An outstanding result, says Rodgers...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36909747" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Rodgers is a present day realist and knows the level of Scottish Leagues in Europe in 2016 and doesn't still think it's the 20th Century. In reality it is a good result for Celtic away at a team who made the Champs League proper last season, and a tougher opponent than anyone they faced in the SPL last season.

Just because Sky and BBC treat Scottish football the same as the EPL and EFL it does not mean it is anywhere near the same standard.

One of my biggest criticisms of BBC Sport is that they give Scottish football so much more coverage than Welsh or Northern Irish it is unbelievable, when really it is much closer to that level than English leagues.

On Final Score vidiprinter they announce goals from the Scottish League 2 as they happen, but not from the Conference (better standard) or Wales or NI (the same or better standard), which makes no sense.
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That's because the BBC don't employ enough people to cover all of those matches. It's a shoddy organisation that is, and has been for a very long time, being run horrendously.
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The reason that Scottish Football is covered in such detail is more historical than anything else. Back in 1960's, the results were very important as the fixtures were included on the Football Pools and so had to be known so you could find out if you had won a fortune.

Other leagues have been added over the years.
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