der Berliner 3,744 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Who would have tought it, but it is June 30th, teams are just back from the holidays, pre-season not yet started and ... Europa League - Qualification June 30 20:45 Aberdeen FC - CS Fola Esch 21:00 Heart of Midlothian - Infonet Tallinn AIK Stockholm - Bala Town IFK Göteborg - Llandudno FC Differdange 03 - Cliftonville Gap Connah's Quay - Stabæk Linfield - Cork City Shamrock Rovers - RoPS Rovaniemi KR Reykjavík - Glenavon Edited June 30, 2016 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Never heard of the Scots opposition but wouldn't put money on Aberdeen and Hearts getting through... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bear 0 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Wouldn't put my money on any of them getting through. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,680 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Hope Linfield get through and I think the sheep and hearts will be OK 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Five embarrassing European upsets Scottish sides will be wanting to avoid a repeat of Artmedia Bratislava 5-0 Celtic In 2005, Gordon Strachan's stewardship at Celtic Park got off to the worst possible start as he led his troops into the baking Bratislava heat in a Champions League second round qualifying tie against little known Artmedia. Strachan , who admitted post-match that it was "difficult to look anyone in the eye" watched his team disintegrate in the second half as Celtic opted to chase a one goal first half deficit to retrieve the game. Instead, they conceded another four goals and waved goodbye to Champions League football in what has since gone down as one of Celtic's worst ever defeats. FBK Kaunus 2 - 1 Rangers The second qualification round of the Champions League would also be the scourge of Rangers just three years later, as they left themselves with an uphill battle following a disappointing goalless draw in the first leg at Ibrox. They would need to travel to Lithuanian minnows Kaunus and get at least a score draw to avoid an embarrassing slip up. All seemed to be going to plan as Kevin Thomson slotted home in the 33rd minute to give Walter Smith's men a 1-0 away advantage. However a howitzer of a free-kick and an a late, late header put paid to Rangers European hopes which quickly evaporated into the Lithuanian summer air. Vaduz 2 - 0 Falkirk Vaduz, the Cup winners from major European footballing nation...Liechenstein...would present Falkirk with an easy opportunity to delve deep into the Europa League in 2009, or so it would have seemed. Especially after Falkirk took a 1-0 advantage to the Principality after a solid first leg performance at the Falkirk Stadium But the Liechtensteiners hit back with a first half equaliser, stunning the Bairns into a stupor from which they would never recover, allowing Vaduz to strike the knockout blow in extra time. Aberdeen 1 - 5 Sigma Olomouc A new wave of optimism swept over the North-East as Gotheburg hero of 1983 Mark McGhee was appointed as the man who would try to wake the Dons from their slumber. That optimism would last all of six weeks as Aberdeen suffered their worst ever home defeat in their proud European history, falling foul of the unpronounceable Czech side who rubbed salt into the wounds in the second leg and notch up an 8-1 aggregate victory. It would only get worse for McGhee at Pittodrie, and a 9-0 away defeat at Celtic would end any notion of McGhee making a successful hero's return at Aberdeen. Hibs 0 - 7 Malmo 9-0 is a scoreline which not only Aberdeen fans are haunted by however. Hibs supporters share the pain. his was the aggregate score that the Hibees were battered by in 2013, as Swedish side Malmo showed no mercy in the Scottish capital. Hibs had been hopeful of salvaging the tie following a 2-0 away loss in Scandinavia, however a thoroughly embarrassing home showing in Edinburgh means that Hibs hold the record of the worst ever aggregate score recorded by a Scottish side in European football. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,929 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 This reflects the present status of Scottish Fitba', I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Hearts 2-1 FC Infonet Hearts came from behind to beat FC Tallinn Infonet 2-1 in their Europa League first qualifying round clash at Tynecastle. The Estonian side stunned the hosts as Jevgeni Harin scored a stunning volley after 21 minutes. Prince Buaben levelled for Robbie Neilson's side from the penalty spot seven minutes later before Infonet captain Andrei Kalimullin scored an own goal in the 35th minute. Aberdeen 3-1 CS Fola Esch Niall McGinn (90+3) and Adam Rooney (90+7pen) hit dramatic late goals for Aberdeen in the 3-1 win against Fola Esch in their Europa League first qualifying round first leg match at Pittodrie. Shay Logan's second-half opener (68} was immediately cancelled out by Julien Klein (70) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Europa League - Qualification June 30 Aberdeen FC 3 - CS Fola Esch 1 (see above) Heart of Midlothian 2 - Infonet Tallinn 1 AIK Stockholm 2 - Bala Town 0 IFK Göteborg 5 - Llandudno FC 0 Differdange 03 1 - Cliftonville 1 Gap Connah's Quay 0 - Stabæk 0 Linfield 0 - Cork City 1 Shamrock Rovers 0 - RoPS Rovaniemi 2 St Patrick's 1 - Jeunesse Esch 0 KR Reykjavík 2 - Glenavon 1 Europa League - Qualification Replay - July 5/6/7 Jeunesse Esch 2 - St Patrick's 1 (St. Patrick's win on away goals) Infonet Tallinn 2 - Heart of Midlothian 4 (Hearts 6-3) CS Fola Esch - Aberdeen FC Bala Town - AIK Stockholm Llandudno FC - IFK Göteborg Cliftonville - Differdange 03 Stabæk - Gap Connah's Quay Cork City - Linfield RoPS Rovaniemi - Shamrock Rovers 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 ...also in case anyone is interested. Semi-professionals Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar surprised Estonian side Flora Tallin with a 2-0 win for a 2-1 aggregate in the CL qualifiers...they will now meet the filth in the next round. Their admin would do well to double check if any of their squad are ineligible, Celtic will have already double checked. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,723 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) 1-0 Fola Esch v the SHEEP,half time............... Edited July 7, 2016 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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