Hi all, Wow...what a deal. Don't ask us how but we have now managed to get the price down to an unbeleivable forty quid yes thats right 40 quid. For a measly 40 pounds you get: o bus to Belfast (on which beer will be consumed) o HSS to Stranraer (on which beer will be consumed) o bus to Glasgow (on which beer will be consumed) o match in Celtic Park o bus and ferry back home (on which beer will be consumed and thrown up in some cases) Tell your friends...tell everyone you know. This is going to be the trip of the millenium so don't miss out. We will be taking money in the canteen every day this week at lunchtime so watch out for us. Yours in celtic, Adrian McEntee. Match report: ****************************************************************************** LUBO'S LATE STUNNER PUNISHES 10-MAN HEARTS HEARTS.....1 (Cameron 2) CELTIC.....2 (Wright 71, Moravcik 88) Lubo Moravcik celebrated his return to the Celtic side by halting the club's recent slump with a superb late strike. The little Slovak has come in for his fair share of criticism of late, and was even left out of the recent Old Firm match by John Barnes. However, Moravcik picked the perfect time to find form. Celtic were running out of time against a resilient Hearts team, which had been reduced to ten men after 59 minutes when Colin Cameron swung a punch at Johan Mjallby. Nothing appeared to be on when Moravcik picked up the ball deep on the left, but he drove forward, cut inside and curled a magnificent 25-yard shot into the far corner of the net. Amazingly, it was the first time the fans' hero has found the net this season, although it surely won't be the last. As he sunk to his knees in front of the Celtic supporters amassed behind Gilles Rousset's goal, it was clear that both shared the same prevailing emotions - joy and relief. Moravcik's goal proved to be Celtic's 'Get Out of Jail Free' card, giving them a victory their sluggish performance had rarely promised to deliver. However, after weeks of doom, gloom, Old Firm defeats and Euro exits, I for one am prepared to simply give thanks that the league race is still very much on. Taking three points from Tynecastle is difficult enough without having to face a fired-up Hearts team, minus your own big names such as Lambert, Tebily, Viduka, Burley and, of course, Larsson. The match was always set up to be a cracker, and it certainly got off to an explosive start. With just 36 seconds on the clock, Mark Burchill capitalised on a mistake by Gary Naysmith to run through on goal, but Rousset managed to knock the youngster's shot wide. Seconds later, Berkovic forced a fine save out of the French goalkeeper after a cleverly worked corner. A great start? Don't you believe it. With just two minutes on the clock, ex-Celt Steve Fulton sprayed a long diagonal ball to Gary McSwegan, and his drilled cross was knocked into the net by Colin Cameron from close range. Celtic appeared shell-shocked, and spent much of the first half at sixes and sevens with each other, as Hearts pressed for a killer second. But for a superb save by Jonathan Gould, the Jambos would have had it as well, with only the Celtic goalkeeper's fingertips preventing a powerful low drive from Thomas Flogel hitting the net. However, Celtic could have snatched an equaliser when Eyal Berkovic played in Lubo Moravcik, but Gilles Rousset was equal to the Slovak's shot. If the first half was depressing, Hoops' fans must have been cheered by the way their team piled of the pressure in the second 45. Much will be made, no doubt, of the impact that Cameron's dismissal had on the outcome of the match. However, in truth, Celtic looked to have a stranglehold right from the start of the second half. There appeared to be a real sense of purpose creeping in to the Bhoys' attack, and they could easily have had a penalty after 63 minutes, when Mahe appeared to be tripped in the box by Gary Locke. The referee instead awarded a corner, but even that nearly brought the equaliser, as Burchill's near-post header grazed the post. Celtic were in the ascendancy, and when Burchill twice broke through the Hearts' defensive ranks only to be denied by Gilles Rousset, there was a feeling that the breakthrough might just be round the corner. Sure enough, it came from Burchill's otherwise subdued strike-partner Ian Wright, who shimmied and fired a low shot past Rousset. The charismatic hitman had been anonymous for much of the match but, like all great strikers, he popped up in the right place at the right time. There was only one team going to win this one now, and Hearts knew it. Jim Jefferies attempted to shore up his defence as his side faced a late Celtic onslaught. And it nearly worked too, only for the fact the Hearts' manager simply couldn't account for the genius of Moravcik. Hopefully, his goal and Celtic's hard-fought victory marks a turning point in their collective fortunes this season. HEARTS (5-3-2): Rousset, Locke, Pressley, Naysmith, Ritchie, McKinnon, Severin (Leclerqc 56), Fulton, Cameron, Flogel, McSwegan (Jackson 79). CELTIC (4-2-2-2): Gould, McNamara, Mahe, Stubbs, Riseth, Mjallby, Petrov, Moravcik, Berkovic, Wright (Brattbakk 86), Burchill. League table: Team P W D L F A Pts Rangers 11 10 1 0 34 10 31 Celtic 12 9 0 3 34 10 27 Dundee United 13 7 2 4 20 18 23 Hibs 13 4 5 4 23 24 17 Motherwell 12 4 5 3 19 20 17 Hearts 11 4 4 3 18 15 16 Dundee 13 5 0 8 18 24 15 St Johnstone 13 3 3 7 13 19 12 Kilmarnock 13 2 4 7 12 20 10 Aberdeen 13 1 2 10 13 44 5 *******************************************************************************
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