Hi all, Here's a recap of the details about the match: o The Bus leaves here at approx. 4am Saturday morning. o Arrive in Belfast at around 7.30 am. o Ferry over to Stranraer (3hrs) o Bus again to Glasgow o Arrive in Glasgow and hit the pubs. o Match at 3pm. o Back on Bus again. o Arrive in DCU later that night / early Sunday morning o Also there are a couple of tickets still available so we will be in the Bar today from 4pm to 5pm (look out for a celtic jersey) People who still owe us money should come along. Everyone travelling to this match are asked to attend a meeting in CG05 on Thursday evening from 6pm. Can't wait... Hail Hail! Adrian McEntee ********************************Match Report*************************** All Not 'Well As Celts Go Down Again MOTHERWELL.. 3 (Brannan 9, Townsley 44, Goodman 46) CELTIC.. 2 (Berkovic 20, Viduka pen. 25) The stage was once again set. Rangers had just lost vital points, leaving the opportunity to throw the title race wide open. Unfortunately however, Celtic somewhat predictably decided to read out the same old script. Did they bottle it? Or are they just not good enough. Either way, John Barnes' side have now lost four out of their last six matches, and are in danger of being considered the worst Celtic side in years. They certainly made a lacklustre opening to the match, as the players struggled to get to grips with horrendous conditions. Torrential rain was only exacerbated by a swirling wind which always looked capable of blowing Celtic's game plan off course. Sure enough, with nine minutes gone, Alan Stubbs conceded a free-kick 20 yards from goal, and Ged Brannan stepped up and curled a vicious low drive into Gould's bottom left-hand corner. Celtic do appear to be all too fond of giving teams a goal of a start these days, but on this occasion, they hit back almost immediately. Johan Mjallby had a shot deflected over the top, before Viduka muscled his way through the Well defence only to shoot into the side netting. Nevertheless, Celtic were not to be denied, and with twenty minutes gone, Eyal Berkovic brought them level. Stilian Petrov picked up the ball on the right before throwing over a tantalising cross, and the little Israeli rose to power the ball past Stevie Woods from six yards. At this point, the Celtic tails were up as they sensed that they now had the upper hand. Just four minutes later, the roles of goal-maker and goal-scorer were nearly reversed, when Berkovic played an inch-perfect through ball to Petrov only for the young Bulgarian to shoot straight at Woods. It was a bad miss, but within a minute that didn't seem to matter as Mark Viduka won a penalty after being brought down by Shaun Teale. Poor Viduka - here he found himself returning from sun-drenched Melbourne with temperatures in the high 70s to rain-soaked Lanarkshire that felt as if it was minus 70. You couldn't help feeling that all he needed was a cold 'Mouldmaster' blasted off the inside of his thigh to complete 'the Scottish football experience'. Still, he duly dusted himself down to take the kick, and coolly slotted the ball into Woods' left-hand corner. Celtic now had the advantage, and sweet revenge for the defeat that arguably began the team's current slump seemed to be on the cards. However, on a day that the Old Firm appeared to be playing like the old and infirm, anything was possible. Inevitably, Motherwell drew level a minute before half-time, Derek Townsley turning Stubbs before beating Gould at his near post with a low shot. And within three minutes of the restart, the Lanarkshire side had the lead when defensive indecision allowed Don Goodman to fire in a shot that went in off Gould's right hand post. Now it was a question of whether Celtic had the bottle to come back and win the match. Lubo Moravcik did have a great chance to equalise just ten minutes later, but he spurned it, scooping the ball over the top from six yards when it looked easier to score. Then Celtic appeared to have two stonewall penalty claims turned down in the space of five minutes. First, Stephane Mahe was tripped by Michel Doesburg just as he was about to pull the trigger and then Mark Viduka was wrestled to the ground by Shaun Teale. Both times Jim McCluskey waved away the claims, clearly having decided that Celtic have already had more than their quota of penalties this season (i.e. one). However, let not dodgy referees and terrible weather take away from one simple fact - Celtic were desperately poor. In fact they could have lost by a greater margin, had Gould not reacted to deny Don Goodman, and Pat Nevin not put his shot wide after running clean through on goal. Celtic brought on Ian Wright in an attempt to save the match, but a striker who was once regarded as among the best in Europe now looks slow, cumbersome and off the pace. He had a late chance, but don't be surprised that he slipped and miss-kicked the ball. However, Wright was just one of 13 underachievers, many of whom frankly don't deserve to wear the hoops. One thing is clear - Celtic need drastic surgery. Whether John Barnes is skilled enough to carry that out remains to be seen, but for now the share price, along with the supporters' spirits, will continue to fall. MOTHERWELL (4-4-2): Goram, Doesburg, McMillan, Teale, Kemble, Valakari, Brennan, Twaddle, Townsley, Goodman, McCulloch. CELTIC (3-4-2-1): Gould, McNamara, Mahe, Stubbs, Tebily, Riseth, Mjallby, Petrov, Berkovic, Moravcik, Viduka. I'm sure you all seen this apalling match yesterday. Celtic were atrocious on the day, should have been awarded two penalties and Moravcik missed a sitter. Do Celtic fear Rangers or why do we always mess up when the dark side go down? Comments and views welcome to: dcucss@redbrick.dcu.ie ******************************************************************************