Travel Sickness Celtic Celtic Celtic May Have Gone 11 Away Games in the Champions League Group Stages Without a Win, but They Are Not Alone in Struggling On the Road, Writes Stewart Fisher

Sunday Herald › November 07, 2006

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THOSE who recite Celtic's away record in the Champions League are starting to sound like a broken one. As the club sifted through the debris of another away match, and another defeat in Europe's premier club competition against Benfica midweek taking it to 10 losses and a solitary draw at the Nou Camp from their 11 appearances in the group stages to date Gordon Strachan was in typically spiky mode when asked to consider if there was some greater pattern at work.

"Yes, we keep getting beaten by good teams, " the Celtic manager deadpanned. "Juventus, Barcelona, Lyon there's a common denominator running through this lot here. The fact is Celtic put themselves in this position to get beaten by teams because they have won the league. We definitely wouldn't have had this bad run if we hadn't won the leagues." That is all very well, but the record is sure to be dusted down a few more times before, during and after the trip to the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on December 6. Assuming a fullstrength Manchester United leave Parkhead with something later this month, it is likely the match against the Danes will decide whether or not Celtic progress into the last 16 for the first time in their history. On Wednesday night in Lisbon, Celtic in general, and Gary Caldwell, in particular were at least partially culpable in beating themselves.

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Travel Sickness Celtic Celtic Celtic May Have Gone 11 Away Games in the Champions League Group Stages Without a Win, but They Are Not Alone in Struggling On the Road, Writes Stewart Fisher

Celtic's travails on their travels in Europe are routinely presented as an aberration, but other famous European names are equally prone to straying off the beaten track when away from home in this competition.

Remarkably, Ma...

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