Thread: Celtic v Man Utd

Global football giants, Celtic and Manchester United, will meet each other in Toronto, on July 16.

The exciting pre-season friendly between two of the world’s biggest clubs will take place at The Rodgers Centre with an 8pm kick-off.

The sides last clashed in the UEFA Champions League in November 2008 when they drew 1-1 thanks to goals from Scott McDonald and Ryan Giggs.

The match will be part of a summer tour of America which Celtic have previously enjoyed in the past having received a warm welcome on their travels.

Both clubs are looking forward to the meeting and more details of further fixtures will be announced in due course.

So how many teams we playing in America & Canada now?

What's the craic with the proposal to play the huns?

So it's them, Man U, Boca, Sounders, that's not a bad list IMO, what worries me is the St Pauli game if it ends up being the reserves that would be a great shame, surprised it hasn't sold out to be honest but if it was Spain rather than Germany it probably would be.

Yeah i remember Liverpool and Man Utd raping us over there a while ago

Originally Posted by Quinny1967

Yeah i remember Liverpool and Man Utd raping us over there a while ago

We beat Man Yoo in 03 I think, Craig Beattie (remember him) scored IIRC.

Must just have been Liverpool then, they beat us 5-1 i think.

Red Sox are chipping in now:

The historic stadium of baseball's Boston Red Sox could play host to a friendly between Celtic and R*ngers.

Both Old F**m clubs have pencilled in pre-season tours of North America in the summer.

And Red Sox chief operating officer Sam Kennedy is in talks with a promotions company to play the game at the 37,402-capacity Fenway Park.

"We don't have anything confirmed but it's something we're trying to put together for July 21," he said.

Celtic are tentatively scheduled to play Manchester United in Toronto in July, while R*ngers are believed to be arranging games in Miami and New York.

While neither club has commented officially on the proposed friendly, Kennedy said he hoped to make a formal announcement within the next two weeks.

Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox
We're humbled that they would consider doing it in America and we would be honoured to host it

Red Sox chief operating officer
Sam Kennedy

"We're aggressively pursuing the match," Kennedy said.

"We recognise it's a very special match between two very historic teams and the thought is that a very historic venue like Fenway Park would be appropriate to host that rivalry.

"We're hopeful that we can make it a reality."

Kennedy is holding talks with promotions company Creative Artists Agency (CAA) over the proposed friendly.

"We are hoping to finalise a deal with CAA because there are offers from other places that they could play this first game between them off Scottish soil," he added.

"So we're humbled that they would consider doing it in America and we would be honoured to host it.

"We've had lots of great rivalries with the Red Sox and the New York Yankees, we've had the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins play an NHL game here this winter and a great college rivalry between Boston University and Boston College.

"So, the concept of a great rivalry in a sport that's not normally played at Fenway is attractive to us."

A similar proposal was mooted six years ago, with Australia as the host country, but the match never materialised.

Earlier this week, the general secretary of the R*ngers Supporters' Association John McMillan told BBC Scotland that an Old F**m game played in Boston or elsewhere in the USA in the summer would be "quite a spectacle".

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From what I hear Fenway Park couldn't host a bring n' buy sale without hassle :s

Originally Posted by Jimmy Jazz

Good news on the Toronto front. I will defo be at that game. Prices look to be high. I saw them ranging from about $90 to $200 (Canadian dollars). I guess I don't have much of a choice as these summer tours are really the only opportunity I will get to see my club (at least for the time being)

Wouldn't it make more sense, from a $$$$ point of view to have the game at Gillette Stadium. That place holds almost 70,000 people. And logistically this game would make no sense for Celtic. In Toronto on the 16th, fly to the west coast for the game against Seattle and then fly back to the east coast for the game on the 21st.

Yeah all the common sense voices are saying Gillette Stadium, but common sense isn't a term used very often in football.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Jazz

Not to highjacked the thread or anything, but that is so fucking not even remotely close to the truth. But then again I'm just a fucking Canadian.

Bret Hart CSC