{"id":533543,"date":"2023-10-28T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T10:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533543"},"modified":"2023-10-28T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T10:17:42","slug":"incredible-blatant-corruption-celtic-fans-react-to-tricks-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/incredible-blatant-corruption-celtic-fans-react-to-tricks-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Incredible&#8217;, &#8216;blatant corruption&#8217; &#8211; Celtic fans react to &#8216;tricks behind the scenes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Celtic fans are hugely disappointed by their post-Christmas fixture list. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> has been gathering the reaction of Hoops fans after the announcement of their matches following the Christmas break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Celts travel to Dundee on Boxing Day for their first game after the holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fixture marks the seventh year in a row that the Glasgow giants are playing away from home on 26 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClydeSSB\/status\/1717890637339533796\">Clyde 1<\/a> (27 October), manager Brendan Rodgers alluded to something untoward going on with whoever is making the fixtures suggesting the Hoops are either &#8220;very, very unlucky&#8221; or &#8220;someone is making tricks behind the scenes&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans have been surprised by the positioning of the Celtic fixtures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But one supporter insisted the Hoops will be &#8220;12 points ahead&#8221; by the time the Boxing Day games roll around so the fixtures won&#8217;t be an issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facts are facts I\u2019m afraid . Means nothing though as we will be marching towards another league title 12 points ahead at that point haha<\/p>&mdash; L.S.L. (@LSL2327) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSL2327\/status\/1718019409640604140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another hailed the manager for questioning the &#8220;blatant corruption&#8221; in Scottish football. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well done BR for questioning the blatant corruption within our game. <br>Just like the random fixture generator. <br>Everything is aimed to help one klub.<\/p>&mdash; Gc (@GaryCal49444942) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryCal49444942\/status\/1717914826465333365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fellow supporter was also impressed with Rodgers&#8217; comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well done, Brendan. They\u2019ve got away with it for too long.<\/p>&mdash; Brian Gallagher (@BrianGa17215249) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianGa17215249\/status\/1717956958240534884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One couldn&#8217;t believe claims that the fixtures are &#8220;randomly generated&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Its incredible, is this meant to be randomly generated by a computer too? <br>Would love to see the odds on that, more chance winning euromillions!<\/p>&mdash; Ianac1 (@ianandc1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianandc1\/status\/1718140547926225403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One claimed that it is &#8220;fixture fixing&#8221; from Scottish chiefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no tricks. Just fixture fixing Brendan. All to try &amp; help you know who<\/p>&mdash; William Sweeney (@William43452573) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/William43452573\/status\/1718162235380363503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One supporter claimed it was in order to get the Hoops on TV instead of their Glasgow rivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sky desperate to show Celtic\u2026..not some bald clown managing a rotten team\u2026..with a barbie doll and 3 strikers that couldnae hit a barn door\u2026\u2026.\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>&mdash; John H (@JohnHutchi1888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnHutchi1888\/status\/1718056728724386107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another claimed Celtic don&#8217;t need fixtures to go their way to come out on top at the end of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It doesn\u2019t matter what they do, how many fixes they put in etc \u2026 we\u2019ve seen the most difficult run of away fixtures you could have and there\u2019s a 7 point gap \u2026 it\u2019s not even Halloween yet\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f They can\u2019t do it on their own so it makes it all the sweeter \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>&mdash; Saor Alba66 \ud83d\udc99 (@Cyprusjag1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cyprusjag1\/status\/1717943282141904958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another was in the same boat and although they couldn&#8217;t believe the fixture list, insisted the Hoops will still come out on top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">a run of away games at start of season while they had home games, now we get the away games for 7th year in row post xmas , it&#39;s absolutely blatant but will mean winning league is that much sweeter knowing how much help they&#39;ve tried to give them a hand<\/p>&mdash; Marty Kyogo \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 &#8211; Hostage of an Involuntary Union (@martybhoy1979) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martybhoy1979\/status\/1717893504188227937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-major-update-on-celtic-signing-real-madrid-star-lunin\/\">major update on Celtic signing Real Madrid star.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic fans are hugely disappointed by their post-Christmas fixture list. Football Insider has been gathering the reaction of Hoops fans after the announcement of their matches following the Christmas break. The Celts travel to Dundee on Boxing Day for their first game after the holiday. 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