Celtic Park was at it’s magnificent best last night as it again held centre stage in European football.
Champions League nights are special in the east end of Glasgow but the play-off round brings a special drama and tension to proceedings.
With three massive nights within touching distance the prospect of Thursday night’s in the Europa League aren’t worth bearing in mind.
“You’ll Never Walk Alone!”
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The names of Malmo and Maribor will always be celebrated for their achievements in 2011 but a shadow was cast under Ronny Deila as they ended Celtic’s Champions League hopes at the play-off round.
As the teams prepared to come out You’ll Never Walk Alone rang around the ground in a manner that no other ground in football can get close to.
Twenty two years after returning to the new look Celtic Park the architects behind the stadium couldn’t have guessed at the amphitheatre that they were creating for generations to come.