In a fortnight’s time thousands of Celtic fans will be hitting the high road to Munich, some of them might even have match tickets!
The Allianz Arena is new ground for a support that has been to the Nou Camp six times since they last visited the powerhouse of southern Germany.
In 2003, not long after Seville, Celtic headed to the old Olympic Stadium for Matchday One in the Champions League with the feeling that there was one more good campaign in the side that had taken the club back onto Europe’s centre stage.
The draw hadn’t been kind which is a recurring theme but after seeing off teams from Spain, Germany and England to reach the UEFA Cup Final there were grounds for optimism ahead of facing Bayern.
Johan Mjalby and Joos Valgaeren were missing but with a powerful midfield and led by Henrik Larsson this side was always capable of scoring.
And score they did, early in the second half through Alan Thompson but a nightmare display from Magnus Hedman was to prove very costly.
The game did demonstrate that Celtic could compete at the highest level- but as the group unfolded they came up just short and ended up, disappointingly at the time in the UEFA Cup.