• Date: Sat 23 August 2008
  • Venue: Celtic Park
  • Ref: Brines, I
  • Attendance: 56,031
Celtic

Celtic

McManus (32)

Samaras (44)

Samaras (68)

3 - 0

Celtic vs Falkirk

Team Lineups

Celtic

Artur Boruc
Glenn Loovens
Mark Wilson
Andreas Hinkel
Stephen McManus
Scott Brown (Marc Luque Crosas, 73)
Shunsuke Nakamura
Paul Hartley
Aiden McGeady
Georgios Samaras (Chris Killen, 73)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Shaun Maloney, 28)

Falkirk

Robert Olejnik
Gerard Aafjes (Chris Mitchell, 84)
Lee Bullen
Jackie McNamara
John Stewart (Dermott McCaffrey, 84)
Patrick Cregg
Darren Barr
Kevin McBride
Mark Stewart (Dayne Robertson, 84)
Scott Arfield
Michael Higdon


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

85
Yellow Card
 

Patrick Cregg goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

84
Substitution
 

Falkirk are replacing Gerard Aafjes with Chris Mitchell.

84
Substitution
 

Falkirk are replacing Mark Stewart with Dayne Robertson.

84
Substitution
 

Falkirk are replacing John Stewart with Dermott McCaffrey.

73
Substitution
 

Scott Brown is being taken off, Marc Luque Crosas has come on in his place.

73
Substitution
 

Georgios Samaras is replaced by Chris Killen.

68
Goal
 

Goal!! Georgios Samaras scores for Celtic.

55
Yellow Card
 

Scott Brown is booked for unsporting behaviour.

48
Yellow Card
 

The referee has booked Mark Stewart.

Second half
 

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.

Half time
 

Half time whistle is blown by I Brines

44
Goal
 

Goal!! Georgios Samaras scores for Celtic.

32
Goal
 

Goal!! Stephen McManus scores for Celtic.

28
Substitution
 

Celtic are replacing Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink with Shaun Maloney.

Kickoff
 

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 23rd, the match has kicked off.