THOUSANDS of Celtic Supporters are gathering in the centre of Rennes, enjoying the beautiful weather, having a party and looking forward to the opening group stages match this evening between Rennes and Celtic in the Europa League.
Les fans écossais du @Celtic_FR ont envahi la place du Parlement à #Rennes
Moins de 3h avant le coup d'envoi du Rennes-Celtic!
À suivre des 18h30 sur @bleuarmorique pic.twitter.com/O8iyg2T3kB— FB Armorique (@bleuarmorique) September 19, 2019
Matt Corr is there and will be writing his usual away day European Diary exclusively for The Celtic Star. In an age of click-bait content, the articles that Matt, David Potter and others provide for this site really does raise the standards and are a credit to these writers and indeed the Celtic support that they represent.
Matt’s powerful and moving article on his trip to Sarajevo in July is the finest Celtic article I’ve read in many years and I’m proud that this was published on The Celtic Star. If you missed that brilliant piece of fan journalism, then you can catch ‘Something inside, so strong…the spirit of Miss Sarajevo,’ Matt Corr’s Diary, Dedicated to the victims of the Siege of Sarajevo and the massacre at Srebrenica HERE.
And you’ll find out the tragic story of the lorry you see above.
As a taster for Matt’s Rennes Diary here are a few of his tweets from today from the sun drenched capital of Brittany.
Rennes is green and white ☘️???????? pic.twitter.com/ESA9wcc5JD
— Matt Corr (@Boola_vogue) September 19, 2019
Father and son, Kenny and Kenny from Knightswood are hooping it up in Rennes. Sitting in front of me in Trondheim and captured in all their glory in the video at the end. Small world. ☘️???? pic.twitter.com/4DZdagHOUr
— Matt Corr (@Boola_vogue) September 19, 2019
Celtic connections ☘️???????????? pic.twitter.com/Vlc6FOn7Yb
— Matt Corr (@Boola_vogue) September 19, 2019
Meanwhile Paul the Tim has also arrived and is getting into the party mood…
Welcome to the party pic.twitter.com/WDUN3g0y1j
— Paulingoli the Tim (@paulthetim) September 19, 2019
So come all of you who loved there native land ????????@paulthetim pic.twitter.com/qSU0RjZGTN
— Sons of Donegal CSC (@SonsofDonegal81) September 19, 2019
The Celtic social media team are also out and about in Rennes…
???????????? Check out the sights of Rennes and the #RENCEL score predictions from the travelling Hoops fans on the #CelticFC Instagram story!
➡️ https://t.co/JsKBkyDEQX pic.twitter.com/4E7QR1n2QI
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) September 19, 2019
And the Scottish media are talking to the Celtic fans…
Short girl problems… https://t.co/TgY0qhD85X
— Alison Conroy (@AlisonGConroy) September 19, 2019
And this Celtic Vlogger has posted a video of his journey from Edinburgh to Rennes via Paris…
Time to get on the beers again
Rennes V Celtic | What a journey https://t.co/xLK5El3FHs— OneCelticFansView (@1CelticFansView) September 19, 2019
And as you would expect the French Celts are there ready for the game…
Here we go again pic.twitter.com/91xjMZdVio
— Cedric ???? (@cedric_lambert1) September 19, 2019
— French CSC (@FrenchCSC) September 19, 2019
And the Italian Celts have arrived too!
Hail Hail The Italian Celts Are Here!!! #CelticFC #RENCEL #EuropaLeague @CelticFC pic.twitter.com/7DA99sUEEA
— The Italian Celts CSC (@ItalianCeltsCSC) September 19, 2019
Les premiers chants des supporters du @Celtic_FR se font entendre avant le match face au #staderennais @ouestfrance35 pic.twitter.com/CGIE2ReLlz
— Romain Lecompte (@romainlec) September 19, 2019
Here are today’s articles on The Celtic Star as we build up to their eagerly awaited game…
ALSO ON THE CELTIC STAR TODAY…
The threat from Rennes, Celtic’s likely line-up and tweaked formation…see HERE.
Rennes v Celtic – Christie eyes Three Points in Rennes and Rogic Reunion…see HERE.
Rennes v Celtic – It’s Wide Open, ‘every team will take points off each,’ reckons Lenny ahead of Europa League opener…see HERE.
Why Celtic’s European Credibility is at Stake in Rennes – David Potter…see HERE.