Linfield date moved

CELTIC’S potential powderkeg Champions League qualifier with Northern Irish champions Linfield in Belfast has now b een pencilled in for July 14.

Brendan Rodgers’ side will kick-off their b id to reach the group stage next month and will face the winners of the Blues’ firstround qualifying clash with San Marino minnows La Fiorita.

But the usual Tuesday/ Wednesday slot set aside by Uefa for the first-leg clash with Linfield — should they progress — on July 11 or 12 — key dates in annual Orange celebrations — would have seen Celtic’s travelling support heading to Windsor Park at the height of the marching

Brendan Rodgers season, sparking fears of trouble. Now, however, after talks b etween t he governing body, the clubs and the Police Service of Northern Ireland the game is set to go ahead on the 14th.