Toe-curling Celtic fan chant lucky not to cop a UEFA fine for sheer embarrassment but away record is no laughing matter

The Celtic supporters’ songbook is a pretty eclectic collection, with some catchy numbers and others that can cause some folk to get their knickers in a twist.

But there’s a ditty that does the rounds that is a real toe-curler. It only gets rolled out when Hoops punters dig out their passports. The ‘This is the day that we win away’ chant to the tune of the old church hymn. Honestly, forget about pyro and political banners, Celtic are lucky not to cop a UEFA fine for this one on sheer embarrassment levels.

The fact it was doing the rounds in Dortmund could be grounds for instant ejection from the Champions League given what came next. It’s meant to be a tongue in cheek tune that sends up Celtic’s brutal away record in this competition. But it really shouldn’t be a laughing matter. And it’s something that really needs to be put to bed in Zagreb this week.

The Champions League is tough. We get that. Yet two away wins in nearly 25 years is not good enough.

Brendan Rodgers steered the side to one of those victories – against Anderlecht in his first spell at the club – and he’ll see this as a big chance to get another. The Hoops boss has restored a level of credibility in Europe since returning to the club is summer 2023.

Even last season wasn’t the failure some made out. Celtic’s performances at home in the win against Feyenoord, the draw with Atletico Madrid and even the late defeat to Lazio were decent range finders.

Take away the Dortmund horror show and it has been pretty impressive this year. The rare clean sheet and point against Atalanta in Italy was superb, as was the Slovan Bratislava demolition job and that RB Leipzig thriller.

Even the home draw with Club Brugge was admirable as that was an encounter that