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Celtic broadcast bonanza ahead; all seven upcoming matches to be shown live on TV

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All seven of Celtic’s upcoming fixtures before the next international break will be broadcast live on television.

Neil Lennon’s Bhoys are entering a massive month of the season, taking part in three competitions, playing rivals and facing off against some of Europe’s most well-known sides.

It all starts this weekend, Saturday 17th October, at home to Rangers.

This fixture is available on the club’s Pass To Paradise service, but it will also be on Sky Sports Main Event, with the kick-off coming at 12:30 pm.

Celtic celebrate a win over Rangers
Celtic celebrate a win over Rangers / (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Next up for Celtic is another mammoth home game, this time against AC Milan in the Europa League group stage on Thursday, October 22nd.

That fixture, as well as the upcoming matches against Lille and Sparta Prague on October 29th and November 5th, will be broadcast live on BT Sport’s suite of channels.

Up for an Aberdeen double-header? The Scottish champions play the Dons across two successive weekends.

The first fixture comes at Pittodrie in the Premiership on October 25th, broadcast live on Sky Sports.

The second match, last season’s rescheduled Scottish Cup semi-final will be played at Hampden on November 1st and shown on Premier Sports 1.

Hampden will host two Scottish Cup finals this season
Hampden Stadium / (Photo by Paul Harding – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

Rounding things off before the next, unwelcome, international break is a trip to Fir Park to play Motherwell in the top-flight on November 8th, again shown on Sky Sports.

Yes, you will require three subscription services to watch all of these matches, which is not ideal.

Still, in a season that has already seen fans fork out for pay-per-view games and non-season ticket holders locked out of viewing matches legally, it’s great that as many people as possible will have access.

It really feels like the season is kicking up a notch and despite recent negative pandemic-related headlines, hopefully, Celtic will provide plenty of entertainment over the next month.

In other news, Patryk Klimala got 83 minutes of football under his belt today.