Out & About: Vikings take the spoils but the true winners are Copenhagen Celtic

The international club’s Summer Party used to be a byword for chaos, but now it is a masterclass in organisation

The Copenhagen Celtic Summer Party is unrecognisable from previous editions thanks to the efforts of organisers Jon Treacher and Chris Pilbeam, who oversaw a 12-team tournament at Kløvermarken on Saturday August 5.


Among those there were England’s Dainon Cracknell, who gave his daughter Nora Ella a quick intro to the beautiful game before she decided she had more important things to do.

Romania’s Robert ‘Popi Popi’ Peres and his brother Gabriel, who represented a Rest of the World team that came from 3-0 down to win a quarter-final penalty shootout.

Long-time member Matti Rasmussen, the manager of one of the club’s seven teams.

The eventual winners Cph Vikings, who saw off a strong ‘Denmark’ in the final.

And Russia – rumours that Putin recalled them because they were rubbish were quickly quashed by the Kremlin.

Now armed with new tents and a tried and tested formula for success, the organisers are already looking ahead to next year.

Contact the club if you want to enter a team next year!

It was not to be for Ireland and their manager Coogan (centre back), the founder of Copenhagen Celtic, this year




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