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Your support makes all the difference.The Jubilant TNS owner, Mike Harris, is hoping to entertain Manchester City at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
The little Welsh club, based in Llansantffraid, landed the money-spinning Uefa Cup tie when the qualifying round draw was made yesterday. City will host the first leg at their new stadium on 14 August - it will be their first competitive game there - four days after facing Barcelona in a friendly.
Harris has big plans for the return leg two weeks later, knowing their Recreation Park ground would not be able to cope. TNS will have to move to a larger arena, possibly Wrexham's Racecourse Ground or the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
"This is fantastic, the best draw we could possibly have had," he said. "I am confident we can go up to Manchester and get a good result and then really put the pressure on them in the second leg. If we get the right result I will be looking to relocate the game to the Millennium Stadium - why not?".
Dundee could face a daunting trip to Albania as they return to European competition after a 29-year absence. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have warned the club and their supporters about travel to the region after they were paired with KS Vllaznia, based in northern Albania, only 50 miles from the border with Kosovo, which remains unstable. The Albanian club are mourning the death of their president, Myftar Gela, who was murdered on Saturday evening in Tuz, Montenegro.
Celtic, losing finalists in last season's Uefa Cup and runners-up to Rangers in the Scottish Premier League, face a trip to either the Faroe Islands or Lithuania in the second qualifying round of the Champions' League. Martin O'Neill's side will face either HB Torshavn, of the Faroes, or Kaunas, of Lithuania, after yesterday's draw in Nyon.
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