Old Firm#Played for both teams

The origin of the term is unclear but may derive from the two clubs' initial match in which the commentators referred to the teams as "like two old, firm friends",Murray, William J. (1984) The Old Firm: sectarianism, sport, and society in Scotland; Edinburgh: J. Donald Publishers; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. {{ISBN|0-85976-121-5}} or alternatively may stem from a satirical cartoon published in 'The Scottish Referee' sports newspaper prior to the 1904 Scottish Cup final between the sides, depicting an elderly man with a sandwich board reading "Patronise The Old Firm: Rangers, Celtic Ltd",[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1904/1904041502.htm The Scottish Final.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401140030/https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1904/1904041502.htm |date=1 April 2022 }} The Scottish Referee, 15 April 1904. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club highlighting the mutual commercial benefits of their meetings.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13198793.Six_classic_matches__the_birth_of_the_Old_Firm_and_the_day_Hampden_burned/|title=Six classic matches: the birth of the Old Firm and the day Hampden burned|date=26 January 2015|access-date=1 June 2017|newspaper=The Herald|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402015325/https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13198793.Six_classic_matches__the_birth_of_the_Old_Firm_and_the_day_Hampden_burned/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/the-old-firm-story-when-fans-joined-forces-to-riot-1-4162491|title=The Old Firm story: When fans joined forces to riot|date=24 June 2016|access-date=1 June 2017|newspaper=The Scotsman|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402042915/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/the-old-firm-story-when-fans-joined-forces-to-riot-1-4162491|url-status=live}} The name may also be a reference to these two teams being among the original eleven members of the Scottish Football League formed in 1890 Walker, Graham and Alan Bairner. (2005) Popular Culture in Scotland and Ireland, 1800–2000: Sport, Politics, and Religion. Ireland and Scotland: Culture and Society, 1700–2000: Four Courts Press; Dublin. {{ISBN|978-1851828753}} (although others from that group, such as Heart of Midlothian and St Mirren, also continue to play at the highest level to this day).

At the turn of the 21st century, the two clubs jointly registered the 'Old Firm' term at the Intellectual Property Office; it was confirmed this was still being renewed as a trademark in 2021.[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19149375.celtic-renewed-old-firm-trademark-rangers-days-were-not-half-anything-tweet/?ref=nuo Celtic renewed 'Old Firm' trademark with Rangers days before 'we're not half of anything' tweet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417213951/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19149375.celtic-renewed-old-firm-trademark-rangers-days-were-not-half-anything-tweet/?ref=nuo |date=17 April 2021 }}, Glasgow Times, 10 March 2021

{{Main|Sectarianism in Glasgow}}

{{see also|Celtic F.C. supporters|Rangers F.C. supporters}}

{{blockquote|"When I was growing up, I went to a Catholic school, and there wasn't one Rangers fan in the entire school," said Neil McGarvey, 43, who is involved in the operation of Kerrydale Street, a popular Celtic fan Web site. "It's much more mixed now – my boy goes to a Catholic school, and there are maybe 5 percent Rangers fans now."|The New York Times, 2012}}

The competition between the two clubs had roots in more than just a simple sporting rivalry. It has as much to do with Northern Ireland as Scotland and this can be seen in the flags, cultural symbols, and emblems of both clubs.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2324152/Old-Firm-rivalry-Its-a-lot-to-do-with-football.html|title=Old Firm rivalry? It's a lot to do with football|work=The Telegraph|location=London|first=Roddy|last=Forsyth|date=26 October 2007|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107074023/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2324152/Old-Firm-rivalry-Its-a-lot-to-do-with-football.html|url-status=live}} It was infused with a series of complex disputes, sometimes centred on religion (Protestant and Catholic), Northern Ireland-related politics (Loyalist and Republican), national identity (British or Irish Scots), and social ideology (conservatism and socialism).Richard Wilson, "Inside the Divide" (Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2012), p. 87: "What is being asserted is two identities: Rangers and Celtic. There are other boundaries: Protestant and Catholic / Unionist and Republican / Conservative and Socialist...."

Another primary contributor to the intensity of the rivalry in the west of Scotland was that Rangers supporters are historically native Scots and Ulster Scots, and Celtic supporters are historically Irish-Scots. Although the confrontation between the two sets of supporters was often labelled as 'Sectarianism', 'Native-Immigrant tension' was an equally accurate catalyst for hostility between the two teams' supports in Scotland. Rangers' traditional support was largely from the Protestant community, and for decades the club had an unwritten rule whereby they would not knowingly sign a player of the Catholic faith.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotzine.com/2012/12/fran-sandaza-interview-opens-up-old-wounds-of-sectarianism/ |title=Fran Sandaza interview opens up old wounds of Sectarianism at Rangers |work=Scotzine |date=2012-12-30 |access-date=2017-06-01 |archive-date=6 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606135822/http://www.scotzine.com/2012/12/fran-sandaza-interview-opens-up-old-wounds-of-sectarianism/ |url-status=live }} The policy was decried by Graeme Souness when he became manager, and he brought ex-Celtic forward Mo Johnston to the club in a very public move away from the practice, which no longer continues.{{cite web|url=http://www.rangers.co.uk/club/history/club-history/item/507-the-souness-revolution |title=The Souness Revolution |work=rangers.co.uk |publisher=Rangers FC |access-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005080733/http://www.rangers.co.uk/club/history/club-history/item/507-the-souness-revolution |archive-date=5 October 2015}}{{cite web |author=Ewan Murray |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jul/10/maurice-mo-johnston-rangers-celtic |title=Why Mo Johnston still stirs emotions across Glasgow |work=The Guardian |date=10 July 2009 |access-date=2017-06-01 |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123824/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jul/10/maurice-mo-johnston-rangers-celtic |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jul/11/rangers-sign-catholic |title=10 July 1989: Rangers sign a Catholic |first=Bill |last=McMurdo |work=The Guardian |date=11 July 2009 |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005023306/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jul/11/rangers-sign-catholic |url-status=live }} Celtic's support was largely from those of Irish Roman Catholic backgrounds and while the club practiced no exclusion of Protestants and signed many of them to play for the team, there was a pro-Catholic mindset among some of the employees.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Andrew|title=Tommy Gemmell: The Celtic full-back who took role to the future|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/tommy-gemmell-the-celtic-full-back-who-took-role-to-the-future-1-4381762|access-date=1 June 2017|work=The Scotsman|date=4 March 2017|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402230707/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/tommy-gemmell-the-celtic-full-back-who-took-role-to-the-future-1-4381762|url-status=live}} One effect is that Scottish flags are rarer than might be expected amongst both sets of supporters; Celtic fans are more likely to wave the Irish tricolour while Rangers fans tend to wave the Union Jack.

Celtic were founded in 1887{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cfbddcce-9c12-11e4-a6b6-00144feabdc0|title=Glasgow Rangers: a club in danger of losing its identity|author=John McDermott|work=Financial Times|date=16 January 2015|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114255/https://www.ft.com/content/cfbddcce-9c12-11e4-a6b6-00144feabdc0|url-status=live}} on the promise that the club would deliver much-needed money and resources to a poverty-stricken Irish Catholic population in East Glasgow (although records indicated little of this income reached those causes) and quickly drew large crowds at their matches, becoming a symbol for that section of the local population which were marginalised in other areas of society and had previously shown little interest in the emerging sport. Rangers had been founded 15 years earlier in 1872 and had no particular religious leanings in their early decades, indeed they were described by the press as friends of Celtic in match reports at the turn of the 20th century. In that era Rangers had won three successive championships and expanded their stadium at great expense, only for one of the new wooden stands to collapse during a Scotland v England fixture in April 1902, killing 25 and injuring hundreds of others.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230537/More-than-600-people-were-killed-or-injured-in-the-first-Ibrox-Disaster-in-1902-when-Scotland-played-England.html|title=More than 600 people were killed or injured in the first Ibrox Disaster in 1902 when Scotland played England|author=Ewing Grahame|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 December 2010|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508062518/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230537/More-than-600-people-were-killed-or-injured-in-the-first-Ibrox-Disaster-in-1902-when-Scotland-played-England.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://footballpink.net/2015/04/30/the-ibrox-disaster-1902-a-national-tragedy/|isbn=9781859838150|title=Temple of Dreams – The Changing face of Ibrox|author=Iain Duff|publisher=DB Publishing|year=2014|via=The Football Pink (30 April 2015)|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081852/https://footballpink.net/2015/04/30/the-ibrox-disaster-1902-a-national-tragedy/|url-status=live}} The disaster forced the club to rebuild Ibrox for a second time and financed this by selling off their best players, with Celtic, in particular, taking advantage of the weakness to win six successive titles between 1905 and 1910 before Rangers returned to their previous strength.{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/fallout-of-first-ibrox-disaster-1-1380862|title=Fallout of first Ibrox disaster|work=The Scotsman|date=5 January 2003|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081718/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/fallout-of-first-ibrox-disaster-1-1380862|url-status=live}} The sporting side of the rivalry was now established, with their meetings providing considerable financial benefit as seen in the Scottish Cup finals of 1904 (which appears to be the origin of the 'Old Firm' term) and 1909 when they drew twice and a further replay was ordered, with supporters of both teams deciding to riot on the assumption the results were being fixed to make more money – amid multiple injuries and considerable damage to Hampden Park, the trophy was withheld.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12714278.When_Two_Tribes_Go_To_War/|title=When Two Tribes Go To War|work=The Herald|date=16 October 1993|access-date=11 September 2018|first=Russell|last=Galbraith|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816113651/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12714278.When_Two_Tribes_Go_To_War/|url-status=live}}

The political aspect of the feud also developed in that period, with perhaps the most significant development occurring in 1912 when Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff (a company which already had anti-Catholic hiring practices){{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sectarianism-and-the-shipyard-1.916936|title=Sectarianism and the shipyard|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=29 November 2008|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118224912/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sectarianism-and-the-shipyard-1.916936|url-status=live}} set up a new yard in Glasgow due to instability in Ireland. Hundreds of Ulster Protestant workers, many of Scottish descent, also made the move, and they adopted Rangers – the closest large club to the Govan yard – as their new team.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180521-religious-divide-heart-bitter-celtic-rangers-rivalry|title=Religious divide at heart of bitter Celtic-Rangers rivalry|publisher=France 24|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=21 May 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081858/https://www.france24.com/en/20180521-religious-divide-heart-bitter-celtic-rangers-rivalry|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/15/celtic-vs-rangers-the-old-firm-explained/|title=Celtic vs Rangers: The Old Firm explained|author=Roddy Forsyth|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=15 April 2016|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081810/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/15/celtic-vs-rangers-the-old-firm-explained/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/eternal-relationship-scotland-famous-football-rivalry-180327062903209.html|title='An eternal relationship': Scotland's famous football rivalry|quote="Old Firm games are absolutely toxic; they have fantastic atmospheres but are fuelled entirely by hate," Joyce, a Celtic fan, told Al Jazeera. "They are not nice places to be. You don't leave them feeling elated, you leave them feeling relieved."|author=David Child|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=28 March 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910205243/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/eternal-relationship-scotland-famous-football-rivalry-180327062903209.html|url-status=live}} Other events such as World War I and the Easter Rising contributed to the club being adopted as a symbol of the Scottish establishment and of British Unionism in the face of Irish Catholic rebellion personified by the success of Celtic and from that time on, many across Scotland and Northern Ireland (and the diaspora of those communities in England, North America and elsewhere) became supporters of Rangers or Celtic over and above their local teams according to their own political and religious leanings, including polarised attitudes towards 'The Troubles'.

Nevertheless, this dividing line seems to be blurred in 21st century Glasgow: religious adherence, in general, is falling,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40467084|title=Religious affiliation in Scotland 'declines sharply'|work=BBC News|date=1 July 2017|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911083358/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40467084|url-status=live}} marriages between Protestants and Catholics have never been higher and the old certainties – the Rangers supporter voting Conservative and the Celtic supporter voting Labour — are no longer in evidence.{{cite web |title=Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams… The Old Firm by Richard Wilson –review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/08/inside-divide-richard-wilson-review |first=Kevin |last=McKenna |quote=For David Edgar, a Rangers supporter of many years standing, the pre-match tension is never diminished. "Nobody enjoys going to Old Firm games. It's a really strange, queasy sensation. You can't sleep, you try to force some food down, the heart's beating, your hands are shaking, you're twitchy, you're nervous, you're talking through your arse." |work=The Observer |date=8 January 2012 |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001001328/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/08/inside-divide-richard-wilson-review |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Rangers and Celtic: Disunited they stand |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/rangers-and-celtic-disunited-they-stand-2236083.html |first=Richard |last=Wilson |work=The Independent |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010064738/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/rangers-and-celtic-disunited-they-stand-2236083.html |url-status=live }} In 2005 both Celtic and Rangers joined a project to tackle bigotry and sectarianism in sport,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5289202.stm |title=A rivalry tied up in religion |work=BBC News |date=26 August 2006 |access-date=22 April 2013 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928234153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5289202.stm |url-status=live }} but there was little change in the behaviour and subsequent prosecution of the fans.

The majority of Rangers and Celtic supporters do not get involved in sectarianism, but serious incidents do occur with a tendency for the actions of a minority to dominate the headlines. The Old Firm rivalry fuelled many assaults on derby days, and some deaths in the past have been directly related to the aftermath of Old Firm matches.{{cite book|last=Foer|first=Franklin|title=How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization|date=2010|publisher=Harper Perennial|isbn=978-0061978050|pages=36–37|edition=Reprint}} An activist group that monitors sectarian activity in Glasgow has reported that on Old Firm weekends, violent attacks increase ninefold over normal levels.{{cite news|url=http://www.prweek.com/news/110013/CAMPAIGNS-Public-Awareness---Nil-Mouth-fights-bigots-inScotland/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH|title=CAMPAIGNS: Public Awareness – Nil by Mouth fights bigots in Scotland|access-date=23 December 2010|publisher=PR Week|first=Stephanie|last=France|date=9 March 2001|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214007/https://www.prweek.com/article/110013/campaigns-public-awareness---nil-mouth-fights-bigots-scotland|url-status=live}} An increase in domestic abuse can also be attributed to Old Firm fixtures.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8557504.stm|title=Drop in domestic abuse incidents on Old Firm match days|access-date=23 December 2010|work=BBC News|date=9 March 2010|archive-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712012915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8557504.stm|url-status=live}}

A freedom of information request found that Strathclyde Police incurred costs of £2.4 million for the seven derbies played during the 2010–11 season, with the clubs only contributing £0.3 million towards that.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14251800|work=BBC News|date=22 July 2011|access-date=23 July 2011|title=Cost of policing Old Firm fixtures was almost £2.4m|first=James|last=Cook|archive-date=22 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722171536/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14251800|url-status=live}} Other high-profile games involving Rangers and Celtic incurred much lower costs. The reason for the disparity in costs and the contribution made is that Strathclyde Police had to increase its activity elsewhere in Glasgow and beyond, while the clubs were only responsible for costs incurred in the vicinity of their stadium. In a period between April 2016 and December 2017, when nine matches were contested (three each at the club's stadiums and three at Hampden), more than £550,000 was spent by Celtic, Rangers, the SFA and the SPFL on policing inside the stadium alone. Rangers paid more than Celtic despite having a smaller capacity and a plan for the away support at Ibrox which required less of a 'human barricade' of officers to separate the rival supporters than was necessary at Celtic Park.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-celtic-sfa-reveal-eye-12187534|title=Rangers pay more for policing Old Firm games than Celtic despite having smaller stadium|author=Peter Davidson|work=Daily Record|date=14 March 2018|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907183242/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-celtic-sfa-reveal-eye-12187534|url-status=live}}

In 2015, former Rangers player Brian Laudrup said that the Old Firm topped all of the rivalries he had played in,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/scotland/34283983 |title=Tom English interviews former Rangers forward Brian Laudrup |work=BBC Sport |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920234050/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/scotland/34283983 |url-status=live }} which included the Milan derby and the Fiorentina-Juventus meetings{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Juventus/Primo_Piano/2009/01/22/juvefiorentina.shtml|title=Quell'antica ruggine tra Juve e Fiorentina|newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=22 January 2009|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701041610/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Juventus/Primo_Piano/2009/01/22/juvefiorentina.shtml|url-status=live}} in Italy; ex-Celtic striker Henrik Larsson, who experienced El Clásico in Spain and De Klassieker in the Netherlands, has made similar comments. Jim Bett, who had already played in Iceland prior to joining Rangers in the 1980s and thereafter moved to Belgium, stated that he declined an opportunity to return to the Ibrox club due to the sectarianism associated with life as a footballer in the west of Scotland, in contrast to his positive experiences living abroad.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/old-firm-religious-divide-stopped-jim-bett-from-making-rangers-return-1-1595427/amp|title=Old Firm religious divide stopped Jim Bett from making Rangers return|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=21 April 2011|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207191942/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/old-firm-religious-divide-stopped-jim-bett-from-making-rangers-return-1-1595427/amp|url-status=live}}

Hundreds of opposing fans fought an on-pitch battle in the aftermath of Celtic's 1–0 victory in the 1980 Scottish Cup final at Hampden, fuelled by alcohol and armed with the cans and bottles.[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1980-05-10%3A+Celtic+1-0+Rangers%2C+Scottish+Cup Riot!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127163708/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1980-05-10:+Celtic+1-0+Rangers,+Scottish+Cup |date=27 January 2020 }}, Sunday Mail, 11 May 1980, via The Celtic Wiki Despite previous instances of similar behaviour – less widespread and more speedily quelled, but still resulting in dozens of arrests – at the end of the 1965 Scottish League Cup final,[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1965-10-23%3A+Celtic+2-1+Rangers%2C+League+Cup Penalties give Celtic cup; lap of honour cut short] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230023011/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1965-10-23:+Celtic+2-1+Rangers,+League+Cup |date=30 December 2019 }}, The Times, 25 October 1965, via The Celtic Wiki 1969 Scottish Cup final[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1969-04-26%3A+Celtic+4-0+Rangers%2C+Scottish+Cup 50 arrests at Hampden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509233027/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1969-04-26:+Celtic+4-0+Rangers,+Scottish+Cup |date=9 May 2019 }}, Evening Times, 26 April 1969, via The Celtic Wiki and 1977 Scottish Cup final[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1977-05-07%3A+Celtic+1-0+Rangers%2C+Scottish+Cup+Final Bottles fly in Cup Final; 139 fans are arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228173001/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1977-05-07:+Celtic+1-0+Rangers,+Scottish+Cup+Final |date=28 December 2019 }}, Scottish Sunday Express, 8 May 1977, via The Celtic Wiki between the same teams at the same venue, a senior police officer on duty at the time estimated the number of his colleagues inside the stadium in 1980 was barely into double figures, with almost all the estimated 400 police outside Hampden dealing with expected disorder issues, and perimeter fencing assumed sufficient to keep the fans off the pitch. This remains one of the worst invasions onto a football pitch ever reported, and was instrumental in alcohol being banned from all football grounds in Scotland, a situation which was still in place 40 years on.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/18/seven-deadly-sins-rangers-celtic-wrath|title=Firm enemies – Rangers and Celtic, 1909–2009|access-date=28 January 2010|work=The Guardian|first=Kevin|last=McCarra|date=18 May 2009|archive-date=23 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623223053/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/18/seven-deadly-sins-rangers-celtic-wrath|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/tom-english-looks-back-at-the-1980-scottish-cup-final-riot-between-rangers-and-celtic-fans-and-asks-who-was-to-blame-1-1367411/amp|title=Tom English looks back at the 1980 Scottish Cup final riot between Rangers and Celtic fans and asks: Who was to blame?|work=Scotland on Sunday|date=9 May 2010|access-date=2 December 2017|first=Tom|last=English|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124210953/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/tom-english-looks-back-at-the-1980-scottish-cup-final-riot-between-rangers-and-celtic-fans-and-asks-who-was-to-blame-1-1367411/amp|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-legend-davy-wilson-calls-1864866|title=Rangers legend Davy Wilson recalls day he was pelted with beer bottles as he calls for football booze ban to stay|date=2 May 2013|access-date=2 December 2017|newspaper=Daily Record|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520050634/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-legend-davy-wilson-calls-1864866|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/gazza-a-riot-and-three-of-the-other-maddest-moments-in-old-firm-history-11388|title=Gazza, a riot and three of the other maddest moments in Old Firm history|website=Joe|author=Robert Redmond|date=16 April 2016|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152305/https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/gazza-a-riot-and-three-of-the-other-maddest-moments-in-old-firm-history-11388|url-status=live}}

In January 1994, Rangers chairman David Murray announced that Celtic fans had been banned from Ibrox due to repeated instances of vandalism to the stadium which Celtic refused to take financial responsibility for.{{cite web | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12700261.Ibrox_ban_on_Celtic_fans/ | title=Ibrox ban on Celtic fans | work=The Herald | date=27 January 1994 | access-date=26 May 2018 | archive-date=26 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190658/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12700261.Ibrox_ban_on_Celtic_fans/ | url-status=live }} Only one fixture, which ended 1–1, was played before the ban was rescinded{{cite web | url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/sound-of-silence-celtic-went-to-ibrox-under-strength-and-without-their-fans-but-still-snatched-a-point-1-1352126 | title=Sound of silence: Celtic went to Ibrox under-strength and without their fans but still snatched a point | work=The Scotsman | date=25 April 2009 | access-date=26 May 2018 | archive-date=26 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191129/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/sound-of-silence-celtic-went-to-ibrox-under-strength-and-without-their-fans-but-still-snatched-a-point-1-1352126 | url-status=live }} (the Scottish Football League passed a resolution preventing clubs from taking that action in future).{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/tense-times-for-treble-chasers-ibrox-men-look-worse-for-wear-1.708341|title=Tense times for treble chasers Ibrox men look worse for wear|work=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|date=2 May 1994|access-date=18 November 2011|first=Jim|last=Traynor|archive-date=5 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405130646/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/tense-times-for-treble-chasers-ibrox-men-look-worse-for-wear-1.708341|url-status=live}}

There was serious fan disorder during an Old Firm match played on a Sunday evening in May 1999 at Celtic Park, with the usual tensions heightened by the fact that Rangers could clinch the league title with victory (and it became clear that they would do so from the early stages of the match). Several objects were thrown by Celtic fans, one of which struck referee Hugh Dallas forcing the game to be stopped while he received medical treatment. With many of those in attendance having spent a full weekend drinking alcohol prior to the event, at least four Celtic fans invaded the field of play to confront Dallas during the game,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/334094.stm|title=Rangers make history out of chaos|work=BBC News|date=3 May 1999|access-date=16 August 2010|archive-date=27 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327223319/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/334094.stm|url-status=live}} and more missiles were thrown at players on the pitch after the game. Since the events of that day, Old Firm league matches have normally been played in the early afternoon and the possibility of an Old Firm title decider has been deliberately avoided.{{cite news|last=Drysdale|first=Neil|work=STV Sport|date=14 April 2010|access-date=28 November 2010|title=Old Firm derby reduced to a mere sideshow? Only in Scotland|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/170072-old-firm-derby-reduced-a-mere-sideshow-only-in-scotland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415215102/http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/170072-old-firm-derby-reduced-a-mere-sideshow-only-in-scotland/|archive-date=15 April 2010|url-status=dead}}

Some supporters of both clubs, when interviewed, have conceded that they do not particularly enjoy the intense atmosphere of Old Firm matches.

Over the hundreds of matches played between the rivals, players and staff have been involved in many incidents beyond the usual bad tackles and red cards commonly associated with derby matches around the world; in the modern age of video footage, such incidents are more frequently observed, reviewed and scrutinised. In 1987, four players were charged by the police with breach of the peace for their conduct during a match at Ibrox and had to appear at court,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1120033.stm|title=Old Firm old boys prove popular|work=BBC Sport|date=16 January 2001|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507140101/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1120033.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/64-Players/3401-hard-as-nails|title=Review: Hard As Nails|work=When Saturday Comes|author=Archie MacGregor|date=1 April 2009|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191330/http://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/64-Players/3401-hard-as-nails|url-status=live}} with two (Chris Woods and Terry Butcher) convicted and fined.{{cite news|last=McCallum|first=Andrew|title=Rangers players to appeal after fines|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wDhAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3174%2C4089346|access-date=6 April 2015|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=16 April 1988|page=1|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205161841/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wDhAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3174,4089346|url-status=live}} While warming up on the touchline at Celtic Park in January 1998, Rangers' Paul Gascoigne was caught on television reacting to verbal abuse from the stands by briefly miming the playing of a flute (representing "The Sash" and the typical repertoire of songs on an Orange walk, considered an offensive gesture by Celtic's many supporters of an Irish Catholic background).{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/44396.stm|title=SFA probes piper Gascoigne|work=BBC News|date=3 January 1998|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=5 March 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030305041529/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/44396.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/gazza-ira-threatened-me-after-my-flute-band-antics-31295900.html|title=Gazza: IRA threatened me after my flute band antics|work=The Belfast Telegraph|date=12 June 2015|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029191636/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/gazza-ira-threatened-me-after-my-flute-band-antics-31295900.html|url-status=live}} Gascoigne, who had pleaded his ignorance of the situation after he made the same gesture in a friendly just after joining Rangers in 1995{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/gascoigne-on-song-but-still-plays-the-fool-1594113.html|title=Gascoigne on song but still plays the fool|work=The Independent|date=31 July 1995|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029153810/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/gascoigne-on-song-but-still-plays-the-fool-1594113.html|url-status=live}} and had been sent off on his last visit to Celtic six weeks earlier,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/33102.stm|title=Five-match ban for Gascoigne|work=BBC News|date=20 November 1997|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=5 November 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021105101644/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/33102.stm|url-status=live}} was fined for the provocative act{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/46264.stm|title=Gascoigne's flute reprimand|work=BBC Sport|date=10 January 1998|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819002344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/46264.stm|url-status=live}} and left the club later that year. He has stated that he later received threats via telephone calls from persons purporting to be members of the IRA over his behaviour.

In 2000, after being sent off during an Old Firm match, Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson was involved in a violent brawl with Celtic fans at a hotel later in the same evening;{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BARRY+WATCH+K.O.%3b+Reconstruction+of+what+really+went+on+at+the+Battle...-a064963416 |title=Barry Watch K.O.; Reconstruction of what really went on at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge |date=3 September 2000 |work=Sunday Mail |first=Charles |last=Lavery |via=The Free Library (Farlex) |access-date=29 October 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001754/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BARRY+WATCH+K.O.%3b+Reconstruction+of+what+really+went+on+at+the+Battle...-a064963416 |url-status=live }} a year later, Ferguson (by now club captain) was sitting in the stand when he appeared to throw ice packs towards the Celtic dugout after Rangers conceded a late goal, however the referee missed the incident and no action was taken.{{cite web |title=Football: Clubs must take action |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Clubs+must+take+action.-a078946600 |date=7 October 2001 |work=Sunday Mirror |first=Ray |last=Hepburn |via=The Free Library (Farlex) |access-date=29 October 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001728/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Clubs+must+take+action.-a078946600 |url-status=live }} In that same match, a Celtic supporter was photographed making an 'aeroplane' gesture towards American Rangers player Claudio Reyna a few weeks after the September 11 attacks. A 2004 match at Ibrox which "descended into even more mayhem and madness than usual" led to a police enquiry over the conduct of the players and staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/nov/22/match.rangers|title=Inquiry into Old Firm mayhem|work=The Guardian|author=Graham Clark|date=22 November 2004|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152223/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/nov/22/match.rangers|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4025379.stm|title=Rangers 2–0 Celtic|work=BBC Sport|date=20 November 2004|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=16 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116180716/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4025379.stm|url-status=live}}

In February 2006, Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc was cautioned by the police for gestures he made to Rangers supporters during a match at Ibrox; six months later, it was clarified that this was for "Conduct which appears to incite disorder" rather than simply making the sign of the cross as he entered his area, as some had thought.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5292656.stm|title=Player caution 'not for blessing'|work=BBC News|date=28 August 2006|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323164254/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5292656.stm|url-status=live}} He also blessed himself in the fixture in December of that year, annoying Rangers fans who saw it as a provocative act, although the police stated that no offence had been committed.{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/celtic-keeper-makes-rangers-fans-cross-1-734722|title=Celtic keeper makes Rangers fans cross|work=The Scotsman|date=18 December 2006|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152102/https://www.scotsman.com/news/celtic-keeper-makes-rangers-fans-cross-1-734722|url-status=live}} Boruc, who became known as the 'Holy Goalie' for his overt displays of his Catholic faith, escaped personal punishment in 2008 for displaying a t-shirt with the slogan "God bless the Pope" and an image of fellow Pole Pope John Paul II after an Old Firm win at Parkhead in April 2008, although Celtic faced scrutiny from FIFA as it was an unauthorised garment under their regulations on slogans.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/celtic-keeper-boruc-escapes-sfa-action-over-old-firm-pope-tshirt-7266598.html|title=Celtic keeper Boruc escapes SFA action over Old Firm Pope T-shirt|work=London Evening Standard|date=29 April 2008|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029201539/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/celtic-keeper-boruc-escapes-sfa-action-over-old-firm-pope-tshirt-7266598.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2298874/Celtic-may-carry-can-for-Boruc-behaviour.html|title=Celtic may carry can for Boruc behaviour|work=The Daily Telegraph|author=Ewing Grahame|date=30 April 2008|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029191534/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2298874/Celtic-may-carry-can-for-Boruc-behaviour.html|url-status=live}} He was fined £500 and warned for (non-religious) gestures made towards Rangers fans in a defeat at the same venue in September of the same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/09/celtic.rangers|title=Boruc in trouble again over Old Firm 'gesture'|work=The Guardian|date=9 September 2008|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152342/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/09/celtic.rangers|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/09/celtic.rangers|title=Boruc escapes with £500 fine for stirring up Rangers fans|work=The Guardian|author=Ben Rumsby|date=24 October 2008|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152342/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/09/celtic.rangers|url-status=live}} Prior to an international match between Northern Ireland and Poland in 2009, graffiti of a threatening nature mentioning Boruc appeared on walls in a Rangers-supporting area of Belfast.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/death-threat-to-celtic-star-boruc-before-world-cup-game-1655567.html|title=Death threat to Celtic star Boruc before World Cup game|work=The Independent|date=27 March 2009|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029191703/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/death-threat-to-celtic-star-boruc-before-world-cup-game-1655567.html|url-status=live}}

In March 2011, an angry exchange took place on the touchline at Celtic Park between Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Rangers assistant coach Ally McCoist, requiring police officers to separate them, at the end of a match in which three players had also been dismissed; again captured on live television footage, the incident resulted in both men being banned from the dugout for misconduct.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/mar/10/neil-lennon-ally-mccoist-sfa|title=Celtic's Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist of Rangers guilty of misconduct|work=The Guardian|author=Ewan Murray|date=10 March 2011|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152356/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/mar/10/neil-lennon-ally-mccoist-sfa|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/8374330/Neil-Lennon-and-Ally-McCoist-banned-over-touchline-confrontation-during-Celtics-win-over-Rangers.html|title=Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist banned over touchline confrontation during Celtic's win over Rangers|work=The Daily Telegraph|author=Roddy Forsyth|date=10 March 2011|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029191556/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/8374330/Neil-Lennon-and-Ally-McCoist-banned-over-touchline-confrontation-during-Celtics-win-over-Rangers.html|url-status=live}} A 'crisis meeting' was convened involving the clubs, the Scottish Government and Strathclyde Police some days later regarding the trend of violence among supporters away from the pitch increasing on Old Firm matchdays and concerns that incidents during the matches was a factor.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/8369897/Old-Firm-agree-six-point-plan-to-curb-derby-turmoil.html|title=Old Firm agree six-point plan to curb derby turmoil|work=The Daily Telegraph|author=Roddy Forsyth|date=8 March 2011|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527235247/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/8369897/Old-Firm-agree-six-point-plan-to-curb-derby-turmoil.html|url-status=live}} The incident occurred during the tense environment of a season where seven Old Firm matches took place (including a League Cup final and a fight for the title eventually won by Rangers by one point).{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/9484609.stm|title=Kilmarnock 1 – 5 Rangers|work=BBC Sport|date=15 May 2011|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=30 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830213206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/9484609.stm|url-status=live}}

File:Janefield Street - geograph.org.uk - 496860.jpg, through which supporters were directed from either end of the stadium in the 2018 incident]]

During the 2018 close season, Rangers announced that they would be cutting the ticket allocation for Celtic fans at Ibrox from around 7,000 (the entire Broomloan Stand) to 800, situated in a corner where smaller travelling supports were usually accommodated, following a fan survey backing the proposal as well as an upturn in season ticket sales. In response, Celtic indicated they would do likewise, bringing to an end a long tradition of both clubs offering a generous proportion of their stadium to their rivals.{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/rangers-cut-celtic-ticket-allocation-to-800-1-4744615 |title=Rangers cut Celtic ticket allocation to 800 |work=The Scotsman |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524231757/https://www.scotsman.com/news/rangers-cut-celtic-ticket-allocation-to-800-1-4744615 |url-status=live }} The development was criticised by former players as diluting the famous atmosphere of the fixtures,{{cite web |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/16251770.Former_Celtic_striker_Simon_Donnelly__it_s_not_the_fans_that_make_the_difference_but_the_quality_of_the_players/ |title=Former Celtic striker Simon Donnelly: it's not the fans that make the difference but the quality of the players |work=Evening Times |date=26 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-date=26 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191112/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/16251770.Former_Celtic_striker_Simon_Donnelly__it_s_not_the_fans_that_make_the_difference_but_the_quality_of_the_players/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-board-put-scottish-football-12598671 | title=Rangers board have put Scottish football back years with farcical Celtic ticket decision – Chris Sutton | work=Daily Record | date=26 May 2018 | access-date=26 May 2018 | archive-date=27 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527023834/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-board-put-scottish-football-12598671 | url-status=live }} although others praised the extra income the change would likely generate.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-decision-cut-celtics-ticket-12597588 |title=Rangers decision to cut Celtic's ticket allocation was justified as it will generate money for Steven Gerrard – Barry Ferguson |work=Daily Record |date=26 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-date=27 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527120651/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-decision-cut-celtics-ticket-12597588 |url-status=live }} In the first fixture at Celtic Park under the new arrangements, a combination of a larger home support, the need to retain segregation for the smaller away support and general unfamiliarity with the new arrangements led to an incident of crushing in the enclosed walkway behind the North Stand before kick off as supporters were directed to use the route to reach both of the end stands; several people scaled a high perimeter wall and fence to escape, and medical attention was required for five fans. Those involved expressed their anger afterwards regarding the arrangements and policing, with Celtic issuing an official apology.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45396058 |title=Celtic apologise to fans after crush incident before Old Firm game |work=BBC News |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906061829/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45396058 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-fans-demand-probe-terrifying-13183745 |title=Celtic fans demand probe into terrifying crush before Rangers game to ensure it never happens again |work=Daily Record |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906161745/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-fans-demand-probe-terrifying-13183745 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16686313.celtic-park-crush-dad-takes-traumatised-son-15-to-hospital/ |title=Celtic Park 'crush': Dad takes traumatised son, 15, to hospital |work=Evening Times |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905213917/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16686313.celtic-park-crush-dad-takes-traumatised-son-15-to-hospital/ |url-status=live }}

Towards the end of the 2022–23 season, a dispute between the clubs over ticketing and supporter safety issues led to there being no away fans at all for the last two league fixtures, which was also the case throughout 2023–24[https://news.stv.tv/sport/celtic-formally-refuse-ibrox-ticket-allocation-for-next-old-firm-derby-with-rangers Celtic formally refuse Ibrox ticket allocation for next Old Firm derby], Andy Coyle, STV News, 17 August 2023 and, despite an agreement being reached in March 2024 to end the stalemate and allow a 5% (~2,500) visiting allocation at each stadium,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68692167 Old Firm derby: Rangers and Celtic agree away ticket allocations from next season], BBC Sport, 29 March 2024 continued into 2024–25 (the prolongation was blamed by Celtic on the unpredictability of renovations at Ibrox which caused some matches to be played at Hampden and others with reduced capacity, although it was highly likely the work would have been finished by the relevant date of 2 January 2025).[https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/16/celtic-rodgers-accuses-rangers-over-away-fan-shutout ‘Nothing to do with Celtic’: Rodgers puts blame on Rangers for away fans shutout], The Guardian'', 16 August 2024

From 1 March 2012, the police were given more powers to act against Sectarian acts at football matches through the new Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. The law was designed specifically to target the Old Firm rivalry by reducing the religious hatred between the two opposing sides. The Act created two new offences, one covering behaviour in and around football matches and the other related to posts sent by either electronic or postal methods. People convicted under the act could face up to five years imprisonment, a much higher sentence than was previously in place. It was hoped it would make it much easier to prosecute this misbehaviour, which had proved difficult in the past.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20205917 |title=New sectarian law hailed a success by Lord Advocate |work=BBC News |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028092939/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20205917 |url-status=live }}

In March 2013 a protest by a number of Celtic fans took place to protest against the new laws and the subsequent match bans that a number of fans had received for breaking the Act. The protesters, known as the "Green Brigade", had marched without police authority and the event was therefore cracked down on by local authorities resulting in thirteen arrests. The protestors claim that the police instigated the trouble that occurred at this march.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21813699 |title=Arrests made as Green Brigade protest is broken up |work=BBC News |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030122502/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21813699 |url-status=live }} Following the march, media coverage reported that the fans were growing further apart from the police than ever before. They claimed that the trust the fans hold with the police to work in cooperation with them is falling dramatically. The march that took place resulted in a number of complaints from both Celtic and Rangers fan groups that they were harassed by the police.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21849341 |title=Old Firm fans in danger of 'losing trust in police', say MSPs |work=BBC News |date=19 March 2013 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028093037/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21849341 |url-status=live }}

Labour MSP James Kelly introduced the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill in June 2017. Kelly had described the 2012 legislation as having "completely failed to tackle sectarianism" and as "illiberal" which "unfairly targets football fans", and was "condemned by legal experts, human rights organisations and equality groups".{{cite web|title=Official Report – 25 January 2018|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11325&mode=pdf|website=Scottish Parliament|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044847/http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11325&mode=pdf|url-status=live}} Professor Sir Tom Devine previously spoke of the Football Act as "the most illiberal and counterproductive act passed by our young Parliament to date" and a "stain on the reputation of the Scottish legal system for fair dealing".{{cite web|title=Sheriff who called SNP's anti-bigotry law 'mince' steps down from bench after 27 years|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sheriff-who-called-snps-anti-8222982|work=Daily Record|date=19 June 2016 |access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044850/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sheriff-who-called-snps-anti-8222982|url-status=live}} Much was made of when a Sheriff described the law as "mince".{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=James|title=Why the SNP must scrap the act|url=https://scraptheact.com/2018/01/23/agenda-column/|website=ScrapTheAct|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090335/https://scraptheact.com/2018/01/23/agenda-column/|url-status=live}}

After passing through the parliamentary process in early 2018,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42804642|title=Football Act repeal bid passes first vote|date=25 January 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006131117/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42804642|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=MSPs vote to repeal football bigotry law|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43405134|work=BBC News|date=15 March 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010063747/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43405134|url-status=live}} on 19 April the bill received royal assent, repealing the 2012 Act.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/105269.aspx|title=Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill|website=parliament.scot|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917085327/http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/105269.aspx|url-status=live}}

Glasgow-based brewers Tennent's were the primary commercial sponsor of both teams for several years;{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8495426.stm|title=Celtic & Rangers sign sponsorship deal with Tennent's|work=BBC Sport|date=3 February 2010|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122150404/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/8495426.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/209075-celtic-announce-shirt-sponsorship-deal-with-magners/|title=Celtic and Rangers confirm end of joint sponsorship deals after 14 years|work=STV Sport|date=9 January 2013|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025516/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/209075-celtic-announce-shirt-sponsorship-deal-with-magners/|url-status=live}} any local business that only sponsored one would likely lose half its customers.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/sports/soccer/in-scottish-soccer-the-rangers-celtic-rivalry-is-rattled-to-its-core.html |title=Dissolving Scotland's Old Firm |work=The New York Times |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=19 October 2015 |last=Borden |first=Sam |pages=B18 |archive-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024232732/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/sports/soccer/in-scottish-soccer-the-rangers-celtic-rivalry-is-rattled-to-its-core.html |url-status=live }} Previously, glazing company CR Smith (who later had a deal with Celtic alone),{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/feb/25/newsstory.sport1| title=Old Firm pair to share sponsor| newspaper=The Guardian| date=25 February 1999| access-date=16 September 2017| archive-date=16 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916182556/https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/feb/25/newsstory.sport1| url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282| title=Magners shirt cash for Celtic ends Old Firm double deals| newspaper=The Scotsman| date=9 January 2013| access-date=16 September 2017| archive-date=16 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225447/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/magners-shirt-cash-for-celtic-ends-old-firm-double-deals-1-2727282| url-status=live}} communications firm NTL{{ cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23732888.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329175146/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23732888.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=29 March 2015| title=Old Firm are united in £13m shirt deal| work=Times & Herald Group |first=Rob |last=Robertson| date=20 March 1999|access-date=16 September 2017}} and English brewers Carling{{cite news| url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/carling-to-sponsor-old-firm/82408.article| title=Carling to sponsor Old Firm| publisher=thegrocer.co.uk| date=3 January 2003| access-date=16 September 2017| archive-date=22 March 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322134454/https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/carling-to-sponsor-old-firm/82408.article| url-status=live}} had also sponsored both clubs.

{{Main|Administration and liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc}}

In 2012, Rangers suffered a financial collapse leading to the liquidation of the club.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20141946|title=Lord Hodge approves liquidation of former Rangers FC|work=BBC News|date=31 October 2012|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016180900/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20141946|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18413384|title=Rangers in liquidation Q&A|work=BBC Sport|date=12 June 2012|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420075137/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18413384|url-status=live}} The sporting assets were acquired by a new company{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18447530|title=Charles Green completes Rangers purchase despite Walter Smith bid|work=BBC News|date=14 June 2012|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806093841/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18447530|url-status=live}} which allowed them to re-apply to join the Scottish football league system in the lowest division.{{cite news|title=Agreement on Transfer of Membership|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2986&newsID=10252&newsCategoryID=1|date=27 July 2012|publisher=SFA website|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802012743/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2986&newsID=10252&newsCategoryID=1|archive-date=2 August 2012|url-status=dead}} As a result, for the first time in 120 years, no fixtures were played between Rangers and Celtic.

The status of the Old Firm was also challenged,{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/the-old-firm-story-how-sectarianism-came-to-define-a-derby-1-4166492|title=The Old Firm story: How sectarianism came to define a derby|last=Smith|first=Andrew|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=1 July 2016|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207191832/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/the-old-firm-story-how-sectarianism-came-to-define-a-derby-1-4166492|url-status=live}} following the logic that since Rangers 'died' during the events of 2012, the rivalry also expired and any matches played since that point would be between Celtic and a 'new Rangers', albeit playing at the same stadium, in the same colours, with the same supporters and some of the same players as before.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/14863559.Hugh_MacDonald__Why_does_the_demise_or_otherwise_of_Rangers_matter_so_much_/|title=Why does the demise or otherwise of Rangers matter so much?|first=Hugh|last=MacDonald|work=The National|date=26 March 2016|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173746/http://www.thenational.scot/news/14863559.Hugh_MacDonald__Why_does_the_demise_or_otherwise_of_Rangers_matter_so_much_/|url-status=live}} Adherents of this view often derogatorily refer to the club as 'Sevco' (the original name of the post-2012 holding company),{{cite news |url=http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/186158-falkirk-fc-stadium-announcer-suspended-after-rangers-sevco-comment/ |title=Falkirk FC stadium announcer suspended after Rangers 'Sevco' comment |publisher=STV |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=13 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830154625/http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/186158-falkirk-fc-stadium-announcer-suspended-after-rangers-sevco-comment/ |archive-date=30 August 2012}} and Rangers supporters as 'zombies' or 'the undead'.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14728943.Irish_pub_causes_a_stir_with_a_Zombie_Rangers_FC_advert/|title=Irish pub in Glasgow causes a stir with a Zombie Rangers FC advert|work=The Herald|date=8 September 2016|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173204/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14728943.Irish_pub_causes_a_stir_with_a_Zombie_Rangers_FC_advert/|url-status=live}} This difference of opinion became a new factor in the rivalry.

Some Celtic supporters were particularly vociferous in their assertions, to the extent of a group paying for a full-page newspaper advertisement in January 2015 announcing that their club would soon play its first fixture against the new Rangers.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-fans-spark-storm-protest-5040733|title=Celtic fans spark storm of protest after claiming Rangers are new club and 'Old Firm' derby is dead in newspaper advert|newspaper=Daily Record|date=25 January 2015|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173252/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-fans-spark-storm-protest-5040733|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-rangers-heroes-laugh-celtic-5042508|title=Former Rangers heroes laugh off Celtic fans' advert that claims Ibrox outfit is a new club|newspaper=Daily Record|date=26 January 2015|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173319/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-rangers-heroes-laugh-celtic-5042508|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/old-firm-once-hampden-rocking-5047530|title=Old Firm? Once Hampden is rocking it will be back to Celtic and Rangers as we all know it, says Neil Lennon|newspaper=Daily Record|date=26 January 2015|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173215/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/old-firm-once-hampden-rocking-5047530|url-status=live}}

It is regarded as a continuation of the same club by the SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster;{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-same-club-existed-before-4904432|title=Rangers are the same club that existed before liquidation, says SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster|newspaper=Daily Record|date=1 January 2015|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172759/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-same-club-existed-before-4904432|url-status=live}} external governing bodies such as UEFA, the European Club Association and FIFA have never formally stated their position on Rangers but have issued general remarks about the continuation of a club's history when controlled by a new company.{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14493731.BBC_dismisses_campaign_to_have_Rangers_described_as_a__new_club_/|title=BBC dismisses campaign to have Rangers described as a 'new club'|newspaper=Evening Times|date=15 May 2016|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172646/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14493731.BBC_dismisses_campaign_to_have_Rangers_described_as_a__new_club_/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/rangers/205975-european-clubs-body-downgrades-rangers-status-but-recognises-history/ |title=European clubs body downgrades Rangers' status but recognises history |publisher=STV |date=14 December 2012 |access-date=20 October 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804214354/https://stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/rangers/205975-european-clubs-body-downgrades-rangers-status-but-recognises-history/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/13308739.FIFA_step_into_new_row_over_Rangers__old_or_new_club__status/|title=FIFA step into new row over Rangers 'old or new club' status|newspaper=Evening Times|date=24 May 2015|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013224506/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/13308739.FIFA_step_into_new_row_over_Rangers__old_or_new_club__status/|url-status=live}}

In 2013, numerous complaints were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over official marketing communications from Rangers which stated they were "Scotland's most successful club", with this claim being disputed as the complainants declared the club had only been in existence for one year. Having considered the evidence including advice from UEFA, the ASA did not uphold the complaints.{{cite news|url=https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/the-rangers-football-club-ltd-a13-224406.html|title=ASA Adjudication on The Rangers Football Club Ltd|publisher=ASA|date=18 December 2013|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172609/https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/the-rangers-football-club-ltd-a13-224406.html|url-status=live}}

In July 2012, a large banner was displayed at Celtic Park during a game showing a cartoon zombie representing Rangers rising from the grave before being shot by a sniper, drawing criticism due to the gunman resembling a paramilitary from the Northern Ireland conflict, although Celtic escaped formal punishment over the matter.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13076679.Celtic_cleared_over_zombie_banner_but_issue_still_rankles/|title=Celtic cleared over zombie banner but issue still rankles|work=The Herald|date=11 October 2012|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172956/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13076679.Celtic_cleared_over_zombie_banner_but_issue_still_rankles/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic-cleared-by-sfa-over-zombie-banner-at-norwich-match-1-2568427|title=Celtic cleared by SFA over 'zombie' banner at Norwich match|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=12 October 2012|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172749/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic-cleared-by-sfa-over-zombie-banner-at-norwich-match-1-2568427|url-status=live}} Celtic fan groups have continued to display banners claiming Rangers are 'dead'.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-fans-unveil-rip-banner-aimed-at-rangers-1-4567971 |title=Celtic fans unveil RIP banner aimed at Rangers |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=23 September 2017 |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172515/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-fans-unveil-rip-banner-aimed-at-rangers-1-4567971 |url-status=live }}

Celtic and their followers also became involved in other legal proceedings relating to Rangers,{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-board-to-meet-with-shareholders-over-resolution-12-1-4291418|title=Celtic board to meet with shareholders over 'Resolution 12'|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=16 November 2016|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172714/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-board-to-meet-with-shareholders-over-resolution-12-1-4291418|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://stv.tv/sport/football/1358000-uefa-won-t-investigate-resolution-12-rangers-euro-licence-claims/|title=UEFA won't investigate 'Resolution 12' Rangers Euro licence claims|publisher=STV|date=20 June 2016|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173421/https://stv.tv/sport/football/1358000-uefa-won-t-investigate-resolution-12-rangers-euro-licence-claims/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sfa-admit-rangers-uefa-license-11131602 |title=SFA admit Rangers UEFA license could be probed as tax row continues |newspaper=Daily Record |date=8 September 2017 |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173228/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sfa-admit-rangers-uefa-license-11131602 |url-status=live }} including the outcome of the long-running EBT investigation.{{cite news|url=https://stv.tv/amp/1392867-celtic-call-for-review-into-rangers-ebt-era-titles/|title=Celtic call for review into Rangers' EBT-era titles|publisher=STV|date=5 July 2017|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172645/https://stv.tv/amp/1392867-celtic-call-for-review-into-rangers-ebt-era-titles/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-reveal-letters-sent-sfa-11138110 |title=Celtic reveal letters sent to the SFA over Rangers EBT use as Peter Lawwell labels lack of review 'disturbing' |newspaper=Daily Record |date=9 September 2017 |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173240/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-reveal-letters-sent-sfa-11138110 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15554864.Chris_Jack__Last_Thursday_should_be_the_final_date_on_the_Rangers_EBT_timeline_after_SPFL_review_U_turn/?ref=mr&lp=9|title=Chris Jack: Last Thursday should be the final date on the Rangers EBT timeline after SPFL review U-turn|newspaper=Evening Times|date=25 September 2017|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013173332/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15554864.Chris_Jack__Last_Thursday_should_be_the_final_date_on_the_Rangers_EBT_timeline_after_SPFL_review_U_turn/?ref=mr&lp=9|url-status=live}}

It took Rangers four years to climb through the lower divisions and re-take their place in the Scottish Premiership for the 2016–17 season; in the interim only two cup semi-finals were played between the clubs{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/01/old-firm-scotland-celtic-rangers-league-cup-semi-fina|title=Old Firm match emblematic of a Scotland so many want to forget|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 February 2015|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006170950/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/01/old-firm-scotland-celtic-rangers-league-cup-semi-fina|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Richard|title=Celtic 2–0 Rangers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30971812|access-date=14 November 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=1 February 2015|archive-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903013704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30971812|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/celtic/celtic_comment/14433239.It_wasn_t_the_toxic_atmosphere_many_predicted_but_perhaps_one_day_the_songs_at_an_Old_Firm_game_will_be_about_the_football/|title=It wasn't the toxic atmosphere many predicted but perhaps one day the songs at an Old Firm game will be about the football|newspaper=Evening Times|date=17 April 2016|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172526/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/celtic/celtic_comment/14433239.It_wasn_t_the_toxic_atmosphere_many_predicted_but_perhaps_one_day_the_songs_at_an_Old_Firm_game_will_be_about_the_football/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36008631 |work=BBC Sport |first=Richard |last=Wilson |access-date=14 November 2017 |date=17 April 2016 |title=Rangers 2–2 Celtic |archive-date=16 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016091225/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36008631 |url-status=live }} and Celtic won all four league titles by significant margins (never less than 15 points).{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/old-firm-derby-dont-let-celtic-fool-you-they-are-glad-that-rangers-are-back-a7232616.html|title=Old Firm derby: Don't let Celtic fool you – they are glad that Rangers are back in the Scottish Premiership|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 September 2016|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172729/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/old-firm-derby-dont-let-celtic-fool-you-they-are-glad-that-rangers-are-back-a7232616.html|url-status=live}} The rivalry resumed in earnest by way of six matches during 2016–17, with Celtic eliminating Rangers from both cups at the semi-final stage on the way to lifting the trophies and emerging victorious in three of the matches in the league championship, which they also won without losing a game to secure their sixth successive title and a domestic treble.{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/team_results_list.php?opposition=7&from=146&to=146&competition=0&venue=0&update=Update|title=Celtic results (Filters: vs Rangers, season 2016/17)|work=Fitbastats|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=13 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172307/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/team_results_list.php?opposition=7&from=146&to=146&competition=0&venue=0&update=Update|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/04/29/rangers-vs-celtic-old-firm-derby-live-score-updates/|title=Rangers 1 Celtic 5: Home side humbled in record defeat|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 April 2017|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429210213/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/04/29/rangers-vs-celtic-old-firm-derby-live-score-updates/|url-status=live}} The 2017–18 season was much the same: Celtic won three of the Old Firm league fixtures plus a Scottish Cup semi-final meeting and lifted all three domestic trophies;{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44091573|title=Celtic 2 – 0 Motherwell|work=BBC Sport|access-date=19 May 2018|date=26 May 2018|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020191039/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44091573|url-status=live}} Rangers finished third, behind Aberdeen.{{cite web |url=https://rangers.co.uk/news/match-report/hibernian-5-5-rangers/ |title=Hibernian 5-5 Rangers |publisher=Rangers F.C. |date=13 May 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515115451/https://rangers.co.uk/news/match-report/hibernian-5-5-rangers/ |url-status=dead }}

Celtic won a third successive treble in 2018–19, although Rangers did finally record victories over them in the league with a 1–0 and 2–0 wins in the two fixtures at Ibrox. Rangers were runners-up in the league, their highest position since 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/31/scottish-premiership-preview-will-finish-top-six-new-signings/ |title=Scottish Premiership preview: Who will finish top six, what are the new signings like, and can Rangers topple Celtic? |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=31 August 2019 |archive-date=30 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830200702/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/31/scottish-premiership-preview-will-finish-top-six-new-signings/ |url-status=live }} In December 2019, Rangers beat Celtic 2–1 at Celtic Park, their first away win since October 2010;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50882543 |title=Celtic 1–2 Rangers |work=BBC Sport |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=31 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231001828/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50882543 |url-status=live }} that 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, with Celtic declared champions having held a commanding lead when matches stopped in March 2020.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52646282| title=Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season| work=BBC Sport| date=18 May 2020| access-date=18 May 2020| archive-date=6 October 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006085610/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52646282/| url-status=live}}

Initial signs that the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership (played almost entirely in empty stadiums due to the pandemic) would be closely fought proved inaccurate as Rangers produced consistent and defensively-strong performances, in contrast to Celtic who dropped goals and points regularly as the season progressed (although they did set a new record with a 'quadruple treble', winning twelve domestic trophies in succession).[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/20/celtic-hearts-scottish-cup-final-match-report Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220233457/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/20/celtic-hearts-scottish-cup-final-match-report |date=20 December 2020 }}, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020 Rangers won both Old Firm fixtures and were confirmed as champions – the 55th title in their history and the first since 2011 – by early March 2021 even before the often-pivotal third fixture against Celtic was played, ending the Hoops' chances of a record-breaking tenth successive championship.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56117760 Rangers: The seven games that won Steven Gerrard's side the title] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311031057/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56117760 |date=11 March 2021 }}, BBC Sport, 7 March 2021[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56315823 Rangers: From the Banter Years to the glory season under Steven Gerrard – a decade like no other] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309231513/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56315823 |date=9 March 2021 }}, BBC Sport, 9 March 2021 A proposed (financially lucrative) first match between the clubs outside Scotland, at the Sydney Super Cup in Australia in late 2022, did not materialise when Rangers withdrew following a negative response from much of the fanbase of both clubs.[https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/old-firm-friendly/ Sir Kenny Dalglish: Old Firm Australian friendly message was a wee bit messy and disjointed], The Sunday Post, 6 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022[https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/rangers-could-face-legal-action-after-sydney-super-cup-snub-20220401-p5aa08.html Rangers could face legal action after Sydney Super Cup snub] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401132649/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/rangers-could-face-legal-action-after-sydney-super-cup-snub-20220401-p5aa08.html |date=1 April 2022 }}, Vince Rugari, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022

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There are a number of matches between the two clubs that are not recognised in the official records, such as their first competitive meeting in the 1888–89 Glasgow Cup, in which Celtic defeated Rangers 6–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1888-10-27%3A+Rangers+1-6+Celtic%2C+Glasgow+Cup|title=Rangers 1–6 Celtic, Glasgow Cup|newspaper=Glasgow Herald (match report hosted at The Celtic Wiki)|date=29 October 1888|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212031/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1888-10-27:+Rangers+1-6+Celtic,+Glasgow+Cup|url-status=live}}

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In World War I, the Scottish Cup was suspended. Among the unofficial competitions which were held for fundraising purposes was the Navy and Army War Fund Shield, during which Rangers defeated Celtic in December 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/war-fund-shield.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403231900/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/war-fund-shield.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2019|title=War Fund Shield|publisher=Scottish Football Historical Archive (archive version)|access-date=13 November 2019}}

During World War II, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended and in their place unofficial regional league competitions were set up (these were dominated by Rangers).{{cite web|url=http://www.therangersstandard.co.uk/index.php/articles/club-history/265-armed-forces-day-rangers-world-war-heroes|title=Armed Forces Day: Rangers' World War Heroes|website=The Rangers Standard|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173621/http://www.therangersstandard.co.uk/index.php/articles/club-history/265-armed-forces-day-rangers-world-war-heroes|url-status=live}} One of these games was a New Year's Day derby in 1943 which Rangers won 8–1.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-football/10545384/Flashback-Rangers-trounce-Celtic-in-New-Years-Day-Old-Firm-in-wartime-fixture-that-time-forgot.html |title=Flashback: Rangers trounce Celtic in New Year's Day Old Firm in wartime fixture that time forgot |first=Jon |last=Culley |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=5 June 2015 |archive-date=9 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609013202/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-football/10545384/Flashback-Rangers-trounce-Celtic-in-New-Years-Day-Old-Firm-in-wartime-fixture-that-time-forgot.html |url-status=live }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TREjAwAAQBAJ&q=johnston&pg=PT185|title=Aye Ready: Rangers War Heroes (chapter 13: Light Amid The Gloom)|author=Paul Smith|publisher=Black & White Publishing|year=2011|isbn=9781845023713|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214251/https://books.google.com/books?id=TREjAwAAQBAJ&q=johnston&pg=PT185|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/southernleague.htm |title=Southern Football League 1940–1946 |publisher=Scottish-football-historical-archive.com |access-date=6 August 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924223246/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/southernleague.htm |url-status=live }}

The dominance of the clubs can be demonstrated by their relative league positions historically. The clubs have finished in the top two positions in the top division of the Scottish league 54 times, including on 22 occasions since 1996. Both sides have finished outside the top two places only five times, three of those before 1914, and both have finished outside the top three places only once, in 1965, when Rangers finished 5th and Celtic 8th. Conversely, between 1947 and 1965, on no occasion were both the top two league positions taken by the two teams, owing mostly to an extended period in the relative doldrums for Celtic, despite a title win in 1954, their only such title in a 28 year period. Celtic, however, ended that period emphatically with a run of nine successive titles, during which Rangers were runners-up on six occasions.

• Summary: Celtic with 61 higher finishes, Rangers with 66 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2023–24 season).

* Four or more goals difference between the teams. Only includes the league and two major cups; other big winning margins were recorded in minor competitions such as the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.[https://playupliverpool.com/1893/05/27/celtic-v-glasgow-rangers-5-0-glasgow-charity-cup-final-may-27-1893/ Celtic v Glasgow Rangers 5-0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624233721/https://playupliverpool.com/1893/05/27/celtic-v-glasgow-rangers-5-0-glasgow-charity-cup-final-may-27-1893/ |date=24 June 2019 }}, via Play Up Liverpool[https://playupliverpool.com/1900/05/12/glasgow-rangers-v-celtic-5-1-glasgow-charity-cup-final-may-12-1900/ Glasgow Rangers v Celtic 5-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808222217/https://playupliverpool.com/1900/05/12/glasgow-rangers-v-celtic-5-1-glasgow-charity-cup-final-may-12-1900/ |date=8 August 2019 }}, via Play Up Liverpool

• Celtic 7–1 Rangers on 19 October 1957, Scottish League Cup

• Celtic 5–0 Rangers on 21 March 1925, Scottish Cup
• Celtic 5–0 Rangers on 29 April 2018, Scottish Premiership{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43854076|title = Celtic crush 5–0 Rangers|work = BBC Sport|date = 29 April 2018|access-date = 29 April 2018|archive-date = 9 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025417/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43854076|url-status = live}}

• Celtic 6–2 Rangers on 14 December 1895, Scottish Division One
• Rangers 0–4 Celtic on 27 September 1898 Scottish Division One
• Celtic 4–0 Rangers on 10 March 1900, Scottish Cup
• Celtic 4–0 Rangers on 1 January 1914, Scottish Division One
• Celtic 6–2 Rangers on 10 September 1938, Scottish Division One
• Celtic 5–1 Rangers on 3 January 1966, Scottish Division One
• Celtic 4–0 Rangers on 26 April 1969, Scottish Cup
• Celtic 5–1 Rangers on 21 November 1998, Scottish Premier League
• Celtic 6–2 Rangers on 27 August 2000, Scottish Premier League
• Celtic 5–1 Rangers on 10 September 2016, Scottish Premiership
• Rangers 1–5 Celtic on 29 April 2017, Scottish Premiership
• Celtic 4–0 Rangers on 15 April 2018, Scottish Cup{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/04/15/celtic-vs-rangers-scottish-cup-semi-final-live-score-updates/| title = Double treble is on as Celtic crush Rangers 4–0 in Scottish Cup semi-final| work = The Daily Telegraph| date = 15 April 2018| access-date = 15 April 2018| archive-date = 15 April 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180415122954/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/04/15/celtic-vs-rangers-scottish-cup-semi-final-live-score-updates/| url-status = live}}
• Celtic 4–0 Rangers on 3 September 2022, Scottish Premiership

• Rangers 5–0 Celtic on 2 September 1893, Scottish League
• Rangers 5–0 Celtic on 1 January 1894, Scottish Division One

• Celtic 0–4 Rangers on 24 September 1898, Scottish Division One
• Rangers 4–0 Celtic on 14 April 1928, Scottish Cup
• Celtic 0–4 Rangers on 2 January 1948, Scottish League Division A
• Rangers 4–0 Celtic on 24 September 1949, Scottish League Division A
• Celtic 0–4 Rangers on 31 August 1955, Scottish League Cup
• Celtic 1–5 Rangers on 10 September 1960, Scottish Division One
• Rangers 4–0 Celtic on 1 January 1963, Scottish Division One
• Rangers 5–1 Celtic on 27 August 1988, Scottish Premier Division
• Rangers 4–0 Celtic on 26 March 2000, Scottish Premier League
• Rangers 5–1 Celtic on 26 November 2000, Scottish Premier League

The ferocity of the rivalry has made it rare for a player to represent both teams during his career.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4627682.stm|title=Crossing the divide|date=19 January 2006|work=BBC Sport|first=Clive|last=Lindsay|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323042416/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4627682.stm|url-status=live}} Players who played for both sides of the Old Firm included Alec Bennett,{{cite web|url=http://www.spanglefish.com/alecbennett/index.asp?pageid=254492|title=Parting of the ways|work=Alec Bennett (footballer) by David Carmichael|date=30 September 2010|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040054/http://www.spanglefish.com/alecbennett/index.asp?pageid=254492|url-status=live}} Scott Duncan, Robert Campbell, and George Livingstone, who all played before the intensity of the rivalry had started prior to 1912, as well as later players: Alfie Conn,{{cite web|title=The Bhoy in the Picture – Alfie Conn|date=8 July 2011 |url=http://celticunderground.net/the-bhoy-in-the-picture-alfie-conn/|publisher=The Celtic Underground|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=8 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708172300/http://celticunderground.net/the-bhoy-in-the-picture-alfie-conn/|url-status=live}} Maurice Johnston, Kenny Miller,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4614740.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Celtic sign ex-Rangers man Miller|date=19 January 2006|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=17 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617225720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4614740.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7422674.stm |title=Miller delight at Rangers return |date=13 June 2008 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7422674.stm |url-status=live }} Steven Pressley{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6216305.stm|work=BBC Sport website|title=Celtic win race to sign Pressley|date=29 December 2006|access-date=2 December 2017|archive-date=18 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118163107/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6216305.stm|url-status=live}} and Mark Brown (none of whom moved directly between the two clubs).

• Tom Dunbar (Celtic 1888–1891, Rangers 1891–1892, Celtic 1892–1898){{cite web|url=http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive120.htm|title=Players who played for both Celtic and Rangers in their career|publisher=Scottishleague.net|access-date=7 September 2011|archive-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206090618/http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive120.htm|url-status=live}}
• John Cunningham (Celtic 1889–1892, Rangers ?–?){{cite web |url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/cunningham_john.html |website=MUFC Info |access-date=16 March 2016 |title=John Cunningham – Profile |archive-date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324170033/http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/cunningham_john.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2200 |website=FitbaStats |access-date=12 November 2017 |title=Celtic player John Cunningham profile |archive-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060324/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2200 |url-status=live }}
• Allan Martin (Rangers 1891–1892, Celtic 1895–1896)
• Alex King (Rangers 1895, Celtic 1896–1900)
• George Livingstone (Celtic 1901–1902, Rangers 1906–1909)
• Alec Bennett (Celtic 1903–1908, Rangers 1908–1918)
• Tom Sinclair (Rangers 1904–1906, Celtic 1906–1907){{cite web|title=Quirky injuries|url=http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keepers/quirky-injuries.html|publisher=Goalkeepers are Different|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018042150/http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keepers/quirky-injuries.html|url-status=live}}
• Robert Campbell (Celtic 1905–1906, Rangers 1906–1914)
• Hugh Shaw (Rangers 1905–1906, Celtic 1906–1907)
• Willie Kivlichan (Rangers 1905–1907, Celtic 1907–1911)
• David Taylor (Rangers 1906–1911, Celtic 1918–1919 wartime guest)
• Davie McLean (Celtic 1907–1909, Rangers 1918–1919)
• Scott Duncan (Rangers 1913–1918, Celtic 1918–1919 wartime guest)
• James Young (Celtic 1917–1918, Rangers 1917–1918)

• Tully Craig (Celtic 1919–1922, Rangers 1923–1935)
• Alfie Conn (Rangers 1968–1974, Celtic 1977–1979)
• Mo Johnston (Celtic 1984–1987, Rangers 1989–1991)
• Kenny Miller (Rangers 2000–2001, Celtic 2006–2007, Rangers 2008–2011, Rangers 2014–2018){{cite web|title=Kenny Miller|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13523|website=Soccerbase|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805142044/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13523|url-status=live}}
• Steven Pressley (Rangers 1990–1994, Celtic 2006–2008){{cite web|title=Steven Pressley|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6460|website=Soccerbase|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203232448/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6460|url-status=live}}
• Mark Brown (Rangers 1997–2001, Celtic 2007–2010){{cite web|title=Mark Brown|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15131|website=Soccerbase|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=26 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326135739/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15131|url-status=live}}

• John Dowie (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite web|title=John Dowie: 1955–2016|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2016/january/22/john-dowie-1955-2016|website=Fulham FC|access-date=17 March 2016|date=22 January 2016|archive-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225065003/http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2016/january/22/john-dowie-1955-2016|url-status=live}}
• Gordon Marshall (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite news|title=Gordon Marshall joins Aberdeen as goalkeeping coach|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/aberdeen/gordon-marshall-joins-aberdeen-as-goalkeeping-coach-1-3813729|access-date=17 March 2016|work=The Scotsman|date=26 June 2015|archive-date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325002918/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/aberdeen/gordon-marshall-joins-aberdeen-as-goalkeeping-coach-1-3813729|url-status=live}}
• Craig Beattie (youth career with both Rangers and Celtic, senior career Celtic){{cite book|last=Kujawa|first=Krys|title=From Seville To Sevilla: The Story of Celtic's 2003/04 Season|date=2012|publisher=Lulu|isbn=9781471729874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DtcCAAAQBAJ&q=%22craig+beattie%22+rangers+celtic+youth&pg=PT23|access-date=25 September 2017|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214251/https://books.google.com/books?id=6DtcCAAAQBAJ&q=%22craig+beattie%22+rangers+celtic+youth&pg=PT23|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Hearts sign ex-Celtic striker Craig Beattie following his release from Swansea|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/hearts-sign-ex-celtic-striker-craig-1117601|access-date=25 September 2017|work=Daily Record|date=23 February 2012|archive-date=26 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926041823/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/hearts-sign-ex-celtic-striker-craig-1117601|url-status=live}}
• Sean Fitzharris (youth career with both Rangers and Celtic, senior career Celtic){{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2010/12/08/spirit-of-starlet-dylan-mcgeough-could-inspire-first-teamers-at-celtic-says-former-star-frank-mcavennie-86908-22769772/|title=Spirit of starlet Dylan McGeough could inspire first teamers at Celtic says former star Frank McAvennie|work=Daily Record|date=8 December 2010|access-date=12 January 2011|archive-date=13 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213113458/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2010/12/08/spirit-of-starlet-dylan-mcgeough-could-inspire-first-teamers-at-celtic-says-former-star-frank-mcavennie-86908-22769772/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_240710170712.aspx|title=Debut goal for new Bhoy Murphy|work=Celtic F.C.|first=Laura|last=Brannan|access-date=12 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926001347/http://celticfc.net/news/stories/news_240710170712.aspx|archive-date=26 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
• Greig Spence (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2009/08/12/alloa-hitkid-greig-spence-on-verge-of-dream-move-to-celtic-86908-21590932/ |title=Alloa hitkid Greig Spence on verge of dream move to Celtic |date=12 August 2009 |newspaper=Daily Record |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-date=14 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814165654/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2009/08/12/alloa-hitkid-greig-spence-on-verge-of-dream-move-to-celtic-86908-21590932/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8203038.stm |title=Celtic sign Alloa striker Spence |date=15 August 2009 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=11 September 2011 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8203038.stm |url-status=live }}
• Joe Thomson (youth career with both Rangers and Celtic, senior career Celtic){{cite news|last=McConnell|first=Martin|title=SPFL Wonderkid #14 – Joe Thomson|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spfl-wonderkid-14--joe-thomson/|access-date=26 September 2017|work=SPFL|date=7 January 2016|archive-date=26 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235448/https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spfl-wonderkid-14--joe-thomson/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dalziel|first=Martin|title=Joe Thomson commits future to Celtic|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/10789|access-date=26 September 2017|work=Celtic FC|date=29 June 2016|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823204553/http://www.celticfc.net/news/10789|url-status=live}}
• Dylan McGeouch (youth career with both Celtic and Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16007067.stm|title=Celtic lure too big for youngster Dylan McGeouch|work=BBC Sport|date=2 December 2011|access-date=2 December 2011|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214307/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16007067|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13040772.Celtic_5_St_Mirren_0__A_new_kid_in_town/ |title=Celtic 5 St Mirren 0: A new kid in town |work=The Herald |date=27 November 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011 |archive-date=4 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404024226/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13040772.Celtic_5_St_Mirren_0__A_new_kid_in_town/ |url-status=live }}
• Gregg Wylde (youth career with both Celtic and Rangers, senior career Rangers){{cite web |first=Tom |last=English |url=http://www.scotsman.com/football/Rangers-may-run-Wylde.6737157.jp |title=Rangers may run Wylde – Sport |work=The Scotsman |date=19 March 2011 |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026060046/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rangers-may-run-wylde-1-1533100 |url-status=live }}
• Barry Robson (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/barry-robson-could-have-had-10-years-1009874|title=Barry Robson could have had 10 years at the top if he'd screwed nut as a kid, says ex-Rangers youth coach John Brown|work=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=15 February 2009|access-date=9 April 2012|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153003/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/barry-robson-could-have-had-10-years-1009874|url-status=live}}
• Michael O'Halloran (youth career Celtic, senior career Rangers){{cite news|last=Keown|first=Gary|title=Celtic youth player Michael O'Halloran in Parkhead return with St Johnstone|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13160752.Celtic_youth_player_Michael_O_Halloran_in_Parkhead_return_with_St_Johnstone/|access-date=26 September 2017|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=16 May 2014|archive-date=26 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926191022/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13160752.Celtic_youth_player_Michael_O_Halloran_in_Parkhead_return_with_St_Johnstone/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Thomson|first=Nick|title=Rangers Sign Michael O'Halloran|url=https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/rangers-sign-michael-ohalloran/|access-date=26 September 2017|work=Rangers FC|date=1 February 2016|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729213732/https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/rangers-sign-michael-ohalloran/|url-status=live}}
• Liam Burt (youth and senior career with both Celtic and Rangers){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38193039 |date=10 December 2016 |title=Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian |work=BBC Sport |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=5 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805032537/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38193039 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49259212 |title=Liam Burt celebrates Rangers to Celtic move with Challenge Cup winner |work=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2019 |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809170254/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49259212 |url-status=live }}
• Lewis Morgan (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite news |title=Lewis Morgan: Celtic signing unperturbed by Rangers youth exit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42582035 |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=BBC Sport |date=5 January 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028091223/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42582035 |url-status=live }}
• Greg Taylor (youth career Rangers, senior career Celtic){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49558521 |title=Greg Taylor: Celtic clinch signing of Kilmarnock & Scotland left-back |work=BBC Sport |date=2 September 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020082207/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49558521 |url-status=live }}

Several sets of brothers have played in the Old Firm match, although not necessarily together:

• Michael Dunbar and Tom Dunbar (Celtic)
• John McPhail and Billy McPhail (Celtic)
• Frank Brogan and Jim Brogan (Celtic)
• Derek Ferguson and Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
• Gordon Marshall and Scott Marshall (Celtic)

Those who were teammates in the fixture include:

• Willie Maley and Tom Maley (Celtic)[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=80841 6-1 Vs Rangers, Glasgow Cup (27/10/1888)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124120/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php%3Fgameid%3D80841 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Rangers FitbaStats
• John McPherson and David McPherson (Rangers)[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php?gameid=77041 2-2 Vs Celtic, Scottish League (24/09/1892)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124118/http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php%3Fgameid%3D77041 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Rangers FitbaStats
• Andrew McCreadie and Hugh McCreadie (Rangers)[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php?gameid=77026 5-0 Vs Celtic, Scottish League (02/09/1893)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222122618/http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php%3Fgameid%3D77026 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Rangers FitbaStats
• Jimmy McStay and Willie McStay (Celtic)[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=76627 0-4 Vs Rangers in Scottish Cup (14/04/1928)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222122620/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php%3Fgameid%3D76627 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Celtic FitbaStats
• Frank O'Donnell and Hugh O'Donnell (Celtic)[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=76575 0-0 Vs Rangers in Scottish League (02/01/1933)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124121/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php%3Fgameid%3D76575 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Celtic FitbaStats
• Willie McStay and Paul McStay (Celtic, great-nephews of the earlier brothers)[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=75904 4-4 Vs Rangers in Scottish League (22/03/1986)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124119/http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php%3Fgameid%3D75904 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Celtic FitbaStats
• Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer (Rangers, twins)[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php?gameid=75607 0-1 Vs Celtic, Scottish Cup (07/03/2004)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222122619/http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/game.php%3Fgameid%3D75607 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Rangers FitbaStats

In the 1890s, Tom Dunbar spent a season with Rangers between two spells for Celtic, but he and his brother Mick (see above) never played against each other in the fixture. In the 1980s, the McAdam brothers played on opposite sides, and directly against one another, on several occasions: defender Tom for Celtic and forward Colin for Rangers.[https://beyondthelastman.com/2019/11/11/sibling-rivalry-the-mcadams-spanning-the-great-glasgow-divide/ Sibling Rivalry – The McAdams: Spanning The Great Glasgow Divide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511194432/https://beyondthelastman.com/2019/11/11/sibling-rivalry-the-mcadams-spanning-the-great-glasgow-divide/ |date=11 May 2020 }}, Beyond the Last Man, 11 November 2019

Father-and-son pairs who have been selected include:

• Sandy Clark and Nicky Clark (Rangers)
• Mike Conroy Sr. and Mike Conroy Jr. (Celtic)[http://www.celticfc.net/news/12903 Death of former Celt, Mike Conroy snr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222044951/http://www.celticfc.net/news/12903 |date=22 February 2020 }}, Celtic FC, 12 July 2017
• John Divers Sr. and John Divers Jr. (Celtic)
• Patsy Gallacher and Willie Gallacher (Celtic)
• Jimmy McMenemy and John McMenemy (Celtic)
• Jackie McNamara Sr. and Jackie McNamara Jr. (Celtic){{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/cup-stars-jackie-mcnamara-and-kevin-1025248 |title=Cup stars Jackie McNamara and Kevin Thomson stars trace their roots |first=Brian |last=McIver |newspaper=Daily Record |location=Glasgow |date=30 May 2009 |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210212525/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/cup-stars-jackie-mcnamara-and-kevin-1025248 |url-status=live }}
• Jimmy Parlane and Derek Parlane (Rangers)[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/interview-derek-parlane-from-skinny-rangers-boy-to-maine-man-at-man-city-1-4929852/amp Interview: Derek Parlane, from skinny Rangers boy to Maine man at Man City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110132837/https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/interview-derek-parlane-from-skinny-rangers-boy-to-maine-man-at-man-city-1-4929852/amp |date=10 November 2019 }}, The Scotsman, 18 May 2019
• Nicol Smith and Jimmy Smith (Rangers)

Jimmy Simpson was a Rangers captain in the 1930s, while his son Ronnie Simpson was Celtic's European Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1967.

As of end of the 2023–24 season.

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The stadium attendance records for Rangers' Ibrox (118,567, January 1939){{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-s-all-time-record-football-attendances-1-4450238|title=Scotland's all-time record football attendances|first=David|last=McLean|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=18 May 2017|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929155631/https://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-s-all-time-record-football-attendances-1-4450238|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url= http://www.rangers.co.uk/page/Ibrox/0,,5,00.html |title=A Stadium To Be Proud Of |work= Rangers.co.uk |publisher=Rangers F.C. |access-date=26 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111231015004/http://www.rangers.co.uk/page/Ibrox/0%2C%2C5%2C00.html |archive-date=31 December 2011 |url-status=dead}} and Celtic's Celtic Park (officially 83,500 but estimated at 92,000 with around 10,000 more locked out, January 1938){{cite news|title=Happy New Year for Celtic and Queens Park|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qz9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781%2C312161|access-date=26 November 2017|newspaper=The Glasgow Herald|date=3 January 1938|page=16|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215093441/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qz9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781%2C312161|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last=Hannan|first=Martin|title=Hail! Hail!: Classic Celtic Old Firm Clashes|year=2012|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKBefdszfwMC&q=celtic+92000+83500&pg=PT70|isbn=9781780577128|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512131351/https://books.google.com/books?id=MKBefdszfwMC&q=celtic+92000+83500&pg=PT70#v=snippet&q=celtic%2092000%2083500&f=false|url-status=live}} were both set at Old Firm matches; however while the Ibrox figure is the Rangers club record (and the record for any domestic league match in the United Kingdom), Celtic's biggest 'home' attendance was the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final with Leeds United, moved to the larger Hampden Park due to the anticipated interest: the crowd of 136,505 is a record for any match in European international club competitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/image_gallery.cfm?page=3089|title=Scotland: History Archives: Hampden Park|publisher=Scottish Football Association|access-date=26 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005170524/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/image_gallery.cfm?page=3089|archive-date=5 October 2012}}

Hampden, Scotland's national stadium and home of Queen's Park, is situated roughly an equal distance from Ibrox and Celtic Park in Glasgow. Due to the frequency of the two teams appearing in semi-finals and finals held there (often facing one another), its West and East stands are always allocated to the same club and are informally known as the Rangers end and Celtic end respectively.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/1990319.stm|title=Hampden enjoys the party|quote=Once inside, the disparity in terms of support was even more evident, with the Spanish followers occupying the whole of what is traditionally regarded as the Rangers end of the ground. Fans of Bayer filled less than half of the Celtic end, but they did not let that stop themselves being heard|first=Alasdair|last=Lamont|work=BBC Sport|date=15 May 2002|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=7 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007112955/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/1990319.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/236816/spence-on-saturday-hampden-park-is-a-relic-from-bygone-age/ |title=Spence on Saturday: Hampden Park is a relic from bygone age |quote=It is also incredibly galling to fans that the so-called national stadium should have two ends unofficially accepted by the governing bodies as the Celtic and Rangers ends. It's noticeable that both Glasgow clubs get these ends regardless of the opposition in any final. |first=Jim |last=Spence |work=The Courier |publisher=DC Thomson |date=16 April 2016 |access-date=26 November 2017 |archive-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910065538/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/236816/spence-on-saturday-hampden-park-is-a-relic-from-bygone-age/ |url-status=live }} That stadium, once the largest in the world, attracted the largest Old Firm attendance of all time with 132,870 at the 1969 Scottish Cup final (it is not the record for the competition, with 147,365 having attended the 1937 final which also featured Celtic, versus Aberdeen). The record Scottish League Cup final attendance (107,609; October 1965) was an Old Firm affair, although the tournament record was set in 1947 when Rangers overcame Hibernian in a semi-final before 123,830.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishleague.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4162|title=Hampden's 100,000+ Crowd Records|website=ScottishLeague|date=6 October 2013|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032704/http://www.scottishleague.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4162|url-status=live}}

The 1971 Ibrox disaster – in which 66 Rangers supporters died in a crush on an exterior stairway – occurred at the end of an Old Firm match, although the identity of the opposition was not a factor in the incident other than having drawn a large crowd of at least 75,000 to the event.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230503/The-Ibrox-Disaster-of-January-2-1971-which-claimed-66-lives-was-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen.html|title=The Ibrox Disaster of January 2, 1971 which claimed 66 lives was a tragedy waiting to happen|first=Roddy|last=Forsyth|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 December 2010|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030115250/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230503/The-Ibrox-Disaster-of-January-2-1971-which-claimed-66-lives-was-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen.html|url-status=live}}

Since redevelopments completed in the 1990s, all three venues are all-seater with much smaller capacities of between 50,000 and 60,000, meaning the above records may never be beaten – the attendance of 72,069 at 'old style' Hampden for the Old Firm 1989 Scottish Cup final{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19890522&id=izNAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3687,251027 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=22 May 1989 |page=22 |title=Tension and fear spoil show-piece |first=James |last=Traynor |access-date=28 October 2018 |archive-date=11 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211060301/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19890522&id=izNAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3687%2C251027 |url-status=live }} has become a landmark figure as no match in Scotland has come close to matching it since.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hearts-clash-celtic-scottish-footballs-13466380.amp |title=Hearts' clash with Celtic will boast Scottish football's biggest crowd in 29 years |work=Daily Record |date=24 October 2018 |author=Gavin Berry |access-date=28 October 2018 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071520/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hearts-clash-celtic-scottish-footballs-13466380.amp |url-status=live }}

When compared to other clubs in Scotland, the Old Firm maintain considerably higher attendances;{{cite web|url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attnsco.htm|title=Attendances – Scotland|work=european-football-statistics.co.uk|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-date=2 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902183835/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attnsco.htm|url-status=live}} Scottish football regularly posted Europe's best figures for per-capita match attendance in the 2020s, but roughly one third of this total was Rangers supporters, one third was Celtic supporters and the other third was divided between 40 clubs.[https://spfl.co.uk/news/spfl-once-again-tops-europes-match-attendance-ta SPFL once again tops Europe's Match Attendance Table] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617094647/https://spfl.co.uk/news/spfl-once-again-tops-europes-match-attendance-ta |date=17 June 2023 }}, Scottish Professional Football League, 13 February 2023 Celtic's recorded crowds tend to be higher than Rangers as their stadium holds approximately 9,000 more seats. Both clubs (among others) have been accused of inflating their attendance figures by counting all season ticket holders in the crowd when many have not actually attended the match in question, with the accurate figures reported to the police for crowd control being lower.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic--rangers-attendances-up-1767244|title=Celtic & Rangers attendances up to 20,000 per game lower than figures released to public, say police|work=Daily Record|date=16 March 2013|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903013531/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic--rangers-attendances-up-1767244|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/28/football-clubs-leagues-attendance-figures-arsenal-celtic-mls|title=Football clubs should stop exaggerating their attendance figures|work=The Guardian|author=Ian Thomson|date=28 September 2017|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903013540/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/28/football-clubs-leagues-attendance-figures-arsenal-celtic-mls|url-status=live}}

The average attendances of both Old Firm clubs are regularly within the top twenty across Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attneurclub.htm|title=Attendances|work=european-football-statistics.co.uk|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501232825/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attneurclub.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/incredible-numbers-behind-rangers-celtic-10477600|title=The incredible numbers behind Rangers and Celtic crowds this season|work=Daily Record|date=22 May 2017|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903045727/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/incredible-numbers-behind-rangers-celtic-10477600|url-status=live}} A study of stadium attendance figures from 2013 to 2018 by the CIES Football Observatory ranked Celtic at 16th in the world during that period and Rangers at 18th, even though Rangers had been playing at lower levels for three of those five seasons. Celtic's proportion of the distribution of spectators in Scotland was 36.5%, the highest of any club in the leagues examined, with Rangers' 27.4% placing them 8th overall for national audience share.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47929074|title=Celtic & Rangers among top 20 most watched clubs|work=BBC Sport|date=16 April 2019|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416130528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47929074|url-status=live}}

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The intensity of the rivalry is fuelled by the clubs' historical duopoly in Scottish football, with most meetings between them being pivotal in deciding the destiny of a championship or cup and anything but a title-winning season seen as a major disappointment, particularly as it would usually mean 'the enemy' has won the trophy.

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{{See also|List of Scottish football champions}}

Statistics show that Rangers and Celtic have been by far the most successful clubs involved in the Scottish Football League since its formation in 1890. The pair were the only participants in every edition of the competition until 2012, when Rangers were removed from the top tier for economic reasons; they returned for the 2016–17 season. Other clubs are unable to offer even an occasional challenge over a season due to the vast disparities in fanbases and financial power,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524041536/http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/2700/29/ Third among equals], When Saturday Comes, December 2002 (archive version, 2012)[https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rangers-celtics-dominance-can-ended-21694907 Rangers and Celtic's dominance can be ended insists Barnsley owner Conway as he targets buying Scottish club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516085408/https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rangers-celtics-dominance-can-ended-21694907 |date=16 May 2022 }}, Euan Robertson, 28 September 2021{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42141794 | title=Celtic: PSG average salary almost nine times that of Scottish champions | publisher=BBC Sport | date=27 November 2017 | access-date=27 November 2017 | archive-date=30 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130130709/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42141794 | url-status=live }} a gap which has widened since the 1990s with the majority of prize money on offer via TV deals and progress in European competitions flowing back to the Old Firm, who then re-invest and pull further ahead in a repeating cycle. In the early 2020s, despite their economic troubles over the previous decade, Rangers were able to re-establish themselves at close to the same level as Celtic and far ahead of the other clubs, who can only realistically aim to finish in the higher league positions to qualify for European competitions or win a knockout cup – which would usually involve beating at least one of the Glasgow giants.[https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2022/04/06/can-we-ever-imagine-a-scotland-without-the-old-firm/ Can we ever imagine a Scotland without the Old Firm?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207171141/https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2022/04/06/can-we-ever-imagine-a-scotland-without-the-old-firm/ |date=7 December 2023 }}, Gerry Hassan, Bella Caledonia, 6 April 2022 It has long been argued that this situation with its largely predictable and repetitive nature diminishes Scottish football as a commercial product and hampers the quality of players produced for the clubs and ultimately the Scotland national football team.[https://www.channel4.com/news/the-real-crisis-in-scottish-football The real crisis in Scottish football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512131331/https://www.channel4.com/news/the-real-crisis-in-scottish-football |date=12 May 2024 }}, Andrew McFadyen, Channel 4, 13 May 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/02/celtic-rangers-old-firm-intrigue-cant-mask-troubling-broader-picture-scotland-premiership Old Firm intrigue can’t mask deeply troubling broader picture in Scotland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512131350/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/02/celtic-rangers-old-firm-intrigue-cant-mask-troubling-broader-picture-scotland-premiership |date=12 May 2024 }}, Ewan Murray, the Guardian, 2 September 2022[https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/06/05/scottish-football-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Scottish Football: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612041018/https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/06/05/scottish-football-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ |date=12 June 2023 }}, Mike Small, Bella Caledonia, 5 June 2023

Of the 127 championships played, 109 (85.8%) have been won by one of the Old Firm with Rangers slightly ahead on 55 titles to Celtic's 54, and 19 between ten other clubs (including a shared title between Rangers and Dumbarton). Although there have been brief periods when silverware went elsewhere, there have also been long spells of domination by each Old Firm club; the Nine in a row championship record was first set by Celtic between 1966 and 1974, equalled by Rangers between 1989 and 1997, and again by Celtic between 2012 and 2020.

On just five occasions since 1891 have neither of the Glasgow giants been the league winner nor the runner-up. This includes 1964–65, the only season in which both Rangers and Celtic failed to finish in the top three places.[https://books.google.com/books?id=blr6AgAAQBAJ&dq=Old+firm+domination&pg=PA9 'Very Heaven'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061139/https://books.google.com/books?id=blr6AgAAQBAJ&dq=Old+firm+domination&pg=PA9 |date=12 May 2023 }} (page 9); David Ross, 2007; Lulu.com; {{ISBN|9781430317210}} The Old Firm have finished 1st and 2nd 53 times overall. Between the resurgence of Celtic in the mid-1990s and the liquidation of Rangers in 2012, '1–2' finishes were recorded in all but one of 17 SPL-era seasons, the exception being Hearts in 2005–06.[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jan/01/newsstory.hearts Rix has Hearts pumped for tilt at league leaders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512131315/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jan/01/newsstory.hearts |date=12 May 2024 }}, Patrick Glenn, The Guardian, 1 January 2006

The longest sequence without an Old Firm title is three years between 1983 and 1985,[https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/when-last-time-celtic-rangers-didnt-win-scottish-premiership/1707tvmawqsqf1648lj411s1ab When was the last time Celtic or Rangers didn’t win the Scottish Premiership?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622104605/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/when-last-time-celtic-rangers-didnt-win-scottish-premiership/1707tvmawqsqf1648lj411s1ab |date=22 June 2023 }} Ryan Kelly, Goal.com, 12 October 2018[https://www.glasgowworld.com/sport/football/celtic/rangers-v-celtic-who-was-the-last-non-old-firm-team-to-win-scottish-title-how-many-titles-have-they-won-4277630 Rangers v Celtic: who was the last non Old Firm team to win Scottish title? How many titles have they won?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922170735/https://www.glasgowworld.com/sport/football/celtic/rangers-v-celtic-who-was-the-last-non-old-firm-team-to-win-scottish-title-how-many-titles-have-they-won-4277630 |date=22 September 2023 }}, Toby Bryant, Glasgow World, 1 September 2023 while the longest unbroken run of championships between the two clubs began immediately afterwards and is ongoing: 38 seasons and counting since 1986 (overtaking a previous sequence of 27 years between 1905 and 1931).

As of end of the 2023–24 season. Runners-up in (parentheses)

• For the purpose of the calculation, the shared 1891 title is attributed to Rangers only here to prevent it being counted twice.

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{{See also|List of Scottish Cup finals}}

Although the initial Scottish Cup was played in 1874, 15 years before Celtic were formed, they have still won the competition more than any other club – 42 times, plus 18 runners-up – with Rangers on 34 (19 runners-up). Next in the winners list (other than Queen's Park whose wins were confined to the 19th century) are Hearts with 8 wins spread across 120 years. There have been 15 Old Firm finals, although never two in consecutive years, while there have been just 40 finals involving neither Rangers or Celtic, 17 of which were in the 19th century. After the 1928 final, there was no Old Firm meeting again for 28 editions until 1963, although an additional seven years had elapsed due to World War II when the cup was not contested.

The longest run of Old Firm wins is 11, between 1971 and 1981, while the longest sequence of other winners since Celtic's formation is 5, between 1955 and 1959. The longest run of Old Firm wins is 11 between 1971 and 1981.

Rangers' sudden removal from the upper echelons of the Scottish game in 2012 led to a more diverse list of finalists in both cups; the expected Celtic monopoly of all competitions did not occur in the knockout formats and there were several maiden trophy wins for clubs such as St Johnstone, Inverness CT and Ross County. However, after Hibernian broke a 114-year 'curse' in 2016, Celtic won the next four editions in succession, the longest winning sequence in the competition's long history.

As of end of the 2023–24 season. Runners-up in parentheses.

• Rangers wins: 1893–94, 1927–28, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1998–99, 2001–02
• Celtic wins: 1898–99, 1903–04, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2023–24
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|label1 = Rangers – 28

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|value3 = 36.7

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{{See also|List of Scottish League Cup finals}}

The Scottish League Cup has been contested 79 times since 1946–47. Rangers have been the most successful team in the competition with 28 wins in 38 finals, with Celtic second with 22 wins in 37 finals. 14 other clubs share 29 wins between them. 17 of its finals have been Old Firm occasions,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7943573.stm|title=BBC Sport looks at previous Old Firm finals|date=14 March 2009|access-date=10 January 2018|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321210816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7943573.stm|url-status=live}} while 21 featured neither of them.

The longest run of Old Firm wins is 8 between 1964 and 1971, while the longest run of other winners is 7 between 1950 and 1956.

As of end of the 2024–25 competition which concluded in December 2024. Runners-up in parentheses.

• Rangers wins: 1964–65, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1990–91, 2002–03, 2010–11
• Celtic wins: 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1982–83, 2008–09, 2019–20,{{cite web |last1=English |first1=Tom |title=Rangers 0–1 Celtic: Neil Lennon's side win fourth straight Scottish League Cup |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50672183 |publisher=BBC |access-date=8 December 2019 |date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208184527/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50672183 |url-status=live }} 2022–23,{{Cite news |last=Moffat |first=Colin |date=26 February 2023 |title=Viaplay Cup final: Rangers 1–2 Celtic – Kyogo double delivers the trophy for holders |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64688959 |access-date=27 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228233618/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64688959 |url-status=live }} 2024–25

The Rangers–Celtic rivalry in women's football has existed only in the 21st century, with Rangers W.F.C. having formed in 2008, one year after the Celtic F.C. Women. Fixtures between the teams generate additional media interest due to their association with the parent clubs, and are referred to as Old Firm matches as a result.{{cite web|url=http://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2009-2010/091102-02.htm|title=Celtic storm back to top|website=Women's Soccer Scene|date=2 November 2009|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151158/http://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2009-2010/091102-02.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17722676|title=Celtic women win Old Firm cup tie|work=BBC Sport|date=15 April 2012|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027192404/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17722676|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22834972|title=Rangers beat Celtic in a women's game for first time|work=BBC Sport|date=10 June 2013|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127231635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22834972|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43026233|title=SWPL: Celtic begin season with win over Rangers|work=BBC Sport|date=11 February 2018|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406110035/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43026233|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://rangers.co.uk/news/women/clark-relishing-old-firm-clash/|title=Clark Relishing Old Firm Clash|publisher=Rangers F.C.|date=1 June 2018|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151048/https://rangers.co.uk/news/women/clark-relishing-old-firm-clash/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://shekicks.net/2018/06/03/sbsswpl-rangers-women-win-old-firm-derby/|title=SWPL: Rangers Women win Old Firm derby|website=SheKicks|date=3 June 2018|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718222009/https://shekicks.net/2018/06/03/sbsswpl-rangers-women-win-old-firm-derby/|url-status=live}} On 13 April 2016, Celtic women's team played their first competitive match at Celtic Park, marking the occasion with a 5–1 victory over Rangers.{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/10340|publisher=Celtic F.C.|date=13 April 2016|access-date=3 September 2018|title=Derby delight for the Hoops in Paradise|archive-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715181316/http://www.celticfc.net/news/10340|url-status=live}} During the 2019 season, sisters Kodie and Brogan Hay played on opposite sides in the fixture.[https://celticfcwomen.celticfc.net/news/first-team/living-the-dream Living the dream] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222003101/https://celticfcwomen.celticfc.net/news/first-team/living-the-dream |date=22 February 2020 }}, Celtic FC, 18 April 2019[https://rangers.co.uk/news/women/we-have-a-point-to-prove/ We Have A Point To Prove] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029003556/https://rangers.co.uk/news/women/we-have-a-point-to-prove/ |date=29 October 2019 }}, Rangers FC, 26 October 2019

The dynamic of women's football in Scotland differs to the men's, with a third team in the city – Glasgow City F.C. – dominating the semi-professional Scottish Women's Premier League, winning 14 consecutive titles between 2008 and 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41960565|title=Glasgow City beat Hibs to wrap up 11th successive SWPL title|work=BBC Sport|date=12 November 2017|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215164454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41960565|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45465408 |title=Celtic 0-0 Rangers: Old Firm sides goalless in women's game |work=BBC Sport |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909214012/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45465408 |url-status=live }} In that period Rangers only finished above Celtic once (2014), while Celtic lifted a single trophy, the SWPL Cup in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/8679584.stm|title=Celtic secure women's League Cup|date=13 May 2010|access-date=4 June 2018|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417214507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/8679584.stm|url-status=live}} In 2019, both Celtic and Rangers stated they would be increasing their investment in women's football and offering professional contracts to players.{{cite news |title=Rangers Women: Gregory Vignal made head coach as club aim to add pro players |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48915801 |access-date=22 February 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710031929/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48915801 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Rangers Women's Programme Investment Increased|url=https://rangers.co.uk/news/club/rangers-womens-programme-investment-increased/|access-date=22 February 2020|publisher=Rangers F.C.|date=8 July 2019|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709224357/https://rangers.co.uk/news/club/rangers-womens-programme-investment-increased/|url-status=dead}}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51020785 Celtic women's team go professional with immediate effect] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222015828/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51020785 |date=22 February 2020 }}, BBC Sport, 7 January 2020{{cite web |title=Celtic Women turn professional for 2020 |url=https://celticfcwomen.celticfc.net/news/first-team/celtic-women-turn-professional-for-2020 |website=Celtic FC |date=7 January 2020 |access-date=22 February 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115003827/https://celticfcwomen.celticfc.net/news/first-team/celtic-women-turn-professional-for-2020 |url-status=live }} It was Rangers who made the breakthrough and won the SWPL title in 2021–22,[https://www.rangersnews.uk/club-news/rangers-end-14-years-of-glasgow-city-dominance-with-historic-swpl-title-win/ Rangers end 14 years of Glasgow City dominance with historic SWPL title win] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922111512/https://www.rangersnews.uk/club-news/rangers-end-14-years-of-glasgow-city-dominance-with-historic-swpl-title-win/ |date=22 September 2022 }}, Rangers News, 8 May 2022 whilst Celtic defeated Glasgow City to claim both the Scottish Women's Cup and SWPL Cup.{{cite news |last=Cuddihy |first=Paul |title=Silverware success as Celtic FC Women lift the SWPL Cup |url=https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/december/05/silverware-success-as-celtic-fc-women-lift-the-swpl-cup/ |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=Celtic F.C. |date=5 December 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205232509/https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/december/05/silverware-success-as-celtic-fc-women-lift-the-swpl-cup/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59542464|title=SWPL Cup: Celtic beat Glasgow City to win first silverware since 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=6 December 2021|date=5 December 2021|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205191929/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59542464|url-status=live}}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61627306 Depleted Celtic beat Glasgow City 3-2 to win Women's Scottish Cup], Andrew Southwick, BBC Sport, 29 May 2022 The following season began with Rangers claiming their first SWPL Cup{{cite web| url= https://www.skysports.com/football/news/36621/12763358/sky-sports-cup-final-rangers-2-0-hibernian-lizzie-arnot-scores-screamer-and-kirsty-howat-adds-second-to-seal-victory| title=Sky Sports Cup final - Rangers 2-0 Hibernian: Lizzie Arnot scores screamer and Kirsty Howat adds second to seal victory| date = 11 December 2022| website= Sky Sports| access-date= 14 October 2023}} and ended with crowds of over 10,000 at both Celtic Park and Ibrox watching the final league fixtures – in which Glasgow City fended off their increasingly well-funded rivals and regained the championship in dramatic circumstances{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/rangers-vs-glasgow-city-live-30035546|title=Rangers 0 Glasgow City 1 RECAP as Celtic denied SWFL title by last gasp Lauren Davidson goal|date=21 May 2023|website=Daily Record|access-date=14 October 2023}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65665847 | title=City clinch title with dramatic last-gasp winner | work=BBC Sport |author=Clive Lindsay|date=21 May 2023}} – quickly followed by another healthy attendance at Hampden in the first Old Firm cup final in the women's game (as well as the first to be held at the national stadium), with Celtic retaining the trophy.[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/28/scottish-womens-cup-final-celtic-rangers-hampden-park Celtic retain Scottish Women’s Cup at Hampden with victory over Rangers], The Guardian, 28 May 2023

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• {{cite book | last = Foer | first = Franklin | author-link = Franklin Foer | title = How Soccer Explains the World: an Unlikely Theory of Globalization | chapter = How Soccer Explains the Pornography of Sects | pages = [https://archive.org/details/howsoccerexplain0000foer/page/35 35–64] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2004 | location = New York | isbn = 0-06-621234-0 | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/howsoccerexplain0000foer/page/35 }}
• {{cite journal | last = McMenemy | first = David | author2 = Poulter, Alan | title = An Identity of Two-Halves? Celtic Supporters, Identity, and Scottish Society | journal = Irish Studies Review | volume = 13 | issue = 2 | pages = 139–150 | publisher = Routledge | date = 20 November 2006 | url = http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0967-0882&volume=13&issue=2&spage=139 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130111064544/http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0967-0882&volume=13&issue=2&spage=139 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 11 January 2013 | doi = 10.1080/09670880500060749 | s2cid = 142585452 }}
• {{cite book | last = Murray | first = William J. | title = The Old Firm: sectarianism, sport, and society in Scotland | publisher = J. Donald Publishers, Atlantic Highlands| year = 1984 | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 0-85976-121-5 }}
• {{cite book | last = Murray | first = William J. | title = Glasgow's giants: 100 years of the Old Firm | publisher = Mainstream | year = 1988 | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 1-85158-111-1 }}
• {{cite book | last = Murray | first = William J. | title = The Old Firm in the new age: Celtic and Rangers since the Souness revolution | publisher = Mainstream | year = 1998 | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 1-85158-984-8 }}
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062659/http://www.soccerbase.com/head2.sd?team2id=512&team1id=2104 Head-to-head results] Soccerbase
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD7fLvAvyKM Into the Fire], documentary from 1986 by STV
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZMT5gn6yk Pride and Prejudice], 1999 BBC Northern Ireland documentary
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxA5K4L45Sg Glasgow Colors], 2007 RTBF documentary
• [https://thesefootballtimes.co/2014/12/24/a-tale-of-one-city-glasgow/ A tale of one city: Glasgow] – These Football Times (2014)

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