Rangers Game Rangers Football Rangers Fc David Weir Old Firm Virgil Van Dijk Celtic Fc Media Specialist Photography Portfolio Might have got a booking for that 50 seconds in. And suddenly they're right back in this. They've done absolutely nothing out there. Rangers haven't really started yet. Alexander replaces him - and it's his debut. That was a good chance. As you'd expect really. Squad. That was a heavy tackle more than anything. More from Football. He's a quality player McGeady. Always a spicy affair, this Old Firm game looks like being a proper scorcher. Pie and Bovril 2016 . More goals I think. Plenty of pressure but no clear openings as yet. He's still putting his boot back on as the corner is taken. Keeping possession well, but then humping it forward to Hesselink quite a lot. That was quite late. McDonald scored two goals and made Celtic's other. Well. Headed clear in shaky fashion. Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, McGowan, Sno, Donati, Balde. Like Godzilla versus King Kong, that one. Not that you'd know it from the pre-match jousts between the two managers, which have been less like mind games, more like a cosy round of parlour dominoes. Right, time for some more football perhaps. Both teams are really flying into this. 51 mins: Some lovely play by Celtic in midfield. 2010/11 Rangers 2 Celtic 1 aet. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when th… Ha! Hassles McManus all the way to the corner flag but it's a goal kick. Hold up... Darcheville bustles through on the left ... and thrashes the ball miles over the bar. 31/08/2008 Celtic Park SPL4 2-4 - Samaras, Nakamura: Macedonia v Scotland 06/09/08 Skopje World Cup Qualifier 0-1 Stephen McManus, Gary Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley (off 65 mins), Barry Robson (off 76 mins) and Shaun Maloney (on 76 mins) played in this match. Pie and Bovril 2017 . . 90+4 mins: GOAL FOR CELTIC!!! Football Home. . Subs: Alexander, Boyd, Novo, Cousin, … All rights reserved. There's a bit of a whisper that Celtic should have had a free kick just before it, but just one of those things I think. 63 mins: It's all settled down a bit out there. Results. There's five extra minutes here. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. A deserved lead for the home team. 45 mins: McDonald has another dart down the channel and puts a cross over that drifts away from goal. He gets booed. Er, Martin Jol's just been snapped up. The ball trickles towards goal and McManus clear. Rangers v Celtic – 30th of September 2001 – 3-0. 46 mins: Novo fouls Robson ten seconds into the half. 87 mins: Samaras has a shot blocked by Dailly. It must be a real treat to be watching at a proper time for a match.". And now McGregor is coming off. 29 mins: Nakamura's kick cleared but comes back in and then played back around most of the Celtic team. Incredible scenes!!! Rangers kick us off and Papac immediately hoofs it forward. Nakamura takes it - headed just wide at the near post by McManus. 1 min: They're off!! Celtic Park Attendance: Attendance 58,595. 88 mins: Samaras and Ferguson have a little push and a shove over a bit of a dive by the Greek. 85 mins: Novo's corner falls to Ferguson 30 yards out who scuffs a shot wide. 49 mins: Lovely play by McGeady, skipping away from two in midfield and feeing Wilson who crosses. And now he's coming off, replaced by Cousin. Rangers not out of it though. Keep u p … When: Sunday 31st August 2008 – 12:30 (local time) Where: Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow. Rangers having a bit more of it. Credit to the boss for the change. Celtic 6, Rangers 2 (August 27, 2000) Henrik Larsson celebrates after scoring No.5 for Celtic (Image: PA) Martin O’Neill’s first Old Firm game as Celtic boss could not have gone better. The League Cup had been around for 12 years before the Old Firm were finally left as the last two standing – and it proved to be well worth the wait for the Parkhead faithful. And there's a little bit of nonsense between some of the payers but it's snuffed out quickly. Wed 16 Apr 2008 08.16 EDT McDonald takes a slightly hasty penalty, but it's brilliantly stopped by McGregor diving low to his left. 20 mins: GOAL FOR CELTIC!! That'll teach me. He's too slow to do much with it though. That ball bent through 90 degrees. Subs: Alexander, Boyd, Novo, Cousin, Naismith, Furman, McMillan. McGeady's back up on his feet. Plenty of others who might fancy it you'd imagine. Plenty of firepower knocking about on the bench too. Decent ball in. but if they get rid of him, who out there can Celtic realistically get, that can do as good a job as Strachan has done?". Wilson crosses ... and it's miles over the bar. Hope you enjoyed the commentary and thanks for your emails. 90 mins: A bit more vague pressure from Celtic but the ball runs out for a goal kick. Motherwell v Celtic – 13th of October 2001 – 2-1. Samaras flits about. Rangers free kick from the corner. … This week's featured match was a thrilling SPL encounter between Celtic and Rangers in October 2002. Not the most romantic description of a quest for four trophies, but you know what he means. What a way to go out. The big man there when it mattered... 90+5 mins: Incredible finish this. They haven't won five in a row since the 1960s. Celtic 3-2 Rangers. Rangers will not be broken down easily here. "I believe Celtic are as good as any team we have played in Europe this season, outwith Barcelona and Werder Bremen," gushed Walter Smith ahead of this one. Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville. All petering out a bit towards half time. And someone chucked a coin that hit the Rangers physio on the hand. Well maybe half time will have cleared all that up. In contrast to the first Old Firm game at Ibrox in September, in which Rangers coasted to a 3–0 win, this was a close game which finished 1–0 to Rangers, courtesy of a Kevin Thomson goal just before half-time. Here the PA news agency takes a look back at 10 of the most entertaining Old Firm head-to-heads: CELTIC 7 RANGERS 1, Scottish League Cup final – October 1957. Celtic v Rosenborg – 10th of October 2001 – European Cup – 1-0. Rangers crowned champions: Essential reading. Well, it was a shot. Celtic have let the temp drop here. They're bossing it there. Walter Smith has come down to the bench. Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor (Wilson 46), Nakamura, Hartley, Robson (Samaras 75), McGeady, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink. Really not looking like anyone's going to score here. Celtic v Dundee United – 20th of October 2001 – 5-1. Rangers are getting further up the field and closing Celtic down quicker. Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Hartley, Robson, McGeady, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink. . vs Rangers. And now McGregor is going off. Celtic v Rangers, Rangers v Celtic ; 2008 UEFA Cup Final tenth anniversary celebration thread IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . They're one point behind Rangers who have two games in hand. 41 mins: Looking at the goal again - it really was a sweet strike. Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville. 45+1 mins: Half time. 13 mins: McGeady to the byeline again - gets a cross in but Cuellar clears. 73 mins: Amazing stuff. Decent opening. 36 mins: McDonald skips away down the right and fires in a cross that the keeper claws away. But you'd think someone should have been closing him down. Relegation battle examined: Who will survive? 5 mins: Decent spell from Celtic. Ha! The last match was on August 31, 2008, when the Rangers defeated Celtic, 4-2. 68 mins: Maybe time for a change for Celtic. 76 mins: Celtic free kick loaded into the box. McCulloch that is. Walter's up on his feet punching the air. Wilson's on for Naylor for Celtic. You really couldn't see it coming. He's a pest down that flank. He's having a right tussle with Dailly. Brave stop at his feet. Done it again! 16 mins: George Templeton wonders: "I can understand why Celtic fans are unhappy with Gordon Strachan . That was a class finish. Brilliant strike. Fixtures. Hold on. RANGERS: McGregor (Alexander), Broadfoot (Novo), Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville (Cousin). Celtic v Rangers - 6th October 2002. Who: Celtic (1st – 7 points) V Rangers (2nd – 7 points). 46 mins: We're off again Novo's on for Broadfoot. JAN VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK v Rangers, April 16 2008 With 5 league games remaining for Celtic, Rangers held a four-point lead at the top of the table and had two extra games to play. Slung in by Caldwell, McDonald heads it back and Hesselink nods it in from three yards out. Maybe we'll see Freddie Mercury-Samaras. Teams. Paul Lambert's doing a good job at Wycombe... 17 mins: Nakamura's deep corner eventually cleared after a bit of a scrum in the box. They keep slinging it in towards big Jan but he's not won much. Cuellar doing some last ditch defending on the post. 2002/03 Rangers 2 Celtic 1. Celtic: Boruc; Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, … Celtic will be hoping to prevent Rangers from moving a step closer to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title when the Glasgow rivals meet at Celtic Park in the Old Firm derby. He's run at least 50 miles this evening. Celtic, you'd think, have got to throw the kitchen sink at it. 34 mins: Gary Naylor writes: "I thought these Old Firm games kicked off at Midday to avoid the thirstier members of the crowd becoming overly boisterous. You feel they've got to come back into this at some point. Rangers won't want that. Rangers have thus won 9 Scottish League Cup finals against the 5 of Celtic, but the eagle eyed among you will have spotted that every single one of Rangers 9 triumphs was by the odd goal! Closest thing to some drama we've had in the last ten minutes. Everybody looks very pumped up again out there. RANGERS. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 23 mins: More pressure from Celtic. Cleared by Davis tracking back in his own box after good work by Wilson. Goal kick. The season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. Rangers have at least ten games left to play this season. I'd fancy Ferguson if that one came to it. The two clubs meet four times a year and are frequently matched up against each other in … 90+2 mins: Hinkel forages down the left. Celtic back down the other end, McGeady crosses and Samaras puts a rubbish header wide. 39 mins: Celtic still having all of the ball. First published on Wed 16 Apr 2008 08.16 EDT. Preamble: Welcome to this evening's live coverage of a match that could effectively decide the SPL title. Ferguson to take it. Rangers best little spell so far. Rangers have yet to beat Celtic since returning to the Premiership and have had to endure some embarrassing results including their heaviest home defeat, a 5-1 loss at Ibrox in April 2017, and most recently a 4-0 defeat in the Scottish Cup semi-final and a 5-0 defeat in the League at the end of the 2017/2018 at Celtic Park. They're going to have to attack. Blimey what a carry on. Well worth their lead right now. 37 mins: Lot of vague kind of pressure from Celtic. Oooh... Hinkel in down the right, back to Robson, his shot is blocked by Weir. The place is rocking. Good shielding by Papac. 44 mins: Close one - Darcheville hares through on goal, takes the ball wide of the keeper and swings a mighty leg at the ball - and his boot flies off!! Scottish Premiership. Tune into the SPFL YouTube channel on Saturday at midday for a classic meeting at Parkhead! Stats. Big old crowd in. Pie and Bovril 2019 (Default) Pie and Bovril 2019 (Bigger Font) Divs Favourite . Re Gordon Strachan, Alec McAulay writes: "Celtic might actually do OK with a continental manager. Not that he would have saved it anyway. Rangers have won the last four of these. Can anyone stop the blue machine with it's all-conquering 4-5-1? 81 mins: Celtic corner. By Clive Lindsay. You don't get many draws in these games... 60 mins: That Novo goal was really clinical. It really was quite a strike. Not what you'd expect, perhaps. Not that many chances. He looks a bit hurt too. Kenny Miller came back to haunt his old club Celtic, scoring twice to help Rangers to a thumping 4-2 win at Parkhead. Hopefully we'll get a little more from them... 55 mins: GOAL FOR RANGERS!!! 7 mins: McGeady has had a couple of decent runs at Whittaker. Celtic free kick on the left, sent into the box again by Nakamura and McCulloch heads behind. What a screamer! End to end stuff, kind of. For a start, I got married on the 30 th August 2008. 58 mins: McGregor seems to have hurt his ankle diving to save from McDonald. The Rudi Vata Story . But settled into a pattern of Rangers keeping men behind the ball and then breaking. Subs: Mark Brown, McGowan, Sno, Samaras, Donati, Balde, Wilson. Not very nice. Andrew McDonald Exum notes: "Just prior to the goal, the announcer on Radio Scotland remarked on the "constipation in the Ranger ranks." Hesselink booked for a really rubbish lunging foul from behind on Whittaker. It's all a bit huff and puff. More sustained pressure. Still very loud though. They look really pumped up after that goal. As I’m not completely daft, I married into a Rangers supporting family. Might have even been a cheeky shot. 3 mins: First corner won by Darcheville on the right. Let's hope so. The 2008–09 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Celtic. Rangers inflicted the first Old Firm derby blow in a historic Scottish Premiership campaign - and moved four points clear at the top - with a dominant 2-0 win at Celtic Park. Transfers. Nakamura picks it up 30 yards out skips forward and hits a great curling shot into the top right hand corner. Novo slots it beautifully past Boruc's right hand, taking on a bouncing ball and just drilling it. Wilder set to leave Sheff Utd after weeks of disagreements, North London derby lowdown: Dilemmas, priorities, predictions, Mercedes make tough start with Red Bull, McLaren fastest, Solskjaer: Lingard loan was a 'no-brainer', 'The grass is not good' - Pep's Etihad pitch concerns, PL predictions: Back Arsenal to see red in NLD. The keeper seemed to think it was curling the other way. Wonder how long before he's off to the Premier League. Nice ball in from Hinkel. Scottish Premiership. Good spell this. The Tennants Super is going down very nicely. First shot on target, I think. Big blow in the title race. 28 mins: Another Celtic corner won by McGeady. It's all very rushed. 83 mins: Darcheville wins a corner after another lung-busting dash. McGeady curls the rebound well over. They can't keep the ball. There are a few reasons I remember the end of August and this particular Old Firm game. At the end of the first season Dumbarton and Rangers finished level on points at the top of the table. 2008/09 Celtic 2 Rangers 0 aet. They'll probably be hoping to get a few things settled here then. Hesselink heads just wide from the edge of the six yard box. Celtic have faded badly in the last 15 minutes here. Celtic look slightly taller. Rangers: McGregor; Whittaker, Broadfoot, Weir, Papac; Davis, Mendes, Ferguson, Adam; Boyd, Miller. Celtic v … They're very durable and well organised even with ten. Novo's playing on the left, up against Wilson as it happens. Fair question. Darcheville wins a throw which is eventually crossed in by Papac and cleared under pressure. ends with McDonald shooting well over. Glasgow Celtic v Glasgow Rangers - Scottish Premier League - Celtic Park 16th April 2008 KO 8PM (live on Setanta) Glasgow Celtic (2nd SPL) Played 32 with 71 points It seems very simple for Celtic and that is that they must win this game to keep any faint chance of the SPL title alive. 79 mins: All Celtic right now. 31 mins: Broadfoot booked for a lunge on McGeady. An amazing end to a tense game - and one that saves Celtic's season at least for another couple of weeks or so. Celtic playing it about at the back. Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008–09 season. The teams are in the tunnel. Boruc catches and hurls out to McGeady, who feeds the marauding McDonald. Celtic And he's injured too. 'GET INTAE THEM' Celtic vs Rangers: Kieran Tierney shares throwback picture as he backs Hoops Celtic v Kilmarnock – 27th of October 2001 – 1-0. That Celtic left flank is where all the action is so far. 53 mins: Have to say on this you really wouldn't guess Rangers were up for four trophies. If Rangers win tonight they will be seven points clear of Celtic with two games in hand.

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