| Old Firm 17:42 - Jan 2 with 2548 views | AG26 |
I know it's one of the biggest derbies in world football but I struggle to get up for it when they play each other every two seconds. Boring! |  | | |  |
| Old Firm on 17:43 - Jan 2 with 2525 views | Illinoisblue |
Bigger problem is lack of away fans. The atmosphere was the main reason for watching. |  |
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| Old Firm on 18:36 - Jan 2 with 2364 views | ringwoodblue |
Celtic and Rangers play in their own mini-league of two and the rest fight it out for third. |  |
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| Old Firm on 19:57 - Jan 2 with 2107 views | gtsb1966 |
Apparently only 3 Scottish players were in the 22 that started the game. |  | | |
| Old Firm on 20:38 - Jan 2 with 2018 views | Stenvict |
| Old Firm on 17:43 - Jan 2 by Illinoisblue |
Bigger problem is lack of away fans. The atmosphere was the main reason for watching. |
Today was the last time without away fans, apparently | |
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| Old Firm on 20:44 - Jan 2 with 1988 views | Zx1988 |
Aberdeen's drop-off has been quite spectacular.
Matching Celtic blow-for-blow for a good chunk of the first part of the season, until early November. Three points from the following nine games, and now down to fourth, sixteen points behind Celtic. | |
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| Old Firm on 21:36 - Jan 2 with 1831 views | MattinLondon |
| Old Firm on 19:57 - Jan 2 by gtsb1966 |
Apparently only 3 Scottish players were in the 22 that started the game. |
Probably in keeping with a lot of high-profile derbies in the PL in terms of English players. |  | | |
| Old Firm on 21:52 - Jan 2 with 1782 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Old Firm on 21:36 - Jan 2 by MattinLondon |
Probably in keeping with a lot of high-profile derbies in the PL in terms of English players. |
Yep. Just a Quick Look at Spurs v Arsenal from earlier in the season; between them they only had Maddison, Saka and Ben White starting. Probably fairly normal. |  |
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| Old Firm on 22:16 - Jan 2 with 1725 views | FifeITFC |
| Old Firm on 20:38 - Jan 2 by Stenvict |
Today was the last time without away fans, apparently |
I don't think they'll ever return to the old allocations for away fans like they used to. It will only be a token allocation, not like the old 8,000 or so they used to offer. |  |
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| Old Firm on 23:16 - Jan 2 with 1593 views | WeWereZombies |
Well Celtic are sitting in the Champions League a place above Manchester City if you need a benchmark... |  |
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| Old Firm on 15:48 - Jan 4 with 1177 views | MattinLondon |
If both clubs were parachuted into the PL then both will face the real prospect of relegation. However given time, Celtic will blow most teams out of the water in terms of finances - they have a massive fan base and will appeal to the big hitters in the USA. | | | |
| Old Firm on 16:23 - Jan 4 with 1121 views | DJR |
| Old Firm on 15:48 - Jan 4 by MattinLondon |
If both clubs were parachuted into the PL then both will face the real prospect of relegation. However given time, Celtic will blow most teams out of the water in terms of finances - they have a massive fan base and will appeal to the big hitters in the USA. |
I am not sure there is much in it when it comes to the fan base given, according to estimates, Celtic took 80,000 supporters to the UEFA Cup final in Seville, and Rangers took 100,000 to their UEFA Cup final there.
And there were 150,000-200,000 Rangers fans at the final in Manchester, including the taxi driver who took us to the station in Liverpool a couple of months ago.
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| Old Firm on 16:28 - Jan 4 with 1090 views | DJR |
| Old Firm on 23:16 - Jan 2 by WeWereZombies |
Well Celtic are sitting in the Champions League a place above Manchester City if you need a benchmark... |
Celtic (once) and Rangers (twice) have also reached the UEFA Cup/Europa League final this century.
That's without the finances and competition of the Premier League. | | | |
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