12:30pm, Sunday 31st August 2008. That Celtic left flank is where all the action is so far. Kenny Miller came back to haunt his old club Celtic, scoring twice to help Rangers to a thumping 4-2 win at Parkhead. Stats. Terry Butcher and Craig Burley don't seem to think so. Let's hope so. Not what you'd expect, perhaps. . Cuellar doing some last ditch defending on the post. And now he's coming off, replaced by Cousin. 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. Pie and Bovril 2017 . Scottish Premiership. Maybe two up front for Rangers now. 58 mins: McGregor seems to have hurt his ankle diving to save from McDonald. They're going to have to attack. Maybe we'll see Freddie Mercury-Samaras. They're one point behind Rangers who have two games in hand. Subs: Alexander, Boyd, Novo, Cousin, Naismith, Furman, McMillan. On This Day: Celtic 2 v 4 Rangers, 31st August 2008; Marriage, Misfortune and Miller’s Old Firm Return. Headed clear in shaky fashion. 16 mins: George Templeton wonders: "I can understand why Celtic fans are unhappy with Gordon Strachan . 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. 90+2 mins: Hinkel forages down the left. Done it again! They're bossing it there. 29 mins: Nakamura's kick cleared but comes back in and then played back around most of the Celtic team. McGeady curls the rebound well over. Burley thinks it's all down to Walter Smith "patching his side up better" in the last year or so. 39 mins: Celtic still having all of the ball. Wonder how long before he's off to the Premier League. Really not looking like anyone's going to score here. 36 mins: McDonald skips away down the right and fires in a cross that the keeper claws away. Er, Martin Jol's just been snapped up. Hope you enjoyed the commentary and thanks for your emails. Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville. Celtic have gone to three in attack. 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. Good shielding by Papac. Right, time for some more football perhaps. 47 mins: Rangers free kick slung into the box by Davis. Everybody looks very pumped up again out there. 90+5 mins: FULL TIME!! Celtic playing it about at the back. 63 mins: It's all settled down a bit out there. 23 mins: More pressure from Celtic. Not the most romantic description of a quest for four trophies, but you know what he means. 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. Big old crowd in. Brilliant strike. 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. 65 mins: Cuellar gives the ball away to Hesselink and then snaps back at him with a heavy tackle. The Rudi Vata Story . Rangers kick us off and Papac immediately hoofs it forward. Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Hartley, Robson, McGeady, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink. You don't get many draws in these games... 60 mins: That Novo goal was really clinical. McDonald scored two goals and made Celtic's other. But you'd think someone should have been closing him down. Incredible scenes!!! Well, it was a shot. Might have even been a cheeky shot. Hopefully we'll get a little more from them... 55 mins: GOAL FOR RANGERS!!! 2002/03 Rangers 2 Celtic 1. Celtic v Kilmarnock – 27th of October 2001 – 1-0. 87 mins: Samaras has a shot blocked by Dailly. Keeping possession well, but then humping it forward to Hesselink quite a lot. And now McGregor is going off. Celtic, you'd think, have got to throw the kitchen sink at it. That ball bent through 90 degrees. 26 mins: Broadfoot goes off on one of those long-legged raids down the right. "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. 2008/09 Celtic 2 Rangers 0 aet. The ball bounces and Dailly heads it wide. And someone chucked a coin that hit the Rangers physio on the hand. Slung in by Caldwell, McDonald heads it back and Hesselink nods it in from three yards out. For a start, I got married on the 30 th August 2008. All rights reserved. 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. That was a class finish. 83 mins: Darcheville wins a corner after another lung-busting dash. 3 mins: First corner won by Darcheville on the right. Nakamura takes it - headed just wide at the near post by McManus. Rangers having a bit more of it. Still very loud though. Wilson crosses ... and it's miles over the bar. It must be a real treat to be watching at a proper time for a match.". The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis. Brave stop at his feet. Rangers will not be broken down easily here. Celtic have faded badly in the last 15 minutes here. Nakamura picks it up 30 yards out skips forward and hits a great curling shot into the top right hand corner. You feel they've got to come back into this at some point. McGeady's back up on his feet. Subs: Alexander, Boyd, Novo, Cousin, … 28 mins: Another Celtic corner won by McGeady. Well worth their lead right now. 79 mins: All Celtic right now. Rangers Game Rangers Football Rangers Fc David Weir Old Firm Virgil Van Dijk Celtic Fc Media Specialist Photography Portfolio 76 mins: Celtic free kick loaded into the box. McGeady looks up for it. Fixtures. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. McCulloch that is. vs Rangers. He gets booed. The ball trickles towards goal and McManus clear. Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor (Wilson 46), Nakamura, Hartley, Robson (Samaras 75), McGeady, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink. Blimey what a carry on. What a way to go out. Roar from the home crowd. 7 mins: McGeady has had a couple of decent runs at Whittaker. Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, McGowan, Sno, Donati, Balde. Goal kick. April 27, 2008 Celtic 3 Rangers 2 It was the year Rangers collapsed under the weight of their own ambition. That was a good chance. Celtic Park Attendance: Attendance 58,595. 51 mins: Some lovely play by Celtic in midfield. If Rangers win tonight they will be seven points clear of Celtic with two games in hand. 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! . Well maybe half time will have cleared all that up. 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?". Darcheville wins a throw which is eventually crossed in by Papac and cleared under pressure. 2010/11 Rangers 2 Celtic 1 aet. He's a quality player McGeady. Celtic v Rangers - 6th October 2002. 73 mins: Amazing stuff. More goals I think. 85 mins: Novo's corner falls to Ferguson 30 yards out who scuffs a shot wide. Celtic v Rangers Head-to-Head Record. Celtic back down the other end, McGeady crosses and Samaras puts a rubbish header wide. End to end stuff, kind of. Results. Not that many chances. Plenty of pressure but no clear openings as yet. Pie and Bovril 2016 . When: Sunday 31st August 2008 – 12:30 (local time) Where: Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow. Always a spicy affair, this Old Firm game looks like being a proper scorcher. 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. That'll teach me. 'GET INTAE THEM' Celtic vs Rangers: Kieran Tierney shares throwback picture as he backs Hoops 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. Not that he would have saved it anyway. He looks a bit hurt too. Decent ball in. Rangers crowned champions: Essential reading. Subs: Mark Brown, McGowan, Sno, Samaras, Donati, Balde, Wilson. Squad. More from Football. Rangers secure back-to-back home wins over Celtic for the first time in seven years with a determined display against the Scottish champions. Who: Celtic (1st – 7 points) V Rangers (2nd – 7 points). Novo slots it beautifully past Boruc's right hand, taking on a bouncing ball and just drilling it. Samaras showing his Man City form there. That's all from me for now. Celtic v Rosenborg – 10th of October 2001 – European Cup – 1-0. Ha! They're very durable and well organised even with ten. Rangers haven't really started yet. The SFL was established in 1890, initially as an amateur league until professionalism in Scottish football was legalised in 1893. It's all very rushed. 81 mins: Celtic corner. 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. 37 mins: Lot of vague kind of pressure from Celtic. Relegation battle examined: Who will survive? And there's a little bit of nonsense between some of the payers but it's snuffed out quickly. 53 mins: Have to say on this you really wouldn't guess Rangers were up for four trophies. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when th… But settled into a pattern of Rangers keeping men behind the ball and then breaking. 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. Plenty of firepower knocking about on the bench too. He's staying on. At the end of the first season Dumbarton and Rangers finished level on points at the top of the table. Celtic kept in close touch with Rangers until the 2nd Old Firm derby on 31 March 2008 at Ibrox. Celtic 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. Hesselink heads just wide from the edge of the six yard box. Scottish Premiership. Nice ball in from Hinkel. Wed 16 Apr 2008 08.16 EDT The last match was on August 31, 2008, when the Rangers defeated Celtic, 4-2. But expect a little less backslapping on the pitch. Scottish Premiership. Rangers: McGregor, Broadfoot, Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville. 75 mins: Samaras on for Robson. Motherwell v Celtic – 13th of October 2001 – 2-1. The place is rocking. They've got one up front. Fair question. Celtic 3-2 Rangers. Rangers free kick from the corner. Like Godzilla versus King Kong, that one. First shot on target, I think. What a screamer! 46 mins: Novo fouls Robson ten seconds into the half. RANGERS. RANGERS: McGregor (Alexander), Broadfoot (Novo), Cuellar, Weir, Papac, Dailly, Whittaker, Ferguson, Davis, McCulloch, Darcheville (Cousin). He's run at least 50 miles this evening. McDonald takes a slightly hasty penalty, but it's brilliantly stopped by McGregor diving low to his left. Rangers are getting further up the field and closing Celtic down quicker. 46 mins: We're off again Novo's on for Broadfoot. ends with McDonald shooting well over. Decent opening. 49 mins: Lovely play by McGeady, skipping away from two in midfield and feeing Wilson who crosses. 14 mins: Hartley booked for a lunge on McCulloch. Walter's up on his feet punching the air. 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. Celtic look slightly taller. 70 mins: PENALTY MISSED BY CELTIC!!! Samaras flits about. There's five extra minutes here. Boruc catches and hurls out to McGeady, who feeds the marauding McDonald. Over to you Gordon. An amazing end to a tense game - and one that saves Celtic's season at least for another couple of weeks or so. Oooh... Hinkel in down the right, back to Robson, his shot is blocked by Weir. Rangers best little spell so far. Their explanation would certainly explain Rangers' performance thus far.". And suddenly they're right back in this. That was quite late. Alexander replaces him - and it's his debut. As you'd expect really. Walter's done it. 68 mins: Maybe time for a change for Celtic. Transfers. Back to defence against attack. Wins a throw which is headed on by Hesselink and almost drops to Nakamura. 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 not out of it though. 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 keep slinging it in towards big Jan but he's not won much. He's limping about looking knackered. The Tennants Super is going down very nicely. This week's featured match was a thrilling SPL encounter between Celtic and Rangers in October 2002. Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008–09 season. Walter Smith will surely change something at half time. Rangers: McGregor; Whittaker, Broadfoot, Weir, Papac; Davis, Mendes, Ferguson, Adam; Boyd, Miller. He's having a right tussle with Dailly. Closest thing to some drama we've had in the last ten minutes. They haven't won five in a row since the 1960s. The two clubs meet four times a year and are frequently matched up against each other in … 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. And he's injured too. Teams. 9 mins: All a little bitty out there. They'll probably be hoping to get a few things settled here then. Eventually booted clear by Ferguson. 45 mins: McDonald has another dart down the channel and puts a cross over that drifts away from goal. 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!! Maybe the boys at Radio Scotland know something I don't. More sustained pressure. Not very nice. Plenty of others who might fancy it you'd imagine. A deserved lead for the home team. 13 mins: McGeady to the byeline again - gets a cross in but Cuellar clears. Celtic: Boruc; Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, … Some partners do not ask for your consent to process your data, instead, they rely on their legitimate business interest. . Credit to the boss for the change. Good spell this. All petering out a bit towards half time. The 2008–09 season was the 120th season of competitive football by Celtic. Yes thanks Gary. He's still putting his boot back on as the corner is taken. That was a heavy tackle more than anything. 31 mins: Broadfoot booked for a lunge on McGeady. Wilson's on for Naylor for Celtic. 20 mins: GOAL FOR CELTIC!! They can't keep the ball. Celtic v Rangers, Rangers v Celtic ; 2008 UEFA Cup Final tenth anniversary celebration thread IPS Theme by IPSFocus; Theme . Big blow in the title race. First published on Wed 16 Apr 2008 08.16 EDT. He's too slow to do much with it though. Rangers have at least ten games left to play this season. The keeper seemed to think it was curling the other way. Hassles McManus all the way to the corner flag but it's a goal kick. They look really pumped up after that goal. Novo's playing on the left, up against Wilson as it happens. Hesselink booked for a really rubbish lunging foul from behind on Whittaker. Celtic free kick on the left, sent into the box again by Nakamura and McCulloch heads behind. The big man there when it mattered... 90+5 mins: Incredible finish this. It really was quite a strike. 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. Well. De Scottish League Cup is een voetbalbekertoernooi voor alle clubs uit de Football League.De beker draagt de naam Scottish Betfred Cup door een sponsordeal met bookmaker Betfred.Net als in de Scottish Cup wordt er gewerkt volgens een knock-outsysteem, alhoewel er in het begin kleine groepsfases waren zoals in de UEFA Europa League.Het toernooi werd in 1947 voor het eerst gehouden. Bit of alack of cutting edge. Football Home. A complete record of competitive matches played … Celtic v … Celtic have let the temp drop here. 33 mins: McGregor's long punt causes a bit of a hoo-haa in the Celtic box. Andrew McDonald Exum notes: "Just prior to the goal, the announcer on Radio Scotland remarked on the "constipation in the Ranger ranks." Hold on. They've done absolutely nothing out there. Re Gordon Strachan, Alec McAulay writes: "Celtic might actually do OK with a continental manager. 1 min: They're off!! Can anyone stop the blue machine with it's all-conquering 4-5-1? 90 mins: A bit more vague pressure from Celtic but the ball runs out for a goal kick. The teams are in the tunnel. "Hands up, Rangers are at the top of the league and their consistency has been first-class," countered Gordon Strachan, fluttering his eyelids and giving a coy little smile. Darcheville is going to have to do a lot of running... 11 mins: Good chance for Hesselink one on one with the keeper after Nakamura's great pass. Rangers won't want that. Preamble: Welcome to this evening's live coverage of a match that could effectively decide the SPL title. Celtic v Dundee United – 20th of October 2001 – 5-1. You really couldn't see it coming. … Pie and Bovril 2019 (Default) Pie and Bovril 2019 (Bigger Font) Divs Favourite . There are a few reasons I remember the end of August and this particular Old Firm game. Shot by Nakamura handled on the line by Cuellar - who is SENT OFF. Cleared by Davis tracking back in his own box after good work by Wilson. By Clive Lindsay. Tune into the SPFL YouTube channel on Saturday at midday for a classic meeting at Parkhead! 5 mins: Decent spell from Celtic. 19 mins: Three Celtic corners in a row - one of them almost nodded in by Caldwell. 41 mins: Looking at the goal again - it really was a sweet strike. Ha! No, he's sitting there trying to make his mind up. 90+4 mins: GOAL FOR CELTIC!!! As I’m not completely daft, I married into a Rangers supporting family. Hold up... Darcheville bustles through on the left ... and thrashes the ball miles over the bar. Rangers have won the last four of these. 88 mins: Samaras and Ferguson have a little push and a shove over a bit of a dive by the Greek. It's all a bit huff and puff. Celtic vs Rangers. Even Dr Jo wasn't too bad ...". Both teams are really flying into this. And now McGregor is coming off. Walter Smith has come down to the bench. We and our partners process personal data such as IP Address, Unique ID, browsing data for: Use precise geolocation data | Actively scan device characteristics for identification.. I'd fancy Ferguson if that one came to it. Might have got a booking for that 50 seconds in. First for a while. 45+1 mins: Half time. Ferguson to take it. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Alexander makes a good catch for his first touch. He's a pest down that flank. Hefty shoulder charge by Robson on Dailly. Keep u p … Rangers v Celtic – 30th of September 2001 – 3-0.