Top 10 Old Firm Games


With the last old firm game of the season now over, I'm going to take a look back at previous old firm games which can be considered memorable.


It all began in 1888 where these two clubs met and became instant rivals. Back then they were known as Celtic and Rangers and together they became known as The Old Firm.


They are Glasgow's Giants with each team winning the Scottish Premier League 96 times. No other team in Scotland has had the privilege of winning the SPL. 


Now over the years there has been many memorable games, however, in this blog I'm going to talk about the top 10 most talked about old firm games. 


1. CELTIC 7 RANGERS 1, 1957 LEAGUE CUP FINAL- It was a sunny day at Hampden park, Rangers were champions however it didn't take long for Celtic to change this with a memorable 7-1 win. It was such a good occasion that a song was made to remember it. 


2. CELTIC 4 RANGERS 0, 1969 SCOTTISH CUP FINAL- A crowd of 137,870 watched Celtic claim the last cup of the Scottish Treble. This was the year where they reached their second European cup final. Not only this but they also had the pleasure of beating Sir Alex Ferguson who played up front for Rangers in this game.


3. CELTIC 5 RANGERS 1, 1965/66- This was a special day as this was the first of nine successful titles won by the legendary Jock Stein. 


4. RANGERS 3 CELTIC 2, 1973 SCOTTISH CUP FINAL- A crowd of 122,714 watched on as Rangers thrashed Celtic and took the cup back home to Ibrox, it was the first cup win in over 7 years. 


5. RANGERS 5 CELTIC 1, 1988/89- This was Rangers biggest old firm win in over 28 years with goals from the manager of Rangers today Ally McCoist. This began the nine straight cup wins from Rangers.


6. CELTIC 5 RANGERS 1, 1998/99- Even though they had won the previous year's SPL to end Rangers 9 year straight win, they again lost the title the next year but not without dominating Rangers in the very last old firm game of the season.


7. CELTIC 0 RANGERS 3, 1998/99- This was a huge day for Rangers fans everywhere when they managed to win the title at Parkhead, however they game didn't go smoothly when the referee was hit on the head by a coin. 


8. CELTIC 6 RANGERS 2, 2000/01- It was a breath of fresh air when Martin O'Neill came to Celtic as he went on to be one of the greatest managers to ever be at the club. This game led to them winning the treble in his very first season. 


9. RANGERS 5 CELTIC 1, 2000/01- A couple of months after being beaten 6-2 by Celtic, Rangers came back for revenge and ended up beating Celtic 5-1. Despite Celtic still winning the league that year, Rangers fans everywhere remembered this day.


10. RANGERS 3 CELTIC 2, 2002 SCOTTISH CUP FINAL- Even though Celtic had won the previous two games, Rangers under manager Alex McLeish ended the season on a high.


So there you have it, the top 10 old firm games according to TalkSport. Despite these games being classed the best all fans of the old firm know that each game is memorable in it's own way. 


To watch clips from all of these games go to 


http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/top-ten/2011-04-23/rangers-v-celtic-10-best-old-firm-games