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The stadium attendance records for Rangers' Ibrox (118,567, January 1939) [224] [225] and Celtic's Celtic Park (officially 83,500 but estimated at 92,000 with around 10,000 more locked out, January 1938) [226] [227] were both set at Old Firm matches; however while the Ibrox figure is the Rangers club record (and the record for any domestic ...
Rangers went down to nine men in the second half when Butcher was sent off for a foul on Celtic's Allen McKnight. [4] Despite their disadvantage, Rangers rallied and pulled a goal back through Ally McCoist. [2] [5] An unlikely comeback was completed by Rangers when Richard Gough equalised in the final minute.
Sectarianism in Glasgow is particularly visible in the rivalry between the supporters of Glasgow's two main football clubs, Celtic and Rangers, together known as the Old Firm. One study showed that 74% of Celtic supporters identify themselves as Catholic, whereas only 10% identify as Protestant; for Rangers fans, the figures are 2% and 65% ...
The association's most prominent role is the administration of the Glasgow Cup, a tournament for clubs in the city first contested in 1888, which was once a coveted prize but diminished in importance during the 20th century as national and continental football became more popular; from the 1990s it was contested between the member clubs' youth ...
In the League Cup semi-final Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time with a long range Bert Konterman goal proving to be the winner. They would then go on to win the competition with a 4–0 win over Ayr United in the final. In the Scottish Cup Rangers against faced Celtic, this time in the final.
The 1999 Scottish Cup Final was played on 29 May 1999, at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 114th Scottish Cup.Celtic and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 1–0, thanks to Rod Wallace's 48th-minute goal where he shot left footed into the corner of the goal when the ball broke to him in the box four yards out.
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The Aberdeen–Rangers rivalry refers to football matches and related activity involving the Scottish football clubs Aberdeen and Rangers.. Unlike Rangers' Old Firm rivalry with Glasgow neighbours Celtic dating back to the 1900s, the feud with Aberdeen is a comparatively modern phenomenon which developed from the 1970s on a competitive sporting basis but escalated into hostility on the pitch ...