{"id":1725,"date":"2020-03-15T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T10:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2020-10-31T18:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T18:47:52","slug":"history-of-old-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/history-of-old-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Old Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Old Firm<\/strong> is the name for a football match between <strong>Celtic<\/strong> and <strong>Rangers<\/strong>, Scotland&#8217;s strongest football clubs, both coming from <strong>Glasgow<\/strong>. Their first match was in 1888. Reporters at the time described the match as &#8220;hard to believe that they were actually old friendly rivals.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2968770925364851\" data-ad-slot=\"9375035171\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Both clubs are by far the most successful in <strong>Scotland<\/strong>, sharing 63 Scottish Cups and 91 Scottish League Cup titles. Their dominance was briefly interrupted, because of the creation of a &#8220;<strong>New Firm<\/strong>&#8221; between <strong>Aberdeen<\/strong> and <strong>Dundee United<\/strong> in the first half of the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1995 to 2006, the <strong>Rangers<\/strong> and <strong>Celtic<\/strong> &#8220;occupied&#8221; the first two positions until 2006 <strong>Hearts<\/strong> finished second immediately after <strong>Celtic<\/strong>. <br><strong>Rangers<\/strong> and <strong>Celtic<\/strong> have played each other 374 times, of which the <strong>Rangers <\/strong>have won 148, <strong>Celtic <\/strong>134 and 92 games have ended in draw. <br><br>In standard <strong>Scottish Premier league<\/strong> schedules, teams meet 4 times a year in the league and sometimes 2 times in the <strong>Scottish Cup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/celtic-rangers-clanokW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1733 img-fluid\" width=\"539\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/celtic-rangers-clanokW.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/celtic-rangers-clanokW-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/celtic-rangers-clanokW-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The significance of the <strong>Old Firm<\/strong> is that it is the only real match in the <strong>Scottish Premier League<\/strong> because other clubs are almost unable to follow them. As a result, the move of <strong>Celtic <\/strong>and <strong>Rangers <\/strong>clubs to the <strong>English Premiership<\/strong> is increasingly being discussed. <br><br>It is believed that both clubs would benefit more from this as they would certainly have a lot more fans coming to matches than they do now. Sponsors would also stick with them more and there would be more live TV broadcasts with the sponsors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, they won&#8217;t play today because of protecting the audience for the possible spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2968770925364851\" data-ad-slot=\"3688348824\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br>However, <strong>Old Firm<\/strong> will forever be the main topic of <strong>Scottish<\/strong> football for a long, long time, because it is certain that their game is more than very interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Firm is the name for a football match between Celtic and Rangers, Scotland&#8217;s strongest football clubs, both coming from Glasgow. 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