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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 ...
While Old Firm derby matches between Scottish clubs Rangers and Celtic are known to go beyond the sport with its "enormous quantity of references to wider cultural and political issues". [11] The first football derby played was between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. in December 1860. [12]
1 April - BSB's Sports Channel provides the first UK-wide live broadcast of a Scottish League match, the Old Firm game at Ibrox Park. [181] 14 April - BSB shows live coverage of a Scottish Cup semi-final across the UK for the first time. The match between Aberdeen and Dundee United kicks off at 3pm on the Saturday afternoon. [181]
The match was an Old Firm game (Rangers v Celtic) and was attended by more than 80,000 fans. [8] [9] [10] In the 90th minute, Celtic took a 1–0 lead through Jimmy Johnstone, but in the final moments of the match, Colin Stein scored an equaliser for Rangers. As thousands of spectators were leaving the ground by stairway 13, it appears that ...
August – BBC Scotland begins showing live Scottish Premier League matches. The deal also sees the Old Firm matches shown across all of the UK. [37] 2003. The BBC wins the rights to the MotoGP World Championship. Previously, the corporation had only covered the British leg of the championships. 24 May – The BBC's coverage of the Heineken Cup ...
In January 2002, the SPL rejected a £45 million offer from Sky Sports and began considering setting up its own pay-per-view channel, dubbed "SPL TV". [52] However, these plans broke down in April 2002 when the Old Firm clubs – Rangers and Celtic – utilised the 11–1 voting system to veto the proposals. [53]
The match was an Old Firm affair contested by Rangers and Celtic at Hampden Park, with the trophy being withheld by the Scottish Football Association following crowd disorder. [1] [2] [3] The final ended 2–2 on 10 April, [4] prompting a replay which took place on 17 April. When that ended 1–1, the initial assumption was that extra time ...