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The origins of the term "old firm" in reference to games between Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic are uncertain.
Some believe that it references a newspaper report from the early days of football that stated that the players knew each other so well you could believe them to be "old firm friends".
In his book "The Old Firm : Sectarianism, sport and society in Scotland", William J. Murray claims that the term was a derogatory reference to the over-professionalism of the game as it was seen in the late 1800's.
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Where can you watch Celtic v rangers game online?
go to Justin tv get most games free
Did any Celtic player scored a hat trick in a old firm game?
Stevie Chalmers in a League match in January 1966. Stevie
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They need to grow up and stop the violence and work that hard to win the game the right way without the violence or they should be banned from competing.
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They are just moaning, they just need to get on with the game.
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Where can you watch Celtic v rangers game online?
go to Justin tv get most games free
Are Glasgow rangers bigger than Celtic?
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Stevie Chalmers in a League match in January 1966. Stevie
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Should the game between Glasgow teams Celtic and Rangers be banned due to violence on and off the field?
They need to grow up and stop the violence and work that hard to win the game the right way without the violence or they should be banned from competing.
Are there any football players who have played for Arsenal Newcastle Sunderland and Celtic?
No player has played for all four as far as im aware. The four players that i know that have played for both sides of the old firm are Mo Johnstone, Kenny Miller, Mark Brown and Stephen Pressely, there is someone else but i cant remember who. (Alfie Conn and Alec Bennet) I know andri Kanchelskis played for Man Utd and Rangers and is the has played in the Merseyside, Manchester and Old Firm derbys. Henrik Larsson for Celtic and Man Utd, Claudio Reyna Rangers and Man City.....That is all i can add. Manchester is a city that has had a herrible hurricane.barry robson also played for both Celtic and rangersAlfie Conn played for Celtic and Rangers.You have to go way back in time but George Livingstone, who played about 100 years ago as an inside forward, was on the books of all four clubs at one point. He signed for Celtic after spells with Hearts and Sunderland in 1901, but there's I can't fin any record of him ever playing a game for them. He left them pretty quickly to sign for Liverpool. Then Man City singed him in 1903 where he made 81 appearances. In 1806 he returned to Glasgow, this time as a Rangers player where he made 47 appearance scoring an impressive 20 goals. Then in 1909 he made his last move, which was to sign for Manchester United where he made 43 appearances. He later served Rangers as a trainer.That was the only player I could find who played for all four clubs, though strangely like I said he doesn't seem to have played a first team game at Celtic...
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