When he turns up at Dalymount Park on a Friday night in April he’ll be ready for it. Whether it’s dog’s abuse from the stands, coins raining in on him, whatever. It won’t bother Liam Burt.
He knew that joining Shamrock Rovers from fierce Dublin rivals, Bohemians, wouldn’t go down well. The first derby fixture of the new Irish season is already marked down on his calendar. But he’ll handle it. Because, let’s face it, when you’re from Glasgow and you've dared to join Celtic directly from Rangers? There’s NOTHING that’s going to faze you.
Very few players have represented both sides of the Old Firm divide. But to actually sign for one of them after leaving the other? No-one does that. Burt didn’t manage to achieve his dream of playing for Celtic’s first-team. But having already featured at Ibrox as a highly-rated youngster under ex-gaffer Mark Warburton, it was a courageous move.
