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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Matthew Lindsay

Rangers manager's past Old Firm glories are irrelevant against a new improved Celtic

THERE are still a couple of days to go before the second Glasgow derby/Old Firm match/ Sevco Scotland Ltd v Pacific Shelf 585 Ltd game (have I covered all of the bases there?) of the season commences at Ibrox.

Yet, new Rangers manager Michael Beale, who will take charge of a side in the world-famous fixture for the first time on Monday afternoon, holds a narrow 1-0 lead over his Celtic counterpart Ange Postecoglou before a ball has been kicked, a sectarian song sung or a refereeing conspiracy theory aired.

The Englishman only encountered the Greek-Australian on one occasion during the three-and-a-half years that he spent in Scotland previously.

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