Sydney Super Cup promoters have filed legal action against Rangers that could see the Ibrox club pay £1.6 million in compensation, according to multiple reports in Australia. The Light Blues backed out of matches Down Under including one against rivals Celtic with the Hoops instead taking on Premier League side Everton.
Sporting events promoters TEG Live Pty Ltd and Left Field Live Pty Ltd filed the legal claim against Rangers in Federal Court at the end of last week. The organisers claim the Ibrox club wrongfully terminated an agreement that insisted the club would play "friendly matches" in Sydney against Celtic and Western Sydney Wanderers in November.
The clash between the Scottish Premier rivals was eagerly anticipated on the other side of the world as it would have been the first time the world-famous derby fixture had taken place outside Scotland. Court documents now claim Rangers provided a 72-page guideline manuscript to the promoters that the term Old Firm – owned by both Rangers and Celtic – should be used throughout the marketing campaign to reflect its “commercial value and importance”. Both parties were at odds between March 1 and March 15 about the use of the wordmark on a drafted joint media release. But this idea from the promoters did not go ahead due to Celtic refusing to some of the wordmark use.
