Watching the Rangers crowd go through the gears from the back of the main stand at Ibrox, 20 minutes before a potentially title-deciding Old Firm encounter, is special. Equally unique was watching a 50,000+ strong home crowd perform an emergency stop of total silence 21 seconds into the game.
A freak opening goal for Celtic set up an Old Firm derby for the ages, and the sight and sound of a revved up Rangers crowd being switched off in a single second will stick in the memory as one of the oddest things I’ve ever witnessed inside a football stadium.
Tit for tat fan restrictions on away contingents have meant no away supporters at all have been allowed into Old Firm games for over a year now. Visiting team goals in Old Firms without away fans creates a noise vacuum that brings the atmosphere to an eerie halt. It's an odd experience, and is a negative for this famous fixture.
