Celtic and Rangers will be continuing their preparations for the new season at the same time - a first for Glasgow in over two decades.
The Premiership champions and challengers are in the midst of their pre-season preparations and take on their final friendly matches this Saturday. Celtic host English Championship side Norwich City in the east end of the city while Rangers face Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur at Ibrox. What makes this so interesting is they begin at the same time.
You need to go all the way back to January 23, 1999, over 23 years ago, when when the two sides played Scottish Cup games at the same time against sides in the lower leagues. Rangers edged past Stenhousemuir 2-0 in front of just under 38,000 at their home stadium while more than 42,000 were at Parkhead to watch Celtic beat Airdrie 3-1. They played at the same time last year but things were different then.
