October 5, 2024

The peculiar aspect of the most recent Glasgow Derby between Celtic and Rangers is that away fans are prohibited from attending this historic match.

Pat Nevin shares something 'weird' the Rangers fans did when Celtic were  winning at Ibrox

I won’t bore you with the specifics because you already know why, but let’s just say that we would likely still be able to enjoy the entire Broomloan Stand on these Ibrox days if Brendan Rodgers hadn’t subed on Odsonne Edouard back in 2018.

However, it is what it is and both Celtic and Rangers needed to face this season knowing that going to their biggest rivals without the away support was the task ahead of them.

And yesterday was no different. But the pleasing thing that Brendan Rodgers will take from yesterday’s 3-3 draw was that his players were not fazed by the occasion.

What Rangers fans did ‘en masse’ at Ibrox yesterday

In fact, it was what Rodgers’ players did that Pat Nevin noticed had a ‘strange’ effect on the Ibrox crowd as Celtic ran riot in the first half.

Nevin said [Football Daily], “The only time you ever get anything like it is when you travel away to the big European games you go to the San Siro or somewhere like that and the way teams score a goal and there is kind of moment of silence.

Pat Nevin shares something 'weird' the Rangers fans did when Celtic were  winning at Ibrox

“Well, it’s kind of like that. But the other thing that was weird that happened today, when Celtic were 2-0 up and Rangers were playing very poorly, the Rangers fans on masse turned on their team.

“And it was a very, very strange situation where all the fans were then under more pressure than everyone else. It was an odd, odd situation.”

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