Who will win the first Old Firm match of the season?
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Welcome to Ibrox. This is the seed of the first Old Firm game of the season. That comes on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. Ahead of it, I'm joined by two veterans of these famous matches, Chris Boyd and Andy Walker. Andy, let's start with you. What's your standout memory from the Old Firm games that you played in?
Well, I was lucky enough to sign for Celtic at a good time when they had some special players, Roy Aitken, Tommy Burns, Paul McStay, Pat Bonner. And my first game was at Celtic Park when Billy Stark scored in a 1-0 victory and... The thing I remember most of all about it was just a bit of an argument in a tunnel after the game. Billy McNeil, the manager, Graeme Souness was the manager for Rangers. Graeme had been sent off that day and they were exchanging a few verbos just going up the tunnel and Billy talking about how embarrassed he would have been carrying a team like Rangers. And Graeme coming back with a, yeah, well, I'd be embarrassed getting a couple of teams relegated from the First Division in England, referencing
you know, Billy managing Man City and Villa. But it's a fabulous occasion.
What are the historical memories of the Old Firm games?
I'm born and bred in Glasgow. I was brought up in these games, so to take part in it was a bit special.
What was that like, though, to experience it firsthand? Something like that in the tunnel, for example, when you've been on the periphery of it, but there you are right at the heart of it.
Yeah, I think everyone says make sure you enjoy it, but sometimes it's difficult. You're concentrating so much, you don't want to let your teammates down. A lot of the first game that I experienced passed me by. I don't remember a lot of it. And thankfully, we got a win. And we played Rangers four times that season. We won three, we drew one. I thought it was going to be like that all the time. But Rangers eventually came good, of course, and went on a run of their own. But, yeah, every occasion a bit special. And it's more of a relief than anything else if you get a good result.
But for you, Chris, what stands out in terms of the memories of your encounters with Celtic?
I think, obviously, the one and only goal I managed to get in. But... The one that Mo Edu scored right in the last minute, which more or less clinched the league title for us, I think that took us 10 points clear by game in hand, even though I had some save from Arthur Boric that day as well to deny me from all of two yards of that goal down there. So I should have scored, I should have made it two. But I think just that relief for Mo to put it in the back of the net and obviously get the three points.
What were the emotions like at the end of that game? What were the celebrations like in the dressing room?
It's a relief that you've won the game and you can send 50,000 punters home happy. That's all it is. The game flies past. It's probably one of the quickest games we've been involved in because it's very difficult even to look back. It's not until you finish that you look back and say, that happened. Because when you're in the heat of the moment, you can't remember anything. And that's even when you're sitting up in the seat just watching it. But it's a fantastic occasion. And I hope Sunday's the exact same, that we're talking about this game for the right reasons.
What are these days like when you get a couple of days away from kick-off? Is it knots in the stomach? Is it frantic? Is it a scramble? How do you find that experience?
Well, I think obviously with both of them playing the Europa League last night, they've not had time to focus on it because the main focus was on obviously getting through the group stages of the Europa League, which both of them successfully done. So, you know, I think that now the attention's turned to the old firm and Sunday and the players will be buzzing for it. You know, it's... You've got two training sessions left. If it's a place up for grabs, it's 50-50. You want to impress either manager to try and cement that starting line-up, but I think both managers will have their team ready and probably had it picked a few weeks ago had everybody been fit.
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