HOW WE LAUGHED AND SANG…….

How we laughed and sang “Simply the Best” as the Celtic players ran out at Ibrox last Sunday at lunchtime. The rangers fans were raging not only were we back inside their ground we were taking the piss out of them before a ball was kicked. Tina Turner would be proud.

Celtic fans were in early for the return to Ibrox for the first time in a while. There is a lot of debate on if the game should be played at both Ibrox and Celtic Park in front of the home fans only. I know it gives more Celtic fans a chance to get a ticket and watch the Glasgow Derby when they come across the city but for me I’m glad away fans have returned to the fixture. Football without fans!

It was great to see the Irish flag flying high as the rangers fans arrived into the ground. The flag of the country of our founding fathers flying proudly over at their place brought a smile to my face as it did earlier in the season when the Bilboa fans brought tri-colours into Ibrox before knocking them out of Europe and ending their season early.

There would be no guard of honour from the home side which I did not expect and to be honest I think guards of honour between bitter rivals are a loud of me bollix. Football is tribal in the city I would not like to see Celtic giving them a guard of honour if the shoe was on the other foot. Sadly an empty bottle of Buckfast was hurled onto the pitch aimed at a Celtic player. We also had a Celtic fan mocking the Ibrox disaster which is sad and not very clever!

On the pitch Adam Idah missed a great chance in front of goal before the rangers went up the park straight away and scored on the stroke of halftime. Idah redeemed himself in the second half by equalising and getting to celebrate the goal twice after it went to VAR.

If Daizen Maeda squares the ball to second half substitution Johnny Kenny and he puts it in the back of the net he would have become a hero of Tony Watt status but our player of year opted to go it alone and we left with a share of the spoils with trophy day to look forward to and that cup final at Hampden against Aberdeen with a treble up for grabs.

This weekend we are back in Glasgow to see Celtic take on Hibs who sit in third place and if they had not had such a bad start they could be sitting in second place ahead of the rangers who have not won at home in 7 games which I am told is a record one they are not proud of while Celtic hold records for being the most successful football club ever and they did it without cheating tax payers.