Editing Old Firm (section)

{{Short description|Prominent rivalry in Scottish football}}
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{{Infobox football derby
| name                    = Old Firm
| other_names             = Glasgow derby
| image                   = Oldfirm.jpg
| caption                 = Celtic and Rangers fans, separated by police, at [[Celtic Park]]
| city or region          = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| first contested         = 28 May 1888<br/>[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]]<br />Celtic 5–2 Rangers
| mostrecent              = 4 May 2025<br />[[2024–25 Scottish Premiership|Scottish Premiership]]<br />Rangers 1–1 Celtic
| nextmeeting             = 
| total                   = 446
| most wins               = Rangers (171)
| team1                   = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| team2                   = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| largestvictory          = Celtic 7–1 Rangers<br />(19 October 1957)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-league-cup-final-celtic-1009328 |title=Scottish League Cup final: Celtic 7 Rangers 1, Saturday, October 19, 1957 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=1 February 2015 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102020307/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-league-cup-final-celtic-1009328 |url-status=live }}</ref><!--Please do not add Rangers 8–1 Celtic in 1943, this was an unofficial wartime match. It is mentioned in the text below.-->
| map_location            = Scotland Glasgow
| map_label1              = [[Celtic Park]]
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| map_label2              = [[Ibrox Stadium|Ibrox]] (Rangers)
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| map_label2_position     = left
| map_label3              = [[Hampden Park]]
| map_mark3               = Steel pog.svg
| coordinates3            = {{coord|55|49|33|N|4|15|7|W|display=inline}}
| map_label3_position     = bottom
| map_caption             = Location of the two teams' stadiums in [[Glasgow]], and [[Hampden Park]], where cup semi-final and final meetings between the two are normally played
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The '''Old Firm''' is a collective name for the Scottish [[association football|football]] clubs [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], which are both based in [[Glasgow]]. The two clubs are the most successful and popular in Scotland, and the rivalry between them has become deeply embedded in Scottish culture. It has reflected and contributed to political, social and religious division and [[sectarianism]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/other_football/15149515.Passion__pride__tradition_and_nastiness__Why_Old_Firm_match_is_greatest_derby_in_the_world/|title=Passion, pride, tradition and nastiness: Why Old Firm match is greatest derby in the world|work=Evening Times|date=11 March 2017|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204441/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/other_football/15149515.Passion__pride__tradition_and_nastiness__Why_Old_Firm_match_is_greatest_derby_in_the_world/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, matches between them have had an enduring appeal around the world.<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141358/https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=2/news=old-firm-enduring-appeal-1023776.html|archive-date=26 March 2018|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1023776/index.html |title=Classic Rivalries: Old Firm's enduring appeal |publisher=[[FIFA]] |date=16 April 2016|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

Between them the two clubs are [[List of football clubs by competitive honours won|among the most trophied in the world]], having won a combined 110 [[List of Scottish football champions|Scottish League championships]] (55 each team),<ref name=champions>{{cite web|title=Scotland – List of Champions – Summary|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchamp.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=22 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922133240/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html#sall|url-status=live}}</ref> 76 [[Scottish Cup]]s (Celtic with 42 and Rangers with 34),<ref name=scottishcup>{{cite web|title=Scotland – List of Cup Finals – Summary|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphist.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514174724/http://rsssf.com/tabless/scotcuphist.html#sall|url-status=live}}</ref> and 50 [[Scottish League Cup]]s (Rangers with 28 and Celtic with 22).<ref name=leaguecup>{{cite web|title=Scotland – List of League Cup Finals – Summary|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotleagcuphist.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-date=31 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031174636/http://rsssf.com/tabless/scotleagcuphist.html#sum|url-status=live}}</ref> Interruptions to their ascendancy have occurred rarely, mainly in the two decades after the Second World War from 1946 to 1965 when five other clubs won the league, and in the first half of the 1980s with the challenge of the [[New Firm (Scotland)|New Firm]] of [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]. Since the [[1985–86 in Scottish football|1985–86 season]], one half of the Old Firm has won the [[Scottish Premier League|Scottish League]] every season, and in all but [[2005–06 Scottish Premier League|one]] of seventeen seasons between [[1995–96 in Scottish football|1995–96]] and [[2011–12 in Scottish football|2011–12]], both clubs finished in the top two places. 

In the early 2010s, Rangers [[Administration and liquidation of the Rangers Football Club plc|endured financial difficulties, and its holding company was liquidated in 2012]]. Subsequently, the team had to apply for entry to the bottom (fourth) tier of the Scottish league. As a result of the liquidation, many Celtic supporters maintain that the current Rangers is distinct from the pre-2012 club, and the rivalry no longer exists under the Old Firm identity. Instead, they (and often Celtic themselves) use the more generic term '''Glasgow derby''' to refer to the rivalry.<ref name=demise/><ref name=define/><ref name="SMH22"/><ref>[https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/why-is-celtic-vs-rangers-called-the-old-firm-derby/2i9ekbdius7e10xt04lrg85s0 Why is Celtic vs Rangers called the Old Firm derby?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401140030/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/why-is-celtic-vs-rangers-called-the-old-firm-derby/2i9ekbdius7e10xt04lrg85s0 |date=1 April 2022 }}, Goal.com, 27 January 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022</ref> While Rangers climbed back through the divisions, Celtic were champions in each of the next nine campaigns; Rangers won the title in [[2020–21 Scottish Premiership|2020–21]] to prevent a tenth for Celtic, which would have [[Nine in a row|beaten a record]] set by them in the 1960s/70s and matched by Rangers in the 1980s/90s.

Celtic and Rangers have played each other 446 times in major competitions; Rangers have won 171 matches, Celtic 170, and 105 ended in a draw.

The clubs have large fan bases around Glasgow and Scotland and have supporters clubs in many towns throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland and in cities around the world. In 2005 the presence of Rangers and Celtic was estimated to be worth £120 million to the [[Economy of Scotland|Scottish economy]] each year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Firm on the ball for economy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4635535.stm|work=BBC News|date=29 June 2005|access-date=29 June 2005|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527001857/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4635535.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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