I wrote here last Sunday that the scale of the beating suffered by the loser in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox would determine the size of the backlash that followed.
I was wrong. In the end, all it took was one goal for Celtic to provoke pandemonium among the Rangers supporters suffering from the equivalent of repetitive strain syndrome when it comes to their greatest rivals.
And I use the word advisedly. My birth certificate will verify I have been around the block enough times to cause severe dizziness.
Jimmy McGrory and Scot Symon were the managers of Celtic and Rangers respectively when I saw my first Old Firm game. But the ferocious nature of what followed Rangers’ loss last weekend has taken even a veteran venom measurer by surprise.
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