I have an uneasy Rangers and Celtic feeling but at least two men fill the void amid the immaturity - Hugh Keevins

I have the strongest sense of unease over today’s Old Firm game and the two that follow between now and the end of the season to decide the major trophies.

I have always maintained the fixture between Rangers and Celtic, as it is this afternoon, is a separate life form outwith the confines of Scottish football as a whole.

I now believe, on the evidence of the last 72 hours’ worth of controversy and confusion, that it is a fixture which comes from a parallel universe.

The Old Firm confrontation was never able to be thought of as a celebration of camaraderie at the best of times.

But now it is clearly the definition of acrimony versus animosity at the worst of times.

I watched my first game between the clubs 62 years ago and I stand by every word of my assertion that the relationship between them, and their supporters, is at the lowest ebb in my lifetime.

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It is a deep-rooted rivalry that lacks maturity into the bargain. I heard one radio caller on Tuesday night say that Scotland manager Steve Clarke’s decision to rest Celtic captain Callum McGregor, but play Rangers’ Ryan Jack, in the friendly international against Austria in Vienna was “suspect.”

There is no reputation too large or too small that it can