Rangers vs Celtic LIVE team news and build-up ahead of the title showdown at Ibrox

Dig out your ear defenders and come bring the noise.

We’re inside Ibrox today, along with 50,000 other screaming men, women and children and the roof may just about to come off.

Now we’ve had plenty of these games before as the two Glasgow behemoths strike head-on. But few have boasted this enormity as both Rangers and Celtic battle it out for the title but with one distinction – neither is favourite to lift the crown in May.

But neither Danny Rohl nor Martin O’Neill will be thinking about Hearts – who scooped up yet another Scottish Premiership win yesterday.

No, it appears already there is little love lost between the two managers as evidenced by Friday’s press conferences where Rangers head coach Rohl appeared to indulge in more than a little mind games.

To win today both bosses will need every trick and talent as the eyes of the world descend on Scotland’s biggest city.

The waiting’s over. Let the game begin.

You can follow all the action, reaction and analysis here LIVE for the 12pm kick-off!

My favourite Rangers fundamentalist, who shall remain anonymous, was on to me first thing last Sunday morning.

The bone of contention was my assertion that former sporting director Kevin Thelwell might be due an apology from Rangers fans in the case of Youssef Chermiti.

Thelwell was roundly abused for urging the club to pay as much money as they did for the striker who came to Glasgow from Everton, Kevin’s pre-Ibrox employers.

My decision to go to bat for the sporting director was prompted by
Chermiti’s three-goal
performance in the comprehensive 4-2 win over Hearts at Ibrox.

As well as Youssef
accumulating a total of seven goals for Rangers – six of them against Celtic and the Tynecastle side.

Sure enough, and right on cue,