20 Old Firm facts

Celtic take on Rangers on Sunday in a match that could potentially see them win the title at Ibrox. Here we look at some of the better and lesser known facts about this hotly-contested fixture.

1) This will be the 303rd league meeting between the great rivals.

2) Last season, the sides met seven times – an all-time record in one season.

3) No player has scored a hat-trick in a Celtic v Rangers game since Ally McCoist scored three times in the 1983/84 League Cup final, which Rangers won 3-2 after extra time.

4) The league head-to-head records reads: Played 302, Rangers wins 118, Celtic wins 99, draws 85.

5) This is the 397th meeting in all competitions.

6) Overall record is: Played 397, Rangers wins 158, Celtic wins 144, draws 95.

7) Celtic’s biggest win over Rangers came in the 1957 League Cup Final. They won 7-1.

8) Rangers’ biggest win was in 1893 when they beat Celtic 5-0, although they did win 8-1 in an unofficial war fixture in 1943.

9) The all-time attendance record between the sides was in 1969 when Hampden Park held an astonishing 132,870 at the Scottish Cup Final.

10) Rangers’ top scorer against Celtic was Robert Hamilton who bagged 35 goals around the turn of last century.

11) Celtic’s top scorer in an Old Firm clash is Jimmy McGrory, who netted 27.

12) Current Rangers manager Ally McCoist also scored 27 goals in the fixture.

13) Alfie Conn is the only player to have won Scottish Cup winners medals for both sides while playing the other.

14) The clubs hold the British record attendance for a league match when 118,567 squeezed into Ibrox on New Year’s Day, 1939.

15) Between them, the pair hold 97 league titles, 69 Scottish Cups and 41 League Cups.

16) Former Rangers manager Walter Smith had 56 Old Firm games as a manager – he won 28 of them.

17) It’s Neil Lennon’s 11th game in the Celtic dugout for an Old Firm match - he’s won five so far. McCoist’s has one win, one defeat.

18) In recent years, Rangers have twice destroyed Celtic by 5-1 at Ibrox in 1989 and 2000.

19) But Celtic have also twice ran up big scores in the SPL – 6-2 in 2000 and 5-1 in 1998.

20) Their first meeting was in May 28, 1888 when Celtic beat Rangers 5-2 at Parkhead.