Of the three footballing league teams from Glasgow, one were extremely unfortunate not to come away with a point against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night. In somewhat different circumstances the other two battled it out on Saturday to go top of the Scottish Third Division.
The SPL kicks off this weekend with one very obvious omission. Rangers, one half of the Old Firm, will not feature in the SPL for at least 4 years; after entering administration a vote was cast with the decision that Rangers would commence the 2012/13 season in the Scottish Third Division.
Scotland’s top flight will enter uncharted territory in 2012/13 as they prepare for life without Rangers. Scotland’s most successful club find themselves languishing in the Third Division, leaving 11 teams to try and bridge the gap between them and Celtic.
In the previous 397 incarnations, rarely has a game between these two old firm giants held such little significance on the destination of the title. No, this season was decided off the pitch, but that doesn’t mean this game is a dead rubber. Far from it.
