Tommy McIntyre’s Celtic B play away to Rangers in the Scottish Lowland Football League at Ibrox tomorrow and a large crowd is expected to be in attendance.
The Daily Record reports 10,000 are due at the home of our rivals, all of whom will be supporting the team in blue, with no Celtic end tickets put on sale.
The match has been postponed from Hogmanay, when an even larger 15,000 crowd was expected at the time.
To say it will be a character-building experience for the Celtic youngsters is probably an understatement.
No-one will give these youngsters an easy time tomorrow and they’ll be up against it versus a Rangers team that have been about on par with them in the Lowland League this term.
Celtic sit three points ahead of them in the table right now, but Rangers B hold a game in hand. Both teams are fighting it out for the second spot given Bonnyrigg Rose have already been crowned champions.
Tommy McIntyre thinks it will be a good experience for his squad, telling Celtic TV: “The players have been excellent in training and are really looking forward to it. You can sense it’s a different type of game.
“It’s the games you want to play in, in front of a hostile crowd. That’s a great development for them and a great experience.
“The players know the value of the game and what it means to the club. You tend to find you need to hold them back a bit because they are so keen.
“If they are going to play in front of 60,000 fans in the first team here then they need to get used to it. That’ll be a good challenge for them on Saturday and the game we play here.”
Yes, Celtic get to turn the tables on Rangers in just a few weeks’ time when a similar derby is hosted at Celtic Park. Everyone will be hoping similar, if not stronger, numbers can turn out for that one.
Tickets are already on sale for that one on April 12th, under the lights at Paradise.
Good luck to the young Bhoys tomorrow!
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