‘When I joined Celtic’ – talkSPORT man sends Rangers boss Russell Martin a brutal truth

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The pressure of playing and managing Celtic and Rangers is unique.

Not many managers and players from other clubs feel that pressure from fans about the expectation to win every single week like at Celtic or Rangers.

After dropping points at Motherwell, Rangers are under serious pressure and Celtic are yet to kick a ball in anger so far.

And reacting to the result at Fir Park, former Celtic striker Tony Cascarino sent Rangers manager Russell Martin a brutal warning after dropping the first points of the season already.

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Tony Cascarino draws on Celtic experience to warn Rangers boss Martin

Tony Cascarino joined Celtic in one of the most turbulent periods in the club’s history. Signed by Liam Brady to lead the Hoops line to end Rangers’ dominance in the 90s, the Irishman flopped at the club.

After one season and four league goals, Cascarino left Celtic to join Chelsea but the ex-Hoops striker has drawn on his experience to send the new Rangers boss a message.

Cascarino told talkSPORT [1h 47m], “When I joined Celtic back in ’91 and Rangers were dominating, winning trophy after trophy and leagues, I felt immediately that the pressure was on Celtic to rebound.

“And from a fan’s perspective, you cannot lose to Rangers. And it’s vice versa. It’s exactly the same for Rangers, where the Rangers support feels now is we cannot keep coming second to Celtic.

“That just stays within those two clubs. That’s the great thing about this big battle in Glasgow, in the Scottish SPFL.”

Tony Cascarino’s goal for Celtic against Rangers

Cascarino, although disappointing at Celtic, still managed to make his mark at the club against Rangers.

But before that, the Irish striker’s first goal for Celtic was surrounded by controversy. In six minutes, Cascarino came on as a sub against Hearts in October 1991, scored a goal and was sent off all in the space of that time.

Anyway, against Rangers, Cascarino scored in a 1-1 draw at Ibrox in November of that year after cancelling out an Ally McCoist opener.

It was the only real impact from him at Celtic but to be fair to him, the pressure to end Rangers’ domination at that time and win silverware was nothing like players at Parkhead had ever felt before.