Former Rangers striker admitted he was a huge Celtic fan growing up

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The Celtic and Rangers divide is one that few dare to cross.

Only a handful of players have represented Celtic and Rangers over the years and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen someone.

Different careers also mean that supporters of one side of Glasgow go on to feature for the direct rival and a former striker who played at Ibrox confessed he was a huge Bhoys fan growing up.

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Kevin Kyle admitted he supported Celtic as a kid

Kevin Kyle had a brief spell at Rangers during their Scottish League Two period in the 2012/13 season.

Kyle was coming towards the end of his career by that point and only made a handful of appearances that season.

Better known for his stints at English clubs like Sunderland and teams like Kilmarnock, Kyle appeared on the Let’s be Frank podcast.

There, he confessed to supporting Celtic when growing up, as well as informing podcast host Frank McAvennie that he was his favourite player.

He said: “When I first started watching Celtic, my first game was in 1990, maybe 1991, and I remember leaving Parkhead with a picture of Frank.

“I only supported Celtic because my dad took me to a Celtic game. So I became a Celtic supporter. My little brother also became a Celtic fan.

” I don’t know what happened to my big brother as he became a Rangers fan!”

Kevin Kyle’s brother didn’t want to speak to him after joining Rangers

As we mentioned earlier, Kyle did sign for Rangers in 2012, making eight appearances and scoring three goals.

It must’ve been a shock for himself to sign for a club, but not as big of a surprise as it was for his brother.

“That day, when I ended up getting the deal to actually sign and Rangers made it official, my little brother phoned me and I thought ‘here’s the first phone call to congratulate me.’

“He says: ‘What have you done to the family?’ And I was like, I say, ‘Is it that bad?’ He says, ‘I don’t know if I can speak to you anymore.’

My big brother’s obviously another one, he was buzzing and I said ‘Paul look, we don’t always like our job’.

“He maybe wouldn’t like me telling this but he did come to Ibrox to watch me and he said out of all of the games he’s ever watched me playing, those are the ones he’s probably most proud of because of the circumstances.”