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Celtic and Rangers have played each other over 400 times in major competitions: Rangers have won 166 matches, Celtic have gained 159 wins.  Let's have a look at some memorabie moments involving the iconic clubs.  The first encounter The first game between Celtic and Rangers was a friendly in 1888. It´s thought that around 2,000 people were in attendance. It is believed that this could have been greater but for the International Exhibition taking place the same day through in the West End. More Celtic news can be found here This is the place for all the Rangers news Rangers 3 - 2 Celtic. 2002 Scottish Cup Final An extraordinary final that was settled by a late header from Lovenkrands. The goal caused complete mayhem in the Rangers end of the ground. You can relive that incredible match by watching the highlights below. Celtic 6 - 2 Rangers. 2000 A game that is still spoken about by Celtic fans today. The game was a sign that Celtic were on the cusp of something special. One titl

Cameron Archer scored three as Aston Villa eased into the next round of the League Cup with a 6-0 win at League Two Barrow   He scored first goal of the night before Anwar El Ghazi added two, one from the penalty and then volleying home from close in to make it 3-0 at the break.Archer dinked in a lovely finish for his second before Frederic Guilbert smashed goal number five. The teenager completed his hat-trick with a low shot late on. More football news can be found by clicking here It was a dream first start for the club for Archer, who spent last season on loan at Solihull Moors. He was one of ten changes boss Dean Smith made from Saturday's win over Newcastle. Archer will hope his goals have put him in the reckoning to be included in the squad against Brentford at the weekend. Barrow competed well at times but were playing catch-up from the tenth minute when El Ghazi got in behind and squared for Archer to slot in his first from six yards out. Reaction The Barrow manager

Real Madrid and Levante played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in La Liga The game saw Gareth Bale's first La Liga goal since 2019 and an outfield player end up in goal. The Wales legend scored from Karim Benzema's pass but Roger Marti levelled 28 seconds after the restart. ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Gareth Bale opens the scoring for Real Madrid against Levante this evening. A first goal of the season for the Cymru captain 🙌 [🎥 @PremierSportsTV ] pic.twitter.com/YIwZ7yhV7d — welshfootie (@welshfootie) August 22, 2021  Jose Campana volleyed Levante ahead but Vinicius Jr levelled. Rober Pier put Levante back into the lead but Vinicius made it 3-3 with a clever finish before Levante goalkeeper Aitor Fernandez was later sent off. Wild weekend gets wilder... Levante keeper sent off, outfield player about to go in goal... minutes to go (but imagine plenty of time added on) and it's still 3-3 against Real Madrid — Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) August 22, 2021 He dashed twenty yards outs

Steven Gerrard told the media that his Rangers side needs to be more ruthless.  They began a massive week with a 4-2 victory over Ross County.  (Footage below courtesy of the SPFL.) Jordan White's late penalty pulled it back to 3-2 before Scott Arfield eventually put the game beyond the hosts. Rangers had surged ahead through Joe Aribo and Connor Goldson header. Harry Clarke responded after Alfredo Morelos restored the two-goal margin. 🐃🇨🇴⚽️🔥 pic.twitter.com/o1pUgAnXuG — Alfredo Morelos (@morelos2106) August 22, 2021 Gerrard's men are now only a point off the top and are away with a 1-0 lead against Alashkert of Armenia in the second leg of their Europa League play-off on Thursdat. Celtic then visit Ibrox for Sunday's Old Firm derby. He told Sky Sports after the match: "It was a really strong away performance, a lot of our attacking play was quality and we could have scored more goals," "I'd like to see us be more ruthless - I can see goals five

Brentford kept their second successive clean sheet as their impressive start to life in the Premier League continued. The Bees named an unchanged starting eleven from that win against Arsenal, but offered little attacking threat in the opening stages. Ivan Toney went close with a shot from distance. The Brentford manager tiold Match Of The Day: “I think we slightly edged it to be the better side. We won the ball a lot of times in good areas, but we didn’t have the quality to put a good counter-attack chance together. “We ended the first half on top, which pleased me in many ways. We need a little bit more confidence and composure. But I think it is a positive that we have another level to take from this game."   The Palace perspective Patrick Vieira has argued that his side's performance in 0-0 draw with Brentford does give them hope for the rest of the season. He added that he is confident that the fans will remain patient as he looks to change the playing style at Selhurst P

PSG were without a number of superstars including Lionel Messi and Neymar. They still had more than enough for Brest as they made it three wins out of three to top Ligue 1. Ander Herrera's scored a volley and a Kylian Mbappe added header put to PSG in control before Franck Honorat pulled a goal back. Other stories from our network Idrissa Gueye then fired in from way out, but PSG's opponents refused to lie down with Steve Mounie side-footing in. Another former Manchester United player in Angel di Maria then decided the contest for good with a cracking lob. Click here for more football news Despite all those absentees, Pochettino's squad still featured still included a host of stars including Mbappe, Achraf Hakimi, Giorginio Wijnaldum and Marco Verratti. PSG fans in the stadium and on Twitter were clearly happy with the result.  Their next game is against Reims, will Lionel Messi make his debut?  ❤️💙 #WeAreParis pic.twitter.com/zgvGThjhJt — Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG

The second weekend of the Premier League season is almost here. There could be even more goals this weekend.  Let's have a quick look at where they might come from. Can Manchester City recover from their poor start? City followed up their defeat in the Community Shield with a 1-0 defeat away at Tottenham. Will a return to the Etihad Stadium and their biggest crowd since March 2020 see City recover from that poor start? Can Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea make it two wins from two? Three of the teams looking to take City's crown will all be hoping to make it two wins from two. Liverpool face Burnley, Chelsea play Arsenal and Manchester United travel to Southampton. Check out the Premier League website and some of the tweets below for all the latest news. More news and stories on Manchester United can be found by heading to Greater Manchester Football. A Twitter List by UKNewsBall Can the Brentford bandwagon continue? Everyone was impressed with Brentford's wi