Former team-mate Alan Stubbs agrees: "It was the most intense pressure I've ever played under. It wasn't enjoyable. The rollercoaster of pressure Rangers are going to endure this year will be like nothing they've come across. There are a lot of similarities to this season. Lambert believes this season will be a test of colossal test mental strength for Gerrard and his players. Mentally can they handle it? As soon as Celtic were crowned champions of last season's curtailed Premiership in May, manager Neil Lennon's thoughts turned towards the next campaign.
Its significance is clear to the former captain, who was in charge for the first three titles of Celtic's current streak and has delivered the last two since returning to replace Brendan Rodgers. Midfielder Callum McGregor says it will be a "monstrous achievement" should Celtic succeed, adding: "We know what's riding on it this season. It would be something I'd be so proud of. Rangers are without a major trophy since , and have fallen out of title contention post-winter break in each of Steven Gerrard's two seasons at the helm.
Striker Jermain Defoe, though, is convinced they can harness that disappointment. I look at the dressing room and I believe we can go all the way. We just need to believe we can do it this year. Celtic supporter Steven Murray, Uddingston, Lanarkshire.
The 10 matters so much to me because I grew up in the era when Rangers won nine and were so ruthlessly dominant. The prospect of not only equalling that but going one better is irresistible.
It would also mean so much for Celtic's ongoing upward trajectory and prestige, but the real nub of the matter is, for me, rooted in rivalry. Rangers fan Andrew Dickson, Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
I don't believe 10 in a row means the same as it would have done if Rangers had been in the league throughout Celtic's current run. It can't be ignored that Rangers were not in the top flight for four years and last season was 'called' prematurely and controversially. This achievement pales in comparison to the previous Rangers and Celtic nine-in-a-row wins.
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A year later, the club played its first official match against Rangers, thus setting the stage for a rivalry based as much on the clubs' political and religious differences than on their on-field disputes. The two teams gathered most supporters of the Glasgow teams in the s and earned them the collective name Old Firm. For the first couple of decades, Celtic was slightly more successful of the two clubs, winning 17 Scottish Championships and 12 Scottish Cups until The large appetite for football among the Glaswegian and problematic social conditions would lead to crowd disorders.
Beside the special social situation, the development of "brake clubs" in the s, which can be seen as a pre-era of hooliganism, would contribute to this.
The brake clubs was the first away fans in an organized sense and would travel with horse-drawn carriages also known as brakes, thus the name brake club. Even with Jimmy McGrory — one of the most prolific British strikers of all time — as a focal point of their attack, Celtic slowly found itself on the back foot in a battle with Rangers. The next four decades saw Celtic win the Scottish Championship a mere three times, a far cry from the dominance they exerted early on in the century.
They also managed to win five Scottish Cups during this time, but it was a small consolation for the disheartened fans. With Jock Stein taking over as manager in , things immediately took a turn for the better. With his undeniable charisma and influence, Stein transformed Celtic's under-performing team into a machine that claimed nine consecutive Scottish Championships from to The season was particularly memorable, with Celtic winning every single competition they played in, including being the first non-Latin side to win the European Cup.
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