How to Win Old Firm Games Exclusive Interview Exclusive Interview Barry Ferguson, Who Played 39 Times Against Celtic, Stresses the Importance of Finding an Early Edge

The HeraldOctober 03, 2009

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FROM the chaotic epicentre of battle to the calm sanctuary of his armchair, Barry Ferguson's Old Firm experience will take on a very unfamiliar feel tomorrow. The former Rangers captain, now defying those who said he was washed up at Premiership level with a succession of influential performances in the blue of Birmingham City, has some 39 Glasgow derbies to call upon when asked to take a walk down memory lane in a fixture that many, at least in these parts, deem to be the biggest club derby in the world.

Some good, some bad, some very, very bad. Ferguson, now 31, allows a smile to break across his face when asked about whether his departure from Glasgow's infamous goldfish bowl will truly hit home at 12.30pm tomorrow when Rangers and Celtic stride once more into combat in their first Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League meeting of the season.

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How to Win Old Firm Games Exclusive Interview Exclusive Interview Barry Ferguson, Who Played 39 Times Against Celtic, Stresses the Importance of Finding an Early Edge

Chances are the comfy seat in the Ferguson household may take the occasional pummelling as every ball at Ibrox is kicked by the man who was back in 1998 thrust headfirst into a fixture he had watched many times from the stand as he grew up a Rangers supporter.

In Ferguson, there is no better judge of what it's like, what it takes and what it mean...

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