The First Old Firm

E0209 — 28 May 1888: Celtic play their first match at the newly built Celtic Park on Dalmarnock Street — and beat Rangers 5–2. It begins as a friendly evening: Neil McCallum scores Celtic’s first goal, Tom Maley hits a hat-trick, and both clubs retire to supper and toasts. But history gives it another name: the first Old Firm. Plus: Queen’s Park, Hibernian, Brother Walfrid, the rent rise, and why the rivalry changed. Ideas: [email protected]