High stakes for infirm Old Firm

It’s Old Firm day tomorrow. Or maybe that should be infirm day.

Depending on the outcome of today’s Motherwell v Kilmarnock game, Celtic could win the title at Ibrox for the first time since 1967, but when the full story of the SPL 2011/12 season comes to be written that achievement will be regarded as little more than a footnote to the doom-laden main theme: the catastrophic financial collapse of Rangers, a staggering saga which has seen the club go into administration, slash wages and personnel, be docked 10 points in the league and go up for sale under threat of liquidation.

Needless to say, this dire situation has sparked enormous sympathy from supporters of tomorrow’s visitors, as can be judged by some of the more printable gags doing the rounds.