Former leader of Rangers hooligan group Inner City Firm, Sandy Chugg, once had his life saved by a Celtic fan after an Old Firm brawlNotorious Rangers hooligan Sandy Chugg once had his life saved by a Celtic fan after a brutal Old Firm brawl.
The rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is infamous for violence, both on and off the pitch. The two Glasgow giants face each other a handful of times each season, with both sides often reaching the latter stages of cup competitions, but this only fuels the long-running feud between the clubs.On Sunday (September 1), Celtic Park will host the first Old Firm derby of the new Scottish Premiership campaign. Gers fans will be unable to attend after the two clubs failed to agree on away ticket allocations, but there will still be fears of fan violence breaking out around the match.I’ve been knocked out several times. On my first ever one as a boy going to a Celtic vs Rangers game, as a casual, I bumped into about 20 young Celtic guys and they knocked me out,” Chugg told the Daily Star in 2019.
“And funnily enough it was actually a Celtic fan who saved me from actually getting hurt even more. There were five guys knocking seven bells of s*** out of me, and he managed to get them off me. He definitely saved my life.
