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Celtic to meet Rangers in League Cup

Old rivals set to meet in the new year for the first time since April 2012

Old school Old Firm: Referee Hugh Dallas holds back players after Rod Wallace of Rangers was involved in an fracas at Celtic Park in 1999. Photograph: Stu Forster /Allsport
Old school Old Firm: Referee Hugh Dallas holds back players after Rod Wallace of Rangers was involved in an fracas at Celtic Park in 1999. Photograph: Stu Forster /Allsport
Sat Nov 01 2014 - 17:45

Celtic and Rangers will resume hostilities after a hiatus of almost three years after being paired together in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals.

The clash — which will take place on January 31st or February 1st — will be the first time the Glasgow clubs have met since the financial collapse of Rangers in 2012.

Holders Aberdeen will face Dundee United in the other semi-final.

The last Old Firm meeting came in April 2012 when Celtic celebrated their title triumph with a 3-0 victory against a club that had been deducted 10 points and were battling for survival off the field.

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Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons and Gary Hooper scored the goals.

The last meeting between the teams in the League Cup was also the last time Rangers won a cup competition — Nikica Jelavic’s extra-time winner giving them a 2-1 triumph at Hampden in 2011.