Rangers ultras in crackling M8 pyro display as diehards make presence felt amid Celtic lockout

Rangers fans lined the M8 with a red, white and blue pyro display ahead of their crunch Scottish Premiership clash with Celtic at Parkhead.

The Light Blue legions won't be in the home of their fierce rivals with this the final league clash between the sides without visiting supporters, after both clubs agreed to lift the away fan ban from the 2024/25 season.

Fans of both clubs have turned up to see the team bus off in recent seasons but Rangers ultras group the Union Bears took it a step further ahead of the huge match. Footage shared on Twitter by popular Rangers bar The Louden Tavern shows hundreds of fans gathered along the side of the motorway where the Rangers team bus would have travelled and they filled the glorious blue skies over Glasgow with read, white and blue smoke. Philippe Clement has named his team for the huge match and there is NO place in the starting XI for Todd Cantwell, with Tom Lawrence preferred in midfield.

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