In today’s Fiver: a fitba festival, an ostrich antagonist and a ‘kick in the butt’
Ahead of a weekend jam-packed full of intriguing derbies and needle matches – West Ham v Spurs, Juventus v Torino, the Steel City set-to and AFC Wimbledon v Franchise FC – The Fiver has decided to focus its gimlet-eyed stare on Saturday lunchtime’s Old Firm fitba festival between the Queen’s Celtic and the Pope’s O’Rangers. While there are many in Glasgow who claim O’Rangers have only existed since 2012 and liken the current squad to the White Walkers in Game of Thrones, they have enjoyed a bitter rivalry with their city rivals for well over a century, in which time the two clubs have played each other 407 times. O’Rangers, indeed, have the edge courtesy of just nine extra wins.
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