I was involved in original Rangers Helicopter Sunday and here's why Scottish football NEEDS that to happen again
dailyrecord.co.ukChris Burke was among the stunned onlookers as the blades of glory turned in Rangers’ favour on Helicopter Sunday.While the former Ibrox winger and his team-mates celebrated their soaring title victory at Easter Road, it proved to be the bumpiest of landings for Celtic as they crashed and burned at Fir Park.
Now almost two decades on from the most sensational ending Scottish football has ever seen, Burke reckons we should all be strapping ourselves in for another hell of a ride as this year’s Premiership race hovers near the finish line.Burke was an unused sub that famous day back on May 22, 2005 as Alex McLeish’s Gers travelled east to Leith.
The Ibrox men kicked off with only the faintest of hopes of catching Martin O’Neill’s side yet 90 minutes later it was the Light Blues signalling the chopper down in the capital after Scott McDonald’s deadly double sank Celtic, handing the SPL crown to their bitter rivals by a single point.Philippe Clement’s modern-day Rangers will have to pull off a manoeuvre every bit as remarkable if they are to set up a last-day decider of their own this season.
A first away win at Parkhead in three-and-a-half years this weekend is needed for starters. But when it comes to the Old Firm, Burke insists no-one should be surprised.He said: “I was involved in Helicopter Sunday - and we might be looking at that again with the tensions surrounding the teams, with the media and the fans.
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