The Scottish Premier League face the possible security nightmare of Celtic clinching their first league title in four years at Ibrox next month.
With Rangers having 10 points deducted after going into administration yesterday, Celtic now enjoy a 14-point advantage at the top of the table, it looks to be a case of when, not if, Celtic will wrap up the championship.
There is a real chance that could happen on Sunday, March 25, at the home of their biggest rivals. It would be the first time since the Lisbon Lions year of 1967 that Celtic had won the league at Ibrox.
Both sides have four more league games until the next Old Firm showdown and will have seven remaining after that.
If Rangers were to drop five points in their next four games and Celtic were to continue their winning streak, a victory for Neil Lennon's men at Ibrox would guarantee them the league flag as they would go 22 points clear with seven matches left.
The next four games for Ally McCoist's team are at home to Kilmarnock on Saturday, then away to Inverness, at home to Hearts and away to Dundee United.
Celtic play Hibernian away, Dunfermline and Motherwell at Parkhead and then Aberdeen at Pittodrie before the Old Firm match.
The League have acted in the past to ensure the two Glasgow sides meet each other as early as possible after the top-six split to ensure there is little danger of one of them celebrating a championship win at the other's ground.
This followed the chaotic scenes in 1999 when Rangers clinched their 10th league title in 11 seasons by winning 3-0 at Parkhead.
Referee Hugh Dallas needed stitches in a head wound after he was hit by an object thrown from the terraces, three players were sent off and 113 people were arrested.
Celtic have won the league at Ibrox only twice before, the last occasion being 45 years ago. A 1-0 win in 1908 was enough to give them an early league success and a 2-2 draw in 1967 clinched the old first division.
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