BRENDAN RODGERS has enjoyed a record FIFTEEN victories in his 19 derby duels.
It’s an extraordinary sequence that not even the legendary Jock Stein can match.
The Celtic manager has also seen his side held on three occasions while suffering a solitary reverse.
In his debut campaign at Parkhead, the Irishman guided the Hoops to ten triumphs over the city rivals and he added handsomely to that tally in his comeback campaign.
THE EYES HAVE IT…a beaming Brendan Rodgers jokes with Cameron Carter-Vickers after the 3-0 win on September 1 2024.
In his first year after returning in June 2023, Rodgers guided the champions to three league wins – two at Parkhead and one at Ibrox – while there was also a 3-3 draw in Govan.
The gaffer masterminded a 2-1 success in the east end of Glasgow on May 11 which propelled Celtic towards their third successive title – and twelfth crown in 13 years – and he followed up a fortnight later with a 1-0 win in the Scottish Cup Final.
Adam Idah thumped in the late winner to hoist Rodgers’ total to 14.
And number 15 arrived on September 1 as Celtic triumphed 3-0 in the first derby duel of the new crusade with Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi and Callum McGregor netting the goals that flattened the Ibrox visitors.
THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED…Brendan Rodgers and Philippe Clement on the Hampden touchline as Celtic head for a Scottish Cup Final triumph on May 25.
RODGERS’ RECORD:
September 10, 2016: Premiership: CELTIC 5 (Dembele 3, Sinclair, Armstrong), Rangers 1 (Garner);
October 23: League Cup semi-final: CELTIC 1 (Dembele), Rangers 0;
December 31: Premiership: Rangers 1 (Miller), CELTIC 2 (Dembele, Sinclair);
March 12, 2017: Premiership: CELTIC 1 (Armstrong), Rangers 1 (Hill);
April 23: Scottish Cup semi-final: CELTIC 2 (McGregor, Sinclair pen), Rangers 0;
April 29: Premiership: Rangers 1 (Miller), CELTIC 5 (Sinclair pen, Griffiths, McGregor, Boyata, Lustig);
September 23: Premiership: Rangers 0, CELTIC 2 (Rogic, Griffiths);
December 30: Premiership: CELTIC 0, Rangers 0;
March 11, 2018: Premiership: Rangers 2 (Windass, Candeias), CELTIC 3 (Rogic, Dembele, Edouard);
April 15: Scottish Cup semi-final: CELTIC 4 (Rogic, McGregor, Dembele pen, Ntcham pen), Rangers 0;
April 29: Premiership: CELTIC 5 (Edouard 2, Forrest, Rogic, McGregor), Rangers 0;
September 2: Premiership: CELTIC 1 (Ntcham), Rangers 0;
December 29: Premiership: Rangers 1 (Jack), CELTIC 0;
September 3, 2023: Premiership: Rangers 0, CELTIC 1 (Kyogo);
December 30: Premiership: CELTIC 2 (Bernardo, Kyogo), Rangers 1 (Tavernier);
April 7, 2024: Premiership: Rangers 3 (Tavernier pen, Sima, Matondo), CELTIC 3 (Maeda, O’Riley pen, Idah;
May 11: Premiership: CELTIC 2 (O’Riley, Lundstram og), Rangers 1 (Dessers);
May 25: Scottish Cup Final: CELTIC 1 (Idah), Rangers 0.
September 1: Premiership: CELTIC 3 (Maeda, Kyogo, McGregor), Rangers 0.
