Truth: how Rangers were actually robbed of 55

Like many Rangers fans, I did not believe the league was over at the point it was called last season. I decided to do some research recently on what would have happened if the league was allowed to play to conclusion, with Rangers and Celtic in the same form as they began the 2020-2021 season. The findings were very interesting.

Celtic had 3 games to play before the split when last season was called:
Rangers (a)
St Johnstone (h)
Hibs (a)

• Their first league game away to Rangers this season was 2nd January and they lost 1-0
• Their first league game at home to St Johnstone was 6th December and they drew 1-1
• Their first league game away to Hibs was 21st November and they drew 2-2.

Meanwhile, Rangers had 4 games pre-split when the season was called:

St Johnstone (h)
Celtic (h)
St Mirren (a)
Motherwell (h)

• Our first league game at home to St Johnstone this season was 12th August and we won 3-0
• Our first league game at home to Celtic was 2nd January and we won 1-0
• Our first league game away to St Mirren was 30th December and we won 2-0
• Our first league game at home to Motherwell was 19th December and we won 3-1.

The result?

Had both teams concluded last season in the same form as we began the current one, we would have gone into the split only 3 points behind Celtic.

And here’s the real kicker – the only fixture we would have been guaranteed after the split last season was away to Celtic.

We played Celtic away from home on the 17th October… And I think you all know who won that.