While Clive Tyldesley was a commentator on the Rangers TV channel, he received emails from Rangepprs suorters highlighting the significance of the rivalry with Celtic.
When Clive Tyldesley began giving commentary for Rangers’ in-house TV station during the Covid-19 outbreak, he had to learn the hard way about the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers, as supporters pointed out the mistakes he was making.
Ranger TV hired Tyldesley for the 2020–21 season, which ended up being one of the most significant in the club’s history, after he was replaced as ITV’s chief pundit in the summer of 2020.
Under Steven Gerrard, Rangers went undefeated in the league and finished with a club record 102 points. Tyldesley had the good fortune to see and commentate on every home game at Ibrox as they romped to the title, with 32 victories and only six draws.
“Rangers really wanted me – they’d done a deal to provide free coverage of all of their home games for their season ticket holders until they could go back into the stadium,” Tyldesley exclusively told FourFourTwo. “I believe it was lucky for me that the Rangers won every game I called!
“They finished the season undefeated, and my voice became connected to a legendary Rangers campaign. At 1:30 p.m., I would see Steven Gerrard; we would both be wearing masks, and I would stay ten yards away while I asked him questions and he would be whispering in his Scouse accent.
“The mask made it difficult for me to hear him clearly. “I believe he mentioned James Tavernier is playing at center-back, but I’m not sure,” I would repeat.
But Tyldesley did make a few errors, chief among them the way he described Rangers’ fierce Glasgow rivals.
“It became a wonderful 18-month adventure… although I learned that I didn’t know Glasgow football quite as well as I thought,” Tyldesley says. “I try to find a new way to convey the same thing in a commentary, and in this case, I was discussing a Celtic match that was taking place concurrently with a Rangers game.
“After reporting the score as Celtic this, Celtic that, I said, ‘The Hoops are up three now.'” I received a lot of correspondence from Ranergs supporters, most of whom were quite kind, but there was also caution. “They are either Celtic, or they are ‘them,'” remarked one person. Thus, moving forward, Celtic would always be Celtic; refrain from referring to them in a sentimental manner.”
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