The Blues to give Guard of Honour confirmed for Sunday

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·2 maggio 2025

The Blues to give Guard of Honour confirmed for Sunday

Confirmation that the newly crown Champions will receive a Guard of Honour on Sunday at the home of one of their fiercest rivals…

Enzo Maresca, Manager of Chelsea, reacts during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Chelsea FC at Craven Cottage on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Enzo Maresca today confirmed that Chelsea plan to give Premier League champions Liverpool a guard of honour at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon in recognition of the Anfield club’s amazingly consistent season where they have been miles ahead of the rest.

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There’s a similar situation happening 412 miles away up in Glasgow and we’ll hear today from the interim manager at theRangers if he will follow his counter-part at Chelsea and make the sporting gesture towards a rival.

Alloa Athletic line up as a guard of honour to welcome the Scottish Championship Champions, theRangers onto the pitch before the match between theRangers and Alloa Athletic at Ibrox Stadium April 23, 2016. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

Alloa Athletic gave theRangers a Guard of Honour at Ibrox after theRangers won the Scottish Championship at the second attempt – having lost 8-1 on aggregate to Motherwell in a play-off the year before, as the 2012 formed Ibrox club who had started life in the old third division (the 4th tier of Scottish football) made their journey through the divisions to reach the Scottish Premiership for the first time in 2016.

Celtic title celebrations. Celtic Champions 2025. Dundee United v Celtic, 26 April 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star).

Celtic secured the Scottish Premiership title last Saturday with a 5-0 win away to Dundee United while the next day Liverpool hammered Tottenham 5-1 at Anfield to secure the Premier League title for Arne Slot in his first season in charge at Liverpool.

Barry Ferguson, theRangers vs Fenerbahçe, Ibrox, Europea League, 13 March 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

Well done to Chelsea for their sportsmanship. Over to Barry Ferguson to see if he can be big enough to recognise Celtic as Champions, like any other side in the league would surely do.

Don’t be bitter Barry, be better than that.

Enzo Maresca confirms Chelsea plan to give Liverpool a guard of honour at Stamford Bridge on Sunday 🏆 Roles reversed from the 2014/15 campaign 🤝
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Here’s Brenda Rodgers outlining his views of a Guard of Honour today and why he’d like to happen.

🔊 LISTEN: “If you come up short quite a lot it can be a challenge for you.” 🍀 Brendan Rodgers gives his take on the ‘guard of honour’ debate ahead of Celtic’s game against Rangers. Rodgers also confirmed Jota is set to miss up to nine months with an ACL injury. ⬇️
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Barry Ferguson has now confirmed that it won’t happen at Ibrox on Sunday, which is a pity.

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