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Enough drama to pack out West End and Broadway for smash-hit season; THE GREAT TITLE RACE: Agatha Christie would have been hard pressed to contrive a better cliff-hanger than this thrilling SPL finale

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From: Evening Times
Date: 20030526
Author:Alan Davidson

Were the drama of yesterday's events on the South Side of Glasgow and, simultaneously, in North Ayrshire to be turned to the theatre, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap would confront a major contender for London's most durable West End production.

Indeed, placed in a New York context, it would probably permit queues to stretch the length of Broadway.

That Rangers emerged as the SPL champions by beating Dunfermline by 6-1 at Ibrox while Celtic were winning by 4-0 at Rugby Park means scarcely a jot in the greater context.

The huge efforts of the two Old Firm clubs throughout this campaign will ...

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