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Lennon and Old Firm rival Walter Smith have both dismissed an idea put forward by Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson for the top four teams in the SPL to contest a title decider at the end of the regular season.

Rangers, who lost to their Old Firm rivals in the Cup on Wednesday, have two games in hand over Celtic.

The match was expected to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds, including a £10,000 donation from Old Firm rivals Celtic.

Some Celtic fans can remember precisely where they were when their Old Firm rivals were so humiliated.

As excitement built, analysts began to speculate that the firm might eventually evolve into the next "major" energy firm, rivalling the likes of Shell, Total and Exxon Mobil.

The aim now is to wrest the SPL title from Rangers' grasp and prevent their Old Firm rivals from claiming a third successive championship.

The league's runners-up, Celtic, who finished a point behind their Old Firm rivals in the SPL last season, also face Edinburgh opponents on the opening day.

And that could be slashed again to four points should Celtic beat St Mirren on Saturday before their Old Firm rivals are in action against Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Celtic's long-standing Old Firm rivals Rangers, of course, played in Division Three this season.

For Rangers fans, victory over their Old Firm rivals would have felt like a cathartic moment.

But Lawwell says the eventuality of their Old Firm rivals going bust "would have no material effect on Celtic".