Angela Haggerty will lead the teams out at Hampden Park when Celtic take on Sevco in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup.
The Sunday Herald columnist is a popular figure on Scottish current affairs programmes and a strong supporter of independence.
In 2012 she came to public attention for editing Phil MacGiolla Bhain’s book ‘Downfall’ which is the only publication to chronicle the events leading up to Rangers Football Club being placed in liquidation.
So, exciting news: I’ve been asked by both @CelticFC and @RangersFC to lead the teams out of the tunnel at the next derby game in honour of the part I’ve played in battling bigotry. Big moment.
— Captain Haggerty (@AngelaHaggerty) April 1, 2018
Telling the truth on certain sensitive issues has made Haggerty a regular target of anger and abuse but has never frightened her away from stating her opinions.
Celtic go into the Hampden clash as strong favourites to make it ten matches in a row unbeaten against the tribute act.
Brendan Rodgers’ side are 12 points ahead of Sevco in the Premiership with a game less played and recently won 3-2 at Ibrox despite playing the last half hour with 10 men.
