What is financial gap between Old Firm and rest of Scottish Premiership?

"Celtic will face Hearts in the final game of the season to decide the 2025-26 champions. Should the Edinburgh side avoid defeat against the Glasgow giants, they will be the first side outside the Old Firm to win the top flight in more than 40 years. Breaking the stronghold that Celtic and Rangers have held for so long would be an even more impressive achievement given the huge financial disparities between the clubs. Aberdeen were the last non-Old Firm side to win the title, all the way back in the 1984-85 season under Sir Alex Ferguson."

"Celtic's annual turnover for the 2025-26 season was 143.6m - nearly six times that of Hearts in the same time period. Rangers had the second highest revenue last season at 94.2m, putting the gap between the Old Firm and Hearts - as the next highest-valued team - at nearly 70m. The revenue gap between Celtic and the lowest turnover, Falkirk, is nearly 140m - with the Glasgow club bringing in more than 30 times as much money."

"While Celtic had a relatively conservative spend in the summer transfer window, they still brought in the highest amount through outgoing players. Rangers' total outgoings, the highest in the league, were nearly nine times that of Hearts. Four teams did not register any signing spending at all - though some fees may have been undisclosed - with two of those clubs, Dundee and Falkirk, also not displaying any finances gained from departing squad members."

"Celtic Park's capacity of 60,411 dwarfs all other stadiums in Scotland - including the national stadium Hampden by nearly 9,000 seats - sitting at the 10th-biggest stadium in the whole of the UK. Rangers' Ibrox stadium is the second-biggest in the league with a capacity of 50,817. The next"

Celtic will play Hearts in the final match to determine the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership champions. Hearts can become the first non-Old Firm club to win the top flight in more than 40 years if they avoid defeat. Breaking the long-standing dominance of Celtic and Rangers would be especially notable because of large financial gaps between clubs. Celtic’s projected annual turnover is 143.6m, nearly six times Hearts’ figure. Rangers’ revenue is 94.2m, leaving a gap of nearly 70m between the Old Firm and the next highest-valued club. Transfer spending and stadium capacity further illustrate the scale of the disparity.

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