ALEX RAE has opened up on fearing for his life at an infamous Celtic vs Rangers match.

The ex-Gers midfielder posed as a Sunderland scout as he watched the "shame game" at Parkhead in 1999.

Rangers won the match 3-0, sealing the league title on their rival's own patch.

The game was tarnished by disgusting scenes throughout, with referee Hugh Dallas struck by a coin.

Remembering the ugly carnage, Rae admits he was sat in the home end for the encounter. 

Years before he actually played for the Ibrox club, Rae wore a suit as he posed in Celtic's hospitality section.

Reflecting on sectarian abuse and other threats, Rae told That Millwall Podcast: "At that stage I’m 29, I’m established playing at Sunderland in the English Premiership so people know who you are.

"I’m in the Celtic end and as I go in you’ve got guys like Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Dominic Matteo and the two rows in front of me are Celtic reserves. Alan Stubbs and Jackie McNamara who weren’t playing that day, then I’m in the third row.

“People behind me are all suited and booted and I thought 'F*****g lovely, I’m safe in here'. The guy taps me behind my back and says ‘You’re in the wrong f*****g end’. I’m thinking f**k, do I make a beeline for the exit before they attack me but he does it again so I had to confront this guy.

“I turn around and the guy has a suit on and I said ‘See if you don’t shut the f**k up, I’m going to leather you, you c**t’. The guy’s wife turns round and told him to leave me alone but he just said he didn’t give a f**k and that I was an orange b*****d.

“That was the only time I’ve been at a football match and thought I’m not getting out of here alive.”