Weir: Every derby could be my last

20 April 2011 16:30

Rangers captain David Weir will treat Sunday's Old Firm derby as if it is his last - but only because he realises how special they are.

The defender turns 41 next month and has still not decided whether he will quit Ibrox - or playing in general - at the end of the season.

Weir told the Rangers News: "I think the more you play in the Old Firm games, the more special they become for a variety of reasons."

Weir is only focusing on the Clydesdale Bank Premier League run-in, which could be defined at Ibrox when Rangers face Celtic for a seventh time this season.

The former Everton player has made 21 Old Firm appearances, never missing a derby since signing for Walter Smith in January 2007, but he does not know whether how many more he will experience.

"You come to realise very quickly how important they are and how much they mean to people around the club and the fans," he added.

"In my experience, the more embroiled in them you become, the more you begin to understand how crucial they are. It could be my last Old Firm game but I don't mean that as in I've decided I'm leaving Rangers in the summer. I genuinely don't know what I'm going to do.

"Where I'm coming from with that is that I feel you've got to go into every derby thinking it could be your last one and you have to relish the moment and rise to it.

"That's just how football is and you just don't know what's waiting round the corner for you. I'm no different to anyone else so I find they get more special every time.

"I treat every game as if it's my last, not just Old Firm matches, and that's something which has stood me in good stead so this one won't be any different."

Source: PA