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

What is financial gap between Old Firm and rest of Scottish Premiership?ByKatharine SharpeBBC Sport senior journalistPublished11 minutes agoThis season's Scottish Premiership has produced the closest-fought battle involving a non-Old Firm club for decades.Holders 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.Get in touchSend us your questionsContact formContact formHow big is the financial gap between clubs?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, There was a revenue gap of nearly £120m between title challengers Hearts and 55-time winners Celtic last seasonCeltic'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.How much does the Old Firm dominate the transfer market?The gulf between Old Firm finances and the rest of the league can also be shown in transfer spending.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 - wi...