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The SPL post-split fixtures, announced last night, see title-chasing Rangers make two consecutive trips to Parkhead in 11 days, with the rearranged New Year's Day contest now being staged at the same venue a week tomorrow.

The fixture list also ensures tricky final-day away trips for both Glasgow giants - with Rangers travelling to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen and Dundee United hosting Celtic on May 18.

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Head to heads: Walter Smith's Rangers will face Celtic twice in 11 days

With both games in the north east, the authorities may have to pay special attention to train and bus routes.

The SPL have yet to announce new dates for Rangers' two outstanding pre-split matches against St Mirren and Motherwell.

And, in a first for the much-criticised league, the post-split fixtures have ensured that all but one of Gretna's remaining fixtures will be played away from home, when the normal format would see teams allocated two or three home matches out of five.

Cynics would suggest that Gretna home crowds are at such a low level - Saturday's game against Inverness at Fir Park brought a new record low of 431 - that the troubled club will be happier without the costs of ground rental, policing and stewarding.

There are other anomalies - Dundee United start the post-split fixtures with a home match against Hibs, the third time Craig Levein's men have faced Hibs at Tannadice this season.