The Old Firm's decision to block the SPL's plan for its own, subscription-based television channel.
He left the stock picking to the old firm while making Vanguard a pure distribution house.
It is not just the Old Firm match that will take place at New Year.
But he insisted the Old Firm could not go it alone in terms of TV deals.
"After consultation with Rangers we agreed to postpone the Old Firm fixture on 2 January, " he added.
Hearts won't split the Old Firm this season but I expect them to be strong contenders for third place again.
Ironically, the Hoops could wrap up their 43rd league title at Ibrox in the Old Firm clash on March 25.
However, he was reluctant to be drawn on whether the Old Firm will be invited into a new two-tier system.
And Matthews' former Cardiff team-mate Joe Ledley is delighted to see his fellow Welshman join his at the Old Firm giants.
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The 28-year-old, linked with a return to Ibrox, says he would be tempted to cross the Old Firm divide once again.
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Mr Bennett cited the 1997 final between Kilmarnock and Falkirk, the 1998 game between Rangers and Hearts and last year's decider between the Old Firm.
In the end they got it right, but how could it have taken so long to arrive at the decision to postpone the Old Firm match?
The goalkeeper is currently recovering from a minor knee operation and has targeted a return for the Old Firm game at Celtic Park on 2 January.
You talk to any other SPL manager and they will tell you anything you get from the Old Firm in their own backyard is a bonus.
The plan would almost certainly be opposed by smaller Scottish clubs, who rely heavily on the income generated by their league clashes with the Old Firm giants.
Motherwell's match against Hibernian, the Old Firm game and Gretna's fixture with St Mirren on 2 January have been postponed, as has Well's fixture against Celtic on Sunday.
On receiving his Clydesdale Bank Premier League manager of the month for January award, he said he wanted to get as close to the Old Firm as possible.
This did not catch on, except among prosperous suburbanites who, now that they see the Progressives cosying up again to the old firm, think them not worth supporting either.
"The thing Scottish football does have is this brand called the Old Firm and whether you call it car crash television or not, everybody is attracted to it, " Spiers said.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon - already banned for the match - will miss an extra four matches for his part in the clash at the Old Firm game last week.
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Meanwhile, Celtic and Rangers have jointly issued a six-point plan aimed at addressing problems arising from the Old Firm fixture, including measures to tackle sectarianism, drink-related offences and domestic violence .
Following last week's controversial game, Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, called the Old Firm clubs to a summit, to be held on Tuesday, to discuss Scottish football at the request of Strathclyde Police.
Now he can concentrate on being an ambassador who, in his first stint at the club, was able to make the Pars one of the best supported Scottish clubs outwith the Old Firm.
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The Co-operative Insurance company apply their name to the League Cup for the last time this Sabbath, and in the wake of the Old Firm final, Scottish football will have two of its three major competitions without financial backers.
Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester City have also been linked with Wilson and Smith believes attempts from Premiership managers to lure young talent south of the border is now a fact of life for Scottish clubs, including the Old Firm.
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But, as that didn't get the Old Firm far south of Gretna the last time the clubs tried, he's also looking to being part of restructured Nordic leagues, or the Netherlands, or perhaps an Atlantic league, or maybe a combination with teams playing in different leagues.
Walter Smith's side are hosts for the third Old Firm derby the season on 27 February.
It is understood that Celtic wrote to the SPL earlier this month to ask if it would reconsider his appointment for the last Old Firm clash of the century.
Although the focus of questioning at the pre-match news conferences was the likelihood of controversy, it should not be forgotten that the last match was perhaps the best Old Firm game in terms of the quality of football played in recent times.
In addition, the two Old Firm rivals are opponents in a forthcoming Scottish Cup fifth-round replay.
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