As one city empties today while another overflows, those left behind in Glasgow will tend to be of a certain persuasion.

As Rangers prepare to pen the final instalment of what has been a thrilling campaign, all Celtic - and their supporters - can do is watch and wait.

There is no escaping the fanfare that has surrounded Walter Smith's side and for Aiden McGeady, green is certainly the colour.

The midfielder is crossing his fingers that the volume of games Rangers have to play catches up with them this week, but he has admitted that he'd do anything to be in the position the Ibrox club are at the minute.

"We are maybe helped by the fact that we are only going for one competition, whereas, if you look at Rangers, they are still playing on three fronts," said McGeady.

"Mind you, that's something we would much rather be doing, but we just have one competition to concentrate on now.

"We have one single game left, we have to win it and hopefully the title will be ours again."

It all sounds so simple on paper. Yet, Celtic could beat Dundee United 10-0 and if Rangers don't slip up against either Motherwell, St Mirren or Aberdeen, it will all be in vain.

It has been a decent fightback from Celtic to ensure the title goes to the wire after shooting themselves in the foot more than once this season.

December was desperate, but the defeat to Rangers at the end of March that was followed swiftly by a home defeat to Motherwell appeared to have all but sewn blue ribbons on the SPL trophy.

Since then, however, there has been a single-mindedness about Celtic that has been rewarded with back-to-back Old Firm wins and a decent bit of momentum.

It may be a case of too little, too late but for McGeady, the chance to be a pivotal part of a squad that celebrates three successive titles is a tantalising prospect.

"Not many have succeeded in getting three in a row," he said. "There have been some great managers and teams at this club, during the Eighties and, more recently, with Martin O'Neill. But Jock Stein is still the last manager who did it.

"That shows you just how difficult it is and it would be an unbelievable achievement if we were to do it, especially considering the fact that three or four weeks ago most people wrote us off and said that the league was finished.

"Now we are right back in it and the pressure is all on Rangers.

"Of course you are aware as a player of what a win would mean to people and what it would mean in the history of the club. Three titles in a row would put us in the history books, but there is still work to be done and we need to win that final match."

McGeady is a player who has always promised much. Long before he burst onto the first-team scene at Tynecastle and scored as a precocious teenager on his debut, the midfielder's name had already caused a ripple among the club's support, such was his reputation.

This season he appears to be fulfilling his undoubted potential and he has gravitated towards greater consistency.

"If you look at some of the real Celtic greats, they were playing consistently, at the highest level for nine or ten years," he said.

"I've still got a long way to go before I am spoken about in the same breath as these guys.

Players like Henrik Larsson are just on a different level, but what I can try and do is bring success to the club and make history that way.

"I'll just keep working hard at things, staying after training to do a few things and go to the gym. I really just want to be the best player that I can be."

For all that McGeady still has worked to do, his confidence and self-belief that he can reach the very top is unwavering.

"This season the responsibility has been greater because I've been setting up and scoring more," he said.

"I've always been that kind of player and even when I was younger, Tommy Burns always told me that even if I am not playing well, I can produce one moment of magic.

"He always said brilliant players can turn a game in a second, irrespective of how they are playing. There is still a long way to go before I would class myself as that, but that is the kind of player that I want to be.

"This season I definitely feel half a yard quicker, physically and in my head.

"I can go past players more easily than in previous seasons, simply through pace and a tough of the ball.

"I've played in more games because I have been more direct and by having the drive to get past the full-back, get to the byline and get a cross in.

"More often than not, the more crosses you put in, the more likely someone is to get a goal from one of them.

"I've personally been delighted to have played so many games this season and to have been such an integral part of the team.

"The individual awards are great and I never expected to get Player and Young Player of the Year, I am obviously delighted with that, but there is still one game to go and the most important thing to me is that I cap off the season by winning the league with Celtic.

"That is all that really matters now."

Meanwhile, it is team-mate Scott McDonald that has stood out this season for McGeady.

The little Aussie has scored 31 goals in his debut season for the club and it is a remarkable return for a player whom many expected to be little more than a squad player. McDonald has played 48 games in all for Celtic this season - one more than McGeady - and his team-mate has been impressed.

"He has scored so many goals this season," McGeady told the Celtic View. "It can take players time to settle but he hit the ground running.

"I think it would be tough to go to another team and try and get used to the style of play and new players and still score goals.

"He has done that and is top scorer by some distance so he deserves a lot of credit."