Celtic announce Champions League ticket blow

Celtic have announced that they will only be allocated 1,800 tickets for the Champions League tie away to Real Madrid in the Bernabeu Stadium.

Since the draw was made at tea-time on Thursday thousands of hoops fans have been looking into ways to attend the match in the Spanish capital with the other two trips almost forgotten about.

Celtic have taken around 10,000 fans to the Nou Camp a couple of times but the numbers officially allowed inside the Bernabeu will be much reduced.

Tonight Celtic announced:

In advance of UEFA Champions League dates being announced, we can confirm that we have been notified by Real Madrid that Celtic will receive a reduced allocation of 1,800 tickets for our match in Madrid, due to ongoing construction work at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Clearly, while expecting a huge demand for all our away matches, as is always the case, Celtic would urge fans not to travel without a ticket.

We would strongly advise supporters not to book any travel before receiving match ticket confirmation.

Celtic’s full match schedule will be announced as soon as possible. Thank you for your continuing support.

The full fixture list is expected at some stage on Saturday morning but tonight’s news will be a big disappointment- sparking a massive ticket scramble.

Last season Celtic fans were banned from attending any of the UEFA qualifiers then were unable to get access to the Europa League matches at Real Betis or Ferencvaros.

The club was given an allocation of tickets for Bayer Leverkusen then Bodo Glint but a trip to deepest Norway holds much less appeal that autumn in Madrid.