PAISLEY, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Celtic Interim Manager Martin O'Neill during a William Hill Premiership match between St Mirren and Celtic at the SMiSA Stadium, on November 22, 2025, in Paisley, Scotland. (Photo by Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Martin O’Neill wants Celtic to take every ticket that they are entitled to for next month’s Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox.
Celtic will be across the city in successive weekends next month but there are very different rules for SPFL and Premiership matches.
On March 1 Celtic will have 2,000 fans for the SPFL match with that allocation agreed after months and years of negotiating between the clubs.
The following weekend the focus turns to the Scottish Cup.
O’NEILL CALLS ON SCOTTISH CUP RULES
Under SFA rules the away club is entitled to 20% of the match tickets, a rule that has been in place for decades.
Additionally ticket pricing is agreed between the two competing clubs.
With Ibrox having a capacity of just over 50,000 Celtic are entitled to around 10,000 tickets. More than the Broomloan Road Stand can offer.
? LISTEN: “I would want all the tickets we could get under the rules, and I assume that would be forthcoming!”
? Martin O’Neill is hopeful that Celtic will receive a 20% away ticket allocation for next month’s Scottish Cup quarter-final against Rangers at Ibrox. ?? pic.twitter.com/6A66b4jEcM
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I don’t know the club’s stance but if you take me out of the club at this minute just being a supporter, we want all the tickets that we can get and the allocation that’s available to us under the rules. I assume that would be forthcoming.
With Police Scotland revealing that ticketing matters are for the two clubs to agree there seems to be no reason for Celtic not to get the Broomloan Road Stand plus 2,500 more tickets.
That would see Celtic supporters in the Govan/Sandy Jardine Stand for the first time since the eighties.
These issues shouldn’t fall on O’Neill to discuss but since the Scottish Cup draw was made on Sunday night there has been no comment from Celtic.
Premier Sports will show the Scottish Cup tie live with Sky Sports screening the SPFL match the previous weekend. Two subscriptions are required for armchair fans.
On Wednesday night Celtic are at home to Livingston with O’Neill looking for full points to maintain Celtic’s SPFL challenge.
Under two spells as interim manager O’Neill has only dropped two points in the SPFL, maintaining that would put Celtic in position to win a fifth successive title.
Between their two Ibrox trips Celtic are away to Aberdeen on March 4.
Just keep your eyes peeled for those big vermin rats in the stadium ! Rumour has it that they eat through Asbestos as a light snack before Supper ? Where’s the latter day Pied Piper when you need him ? It should be a doddle for him/ her to get rid of the rats ? The flutes can easily be supplied for the job ! As easy as hitting a drum with a stick ……
I was in the Govan stand in the early 90’s for the cup semi final v the Huns when Hampden was being rebuilt. The Huns won the toss to get home advantage. Celtic had the Broomloan and all of the Govan stands.
I wouldn’t bet on getting full allocation after all we have a mute, incompetent, spineless ceo who is in charge of these negotiations. Yep, be lucky to get 2500.
How about our million pound a year CEO and board coming out and saying something like this
The ones who rolled out the red carpet for the huns at the last derby whilst many of our fans are still banned
Celtic will get what sevco decides our board are conflicted.
The Celtic boars aren’t conflicted Stevie. They are compromised. We will be lucky to get 7500.
Well he’s certainly left the case to the ‘leading sports lawyer’
So we get the #10,000 then…
Oh silly Fu**in me !