‘Take none’ ‘Time to grow a set’ ‘Refuse them’ Celtic fans react to ticket row

Celtic fans were almost unanimous in their reaction to the news that Hearts have given the hoops just 508 tickets for the match at Tynecastle on November 29.

After some speculation over the last few days Celtic confirmed the allocation in a tweet at 6.45 last night.

Less than a decade ago Celtic were given the whole of the 3,400 capacity Roseburn Stand when they went to Tynecastle.

Firstly that was halved then further reduced to the recent 700 allocation.

Hearts cut further into the remaining one section with added segregation. That is the excuse for the latest ticket cut.

CELTIC ‘EXPLAIN’ TICKET CUT

Celtic didn’t give any detail on the ‘reasons’ given for the latest reduction. It seems that using an image of Callum Osmand running in on his iconic goal was their idea of retaliation.

The ticket issue is beyond a joke when ways are being found to cut allocations from 700 down to 500.

It seems that there is a large majority of Celtic fans wanting the club to refuse accept any allocation when things get to the Tynecastle level.

It all dates back to the summer of 2018 when Dave King cut Celtic’s allocation from 7,000 down to 800.

With no regulations in place other clubs have followed suit, almost all in reaction to demands from their supporters.

Hearts are about the only club that can justify that line by selling more tickets to their own supporters.

After losing 5-2 against Falkirk and with trips to Dundee and Monaco coming up the Gorgie support might struggle to sell out additional tickets.

As usual the SPFL is powerless to act.

The SFA insist on away teams getting 20% of tickets for Scottish Cup ties.

UEFA rules require 5% are given to away fans in their fixtures but the SPFL ‘rule’ is that ‘a reasonable amount’ is given. There is no instruction on what is reasonable.