Celtic fans have told Scotland how to deal with away allocations.
The debate surrounding allocations is never far away from the headlines in Scotland, be that in Glasgow Derbies or otherwise.
This week, St Johnstone angered fans by giving three stands to Celtic ahead of their return to the Scottish Premiership next season.
This reflects an ongoing trend in Scottish football, and Hoops fans on TalkingPoints have something to say about it.
The decisions are yours…
Celtic fans ask Scottish teams: Think of the extra money!
On teams reducing Celtic’s allocation, one fan said: “It’s simple, why sit with half empty stadiums.
“[It] makes the Scottish Premiership look awful. Sell your seats to the people that want to buy them. Why lose a small fortune every season? It doesn’t make sense.”
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Another said: “Liaise with the home club on how many ST holders they have and how many pre match sales they have had 48 hours before a match.
“Work out how much of the stadium that would fill. Then offer the away team the next 24hrs to buy any seats left over…
“Not in the same stand, of course — if there’s anything left then match day sales are for home team only.”
One fan had it in for fans of Scottish Premiership clubs: “Give Celtic fans either behind and along full length, as clubs’ fans are rubbish. All empty seats, but they all appear for cup finals.”
A final agreed: “Every team in the SPL should give Celtic all their empty seats. This is a good business for the home teams, if they charge between £30 and £40 per ticket, just think of the extra money they would make.”
Since the pandemic, Scottish Premiership clubs – following the example of Rangers – have increasingly moved toward cutting away ticket allocations for Celtic supporters.
Hearts initiated this shift in 2021 by reducing the Roseburn Stand capacity to 650, a strategy later adopted by their Edinburgh rivals.
Similarly, St Mirren and Kilmarnock have abandoned the tradition of offering visiting fans two stands, instead restricting them to a single end of the ground.
In contrast, Motherwell and Livingston remain the primary exceptions, still granting large sections of their stadiums to the league’s biggest travelling support.
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