Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh has provided an update on their two disputes with Celtic.
The Celts got into a dispute with the Ibrox side ahead of the split when “conditions” were set for the away allocation in the final Glasgow Derby of the season.
Ibrox chiefs released a statement confirming that they had refused to agree not to sell tickets to the Union Bears for the game at Celtic Park, leading to fears that they would have no allocation at all.
Eventually, the SPFL ruled in favour of Celtic, but what has the dispute done for Cavenagh’s stance on allocations ahead of future seasons?
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Via STV, Cavenagh said: “Celtic gave us notice that they intended to either exclude all of our fans if we didn’t agree to not give tickets to some sections of our fans.
“We fought that, and we fought it on principle.
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“The two principles we were fighting were that one club should not be able to tell another club which of their fans can come to a match, and we also didn’t think that a club should create a sporting advantage through that.
“We took that to the SPFL, we got the decision against us, and we have now asked the SPFL to release the materials that were submitted by both clubs, as well as the decision.
“We think that’s incredibly important, as we talk about the right allocations going forward, it is important that all the clubs, the public, and maybe even the government see the basis of that decision.”
Additionally, Rangers are demanding damages after rowdy scenes when Celtic fans occupied the full Broomloan stand at the derby in April.
On this, he told The Herald: “I think the basics are known. We think the damage caused by their supporters is roughly £1.3m.
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“We have asked them to pay for that, there’s a dispute over that, but we won’t get into tit-for-tat via the media.
“We’ll have that conversation with Celtic and the league and SFA. We’ve suffered extensive damage and expect to be remedied for that.
“There are multiple avenues for that. There are rules but also ways to arbitrate and seek recovery for that.”
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