Opinion

SFA give Hearts fans more tickets for Celtic cup final

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The SFA have released extra tickets to Hearts fans ahead of the Scottish Cup final with Celtic.

The Jambos were given 20,220 briefs for Hampden and the governing body have handed over more.

This will bolster the opposition support in the national stadium and mean less Celts in the stand.

The Hoops have sold out all their Hampden allocations this season.

Hearts getting an advantage over Celtic?

It’s not known whether the newly released section was available to both fans.

Hearts fans at Hampden in semi-final. (Photo by Vagelis Georgariou/Action Plus via Getty Images)

These tickets are specifically going to Jambo fans with higher loyalty points.

The Hearts site said: “Having initially been allocated a total of 20,220 tickets for the final on Saturday May 25th, the club has since received a very limited number of extra tickets from the Scottish FA for what will be the Jambos’ first Scottish Cup Final in seven years.”

Celtic fans in Murrayfield in Edinburgh with more fans against Hearts. (photo by Alan Rennie/Action Plus via Getty Images)

If the SFA have released extra tickets without a fair distribution, then it must favour Hearts.

Celtic received SFA advantage in semi

Some Hoops fans will be potentially angry about this move by the SFA.

Celtic fans at Hampden semi-final against Aberdeen. (photo by Vagelis Georgariou/Action Plus via Getty Images)

However, they must remember the SFA did help the Hoops fans by releasing more Aberdeen tickets.

The club took well over half of the stadium as the Dons weren’t able to fill their allocation.

The way Hampden is, there’s a chance that these tickets are nowhere near Celtic fans too.

Celtic are on course to make it a treble treble if more Hearts fans are in the stadium or not.

The club and our fans will make it clear that losing at this point isn’t an option.