The number of tickets that Celtic will receive for their Scottish Cup quarter-final match against Rangers has been confirmed by the SFA.
Martin O'Neill's side travels to Ibrox on Sunday, March 8, to face Danny Rohl's team, seven days after the exact fixture will occur at the same venue in the Scottish Premiership.
Now, thanks to a push in negotiations by Celtic's hierarchy, it has been confirmed that the away side will receive the full Broomloan Stand for next month's game in the Scottish Cup, with the winner set to book their place at Hampden for the semi-final stage.
SFA rules give clubs the chance to claim up to 20 per cent of a stadium for away supporters, with both teams coming to a compromise to award Celtic around 7500 tickets for the match.
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On receiving a bigger allocation, Celtic manager O'Neill said, following the draw, “Just being a Celtic supporter, I would want all the tickets we can get – the allocation that's available to us under the rules.
"I assume that would be forthcoming. I thought that the Old Firm fixture lost a little bit in the sense that the full allocation was not given, for whatever reason.
"I don't know historically what it was. I've got kind of an idea, but it doesn't really matter. That did lose a little bit of one of the great fixtures in European football, if not the world.
"But at least there's some fans coming back and it makes a bit of a difference. To get the full allocation as we did, going to Ibrox and having the side to the left full of Celtic fans, was always gratifying."
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