The word on the street is that there won’t be any Celtic supporters at Ibrox next month, as tickets for hoops fans have either been refused by the club, or not offered by the club\/company.<\/p>\n
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This despite Stewart Robertson, the current voice of the current entity saying there would be.<\/p>\n
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Back in February, speaking to Sky Sports, probably thinking no one would notice, Robertson said;<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere will be away fans for the two games remaining.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n before adding<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt will be the allocation we’ve had for the last couple of years. Going into next year, and the succeeding years after that, as far as I can see it will still be at that level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This was in response to claims that Celtic wanted 8000 tickets, simply not possible because the Ibrox club had already sold season books for all but a few seats, and Celtic seemed a little peeved at Robertsons words, or peeved at having to argue publicly with their business partners, because a couple of days later they responded with;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFurther to recent media reports regarding ticket allocations for away fans at Celtic Park, to clarify, Celtic determines the allocation for visiting teams at Celtic Park and will confirm the position for future matches at the appropriate time.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perhaps Celtic have clarified their position, which seems to be 8000 or none, and perhaps the Ibrox entity wanted this so they can raise a few quid by selling the seats they would normally leave empty for stewards or security.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or, as is suspected, Celtic could, officially or unofficially, win the league at their ground next month, and that’s a risk they aren’t willing to take.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Given how intimidated “rangers 2 were by a full house at Celtic Park in their 3-0\u00a0 defeat earlier this year, it may be that the Ibrox board want to imitate how Celtic handled the occasion. We’ve already seen piss poor attempts at tifos, banners and fan celebrations , perhaps now there has been a shift from imitating Rangers to imitating Celtic…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The win at Livingston has shaken both the media and the Ibrox club.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One could be forgiven for thinking that they genuinely expected Celtic to slip up, and the more pragmatic approach from Postecoglou suggests he treated the game seriously as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Winning 3-1 and winning well has put Celtic in a very strong position, and the three point lead combined with a superior goal difference means that Celtic\u00a0 have to drop points in two more games than “rangers ” do, which given the form of both sides is unlikely.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Especially as there are only eight games remaining.\u00a0 Two of which are between the two sides.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inquest after inquest in the media, especially the BBC Sportscene programme, featuring Stephen Thompson, (ex Rangers ) a hairt fellow (ex Rangers ) and Kenny Miller (ex both Rangers ) was never going to be impartial, and they didn’t even try.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They completely ignored this tackle, which merited a second yellow …<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Omeonga already on a yellow, cleans Rogic out in front of the ref. Not even a foul. pic.twitter.com\/iorTKrVIWP<\/a><\/p>\n — Lint (@Zeshankenzo) March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n