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Brendan Rodgers has broken Celtic’s half-time silence with Rangers over his away loan.
And Light Blues enthusiasts possibly already know where they’ll sit next season, with the away allocation factor and Champions League fixtures providing a main court. The Glasgow giants have drawn a line under the price factor and have clashed in recent years over allocations with a series of successful head-to-head clashes that unfold without the presence of visiting fans.
But starting in the 24/25 season, they’ll hand over five percent of the memoirs to traveling enthusiasts. That’s around 2,500 enthusiastic visitors at Ibrox and 3,000 at Parkhead, the last two Scottish Premiership clashes between the two this season. It is expected to be the final to be played behind closed doors. Following the decision, Rodgers told Sky Sports: “It’s anything this club has been standing for for a number of years.
“The iconic nature of this gathering deserves enthusiasts from both groups to be a part of it. I think there are two groups of people who have been absent: the players, in terms of the game and the environment that is created, and very and especially the enthusiasts because they are the strong point of this fit.
“So this is certainly wonderful news. It’s wonderful for the game and for Scottish football as a whole that we can produce a game that has that passion, and we’ll look forward to it when it happens. “
The new allocation for away fans will be in line with UEFA’s. European football’s governing framework specifies in its regulations that away fans must be given five percent of the stadium’s capacity, according to the new agreement between the rivals. Organisational level matches in east Glasgow, Feyenoord, Lazio and Atletico Madrid were held in the Lisbon Lions stand in the southeast corner of the pitch. At this point, it’s likely