Hopes that Celtic would receive the increased allocation for the visit to McDiarmid Park on Boxing Day have been dashed. Earlier today The Celtic ticket office confirmed that the club has received a reduced allocation for the match in Perth so Celtic Fans will be situated in the two small stands behind each goal and presumably there will be an abundance of empty seats in the two larger stands.
That’s certainly been the situation until Saints allocated three stands to Celtic and indeed theRangers in the recent times pre-covid of course. It’s also the same move the Livingston have done and any arguments that selling out the ground to Celtic Fans affects the team’s chances are dispelled by the recent result against Celtic at the Tony Macaroni when Livingston picked up the three points with a 1-0 home win.
St Johnstone brought a very small support to Hampden last week for the League Cup semi-final against Celtic and must have been disappointed that more fans didn’t travel to support them, given that they had lifted both the League Cup and the Scottish Cup last season.
When Celtic travel to Perth on Boxing Day one of those trophies will have departed the unusually full trophy cabinet at McDiarmid Park either for a return trip to Celtic Park or a rare visit to Easter Road. Here’s hoping it’s the former!
It’s always annoying to see empty seats in these away grounds when there are fans wanting to pay to see the games. There’s not a great deal of money in the Scottish game and surely it makes sense for St Johnstone to follow the example set by Livingston and maximise their financial gain when Celtic (and indeed theRangers) come calling. It’s their shout though.
Tickets for away match v. St Johnstone are now on sale to eligible STH
The Club has received a reduced allocation of tickets for this match.— celticfctickets (@CelticFCTickets) December 1, 2021
This has always annoyed me, but if football clubs choose to turn away customers and lose money, they cannot really complain about being poor!