Although Saturday’s spotlight was on the ongoing silent protests against the Celtic board, another significant message from fans went largely unnoticed…
Bhoys Celtic, joined by Hibernian’s Block 7 ultras, both voiced opposition at Celtic Park to the excessive ticket prices in Scottish football, with Hibs fans being ludicrously charged £39 for last weekend’s match, causing rightful anger among both fan groups.
Banners appeared in both the home and away sections of the stadium, drawing attention to the ticket pricing issue, with Block 7 in the away end displaying: “Stop pricing fans out of football,” while Bhoys Celtic in the home end held up their own message reading: “£39 = PLC greed – fairer pricing for all fans.”
Amid recent focus on protests targeting the Celtic board, this joint demonstration has largely escaped wider attention, yet the collaboration between rival fan groups highlighted that escalating ticket prices are increasingly unsustainable and threaten to push away the core supporters of football clubs across Scotland.
£39 🚫
That’s the price Hibs fans were charged for their match at Celtic Park on Saturday. Both Block 7 (Hibs) and Bhoys (Celtic) displayed banners highlighting this unacceptable pricing.
Unless fans unite to demand change, we risk being priced out of the game. pic.twitter.com/dOiXtQqdyT
— Scottish Supporters Collective (@ScotSupporters) September 30, 2025
It should be noted that this will be the ticket price when Celtic visit Easter Road later in the season and Celtic would probably be open to lower away prices for supporters, given the usually small number of away fans visiting Celtic Park and the huge demand for tickets for Celtic’s away matches in Scottish football.
Many fear that without genuine pressure from fan groups, ticket prices will keep rising, gradually excluding ordinary supporters from the club they love. Action is needed to prevent ticket costs from soaring and putting the sport out of reach for fans.
It is only through the united campaigns that were visible on Saturday at Celtic Park between both sets of supporters that will force real change.
All clubs across the Scottish Premiership should be making the game more accessible and affordable to supporters. As Celtic supporters will know, gone are the days where you get the odd friendly or Champions League qualifier on the season ticket. There are no benefits anymore. But it’s not just a Celtic issue. It’s a Scottish football one.
Hopefully Saturday’s display will gain media attraction and that the agenda of ‘ticket pricing’ remains prevalent at any future games at Celtic Park until the issue is resolved. However the idea of £20 admission seems unlikely with the Scottish game very much reliant on ticket revenue given the low level of broadcasting income in comparison to other leagues around Europe. Surely £30 per ticket would be acceptable but of course that will never be agreed as the Glasgow Derby prices are approaching double that for away supporters – and there’s no shortage of takers.
Hibernian v Hearts, Scottish Premiership. Hibernian win the edinburgh derby at Easter Road, on 2 March 2025. Photo Craig McAllister IPSI/ MAGO
Here’s a poser for you. Imagine if theRangers offered Celtic fans the entire Broomloan with ticket priced at £100 each, no concessions. Do you think they’d fill it? If you look at Oasis concerts, if you wanted to pick one up for Wembley at the weekend apparently £3k was the going rate.
Celtic for all their faults would not be the biggest problem to limiting the price of match tickets for the Scottish Premiership matches (outside of the Glasgow Derby), as they have less to lose than the other sides other than theRangers.
The other strange point on this subject is the policy of some clubs, like for instance Kilmarnock, to restrict the number of away fans when they have thousands of empty seats at every home game. Talking of Kilmarnock…
Conor Spence
