Celtic’s Scottish Cup defence gets underway on Saturday evening when Falkirk visit Celtic Park for the 3rd Round tie. The game is being shown live on Premier Sports and on Celtic TV for those supporters outside Britain and Ireland.
However many of Celtic’s Pass to Paradise season ticket supporters have been hoping that the club would also confirm that this match – with the unusually late kick-off time for a Saturday (7.30pm) – would be provided as some additional ‘added value’.
However it appears that this will NOT be happening after Celtic’s SLO undated a response to a supporter from last week who wanted to know if this Scottish Cup match on 3 April would be added to the Pass to Paradise as part of the promise the club made to supporters to provide added value in a season where 60,000 supporters have paid full price for the club’s streaming service via Celtic TV.
Unfortunately for Celtic, the rights to this Scottish Cup match belong to Premier Sports who have now confirmed, according to John Paul Taylor’s update, that they are not willing to allow Celtic to broadcast the game directly to Pass to Paradise season ticket holders.
So if you are in Britain or Ireland and want to watch the game then your only legitimate option in to watch via Premier Sports.
Celtic have won the Scottish Cup on each of the last four seasons and are targeting an unrivalled 5th consecutive Scottish Cup win to salvage something from what has been a frustrating and disappointing season for the club.