Defiant Liam Fox insists he won’t allow defeat to Rangers to derail his bid to get Dundee United back on track.
20.12.2022 - 20:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Celtic have revealed their allocation for next month’s derby clash with Rangers is limited to 708 tickets.
Ange Postecoglou takes the league leaders across the city on Monday 2 January for what will be Michael Beale's first taste of the Old Firm fixtures in the top job after taking the reins at Ibrox in early December. The Hoops will be hoping their nine point advantage over their rivals at the top of the Premiership table is at least still intact when they head to Govan for what will be a key clash in the title race.
Both clubs have taken a tit-for-tat approach to visiting allocations in recent season. Each has seen the number of briefs for the blockbuster games slashed from their traditional numbers, with now just a small pocket of away fans inside Celtic Park and Ibrox respectively. Celtic used to get the full Broomloan end, while Rangers could expect 8,000 of their supporters in the corner of Celtic Park.
But just 10 per cent of those figures are now the norm, and that won’t change for the January meeting between the big two. That’s despite calls for both to get round the table and thrash out an agreement that would see a return to sizable away supports for Glasgow derbies.
A Celtic statement read: “Tickets for the away match v Rangers on Monday, 2nd January are now on sale to eligible STH. The club received an allocation of 708 tickets for this match."
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