Official Rangers win case over tickets with SPFL - but authorities refuse to issue compliance edict to Celtic

DESPITE winning a case put to an SPFL Board Sub-Committee, Rangers FC, with extreme disappointment, will not have any supporters present at Parkhead for the Old Firm match on December 30.

The Sub-Committee agreed with Rangers that Celtic FC’s stance of providing zero tickets to Rangers’ fans was unreasonable.

Despite the fact that the Sub-Committee agreed with Rangers, the Sub-Committee was unwilling to determine what a ‘reasonable’ number of tickets for the fixture would be.

The Sub-Committee was unable to determine this reasonable number due to the fact that the other party had not submitted enough evidence on this issue, despite having ample opportunity to do so in the weeks and months leading up to the hearing.

Rangers’ position has always been clear. We want away fans from all clubs at our stadium and wish for that to be reciprocated when we travel to other clubs’ grounds.

This decision calls into question the effectiveness, and highlights the procedural defects, of SPFL Rule I27.

To Rangers, it is grossly unfair that if a club (in this case Celtic) fails to submit sufficient evidence as part of such proceedings, it effectively ties the hands of a Sub-Committee in being able to determine what a reasonable number of tickets should be; especially when the Sub-Committee agrees that the reasonable number cannot be zero.

Conversely, if a club (in this case Rangers) complies fully and provides all necessary information in good faith, it can still be penalised.

The club will consider its position before participating in any further SPFL led hearings.

Rangers, alongside several other SPFL clubs, also looks forward to the overdue findings of the ongoing, protracted SPFL Governance review.

Rangers will be making no further comment at this time.
 
Roll on the SPFL board meeting which Celtic have aimed for with this decision for the introduction of 5/10% minimum away fan allocations which will see closer to the old allocations.

Yet again though, incompetence from
The SPFL with using subjective wording on a rule causing room for a club to %^*& another club about.
 
Carve up.

Whatever your position on Old Firm allocations is, and we all know there a many on here at complete opposite ends of the argument over it, the idea that a reasonable number couldn't be agreed upon is a complete nonsense. At worst it should have been the new status quo of 800, it works for every other club in the league.
 
set the field for the SPFL to ensure that visiting fans (of clubs with over 30k seats) get a minimum 20% or whatever. If this is the case, the seats available to away fans must be of a similar quality and location and not in the heavens behind support beams!
 
Bocanegra said:
Carve up.

Whatever your position on old Firm allocations is, and we all know there a many on here at complete opposite ends of the argument over it, the idea that a reasonable number couldn't be agreed upon is a complete nonsense. At worst it should have been the new status quo of 800, it works for every other club in the league.
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It's blatantly obvious a "reasonable number" would be the identical allocation given to every other club.
The fact that this allegedly impartial committe couldn't decide on that sums up how gutless they are.
 
Lock them out of Ibrox. Plain and simple, f’ck them.

I know it’s an emotive subject on here with arguments about atmosphere and desire to get tickets for the away matches etc. but these Jeremy Hunts are just never going to take a rational, compromised based approach to anything and I think we should just be refusing to deal with them at this stage.
 
Number 4 said:
This was never going to be resolved mid-season and probably rightly so - the meltdown would have been epic if one was perceived to have an advantage over another.
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One deliberately sacrificed their advantage as they were too scared to come to Ibrox.

Personally think this will work against Celtic if the current trajectory of the form of both clubs continues over the next few weeks.
 
When the 10% rule comes in you can bet we don’t get the full 10% at Parkhead due to “safety concerns”

They’ll give us the exact same number of tickets as we give them despite having a larger capacity.

It’s what they did for years and we didn’t have the backbone to stand up to it.

You have to say it again and again, there is a reason they are so desperate to get the old arrangements back and no compromise would suit them.
 
PaulieGualtieri said:
Aye, that'll sort it. Child
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I wouldn’t support it happening but it’s a fair point. What would it take for the league to step in and sort it? Clubs shouldn’t be allowed to just refuse away allocations to other clubs

My hope now is the league force both clubs to sit down and agree a reasonable allocation. Current rules aren’t worth a %^*& based on Celtic getting away with it
 
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That’s utterly farcical to be honest ..they are petrified just to tell them that they have to allocate the 800 tickets as per previous games, and the same as what they were offered at Ibrox.
 
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