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SFA to block Rangers slashing celtic ticket allocation for Scottish Cup clashes at Ibrox

Ian Maxwell won’t allow Rangers to lock celtic supporters out of Ibrox if the feuding neighbours collide in next season’s Scottish Cup.

Rangers have promised to cut celtic’s ticket allocation from 8000 to just more than 800 for league matches on their own ground next season. In a tit-for-tat move celtic threatened to take similar action when Steven Gerrard’s side travel across the Clyde.

But under SFA rules, visiting clubs are entitled to 20 per cent of available seats for Scottish Cup ties.

Which would mean both clubs could demand more than 10,000 tickets for their fans should they be pulled out of the hat together before the semi-finals. And Maxwell has no intention of endorsing a lockout on away fans as he attempts to land a bumper TV deal for next season’s competition.

He said: “There is guidance in the rules, a minimum percentage.

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2 minutes ago, To Be A Ranger said:

Fair enough. That rule has been in place for as long as I remember. Don't see how it would affect a bumper TV deal though (:lol: as if the powers that be in this country could actually pull off such a deal).

Agreed.  Seems a strange statement to come away with,  but then this is Keith Jackson that wrote it...could be legit :p:

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28 minutes ago, eejay the dj said:

Crock of shite 

I don't think our club even mentioned this for Scottish cup ties .We knew the  old rule  was in place for years 

But having a photo of Maxwell with arms folded and telling is .We aren't going to take shite from Rangers, appeals to the scum mentality, that the new guy is not going to be messed around 

Fucking garbage 

Interestingly Maxwell has been saying elsewhere that he gets on 'fine' with Rangers and his door is always open to any club that wants to talk to him.

'Maxwell stressed that he had known Rangers directors Stewart Robertson and Andrew Dickson for a long time and had a "good relationship" with them.

"I speak to them regularly," he said. "The relationship with Rangers is absolutely fine.'

As you say, Rangers mentioned nothing about cup games just season tickets so there is no 'ban' as there has never been any intention to go against the current rules. 

Anything to make a negative story by that utter waste of a carbon based life form. He is an absolute clown who gets more irrelevant with every utterance.

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The dumbasses who shuffle down to their newsagent every morning to buy this rhag wont know any better. 

Its why they still buy this or similar every day. Anyone with an ounce of savvy knows this rule, that it is often done in consultation with police and that instead of them getting 10k at Ibrox and us getting 12k at the phiggery it will fall into line as the allocation it’s always been. 

No one has stamped their foot down. This is just sensationalism for the guy who buys his rolls and paper with his slippers on. 

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1 hour ago, Ozblue said:

Whoever decided to put that in a newspaper and call it a "Story" deserves to be fucked up the arse with an Apple Pine. In other earth-shattering news that has just come to light, Large John knew a few things or six.

I think the story was by Jackson from the daily record. Can the OP confirm?

If so it will explain the anti-Rangers slant. After all the ticket allocation works both ways. 

Wee cunt is obsessed with us. His isolation must me hurting him. 

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