CELTIC will discover the decision of the SPFL chiefs in the derby ticket row TOMORROW.
The Hoops hierarchy refused to allocate any away tickets to visiting supporters when the two teams meet for the sixth and final time this season at Parkhead a week on Sunday.
The matter was referred to league bosses who are due to deliver their judgement within 24 hours.
Celtic management told their Ibrox counterparts they would only release tickets if they promised not to make any available to the Union Bears Ultras group.
That came following the unruly scenes on the Ibrox pitch after Martin O’Neill’s side’s penalty-kick shoot-out triumph in the Scottish Cup quarter-final encounter last month.
SPOT ON…Liam Scales and Auston Trusty lead the celebrations after Tomas Cvancara netted the decisive penalty-kick in the Scottish Cup quarter-final shoot-out triumph at Ibrox.
There were around 7,000 Hoops followers in the Broomloan stand to witness Tomas Cvancara sink the winning penalty-kick following a scoreless extra-time stalemate.
Fans of both clubs entered the field of play at the end of the confrontation which sparked some ugly clashes.
The Govan gaffers were not prepared to allow their opponents to set conditions on the sale of the tickets and protested to the SPFL board – with the matter promptly referred to a sub-committee.
Now their judgement will be revealed tomorrow, according to a report in the Scottish Sun.
The previous five meetings have seen the champions draw twice at Ibrox – 0-0 in August and 2-2 on March 1 – while Danny Rohl’s side won 3-1 at Parkhead on January 3, the last game for Wilfried Nancy after his disastrous 33-day reign in which the Hoops lost six of his eight outings.
O’Neill was in interim charge when his team won 3-1 in the Premier Sports League Cup semi-final in November and the Irishman guided his players to a last-eight victory last month.
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