Celtic fans were normally given the whole of the Broomloan Stand for Old Firm derbies until 2018, when Rangers opted to restrict their allocation to the much smaller corner section.
(meta data) TITLE: Rangers and Celtic to reduce away fans allocation at derby matches - BBC Sport Homepage ## Accessibility links BBCSPORT All Sport All Sport My Sport Home Football Formula 1 Cricket Rugby U Rugby L Tennis Golf Athletics BBC Sport Home Football Formula 1 Cricket Rugby Union Rugby League Tennis Golf Athletics My Sport ### A-Z Sports American Football Athletics Basketball Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Disability Sport Football Formula 1 Gaelic Games Get Inspired Golf Gymnastics Horse Racing Mixed Martial Arts Motorsport Netball Olympic Sports Rugby League Rugby Union Snooker Swimming Tennis Winter Sports Full Sports A-Z ### Events Winter Olympics Commonwealth Games Men's World Cup Women's World Cup ### Around the UK England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Programmes Match of the Day 5 Live Sport Sports Personality Sport on the BBC All Programmes Football Scottish Football Scottish Premiership Scores & Fixtures Table Top Scorers All Scores & Fixtures All Teams Leagues & Cups Scores & Fixtures Table Top Scorers Scottish Premiership Home More from Football All Scores & Fixtures All Teams Leagues & Cups Scottish Football Home Football Home # Rangers and Celtic to reduce away fans allocation at derby matches 24 May 2018 From the section Scottish Premiership Celtic and Rangers usually take around 7,000 travelling fans to derbies Rangers and Celtic plan to significantly reduce the number of visiting supporters at next season's derby matches. The Glasgow rivals both cite increased demand for season tickets. Celtic fans normally receive both tiers of Ibrox's Broomloan Stand in a reciprocal arrangement that sees about 7,000 travelling fans attend derbies. But all visiting teams are now set to receive less than 1,000 tickets for games against Rangers. Celtic issued a swift response, indicating that they will follow suit. A statement on the Scottish champions' website read: "An unprecedented double treble and historic season for the club has led to a phenomenal level of demand from supporters to be part of Celtic. "We are happy to reciprocate in terms of ticket allocation, something which will give us the opportunity to meet this huge demand to visit Celtic Park." Rangers say they are responding to demand after receiving an "enormous" number of requests from supporters wishing to buy season tickets on top of more than 40,000 renewals. A statement said: "Our supporters will always come first and as many of them as practically possible must be accommodated. That is why the club has decided on an overall increase in the total number of season tickets available to our supporters to what will be a historical record. "An unfortunate consequence of putting our supporters first is that this increased demand negatively impacts on the number of tickets which will be allocated to visiting teams. 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Ibrox Stadium
Structure and facilities.
All of the stands are designed using the 'goalpost' structure, in which a large portal frame supports perpendicular beams on which roof cladding is secured. A Rangers Megastore is located in the corner between the Copland Road and Govan Stands. 
 Away fans are normally accommodated in the corner of the ground between the Broomloan and Govan Stands. Ibrox is seen as being an intimidating ground for visiting supporters. Rangers banned Celtic fans in 1994 from attending games at Ibrox, citing the damage caused to the Broomloan Stand by the visitors in previous derbies. The ban was lifted after one game, as the Scottish Football League passed a resolution preventing clubs from taking that action. Before the corners were filled in, away fans were accommodated in the lower tier of the Broomloan Stand. Rangers had to take action in 1996 to prevent their fans in the upper deck from throwing items at visitors.