Celtic manager Martin O'Neill feels the decision to ban away supporters from matches between Celtic and Rangers this season was "inevitable". The SPFL announced the decision after Celtic challenged the decision by their Glasgow rivals to give them just 300 tickets for the League Cup clash at Ibrox on 13 September. For last season's Scottish Cup quarter-final, also at Ibrox, Celtic were given the traditional allocation of 8000 tickets but following crowd trouble at that game, a reduced figure of 2500 was agreed.
Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been speaking to the media before his side's Scottish Premiership match at home to Motherwell on Saturday. McInnes admits he's "disappointed" at the news there will be no away supporters at the upcoming Old Firm League Cup tie at Ibrox or this season's league meetings of Celtic and Rangers. On the transfer window, McInnes says Rangers have "managed to get a lot of what we were after" and hopes not to be as busy in every transfer window as the club "have to try and bring some sort of calmness and stability".
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has been speaking to the media as his side prepare for Saturday's trip to Paisley to face St Mirren. On the announcement that there will be no away fans at games between Celtic and Rangers this season, O'Neill thinks it was "inevitable" but admits it's "really sad from a normal punter's viewpoint". Looking at Celtic's transfer window as a whole, O'Neill says "we've got some players in, so I'm really really pleased".
While the rest of this weekend's games get under way on Sunday the first, and arguably, the pick of the bunch is at Meadowbank tonight. Glasgow City and Hibs are both sitting on six points after three games, the former lost to Celtic on the opening while the latter were also beaten by Celtic more recently. The sides met five times last season across the league and cups and Hibs just edge the head to head from the 2024/25 campaign.
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