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Mark McDougall

Barry Ferguson in Rangers and Celtic fan call as he urges clubs to return to old ticket deal

Rangers legend Barry Ferguson has called for the Old Firm to return to the old allocations for supporters at games.

No Celtic fans will be in attendance when Rangers host their rivals on Sunday, and in the last few seasons there have only been 850 supporters allowed in the away end.

In seasons gone by, Celtic supporters would have the entire Broomloan Road stand while Rangers fans would get around 8000 tickets for Celtic Park too.

A feeling among Rangers fans is that they were tucked away in a corner out of the way at Celtic Park while the Hoops supporters were much more noticeable at Ibrox.

But Ferguson insists the match would be a better spectacle if the two clubs put their differences aside and returned to the old allocations.

He told Go Radio: “The fans are going to be in, but I’m just disappointed it’s not back to the way it was four or five years ago.

“You walk out at Ibrox. If you’re a player, you look to your left and there’s 8,000 Celtic fans and the other three stands are full of Rangers fans.

“Get it back to being like that. And the same at Celtic Park, 8,000 Rangers fans travelling and supporting their team.

“It just disappoints me, if you asked all the ex-players they’d want the opposition fans there.

“It’s great when it’s just your own fans but me growing up and playing in it, it was special.

“Going over to take a corner kick, you were going over to the Broomloan and you knew you were going to get absolute pelters.

“But that’s what it was all about! That fired you up.”

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