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Mark McDougall

Celtic back SPFL fan call as they urge Nicola Sturgeon to open Stadia

Celtic have called upon the Scottish Government to begin opening up football stadia across the country as they backed a statement from the SPFL.

The league body have requested an urgent meeting with the First Minister after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to open up English games to supporters.

And now Celtic have urged Nicola Sturgeon to follow suit as they released a statement of their own asking for her to agree to Neil Doncaster's request.

The SPFL want fans to begin coming back soon and are desperate to see supporters back in across Scotland.

A Celtic statement said: "Celtic FC understands that COVID-19 presents significant challenges for people, businesses and sectors across Scotland, including football, and that responding to those challenges whilst protecting health and safety will involve striking a difficult balance of a number of factors and considerations.

"As we have made clear, the club is committed to working with the football authorities and the Scottish Government to welcome supporters back to football as quickly and as safely as possible. From the work that we have carried out with our supporters, we know how important that is to them, too. 

"We therefore fully support the SPFL’s request for an urgent meeting with the First Minister to discuss the safe return of supporters to stadia in Scotland as soon as possible.

"The SPFL’s request and statement can be seen below."

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