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Josh McCafferty

Celtic discover Scottish Cup final allocation as Aberdeen sell out briefs

Aberdeen have sold out their ticket allocation for the Scottish Cup final at the end of this month. 

Celtic face Jimmy Thelin's men in the Hampden showdown on May 24. 

It has been confirmed that Aberdeen will be backed by over 20,000 supporters at the national stadium after the club sold out their half of the 50/50 allocation. Tickets for the Celtic end have yet to go on sale. 

There had been hopes among the Parkhead faithful that they would be given the majority of the ground, but that won't be the case. 


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Brendan Rodgers' men booked their place in the final with a 5-0 victory against St Johnstone in the last four just over a fortnight ago. 

They have since beaten Dundee United at Tannadice to win the Scottish Premiership and drew 1-1 with arch-rivals Rangers at Ibrox in the final Glasgow derby of the campaign. 

"I was really pleased with the team's performance," said manager Brendan Rodgers after the match on Sunday. 

"Rangers started off with a diamond, so I was glad we then find our way through that. I thought we had lots of spells where we did. Maybe in the final third of the pitch we were just short today in certain passes and making the final pass.

"Overall, I thought we had really good control of the game. 

"We probably should go one up and then from that there actually corner that we get, we go behind in the game just before half-time so it's not a great time to concede, but I said to the players, listen, they've done a lot of really good things, we've just got to keep our rhythm, keep passing, keep the control in the game and hopefully eventually the goal will come."

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