St Johnstone away ticket re-think is positive news for Scottish football

The Celtic Star

·21 November 2024

St Johnstone away ticket re-think is positive news for Scottish football

One Scottish Premiership club is starting to rethink their bizarre ticket allocation, let’s hope others follow suit…

St Johnstone are planning to review away ticket allocation at end of the season to increase revenue for the club. Photo The Celtic Star

Peculiar decision

The decision to cut the ticket allocation of the Celtic supporters was always a peculiar decision, and it now seems that one club at least is coming to their senses. St Johnstone is that club and the Perthshire Saints are to consult their supporters on that very matter.

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St Johnstone a few months back appeared to became the latest club to slash our ticket allocation following the likes of Hibs, Hearts and a few others in doing so. However that didn’t actually happen and Celtic were given the same allocation as last season, but there were still huge numbers of empty seats inside McDiarmid Park as Celtic ran out 6-0 winners.

The cold light of day

In the cold light of day though, St Johnstone chiefs have discovered that rows of empty seats is not only a damning indictment on our game, it’s also having a major effect on their finances.

Arne Engels at Rugby Park with empty seats in the background. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star.

Celtic supporters can quite comfortably sell out every away ground in Scotland if they were given the opportunity. That of course isn’t going to happen, but the miserly ticket allocation we have been subjected to is quite bizarre to say the least.

Missing out on vital income

Clubs are missing out on vital income at a time when things are challenging economically wise. Football is a business after all, and losing money equates to bad business.

St Johnstone are at least starting to see sense, let’s hope other clubs follow suit including the likes of Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Dundee United, Motherwell and one or two others.

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