Rangers vs Celtic away allocations could be done after Old Firm chaos as 'mental' scenes spark blame game

Rangers and Celtic fans have been told that their return to full allocations at Old Firm matches are all but over after Sunday’s chaos at Ibrox.

Tomas Cvancara’s penalty sealed a 4-2 shootout win in a Scottish Cup quarter-final between the pair that ended 0-0 after extra-time. Both sets of supporters ended up on the pitch in chaotic scenes as security personnel rushed to get them off it and players down the tunnel, with objects thrown, and widespread condemnation delivered.

It was a return to the full Broomloan Stand being packed with away fans after recent caps on attendances for travelling supporters in this fixture, although that had started to creep up in recent seasons. Now speaking on talkSPORT, Celtic diehard and ex-Scotland international Alan Brazil reckons those hopes could now be up in smoke. Blame is also left sitting with the police by the pundit after stewards were left scrambling at Ibrox.

Will Rangers and Celtic away fans be back at Old Firm derby?

He said as he posed a question to broadcaster David Tanner: “When I think back, I go back to Rangers vs Newcastle on the pitch in the Fairs Cup. Then Rangers vs Celtic in 1982, it all kicked off at Hampden. I was in the Scotland squad at the time, sitting in the stand, thinking ‘I can’t believe this.’ There was a lot more on the pitch than there was yesterday.

“The other one was Hibs vs Rangers, at Hampden, another barmy on the pitch. I am looking at pictures here, this is mental, a football game? Who are we blaming here? Is it the Police letting the stewards deal with it then they’ll mop up? Or have the Police got to take a firmer action here? That’ll be the end of 7,500 Celtic fans at Ibrox and Rangers getting the 6,000 or whatever at Parkhead. That’s finished now, you reckon?”

Tanner responded: “It’s interesting. I would be happy if there were no away fans at Old Firm fans has behaviour has been poor in the wider sense for a long time, in and outside the grounds. I don’t think it was connected, yesterday’s trouble, with the 7,500 Celtic fans who were there.

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“We have to differentiate between the standard great football fan that go along and support Celtic and Rangers, and these ultras. I am not a fan of bigger allocations as it such a pain for police services. Certainly, I would be tackling the smaller group of so called ultras before starting to think about punishing the bigger group of supporters.

Arsenal hero Ray Parlour was also on the panel and added: “It’s hard because it’s an emotional game and you have got one up on your rivals. There’s not enough stewards is there. No disrespect to them but they are just normal people. They can’t stop people running past them, can they?”

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