Around 700 Celtic fans were expected to attend Ibrox for the Old Firm game; however, Rangers have rescinded the offer after Celtic were unable to guarantee a similar arrangement would be in place for the return fixture in January; watch Rangers vs Celtic on August 29, live on Sky Sports
Saturday 21 August 2021 18:43, UK
Celtic will be without supporters for next weekend's Old Firm game against Rangers at Ibrox.
Celtic fans were expected to be able to attend the Premiership fixture but they will now be unable to do so after Rangers withdrew their offer of around 700 away tickets.
Rangers had already distributed the tickets to Celtic for the game, which will be live on Sky Sports.
The champions have performed the U-turn after Celtic were unable to guarantee a similar arrangement would be in place for the return fixture at Celtic Park on January 2.
The game at Ibrox will be Ange Postecoglou's first against Rangers since his appointment as Celtic manager this summer - but he is keen to keep the focus on his side's Europa League qualifier against AZ Alkmaar on Thursday.
Speaking after Celtic thrashed St Mirren 6-0 on Saturday, Postecoglou said: "I reckon after Thursday I'll get a million questions about the game.
"I just can't look beyond AZ at the moment - that's such a big game for us, for our season really. We want to be in the Europa League and we've got a good opportunity to do that.
"I'm sure there'll be a great deal of focus on the game after that. Everyone's excited about it but the next fixture's the one I'm looking at."
Celtic laid down a marker to champions Rangers by beating 10-man St Mirren 6-0 at Parkhead, with David Turnbull scoring a hat-trick for the home side.
Liel Abada opened the scoring after 17 minutes before Alan Power's sending-off made the visitors' task even harder, with Abada soon doubling Celtic's lead.
Thereafter it was a procession for Ange Postecoglou's team, with Turnbull netting twice more before half-time, before Odsonne Edouard got on the scoresheet just past the hour-mark.
And Turnbull completed his hat-trick with a close-range finish with six minutes to go as Celtic moved to the top of the Scottish Premiership ahead of Rangers' trip to Ross County on Sunday afternoon, while St Mirren stay second bottom.
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