Celtic has completely sold out season tickets for the upcoming 2023/24 campaign. It’s not just a testament to the unwavering support of the Celtic faithful, but also a clear indication of the anticipation surrounding the return of our record-breaking, Treble-winning champions to Celtic Park. [Celtic FC]
This sell-out is an incredible achievement. It’s proof of the bond that we, as fans, share with our club and the Bhoys who represent us on the pitch. However, this fantastic news is tinged with a concern that’s been growing among us supporters. Despite a sold-out season ticket allocation, there are often empty seats at Celtic Park on match day. These vacant spots represent season ticket holders who, for various reasons, can’t make it to certain games.
This situation is less than ideal, particularly considering the thousands of eager supporters on the waiting list for season tickets. Every one of us knows someone who would give anything to occupy those empty seats and cheer on the team in person. That’s why I, and many other fans, are calling for Celtic FC to introduce a ticket exchange system.
Such a system, already in place at many other clubs, would allow season ticket holders who can’t attend a game to sell their ticket to another fan. This solution would ensure that every seat at Celtic Park has the chance to be filled on match day, preserving the electric atmosphere that we all love and the players thrive on. It’s a practical answer that respects the commitment of season ticket holders while giving the opportunity to more fans to experience a live match.
In recent months, the topic of implementing a ticket exchange scheme at Celtic Park has been a hot discussion point at fan forums. Supporters have been vocal in expressing their desire for such a system, seeing it as a necessary step towards increasing accessibility. However, despite these impassioned conversations and clear fan consensus, the sense among the supporter base is that the issue isn’t being treated with the urgency it deserves by the club.
General view of Celtic fans in the stands before the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Implementing a ticket exchange system will only strengthen the atmosphere and whet the appetite of fans who are currently locked out of Paradise.
As we prepare to watch the team defend their Scottish Premiership title and make a much-anticipated return to UEFA Champions League group-stage football, it’s crucial to remember that the heart of Celtic lies in the supporters.
It’s time to turn our sold-out season ticket allocation into a fully occupied Celtic Park, game after game. Let’s rally behind this cause and push for a ticket exchange system. Together, we can ensure that every game is played in front of a sea of green and white.
While there are pros and cons to any system, the actual advantages and disadvantages would depend on the specifics of the system Celtic chooses to implement. However, with careful planning and consideration, a ticket exchange system could offer many benefits to Celtic and its supporters, enhancing the match-day experience and offering flexibility not seen before.
Agree 1oo%
John Hail Hail
Yip this has been an ongoing request from fans for years now and feels like a waste of a seat when it’s only filled for certain games but out with these games on the lead up to matchdays I’ve found there are sometimes tickets still available to buy from the club website
Yes to many empty seats especailly sunday and wed kick offs and with digitil tv live games playing at unusal times to accomadate tv sponsirs dont know why its not been done might be undisirables gerting tge tickets
agree 100% and lets make the ground bigger so me and thousands more can get tickets
What about also implementing a fair system for away tickets too?. All in ballot for away tickets for all STH.
Same folk get the away tickets all the time and seem to be have been granted away tickets for life.
None of us got in during the covid season, we were all in the same boat yet Celtic still penalise fans who aren’t even allowed to apply for an away ticket.
Club treat STH like dirt. Only care about pandering to the GB
Any SB holder can apply for a ticket for away games.
Most chose not to.
Wrong.
Had a ST for 5 years and the only away ground I waa allowed to apply for was Livingston. Other fans beside me at CP have had ST for longer and cant apply.. How can you have been at a minimum of, say, 10, 20, 30 away matches in last 4-5 seasons if you are never allowed to get a ticket in the first place? Closed shop
Used to support Mini Celtic at many a away and home fixture for free as a Sc holder, met Danny McGrain, Neil Lennon, Wullie McStay, Paul McStay and some ex players in the seats and stands and home and away dignitaries et al.
Apart from at the death star in Ibrox. And worth a couple of quid to see Kenny McDowell and Wullie McStay turn the auld mini hunz over on their own pig sty.
When Partick where in the top league I always got two ( or three ) tickets. But we got the tickets from Firhill box office. Ok so I ( and most away fans ) had to stand in the rickety mud terracing in most weather’s.
Now I watch their games from the canal bank. In rain or snow when Celtic play there. Even though, I used ( and still do ) to streem all Celtics away fixtures for free.
Now it’s a lottery. And always has been to see Celtic play away from home in Scotttyland, if your not part of a registered supporter group. Gave up my ( and the wives ) Sc when St Brendan arrived the first time.
As I was fed up after being a Sc holder after countless moves over twentyfour years, with CFC Plc not filling in the corners, and remodeling the main stand, hence giving both of us ( and countless others ) a safe weather resistant seating plaza all year round.
Money up front, charity of supporting Celtic last, is their motto.