Rangers CANCEL Celtic fans' tickets for SWPL Ibrox clash over security fears

Rangers have CANCELLED all of the tickets bought by Celtic fans for Sunday’s Old Firm Women’s clash at Ibrox Stadium.

Around 700 Hoops punters had snapped up briefs for the SWPL clash but have now scrapped them over security fears. Record Sport understands the Bhoys ultras group had purchased tickets for the game which prompted Rangers security chiefs to act.

A Rangers statement read: “It is with regret that all tickets purchased by Celtic FC supporters for Sunday’s match at Ibrox have sadly had to be cancelled. Intelligence received by Rangers and Celtic on Thursday suggested groups of ‘risk’ supporters in a significant number had purchased tickets from the Celtic allocation. Rangers called an urgent operational meeting between both clubs and Police Scotland, with Police Scotland indicating they would need to deploy a sizeable resource at short notice as opposed to it initially being a police-free fixture.

“Rangers is committed to ensuring there are away supporters at our matches for both our men’s and women’s teams. However, a unique selling point of the women’s game is the unsegregated, family-friendly atmosphere, with many children attending these matches.

“Taking all of that into account, Rangers’ security team decided it would be unsafe to allow these ‘risk’ supporters into the stadium, and with Celtic unwilling to cancel just their tickets, the decision to cancel all tickets was taken. Rangers have informed Celtic, the SWPL and Police Scotland of our decision.”