Martin O'Neill's side face Rangers in Sunday's Premier Sports Cup quarter-final, but there will be no travelling Celtic contingent at Ibrox.
It was confirmed last week that all SPFL meetings between the Glasgow rivals this season will be played without away supporters following disorder last term and the clubs' failure to reach an agreement over an allocation for this weekend's cup tie.
Former Celtic captain Brown believes the absence of away fans is stripping some of the passion and emotion from a fixture he relished during his playing career.
He said: "I understand why, but it's disappointing not to see the 8,000 fans that we used to get because the atmosphere was brilliant and there wasn't that much trouble back when I played.
"Going away from home you always want fans there because if you do score, you need somewhere to run. Celtic are going to score and they're going to run in front of Rangers fans.

#celtic #going #score

The Scottish FA is proposing financial incentives - and penalties - along with quotas, in a bid to get more homegrown talent playing for clubs.
The governing body has put forward three suggestions to increase game time for young Scottish players, which will be voted on at a SFA general meeting in October and the SPFL's agm in November.
Two under-21 Scotland-eligible players start in all Scottish Cup matches, with one player on the pitch at all times.
Two under-21 Scotland-eligible players start in all Premier Sports Cup matches, with one player on the pitch at all times.
Under-21 Scotland-eligible players in all four SPFL divisions to play an average of 60 minutes per game, across the season, (6% of available minutes).

#Scotland #game #start #player

Celtic manager Martin O'Neill feels the decision to ban away supporters from matches between Celtic and Rangers this season was "inevitable".
The SPFL announced the decision after Celtic challenged the decision by their Glasgow rivals to give them just 300 tickets for the League Cup clash at Ibrox on 13 September.
For last season's Scottish Cup quarter-final, also at Ibrox, Celtic were given the traditional allocation of 8000 tickets but following crowd trouble at that game, a reduced figure of 2500 was agreed.
But in light of Celtic's decision to challenge the 300 ticket allocation, the league have decided to ban all away fans from the ground.
"I think that was inevitable, really, when Rangers were offering 300 tickets, and we refused that," O'Neill said of the decision.

#ibrox

There will be no away supporters for Celtic and Rangers derbies in the Scottish Premiership or Premier Sports Cup this season.
The "temporary arrangement" was reached following talks between the Glasgow clubs and the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).
It follows the Scottish FA's independent review into the events surrounding last term's Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox, which was marred by unrest and pitch incursions from both sets of fans.
Rangers host Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup on 13 September 13, with the city rivals meeting at Celtic Park in the league a week later.
More to follow.

#league #professional

Celtic maintained their 100 per cent start to the SPFL campaign with a 3-0 win over Aberdeen at a rain-soaked Paradise last night (Wednesday) thanks to goals from Camilo Durán, Benjamin Nygren and Yang.
The second half saw debuts for new Bhoys, Oliver Sørensen and Shim Mheuka as the Celts cemented their place at the top of the table and now look forward to a game at the home of second-placed St Mirren on Saturday night.
Some of the best of the images.
Three goals and three points for the Hoops at Paradise: Match report
Manager pleased with performance over Aberdeen: Read more

#aberdeen #celtic #spfl

Jack Buchanan, Chief SPFL Editor
The UEFA Europa League league phase draw took place this afternoon, with the four British teams learning of their eight opponents.
Sunderland and Bournemouth's headline draws are that they will both travel to San Siro to take on AC Milan. Meanwhile, Celtic will welcome Marseille to Glasgow and Crystal Palace will travel to Lyon.
Marseille – Home
SL Benfica – Away

#marseille #travel #editor #uefa

Martin O'Neill returns to the dugout today for Celtic's League Cup opener against Dundee United at Tannadice and has made four changes to last weekend's 5-1 SPFL win at Kilmarnock.
In come Liam Scales, Sebastian Tounekti, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Colby Donovan for this evening's game with Arne Engels, Alistair Johnston, Kieran Tierney and Yang all missing from last week's starters.
There are places on the bench for new Bhoys Haissem and Hassan and Mika Baur who joined the Champions during the week.
The full team:
CELTIC: Sinisalo, Donovan, Trusty, Carter-Vickers, Scales, McGregor, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nygren, Durán, Tounekti, Høgh.

#scales #donovan #last

It took four months to land but, when it did, the independent review of crowd disorder at the Old Firm Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox in March arrived with a mighty thud.
Across 37 pages everybody gets it in the neck - Rangers and Celtic, the Scottish FA and the SPFL, the police, the ultras from both sides.
Both clubs face disciplinary charges, with the review warning that the ugly scenes "came within a very small margin of becoming a violent mass confrontation".
The lead author, Mark Blackbourne - a sports event consultant with experience of Uefa match delegation and stadium inspection - is withering in his ****** sment of every conceivable facet of what went on that day and in the days before.
His over-riding conclusion is that the time has come for the football authorities to stop playing around in the margins of sanctions against bad behaviour.

#scottish #firm #march #mark

Luke Graham is on his way to Stoke City after heading for a medical, with the deal understood to be worth £2m or more including add-ons – making it one of the most significant outgoing transfers Dundee have concluded in recent memory. As reported by 67 Hail Hail, the move is imminent and the financial structure clears the bar Dundee had publicly set all window.
Let’s be honest about the headline here – Graham is a Dundee player, not ours, and this is his story rather than Celtic’s. The framing around Celtic losing him likely reflects the broader Scottish football context, where any talented young defender departing the SPFL attracts attention from every corner. Graham himself is 22 years old, a ball-playing centre-back who broke properly into the Dundee starting eleven in 2023–24 and earned recognition in Scotland’s youth setups, which is precisely what pushed his valuation into seven-figure territory.
Dundee were under no pressure to sell cheaply. They knocked back a club-record £1.5m bid from Portsmouth in January, setting a clear public benchmark that any summer deal needed to reach £2m with add-ons attached. That stance held, and Stoke – among a queue that included Derby County, Norwich City, Lincoln City, and Rangers – were ultimately the side willing to meet it.
Former Scotland international Alex Rae captured Graham’s trajectory well, saying: “The penny has dropped for him… in terms of the ways he goes about things” – pointing to improved professionalism and consistency as the drivers of his rapid rise from squad player to high-value ****** et. That kind of development story is exactly what you want to see from young Scottish defenders, even when the endpoint is the English Championship rather than Parkhead.
The wider picture here matters too. Scottish clubs holding the line on valuations and extracting genuine market fees for their best young players is good for the game up here. It is a summer where movement at every level has been relentless – interest in Arne Engels from Roma has illustrated just how quickly squad planning can be disrupted when clubs come calling with serious money.

Celtic have voiced their disappointment after it was announced they will start their Scottish Premiership ****** le defence on a Monday evening, due to a combination of the Commonwealth Games and two Calvin Harris concerts.
The Scottish champions say they made "repeated representations" to the SPFL and Police Scotland to ensure a weekend fixture but were told there was "no choice" but to have their opener against Dundee on 3 August (19:30 BST).
There will be Glasgow 2026 cycling events at the Sir Chris Hoy Arena - next to Celtic Park - over the weekend of 1 and 2 August, while Harris will stage two large concerts at Hampden on the same days.
The 2026-27 term begins on Friday 31 July, with Dundee United hosting Rangers.
Hearts - last term's runners-up - visit Aberdeen on the Saturday, with Falkirk and St Mirren also meeting that day.

The fixtures for the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season are released on Thursday at 12:00 BST - and you can see them on the BBC Sport website and app as soon as they are announced.
Last season was one of the most dramatic in recent memory as Celtic clinched a fifth straight ******* le by beating underdogs Hearts in the final few minutes of the last game.
Now, the countdown starts to the next campaign.
The SPFL will announce the fixtures for the first 33 rounds at 12:00 BST on Thursday 18 June.
When will the derbies be? Is it an away day first up?