There will probably be no away supporters for Celtic and Rangers derbies within the Scottish Premiership or Premier Sports activities Cup this season.
The “short-term association” was reached following talks between the Glasgow golf equipment and the Scottish Skilled Soccer League (SPFL).
It follows the Scottish FA’s impartial overview into occasions surrounding final time period’s Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox, which was marred by unrest and pitch incursions from each units of followers.
Rangers host Celtic within the Premier Sports activities Cup on 13 September, with town rivals assembly at Celtic Park within the league per week later.
Rangers had proposed a lowered away allocation of 300 for the approaching cup tie, with Celtic rejecting the provide.
The gang dysfunction on 8 March got here after a penalty shootout win for Celtic, when round 8,000 visiting supporters had been current.
That determine was a lot bigger than current Previous Agency league derbies, with ticketing guidelines totally different for the Scottish Cup.
The Scottish FA introduced final month that each golf equipment must play their subsequent Scottish Cup house video games behind closed doorways.
Asserting the measures, an announcement from the SPFL mentioned: “This short-term association will permit each golf equipment, along with the SPFL, Police Scotland and different related stakeholders, to present correct consideration to the findings and proposals of the impartial overview, take ahead the required actions and guarantee enough time is obtainable to plan future fixtures totally.
“It’ll additionally present larger certainty for supporters and people concerned in matchday planning, whereas avoiding repeated uncertainty round ticketing preparations for particular person fixtures.
“All events have dedicated to working constructively throughout this era, with security and safety remaining the precedence.”
The March cup assembly was the primary time Celtic supporters have been given the complete Broomloan Highway Stand allocation at Ibrox since away allocations had been lowered to fewer than 1,000 in 2018.
Since then, the variety of away followers at each Ibrox and Celtic Park has fluctuated between about 800 and nil in a collection of tit-for-tat strikes.