Celtic & Rangers Scottish Cup stadium closure upheld

Rangers and Celtic's appeals against stadium closures for their next Scottish Cup home ties have been dismissed; both must play behind closed doors and pay £100,000 to visiting clubs.

Rangers and Celtic have failed to overturn sanctions imposed following disorder at last season's Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox. A Scottish FA appellate tribunal dismissed both clubs' appeals on Monday.

Both Glasgow clubs must now play their next Scottish Cup home ties behind closed doors and pay £100,000 to their respective visiting opponents. However, the tribunal set aside a suspended ban on fans that would have applied in case of further infractions.

The original penalty was announced in late August following the chaotic end to last season's quarter-final, which Celtic won on penalties. Supporters threw fireworks and missiles, injuring police officers, with 43 arrests made by 25 August. An independent review concluded the incident came close to becoming a violent mass confrontation and identified failings by both clubs and the SFA.