Aberdeen’s former chief, Keith Wyness, believes St Johnstone made the right decision to limit away allocations for Celtic, despite many empty seats.
Speaking on the latest episode of the *Football Insider* Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old—who served as CEO of Aberdeen from 2000 to 2004, and also had long stints as the chief at Everton and Aston Villa before moving into football consultancy—explained that while it may be “tempting to take the money,” such decisions should be made for sporting reasons.
On 10 September, St Johnstone announced a reduction in allocations for both Celtic and Rangers to make their ground a “true fortress.”
During Celtic’s 6-0 Scottish Premiership win at McDiarmid Park on Saturday (28 September), approximately 3,000 seats were left empty, with many away supporters reportedly arriving in Perth hoping to secure tickets.
Celtic are used to large away followings, as demonstrated when Livingston, recently relegated, provided the club with an allocation of 7,258 in March, which was the majority of their 9,713-capacity stadium.
Wyness supports St Johnstone’s hard stance on limiting Celtic’s allocation, stating on the podcast: “I’ve been in this situation as a CEO at Aberdeen, where we could have filled the stadium with more Rangers and Celtic fans.”
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