Rangers and Celtic are awaiting a Scottish FA appellate tribunal ruling on their appeals against playing their next home Scottish Cup ties behind closed doors. The Glasgow clubs presented their cases on Monday, with the tribunal set to deliberate before announcing whether the sanctions stand. The stadium closure penalty was imposed in late August following disorder at the end of last season's quarter-final at Ibrox, which Celtic won on penalties.
The clubs are also challenging £100,000 fines after fans clashed on the pitch, with supporters throwing fireworks and missiles, injuring police officers and resulting in 43 arrests by 25 August. Both clubs were warned they could face a second home match without supporters for further unacceptable conduct. An independent review in July, led by Mark Blackbourne, found the incident "came within a very small margin of becoming a violent mass confrontation," citing failings by both clubs and criticising the SFA's approach to crowd disorder.
In September, an agreement was reached to exclude away fans from all Old Firm derbies in this season's SPFL competitions.
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