Celtic Allowed 'Safe Standing' Area

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Celtic have been granted permission to introduce 'safe standing' to Celtic Park.

The Parkhead club had been in dialogue with authorities for over five years and have now been given the green light for change at their 60,000-capacity stadium through the installation of a rail seating system which can be found in stadiums in Austria and Germany. Initially, the rail seating area will accommodate up to 2,600 supporters and could be introduced for the start of the 2016-17 season.

Celtic's head of safety and operations, Ronnie Hawthorn, explains how it will works...