Premiership clubs set for UEFA cash windfall
Scotland's top-flight clubs will share a record ÂŁ4million windfall thanks to Celtic's Champions League exploits last season.
Last updated 18th Oct 2017
The cash - to be distributed to the 11 other Ladbrokes Premiership teams on Thursday - comes after Brendan Rodgers' side qualified for the group stages 12 months ago.
The Hoops' rivals will each be given around ÂŁ370,000 in UEFA solidarity payments, the largest such sum ever paid out to Scottish clubs.
This year's total is more than double the ÂŁ1.8million received last year and is 10 times the total of ÂŁ400,000 paid out by UEFA to Scottish Professional Football League clubs in 2015.
Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, said: "This is very welcome news and a further sign that clubs prospering in European football is a boon not just for them but for others in the Ladbrokes Premiership, too.
"Having a Scottish representative in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League enhances the profile of the SPFL and brings financial benefits to other top-flight clubs via these solidarity payments.