Celtic struggle to sell tickets to their fans – Newcastle United 10,000+ allocation opening to members | OneFootball

With Celtic struggling to sell tickets to their own fans, the Glasgow club approached Newcastle United to offer NUFC fans an extra allocation.

Newcastle United fans having very quickly snapped up the original 7,200 ticket allocation.

Those tickets all sold out almost seven weeks ago.

Whilst the Newcastle United allocation sold out so quickly, Celtic struggling to sell due to their fans asked to pay £25 for the match.

Pretty standard pricing for friendlies these days, with Newcastle United charging £25 for adults when Atletico Madrid visit St James’ Park in August, that game already a 52,000 sell out.

However, Celtic fans thinking the £25 ticket price is far too much, in part, because their season ticket holders used to get at least one free friendly match as part of their season ticket.

Now with 17 days to go until the friendly, Celtic seemingly ready to supply Newcastle United fans with as many tickets as they want, to try and help fill Celtic Park.

Newcastle United haven’t announced (see below) exactly how many extra tickets, however, it is widely reported that the allocation has now risen to 10,000+ tickets.

So far, Celtic tickets only available to Newcastle United season ticket holders.

However, finally at last, this has now appeared on the NUFC ticketing site, as from 2pm today, a chance for some Newcastle United members to get to an away game, albeit a friendly, with a 24 hour ballot opening.

Newcastle United official announcement – 1 July 2025:

‘Tickets for Newcastle United’s pre-season trip to Scottish Premiership champions Celtic FC are on sale after being offered an additional capacity.

Eddie Howe’s side will travel to Scotland to face Brendan Rodger’s Bhoys at Celtic Park on Saturday, 19th July (kick-off 3pm BST), competing for the first ever adidas Trophy, and tickets initially went on sale to season ticket holders with 35 and above away points on Tuesday, 6th May before selling out on Friday, 16th May.

However, after being offered an additional capacity, tickets went on sale to season ticket holders with three or four away points who did not already have a ticket at 2pm (BST) on Thursday, 26th June and are now available to ALL current Season Ticket Holders.

Adult – £25

13–16 Year-Old – £17

Under 13 – £12

Tickets are currently being fulfilled and all tickets are aiming to be posted to supporters on the week commencing Monday, 7th July.

Additional Information

Safeguarding

Anyone under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult aged over 18 at Celtic Park.

Due to the size of the allocation, the club will be offering sale to seat instead of the usual travel groups for this fixture. If you are in a different points threshold to a junior and wish to sit together, please contact the Box Office and arrangements can be made to ensure juniors are not sat separately.

Tickets will be in paper format.

Celtic Park is a cashless stadium.

No visitor tickets will be available on the day at Celtic Park, all tickets should be purchased in advance from Newcastle United.

Ticket spot checks

Please note all tickets are for the sole use of the supporter making the purchase under their Newcastle United supporter number and are strictly non-transferable.