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Rangers and Celtic watch on as SPFL ticket rule shuts down bumper away allocation The Old Firm will battle it out for a place in the last four of the Premier Sports Cup at Ibrox next month Rangers and Celtic are set for another Ibrox cup showdown but this time there will be NO mega away allocation when they meet in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final. That's because the SPFL doesn't provide a bumper 20 per cent guarantee, unlike the SFA, with the sides duelling at Ibrox months after the shameful pitch invasion scenes that marred the Scottish Cup quarter final meeting between the sides back in March. The Glasgow rivals will face off in the last eight of the Premier Sports Cup on the weekend of September 12/13 before doing battle days later at Parkhead on September 20 in the Premiership. Following years of reduced allocations on both sides, the Scottish Cup quarter final clash between Glasgow's big two at Ibrox - which the Hoops won via a penalty shootout - saw the return of full away allocations in the derby, with 8,000 travelling Celts' supporters packing out the Broomloan Stand. Scottish Cup ticketing regulations require that visiting teams are given up to 20 per cent of the available briefs, and the two clubs came to an agreement which saw thousands of Celtic fans make the trip across the city. In years gone by, full away allocations were also present at League Cup encounters between the sides, but that is no longer the case. Current ticketing rules in the Premier Sports Cup offer no fixed guarantee of the number of tickets for visiting supporters, while in the Premiership, Celtic and Rangers have struck a reciprocal agreement of around 5 per cent of the stadium's capacity for away fans. The prospect of Celtic getting a full allocation for the cup tie has also been further complicated by events after the full time whistle in their Scottish Cup win at Ibrox. Both clubs were hit with charges following a shameful pitch invasion, in which thousands of fans from both teams - including Gers' Union Bears ultras group - spilled onto the pitch. Objects and pyrotechnics were launched in both directions, police were injured and a member of Celtic's coaching staff was assaulted. In the final league meeting between the teams at Parkhead on May 10 at a crucial stage in the Premiership title run-in, Celtic refused to hand over an allocation of 2,200 tickets to Rangers unless the Union Bears were barred. Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google’s preferred sources. Click HERE. Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks. Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.