Just wanted to clear up a few rumours regarding coach travel.

As stated in my original blog post we had limited availability for coaches at the low price of £25 as we got an excellent deal from our friends at ABC coaches, but they had no possibility of supplying further coaches. We suggested that people booked as quickly as possible to avoid disappointment as we expected a quick sell-through at that superb price, and indeed the first coach sold out very quickly with people who heeded that advice. It is clear that there are still a lot of Reds fans wishing to book.

The good news is we are definitely arranging further coach travel which will hopefully be confirmed early in the morning - the bad news is that this will be more expensive than £25pp.

Being totally honest, I had intended to finalise additional coaches today, but the clock beat me as I had other engagements that I couldn’t get out of (including getting the ageing scoreboard patched up for tomorrow’s game), so please accept my apologies for that. I did make a few calls towards the end of the day and am 95% certain something will be available by mid-morning tomorrow, I am just waiting for confirmation of both availability and price.

We realise it is frustrating, but if you can just try and be patient we will be able to assist you soon. Check the blog around 11am tomorrow and I should have some firm details.

The problem we are having is sourcing affordable coach travel as this is a busy time for coach companies with heavy demand from schools on end of year excursions, plus holiday trips (and remember that by law a journey of that distance to Celtic must have two coach drivers which adds significantly to the cost) - it actually has nothing to do with the Bruce Springsteen concert and I’m not sure where that idea has come from relating to coach travel (we know it has affected hotel availability).

We could book coaches tomorrow and charge double what we did initially, but we are trying to provide travel on a not for profit basis and hoping to make it affordable for all as a service to Reds fans. I know supporters have looked into running unofficial coaches and abandoned the idea as it is too expensive - we are fishing in the same pool and trying not to rush into the first deal on offer to ensure fans get the best value possible as always.

We will have news in the morning, in the meantime, everybody… breathe