Scottish Premiership Tickets

The Scottish Premiership, or as it's currently known for sponsorship reasons, the Cinch Premiership, is the top tier of the Scottish Professional Football League pyramid, and it's been running since 1890, albeit in various different guises over that period.

Though it would be fair to say that two teams have more than dominated the league over the past century of more, those teams, of course, being Celtic and Rangers, the first completed campaign, which took place in 1890-91, actually saw Dumbarton crowned co-champions, after they finished the season with the same number of points as Rangers.

In the early years of the event, which became known as Scottish Football League Division One up until 1946, an array of teams proved successful, including Edinburgh giants Hearts and Hibernian, and Third Lanark, though clearly Celtic and Rangers pretty much ruled the roost in Scotland.

The Old Firm Derby and Glasgow Dominance

As far as key matches that take place in a Scottish Premiership season, they obviously come no bigger than the Old Firm derby. The clash between Glasgow Rangers and Celtic FC is not for the squeamish. It's an encounter that is rightly considered one of the biggest and brashest local clashes in world football.

What makes the game all the more important, apart from how it impacts fans and their bragging rights, is the fact that in a season that will invariably see the two teams fighting it out for the title, games between the pair will always prove pivotal.

The history of animosity between the two has its religious connotations, and the atmosphere at these games, be they are Ibrox or Parkhead, is unlike anything else you'll experience in world football, and that's why Scottish Premier League tickets for this particular fixture have far more demand than any other.

As the two biggest clubs in Scotland and effectively the only teams who regularly fight it out to succeed in the top division, it's easy to see why fans travel far and wide for the chance to see the game first hand, live and in person.

Aberdeen Awakening

Among the brief periods where neither Celtic nor Rangers have emerged victorious, a special mention should be made to the Aberdeen side of the last 70s and early 80s, managed, of course, by the great Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Dons won the title three times between 1979-80 and 1984-85, as well as securing European honours, and this period is always looked upon with fondness, not least because of the sheer shock value these successes engendered.

Indeed the last time a team outside the two Glasgow giants won the league came in 1985, and it was 25 years earlier when Heart of Midlothian won the last of their four championships, with Hibernian's successes coming to an end in the early 1950s.

Scottish Premier League

In 1998-99 the league was the subject of another shake-up, and for 15 seasons, the Scottish Premier League was formed before this guise, too, was superseded with the current Scottish Premiership set-up.

Other Key Scottish Premiership Fixtures

It would be wrong to characterize the Scottish Premiership as just about Celtic and Rangers; there is a great deal of interest in all the teams taking part in the top division; here's a closer look at all 12 teams competing in 2023/24, including stadium info and capacity details.

Aberdeen Pittordrie Stadium: 20,866

Celtic Park: 60,411

Dundee Dens Park: 11,775

Hearts Tynecastle: 19,852

Hibernian Easter Road: 20,421

Kilmarnock Rugby Park: 15,003

Livingston Almondvale Stadium: 9713

Motherwell Fir Park: 13,677

Rangers Ibrox Stadium: 50,987

Ross County Victoria Park: 6541

St Johnstone McDiarmid Park: 10,696

St Mirren Park: 7937

While interest in the big two remains high, every season sees its fair share of excitement as the 'also-rans' mount challenges and also fight out for key Europe spots that will secure their slots in either the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Conference League.

Scottish Premiership - Recent Winners

• 2013/14 Celtic
• 2014/15 Celtic
• 2015/16 Celtic
• 2016/17 Celtic
• 2017/18 Celtic
• 2018/19 Celtic
• 2019/20 Celtic
• 2020/21 Rangers
• 2021/22 Celtic
• 2022/23 Celtic