Celtic Park Sports Fan Tips
Celtic Park is a venue in or near Glasgow that is most often used for Soccer
Things to check out around Celtic Park?
Tennants is one of the most well-known Scottish lagers (and there are many!) and the brewery itself is only a 10-15 minute walk from the stadium, heading back towards town. They take pride in the quality of their tour guides, ensuring that they have the knowledge, speaking skills and friendliness to make a cracking tour before letting them loose. It's a really fun, informative tour, with a taste of fresh Tennants at the end!
What to expect from the Celtic Park crowd?
Celtic fans are fiercely passionate and loyal, which is usually a good thing. However, there's also an underlying threat of violence from a number of fans, so if your team comes away with a win, don't go antagonising anyone or you could find yourself in trouble.In general though, the atmosphere generated by the fans is absolutely wicked. It's a fully-enclosed stadium, so the noise is hugely amplified. It's all about singing, chanting and making hella noise!
How do I get to Celtic Park?
If you want to avoid a 30 minute walk, the best option is usually to hop in a taxi straight from either Queen Street or Central station, whichever you've travelled to. Otherwise, you can get a train to Dalmarnock from Central, which is about 10 minutes from Celtic Park.There's plenty of street parking around the stadium, but you might want to get there early to get as close as possible. There will be congestion on leaving, but once you get back on the expressway you'll be fine!
Best Food and Drink at Celtic Park?
Despite its inspirational history and modern design, Celtic Park falters somewhat on the catering front. However, this just means that they serve the same food as 98% of football stadiums: sausage rolls, pies, burgers and confectionary! There's no alcohol permitted or sold within the stadium, so your drink options are tea, coffee and fizzy drinks.
Best restaurants near Celtic Park?
If you ask most Celtic fans for their recommendation, they tend to come back with one of two answers. The first is the Number 7 restaurant inside the stadium itself! Often combined with tours, fans rave about the quality of the food and service. It's also a spectacular looking room.The other option is "The Real McCoy” which is really close to the stadium, and quite simply brilliant bar food. It's classic British done right, for a fair price, and you just can't do better after a match!
Celtic Park seating?
Despite the renovation work completed in recent years, Celtic Park still retains numerous supporting pillars in the Lisbon Lions stand (where the away fans are sat) which can be very frustrating as they restrict your view of the playing field. These seats are sold at a discounted rate.Apart from that however, it's a great stadium. The legroom is sufficient, the seats are comfortable and the views are superb.
Best Bars around Celtic Park?
Old Firm (i.e. Celtic and Rangers) colours are generally not permitted around the city centre. Brawls and fights are quite commonplace and no one wants to bring that environment on their own doorstep. However, if you cover yourself up, there are bars all across the city and east end: check out Dennistoun (a few minutes' walk from the stadium) which has plenty of different bars, some of which even have live sports on TV.
Best Insider tip at Celtic Park?
Celtic are the first major club in the UK to introduce a 'safe standing' area to the stadium – if you want a unique viewing experience, try to get seats in the north east corner of the stadium (lower tier). Basically there are retractable seats (since some European games require all-seating) and hand rails in place. This increases the capacity and really involves you in the match atmosphere, so you have to try it out!