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HEARTS SNUB FOR OLD FIRM TICKET PLAN
Tynecastle - will host Hearts' home games.
Hearts have followed Falkirk's lead by rejecting requests from the Old Firm to be compensated for selling tickets for away games.
Both Rangers and Celtic wrote to their fellow Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs asking for a five per cent handling fee to sell tickets to their own travelling support.
Falkirk announced on Monday night that they would take on the responsibility of selling tickets to Rangers fans for their opening SPL game, rather than pay the levy.
And Hearts have also rejected the demands from the two Glasgow clubs.
Managing director Campbell Ogilvie, a former Rangers secretary, told the club's official website: "We received letters from both Rangers and Celtic regarding a proposal to charge a five per cent handling fee for the administration of those club's ticket sales at Tynecastle.
"We have made it quite clear that we will not accept any levy being deducted from tickets sold by either club in respect of matches being played between these clubs and Hearts at Tynecastle Stadium.
"We will therefore require to consider in detail how tickets will be distributed to supporters of Rangers and Celtic at forthcoming matches at our stadium."
Hearts have several months to devise a plan as Celtic are the first Old Firm side to visit Tynecastle, on November 1.
Falkirk will sell tickets to Rangers fans for their August 9 clash via a voucher in the Falkirk Herald, before launching a public sale.
