ST Johnstone have announced that over 2000 season tickets have been sold ahead of their return to the Scottish Premiership for the 2026/27 season. The Perth club gained promotion at the first time of asking by winning the Scottish Championship last time out under the guidance of popular head coach Simo Valakari. They are now gearing up for life back in the top flight as supporters snap up their briefs for the new campaign. Season tickets sales for the Saints will also be of interest to Celtic and Rangers fans who are planning trips to McDiarmid Park once the fixtures are released on June 18. The Perth club currently plan to allocate three of the four stands at the 10,000 plus seater stadium to Old Firm supporters when the two clubs come to town. That decision was met by disappointment from many sections of the St Johnstone support and prompted a response from the club in the form of an open letter by owner Adam Webb. In it the American businessman promised to only allocate two stands to travelling supporters if season ticket sales reached 3800. Last month he wrote: “In light of the general displeasure with the prospect of giving Celtic and Rangers three stands, we have analysed the numbers to determine how many season tickets we would need to sell to be able to make the financial decision to keep the East Stand as a home stand for those matches, which we would much prefer to do. We have agreed that if we sell 3800 season tickets, we will give Celtic and Rangers only two stands. “This will not equal the profit to be made from selling three stands, but it is close enough to warrant reserving the East Stand for Saints fans. We acknowledge this should have been communicated to fans from day one. We should have announced this as a challenge to our fans and made every effort to achieve it. Hopefully this statement is deemed as better late than never. “If we do not sell 3800 season tickets, East Stand ticket holders will receive a roughly equivalent ticket in the Geoff Brown Stand for Celtic and Rangers games, most likely three or four times during the season. We promise to explain in detail the process by which East Stand season ticket holders will be allowed to choose their comparable seat. “We have tasked our new ticketing partner with perfecting this process as soon as possible, and we will communicate in due course. We have demanded that supporters will be permitted to pick their equivalent seat and you will retain that seat for any such matches throughout the season. We will update you soon about this process.” The letter also confirmed, among other things, plans to cover the safe standing area of the stadium which is located in one of the areas of the stadium earmarked for travelling supporters under the current plans. Selling 2000 season tickets puts the Perth club over half-way to the proposed 3800 target which would see the plans amended.