Despite the fact the fixture has had reduced travelling crowds in recent years, an away side is able to ask for up to 20 per cent of a home team's stadium capacity in the Scottish Cup and that would equate to around 10,000 seats at Ibrox.

It has been reported that Celtic are set to request their full quota, but it remains to be seen whether that will be granted given safety fears were around the recent reductions.

Firsly, O'Neill insists he was expecting to be pulled out the hat alongside his club's rivals for the last eight.

Responding for the first time to the draw, he said: "Well, I kind of guessed it. I told the lads that it was the Rangers away or Dunfermline with Lenny. Well, obviously a tough fixture for us and that's four games in about ten days, but it is what it is."

Quizzed on his thoughts on the allocation for the fixture, he added: "No, I don't know what the club's stance is, but if you take me out of the club at this minute, I want all the tickets that we can...