St Johnstone fans queue for hours for Scottish Cup final tickets

St Johnstone fans queued for hours before the box office opened in order to snap up tickets to the Scottish Cup final.

Fans were in buoyant spirits as they waited outside McDiarmid Park to secure their place at the May 17 match.

The fixture will see them play Tayside rivals Dundee United at Celtic Park.

Campus Sports in the town centre is also selling tickets for the fixture.

Owner Steven Glibert said there had been high demand: “It’s been manic. The phone’s been ringing off the hook. There’s a lot of hype at the moment.

“We’ve sold a few hundred today. People are also placing orders for souvenirs like cup final scarves.”