SCOTLAND’S top-flight clubs will share a record £4 million windfall thanks to Celtic’s Champions League exploits last season.

The cash – to be distributed to the 11 other Ladbrokes Premiership teams today – comes after Brendan Rodgers’ side qualified for the group stages 12 months ago.

The Hoops’ rivals will each be given around £370,000 in Uefa solidarity payments, the largest such sum ever paid out to Scottish clubs.

This year’s total is more than double the £1.8m received last year.

Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, said: “This is very welcome news and a further sign that clubs prospering in European football is a boon not just for them but for others in the Ladbrokes Premiership, too.

“Having a Scottish representative in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League enhances the profile of the SPFL and brings financial benefits to other top-flight clubs via these payments.”