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UEFA Charge

 
Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 19:00

by Rangers Football Club

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RANGERS has today informed UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body that the Club will not be requesting tickets for its next European away match.

The Club now faces an additional UEFA charge of racist behaviour for sectarian singing during the first leg of our Europa League play–off tie against Legia Warsaw last Thursday evening. We are liaising with UEFA in relation to this second charge.

The first charge came after the match against St Joseph’s at Ibrox on Thursday, July 18. A consequence of sectarian singing from section BF1 of the ground that evening is that UEFA ordered a partial closure of our stadium for tomorrow night’s crucial game. Those fans responsible for this partial closure of Ibrox Stadium need to understand that they are damaging our Club. If there is a further incidence at tomorrow night’s match this could lead to a ground closure.

The same applies to those who indulged in sectarian singing in Warsaw last week and that is why we have taken the decision to make UEFA aware that we will decline tickets for our next away match even though this means that, once again, the many must suffer because of the few.

This kind of behaviour has no place at Ibrox, or anywhere else where our many teams appear. Offenders must please stop. You are endangering your Club which has recently launched its Everyone Anyone project aimed at welcoming all to Ibrox. Those who wish to sing offensive songs must realise by now that they are insulting Rangers players, staff, and fellow fans. There is nothing clever, bold or even defiant in what this small number of supporters are doing.

By supporting Rangers in the correct way the rest of us must strive to protect our great Club. One way or another this offensive behaviour must end and it would be much more preferable if we stopped it ourselves, simply by behaving like true Rangers fans.

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Ignoring the "small minority" theme running through it, that's a belter of a statement. Coming out and explicitly blaming the Union Bears is a surprising development. Can almost smell the UB's orange crayons as they prepare their retaliation.

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Was to be expected, the fans have been warned countless times not to sing those songs. 
Maybe now the message will finally get through.
 
After the 2nd charge....

Doubtful.

Doubling down on the racist/sectarian stuff would be my bet.
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1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said:

I enjoy the fact they seem to have presumed they'll be making it into the next round.

That never backfires.

I don't think that anyone see's this game as being easy, I'd say that Legia have the upper hand tomorrow.

 

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