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SFA director who ruled on Rangers called Ibrox fans 'the great unwashed'

Gary Hughes is fighting for his job as the SFA launched a probe into the comments made in a magazine interview.

Gary Ralston

06:00, 24 MAY 2018

UPDATED07:29, 24 MAY 2018

 

SFA board member Gary Hughes is fighting for his future in football after labelling Rangers fans “the great unwashed”.

The self-confessed celtic fan, part of the powerful eight-strong SFA board, is facing the axe after details emerged of a magazine interview he gave almost

12 years ago. His crass and insensitive comments are set to hand new chief executive Ian Maxwellhis first test of leadership less than 48 hours after he was paraded at Hampden.

Indeed, last night the SFA confirmed they would be launching a probe into the board member’s comments.

Gary Hughes made the comment in a magazine

Hughes, who is also chairman of the SFA’s audit committee, is due to stand for re-election to the influential SFA board 
next month.

But it remains to be 
seen if he will be given 
the opportunity to 
extend the position as a senior independent 
non-executive director he first took up in April 2015.

Hughes was CEO of publishing firm CMPI when he gave his intemperate interview to its licensed trade magazine, The Publican, on August 28 2006.

In a feature headlined “What I love about Glasgow pubs” he extolled the virtues of the city’s many bars.

He was quoted: “Glaswegians are passionate about sport – actually I mean fitba’!

“The next best thing to being at celtic Park (only the great unwashed venture South to Ibrox) is watching the game, pint of Tennents in hand along with some like-minded souls.”

Gary Hughes described Rangers fans as 'the great unwashed' 

Record Sport has been sent a copy of the original cutting from the trade publication.

Hughes, who also holds a string of positions with blue chip companies including the SECC and Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Retail, has made no secret of his support of celtic, even stating in one interview a desire to see his son Gavin one day play for the club.

There’s disquiet at Ibrox about his comments, even from more than a decade ago, with the SFA’s compliance officer currently probing issues around the club’s UEFA licence from 2011.

Supporters of Hughes point to his status as a true independent and his recent comments backing the SFA’s stance in snubbing a call for an independent review of 
the EBT era at Rangers, led by celtic.

Hughes said in an interview last September: “I have no qualms whatsoever about what the association did and how it managed its matters through that period.”

Hughes was unavailable for comment last night.

A Rangers spokesperson said: “If it is proven such an inappropriate 
comment was made by 
an independent non-executive director of the SFA we would expect that body to investigate thoroughly and quickly.”

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I think we have known for sometime that this is the kind of attitude we are up against from the SFA, If this is what he says in a newspaper 12 years ago you can imagine his attitude towards us now. 

Jardine had the measure of these scumbags he knew what we were up against.

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Scum fan calls Rangers fans the great unwashed 12 years ago! Hardly a shocking revelation! 

In saying that, if it gets another one of them out the SFA then fuck it! He would no doubt be replaced by another rhabid bastard though! 

Sadly it’s what we’re up against at that place! 

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2 minutes ago, Malkster said:

what I find strange is that it has taken 12 years to come to light :confused: 

But now that it has he's got to be sacked. Let these fuckers know that as each is found out we wont just shrug our shoulders and say 'meh' any more. Get them out! 

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