Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said: Rangers should be launching an internal investigation to establish once and for all whether the police were contacted. Nobody has been able to establish whether that was the case or not. There will, undoubtedly, be more victims of Neely that will or have already come forward and therefore the investigation should also focus on any failings at that time & ensuring all steps are now taken to protect children. we should also be calling for a full investigation at the highest level into abuse within football. All steps are taken to protect children these days, we don’t need to do anything different from the rest of youth football in Scotland. What failings from back in the day? It was a different world back then, we did far more than the law or any other club did from that time ever did. Why have an investigation? We have already said it was reported to the police end of story. Unless you don’t believe the club and think they lying about this. I agree we should be having a full enquiry in historic child abuse in Scottish Football, good luck with that when we know what club is going to come out the worst of all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, philiprfc said: I'm sorry, but I find it hard to fathom how anyone can think what allegedly happened is anything other than sexual deviancy. Each one of our previous boards and the current talk fluent shite on the regular. It wouldn't surprise me one bit. So your claiming the Board of Rangers, Walter Smith & Souness all lied about this?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb85 1,783 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Souness is still in the public eye and needs to say what happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Amazing the amount on here that actually watch the BBC and believe everything they say , yet doubt decisions that were made by the club. Some on here are on the wrong forum.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 33,991 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Just now, sassaaaa said: Amazing the amount on here that actually watch the BBC and believe everything they say , yet doubt decisions that were made by the club. Some on here are on the wrong forum.......... Pretty big allegations for them to make. Would be wrong to dismiss it without evidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaunchLondonGer 1,651 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The Rangers News article makes perfect sense to me. Neely has been booted out and the boy is still part of the youth team. Souness, Walter (and whoever higher up) probably didn't want to create a stigma for the lad (ie the victim) or cause alarm to other parents etc. I'd like to think we also contacted the police to report the scum fuck Neely but also I would have thought the boy's parents should have done that directly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCDBigBear 10,763 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, philiprfc said: I'm sorry, but I find it hard to fathom how anyone can think what allegedly happened is anything other than sexual deviancy. We are all aware of that now but 30 years ago it was a different world. Are you seriously claiming that Souness, Smith etc knew he was sexually deviant at that time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,461 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Top of the league and this suddenly appears not concerned in the slightest am happy we handled it correctly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,145 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Top of the league and this suddenly appears not concerned in the slightest am happy we handled it correctly This!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Courtyard Bear said: So your claiming the Board of Rangers, Walter Smith & Souness all lied about this?? The point I was addressing was that it would be a major fuck up if we 'confirmed' that it was reported without having the facts to back it up. I'm absolutely certain whoever's made that statement has every right to believe it's true but I'm saying I wouldn't be surprised if it can't be backed up yet we've publicly stated it anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 33,991 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Top of the league and this suddenly appears not concerned in the slightest am happy we handled it correctly Hope so, and that we can prove / corroborate what we’ve said previously. Leaves us with an open goal or sorts to absolutely batter a few not so innocent parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCDBigBear 10,763 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 It is clear that RFC knew nothing of Neely's disgusting activities whilst at Ibrox. Hibs were aware of far worse accusations but failed to do anything other than "letting him leave their club". When Souness etc were made aware of this particular incident they acted by sacking him. I would have no doubt that someone at Strathclyde Police would have been informed but whether that was an official communication or a telephone conversation then I cannot say for certain but my money would be on the latter. Probably Alistair Hood to some contact at the police. I'm not sure that Rangers could actually make the complaint official as Rangers FC was not the victim. The boy and his parents would have been required to make an official complaint against Neely. Why they didn't pursue that avenue, only they can tell us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, JCDBigBear said: We are all aware of that now but 30 years ago it was a different world. Are you seriously claiming that Souness, Smith etc knew he was sexually deviant at that time? No, I mistook your post when you said " That was an old-fashioned method of punishment years ago" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Top of the league and this suddenly appears not concerned in the slightest am happy we handled it correctly Nailed it , and expect more of the same and worse as the season goes on , this scum have been desperate to destroy the club for decades......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, philiprfc said: The point I was addressing was that it would be a major fuck up if we 'confirmed' that it was reported without having the facts to back it up. I'm absolutely certain whoever's made that statement has every right to believe it's true but I'm saying I wouldn't be surprised if it can't be backed up yet we've publicly stated it anyway. So if we can’t back it up we should say we never did it? Aye that makes perfect sense. So again you don’t believe the word of the Rangers Board, Walter Smith or Graeme Souness unless they can back it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,651 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 This needs fully investigated from within the club and dealt with. The filth absolutely need highlighted too as they have had such an easy ride from the media over the same issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 There are obviously some serious serial haters within the beeb being allowed to peddle their agenda. This will be eminating from beeb Scotland and the narrative set by it's very own nonce at the the top.. Similar in nature to the leaks eminating from the HMRC taigs 2012 style and also a protected species as an institution. Matters not the truth, the tactic is to get the shit it out there first to damage the brand and any retraction later rendered worthless. Will be interesting to see the Club's posture on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,439 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I can’t believe there are some on here who say this is nothing to do with the Bheasts. I made a comment a month or so ago that the narrative going forward would be that it wasn’t celtic that had the paedophilia problem but the WHOLE of Scottish football. And here we have another example of that. I find it interesting they use our club paper as a definitive source of truth. It is almost as if another club are going to have problems because of their in-house publication...... what would happen if that was thrown out..... Look, if we are found to have acted inappropriately they we should make it right, but the timing of this is so obvious it beggars belief. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenv 2,114 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I'm pretty pissed that we don't have a statement out already - headline news across the Scottish media, and we're nowhere to be seen yet in terms of reply. I'm not convinced that this has come up without advance warning of publication. edit: When's the pre-match press duties due? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertN 386 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Funny how it never even gets a mention on the national news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangers#1 5,446 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Don't believe for a second we didn't report it to the police, what with the three senior members of staff involved and the boys father apparently a police officer. Shouldn't have wished the cunt well in the Rangers news though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionsAgain 1,373 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Rangers must come out and address this, They must also call for a public enquiry. What we cannot do is hide behind an army of lawyers and let the rumours escalate. Forget public relations firms and deny + deflect tactics. Forget the separate entity bs. Either call the BBC out for there lies or apologise for our mistakes and see what we can do to help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobar 13,676 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 39 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Top of the league and this suddenly appears not concerned in the slightest am happy we handled it correctly Win this weekend and it’ll be back to the sectarian songs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie1963 2,348 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I say again. Why haven't the club issued a statement. This reeks of gross incompetence. Tomorrows papers will be getting printed. I feckin despair. It's simple. Not Rangers responsibility to report. The boys father was there for goodness sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Traive 22,456 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 There was an attempt to confirm that Rangers reported him to police (superfluous anyway as his dad was a copper) under an FOI request but the police stated that such information was unavailable. Needless to say, this was twisted into “police deny Rangers version of events” by the taig media. Nonetheless, we have to face this up and get in front of the story and, in the process, demonstrate exactly how this sort of matter SHOULD be addressed. It is an opportunity to highlight the different standards and mindsets between ourselves and the scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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