You make a good point Preacher. Different people have different opinions on this.
Perhaps its not been malicious and it has been an error of judgement from the author and some of us may be over-analysing this.
But say a person, not a fan or associated with Rangers, happened to read the article, saw the picture of Ibrox (which has RANGERS clearly visible at the top of the main stand in the picture) I'm quite sure some people would associate a case of child abuse has taken part at the club since the image appeared at the end of the article. People finish reading the article, see the picture of Ibrox then make assumptions. The fact the picture has been changed from colour also, to me, tries to give the impression of it being an interpretation of a historical picture of Ibrox.
It seems akin to the press using a picture of kids playing in front of ones house, with one standing at the door or looking out of the window. I for one would not want to be implicated in this sort of affair and neither should Rangers.
Surely the author when choosing a picture to use should have thought, the club in the background of the image I'm about to use is Rangers, they haven't been implicated into this. Will the club and it's fans be okay with me using a picture of their stadium on this article.
Like you say Preacher, different people have different opinions on this. But to me, it doesn't seem like an honest mistake.
Fair enough on them removing and issuing an apology though, which makes me think it has something to do with the author and not goal.com itself.