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I click on this thread to read about the ongoing efforts and great work being carried out by Club1872 to uncover the corruption and hatred behind the decision to block our Fanzone application. All I see though is some attention seeking individual call BluePeter derail this thread. I don’t care if you have posted 250000 times on here. Fans are looking for important updates on the situation regarding the Fanzone, not your shite which is so clearly being posted to wind up fellow supporters.  With all due respect, move yer shite to the other forum sections and let’s keep this thread on track.

I click on this thread to read about the ongoing efforts and great work being carried out by Club1872 to uncover the corruption and hatred behind the decision to block our Fanzone application. All I see though is some attention seeking individual call BluePeter derail this thread. I don’t care if you have posted 250000 times on here. Fans are looking for important updates on the situation regarding the Fanzone, not your shite which is so clearly being posted to wind up fellow supporters.  With all due respect, move yer shite to the other forum sections and let’s keep this thread on track.

I click on this thread to read about the ongoing efforts and great work being carried out by Club1872 to uncover the corruption and hatred behind the decision to block our Fanzone application. All I see though is some attention seeking individual call BluePeter derail this thread. I don’t care if you have posted 250000 times on here. Fans are looking for important updates on the situation regarding the Fanzone, not your shite which is so clearly being posted to wind up fellow supporters.  With all due respect, move yer shite to the other forum sections and let’s keep this thread on track.

I click on this thread to read about the ongoing efforts and great work being carried out by Club1872 to uncover the corruption and hatred behind the decision to block our Fanzone application. All I see though is some attention seeking individual call BluePeter derail this thread. I don’t care if you have posted 250000 times on here. Fans are looking for important updates on the situation regarding the Fanzone, not your shite which is so clearly being posted to wind up fellow supporters.  With all due respect, move yer shite to the other forum sections and let’s keep this thread on track.

And there it is 

A football legend who does not need the approval of our embarrassing, shameful football association. 
 

I'm starting this thread just to inform RM that the member Edmiston Drive is now seriously ill in hospital and probably won't get out .  He was diagnosed with cancer a few week ago and was told how bad it was.  Unfortunately on his next visit just over a week ago his condition had escalated dramatically and his time left was weeks.
As we all know he had many a heated debate and wasn't shy in giving his opinion, even when out for a few beers and I wasn't interested!!!
What I can say is that the big man was 100% Rangers and that's not up for debate!
Going to leave it at that.
Admin if this ends up a thread on rights, wrongs or a slagging match please delete.
No Surrender Big Man!
 

I'm one of the complainers.  Initiated my complaint during the lack of coverage during Europa Qualifiers.  Complaint has been escalated and escalated again and now sits somewhere in the Executive Complaints Unit down south.  20 working days for them to respond expires on 18th October.
My complaint and responses thus far;
 
To Whom it May Concern,
I write (as advised in my last response from the BBC Complaints team) to continue through the complaints process with Regards to Case Number xxxxxxxxxxx, as I feel my query has not been fully satisfied.  I am content that the complaint has gone through due process in accordance with your rules and timescales, but I must say the explanation and outcome is less than satisfactory for me as a license player.  My initial complaint was over the coverage of Rangers games in European Qualifying matches, and it developed into a query on coverage of Rangers games in general.  Firstly, see below the history of the complaint;
 
1.       MY COMPLAINT initiated 21st August 2018: Complaint Summary: Coverage of Scottish European Qualifying Games
Full Complaint: I returned to Scotland recently after 10 years abroad. One of the things I looked forward to was catching up with Scottish football on the radio. I'm just a general football fan, particularly looking out for Scottish teams in Europe, and I listen to most games involving any teams, particularly when travelling if they're on. But I do have a soft spot for Rangers in particular, so I was particularly keen on hearing the European Qualifying games involving them. I understand that as a public service provider, Radio Scotland has to maintain a broad appeal so I wouldn't expect to hear every minute of their games, but I would expect to hear a fair share of the action. But during the previous three rounds, Radio Scotland favoured EVERY Hibs game ahead of Rangers games, particularly the home games. Even last week, you only cut to the Rangers game after the Hibs game had finished. I've been hearing the trailers today for the coverage of this weeks qualifiers and it sounds like you are live broadcasting the whole of celtic's game and not bothering with the Rangers game at all, other than providing updates as events unfold. The kick offs for both games mean you could broadcast the games back to back, so obviously I'm curious as to why you aren't doing so?
BBC Response (22nd August): Thank you for getting in touch about Sportsound and our coverage of the European qualifiers. We don’t hold the rights to broadcast coverage of Rangers v FC Ufa. We realise this may be disappointing but hope the clarification is helpful.  Thank you, once again, for taking the time to contact us.  Kind regards, Nathan Lynch, BBC Complaints Team
2.       MY FOLLOW UP (22nd August):
Full Complaint: In your response to my original query regarding coverage of, in particular, the Rangers games in qualifying, I asked about this weeks qualifier in particular. Your response was to tell me that you don't have the rights for this weeks game. You didn't cover the previous home games either. Was this because you also didn't have the rights for those either? You had the rights for Aberdeen, celtic and Hibernian, so why not Rangers? Will this extend into the league season also? Or will I be able to hear live coverage of games from all venues, including Ibrox?
BBC Response (20th September): Thank you for taking the time to contact us again. We appreciate that you feel strongly about Sportsound’s coverage of the European qualifiers and are sorry to learn that you were not satisfied with our earlier response. We raised your concerns with the relevant teams at BBC Scotland. We are disappointed with the ongoing situation with Rangers, who have withdrawn the media credentials of one of our reporters (thus preventing him from reporting from Ibrox). We continue to discuss a resolution of this matter with the club but until it is resolved we will not be sending journalists to Ibrox or attending Rangers’ press conferences. We will continue to report on Rangers both on and off the pitch and will feature match action where appropriate.  The level of coverage is decided on a case by case basis, we will be providing live radio commentary of Villarreal v Rangers on Thursday 20 September. Kind regards, Andrew McCormick, BBC Complaints Team.
 
I received a separate email to tell me that the local complaint was exhausted and I'd need to take up with the Executive Complaints Unit if I wasn't satisfied with the response received.  So I wrote to them on 20th September: 
 
To Whom it May Concern,
I write (as advised in my last response from the BBC Complaints team) to continue through the complaints process with Regards to Case Number xxxxxxxxxxx, as I feel my query has not been fully satisfied.  I am content that the complaint has gone through due process in accordance with your rules and timescales, but I must say the explanation and outcome is less than satisfactory for me as a license player.  My initial complaint was over the coverage of Rangers games in European Qualifying matches, and it developed into a query on coverage of Rangers games in general. Please see attached the history of the complaint;
My reason for continuing with the complaint, is that it emerged in the second response that BBC Scotland (Sportsound) are refusing to cover Rangers home games or attend press conferences because there appears to be a dispute between Rangers and one BBC journalist (see highlighted text).   Perhaps I could be furnished with the details of the dispute so as to understand why BBC Scotland refuse to send a reporter?  Otherwise, as a tax and license payer, I find that entirely unacceptable.  BBC Scotland have several sports reporters they can send instead of the one in dispute.  Why won’t they send another?  As a licence payer, myself and, in fact, a very large licence paying demograph in Scotland are being denied the same right to hear Rangers live games and news from Ibrox, just as every other SPFL Premier supporter can hear games and news from their clubs.  In fact, as a result of this BBC action, away teams playing at Ibrox are also being denied this same coverage!  As the BBC is a public service broadcaster, I’m astonished that BBC Scotland can take such action when the “dispute” is only with one reporter.  In my business, if any client had a problem with me or any of my staff, and “banned” them from site, the last thing I would be allowed to do is turn my back on the client… As a professional person, I’d continue to provide the service whilst seeking to understand and resolve the issue with the individual.   I can’t understand why BBC Scotland aren’t behaving in the same way.  This seems incredibly unprofessional and quite probably at odds with the BBC’s Royal Charter and the impartial service the BBC promise to provide.  
What I’d like from this “complaint” is for BBC Scotland restore normal coverage of Rangers, i.e. if need be send another reporter to Ibrox for press conferences, their “open-all-mikes” match coverage, and provide occasional full live coverage of match as they do for every other top flight club.  If they will not do this, I’d expect to receive communication that allows me to understand the situation with the supposed “dispute” and why BBC Scotland cannot provide such coverage.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours Sincerely,
 

I wonder what the Rapid captain makes of all of this. 

Take your point but that fucking press conference is the difference. At a time when we as a club and fanbase needed our proper "Rangers men" to stand up Naismith actually had the fucking cheek to say "its no Rangers anymore" and give every taig scumbag a fucking field day. It NEVER can be forgiven imo

Let's Go!!!!!!!!  

Ridiculous finish. 
Goal of the season contender.

Class
and to think there are STILL some among us who think he’s shite 
partnership with Tav is almost telepathic. Runs himself into the ground. Crossing can be inconsistent but never hides and the effort and desire to win that ball at the end when everyone was gassed was just absolutely outstanding. 

Got to say credit where it’s due to the linesman for making the correct decision, there was probably 2 players offside when the ball was played but he did well to spot that Morelos was on and give the goal, we give the officials plenty of stick (deservedly so!) so was nice to see one who is actually competent at his job! 
Also well done to the players who were offside they were intelligent enough to stay back when it would have probably be natural to try to run on for the tap in and allow Morelos to play an unselfish pass to Kent.

I like the straightforwardness of these austrians. The press and the players. Seem pretty honest. Compared to the clowns in earlier rounds who could only slag us to fuck and go on about the fucking corner count!! Quite refreshing really wot wot!

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Possibly the best away support I've seen in many years at Ibrox. Spoke with lots of them outside and they all spoke great English. No bother in town and all ages in with them. Credit to their club.

I think he liked it 

Looks like they have managed to organise alternative transport to Glasgow instead of getting the train ?

Looks like they have managed to organise alternative transport to Glasgow instead of getting the train ?

Looks like they have managed to organise alternative transport to Glasgow instead of getting the train ?