So what’s changed since 2006?

[GOAT 30,449]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4907724.stm

 

 

[coopsleftboot 5,512]

The BBC sports website formatting.

What's the prize?

[ForeverAndEver 73,912]

New club.

[Malvern 11,329]

Catholics integrated into all forms of society.

[GOAT 30,449]

As Martin Bain said in 2011...

” this now has all the hallmarks of a deliberate and targeted campaign against the club”

at least that prick actually said it as it was. 

[magic8ball 27,904]

 

 

23 minutes ago, GOAT said:

As Martin Bain said in 2011...

” this now has all the hallmarks of a deliberate and targeted campaign against the club”

at least that prick actually said it as it was. 

Why would an independant organisation deliberatley target us though. 

Unless of course there is somebody within that organisation that has something to gain. Somebody that has no morals only interested in making money for themselves and club. Somebody that has an issue with his own club and is spending fortunes on lawyers and PR to deflect a peadophillia scandal. 

 

Just a wild guess 

[murzo 7,449]

igotry a Scottish problem - Uefa

Uefa says it could not take action against Rangers fans because their alleged sectarian singing had been tolerated for years in Scotland.

Rangers had been found not guilty of discriminatory chants during the Champions League games with Villarreal.

Uefa's statement said that "Billy Boys" had long been sung "without either the Scottish football or governmental authorities being able to intervene".

"The result is that this song is now somehow tolerated," it explained.

Rangers were fined just under £9,000 after a fan smashed a window on the Villarreal team bus on the way to the second leg in Spain.

But, although they were found not guilty of discriminatory singing, Ibrox chairman David Murray made perhaps his strongest condemnation yet of bigoted behaviour at football matches.

 This is a shaming judgement for the whole of Scotland 

 

And he warned that European football's governing body could take tougher action in the future.

However, in its explanation of its decision and examination of a song that touches on the Catholic-Protestant divide, Uefa appears to wash its hands of what it saw as a particularly local problem.

"In examining the alleged discriminatory chants, the control & disciplinary body admitted that the nature of the song concerned - "Billy Boys" - related to a social problem in Scotland," said the statement.

"The body also believed that the disciplinary decision in this case had to be taken in the context of Scotland's social and historical background. 

"Given this social and historical context, the control & disciplinary body said it considered that Uefa cannot demand an end to behaviour which has been tolerated for years.

"In view of the above, the control & disciplinary body ruled that, despite the behaviour of its supporters, Rangers FC had not infringed Article 5 of the Uefa disciplinary regulations and cannot be punished according to Article 6."

However, Article 5 says Uefa will not tolerate conduct that is "racist, discriminatory, politically extremist or insulting".

 It's society's problem and one that visits on one or two of our clubs 

And a spokesman for Scotland's leading anti-sectarianism organisation, Nil By Mouth, described the Uefa decision "bizarre and outrageous".

"This is a shaming judgement for the whole of Scotland," he said.

"The overwhelming majority of people in Scotland, including the chairman of Rangers, think it is completely unacceptable to sing songs about being 'up to our knees in Fenian blood'."

Scottish FA president John McBeth stressed it was a problem that was being tackled.

"There is a problem," he told BBC Sport. "It's not peculiar to football. It's society's problem and one that visits on one or two of our clubs."

He welcomed Uefa's investigation as it highlighted the problem and gave added impetus to action designed to eradicate it.

McBeth pointed out that the SFA is introducing a license scheme, to be introduced later this year, that requires clubs to take action to tackle sectarianism.

"The only problem we have with European action is that it tends to be a blanket punishment on clubs," he said.

"We would like to see the people causing the problem stopped getting into grounds.

"We are working with the Scottish Executive, Scottish Office and sportscotland to introduce banning orders for troublemakers."

McBeth said that, if clubs did not take sufficient action, the SFA could impose fines, close grounds or impose suspensions. 
 

 

[Hadron Collider 32,400]

Sectarianism and bigotry and songs and  still nothing about paedophiles ruining young players lives as we stand today. C’mon uefa, get it fucking sorted. All over us for singing. Cunts! 

[Bellshill_Bear 1,105]

2 minutes ago, Hadron Collider said:

Sectarianism and bigotry and songs and  still nothing about paedophiles ruining young players lives as we stand today. C’mon uefa, get it fucking sorted. All over us for singing. Cunts! 

“Aye but they’re worse” honestly this is getting old now.

the pedo ring at that mob is a criminal issue that can’t be punished by uefa

[magic8ball 27,904]

11 minutes ago, Bellshill_Bear said:

“Aye but they’re worse” honestly this is getting old now.

the pedo ring at that mob is a criminal issue that can’t be punished by uefa

Covering it up to protect the name of the club is a different matter 

[Hadron Collider 32,400]

13 minutes ago, Bellshill_Bear said:

“Aye but they’re worse” honestly this is getting old now.

the pedo ring at that mob is a criminal issue that can’t be punished by uefa

I know what you’re saying mate, but we can’t be quiet about it. That’s what those cunts want. Sweep sweep. 

[AlCapone 7,678]

SNP got into power in 2010 and saw Rangers as a threat, the have worked furiously behind the scenes to weaken our power and yet people like   @SkylineBlue support them whilst decrying the butchers apron. Useful idiots

[rabc10000 5,094]

2 hours ago, murzo said:

igotry a Scottish problem - Uefa

Uefa says it could not take action against Rangers fans because their alleged sectarian singing had been tolerated for years in Scotland.

Rangers had been found not guilty of discriminatory chants during the Champions League games with Villarreal.

Uefa's statement said that "Billy Boys" had long been sung "without either the Scottish football or governmental authorities being able to intervene".

"The result is that this song is now somehow tolerated," it explained.

Rangers were fined just under £9,000 after a fan smashed a window on the Villarreal team bus on the way to the second leg in Spain.

But, although they were found not guilty of discriminatory singing, Ibrox chairman David Murray made perhaps his strongest condemnation yet of bigoted behaviour at football matches.

 This is a shaming judgement for the whole of Scotland 

 

And he warned that European football's governing body could take tougher action in the future.

However, in its explanation of its decision and examination of a song that touches on the Catholic-Protestant divide, Uefa appears to wash its hands of what it saw as a particularly local problem.

"In examining the alleged discriminatory chants, the control & disciplinary body admitted that the nature of the song concerned - "Billy Boys" - related to a social problem in Scotland," said the statement.

"The body also believed that the disciplinary decision in this case had to be taken in the context of Scotland's social and historical background. 

"Given this social and historical context, the control & disciplinary body said it considered that Uefa cannot demand an end to behaviour which has been tolerated for years.

"In view of the above, the control & disciplinary body ruled that, despite the behaviour of its supporters, Rangers FC had not infringed Article 5 of the Uefa disciplinary regulations and cannot be punished according to Article 6."

However, Article 5 says Uefa will not tolerate conduct that is "racist, discriminatory, politically extremist or insulting".

 It's society's problem and one that visits on one or two of our clubs 

And a spokesman for Scotland's leading anti-sectarianism organisation, Nil By Mouth, described the Uefa decision "bizarre and outrageous".

"This is a shaming judgement for the whole of Scotland," he said.

"The overwhelming majority of people in Scotland, including the chairman of Rangers, think it is completely unacceptable to sing songs about being 'up to our knees in Fenian blood'."

Scottish FA president John McBeth stressed it was a problem that was being tackled.

"There is a problem," he told BBC Sport. "It's not peculiar to football. It's society's problem and one that visits on one or two of our clubs."

He welcomed Uefa's investigation as it highlighted the problem and gave added impetus to action designed to eradicate it.

McBeth pointed out that the SFA is introducing a license scheme, to be introduced later this year, that requires clubs to take action to tackle sectarianism.

"The only problem we have with European action is that it tends to be a blanket punishment on clubs," he said.

"We would like to see the people causing the problem stopped getting into grounds.

"We are working with the Scottish Executive, Scottish Office and sportscotland to introduce banning orders for troublemakers."

McBeth said that, if clubs did not take sufficient action, the SFA could impose fines, close grounds or impose suspensions. 
 

 

Anyone got a link to the follow upto that article a few days later??? 

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,617]

3 hours ago, GOAT said:

As Martin Bain said in 2011...

” this now has all the hallmarks of a deliberate and targeted campaign against the club”

at least that prick actually said it as it was. 

Pity the perma tanned wee prick never tried to stand up for us properly, him and the oldco board sat back (along with murray) and allowed tarriers from across scotland to bully us into submission

For over a decade our fanbase has been attacked from all angles and no one stood up for us

[Hadron Collider 32,400]

1 minute ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

Pity the perma tanned wee prick never tried to stand up for us properly, him and the oldco board sat back (along with murray) and allowed tarriers from across scotland to bully us into submission

For over a decade our fanbase has been attacked from all angles and no one stood up for us

Wish we had a Souness type cunt on our board. 

[Jimfanciesthedude 25,617]

2 minutes ago, Hadron Collider said:

Wish we had a Souness type cunt on our board. 

I dont, i wish we had a smart boxer on our board and not a hammer thrower, souness would try and ram raid his way and it wouldnt work, we need someone who can act like he's all supportive of the other teams but secretly fucking them from behind

[Jonnyboyrfc 296]

UEFA revised their stance on this days later did they not?

[Kaydubya11 580]

Think it was months later after lots of lobbying from desperate to be offended types.....

[HuistraHairDo 12,597]

Lefty’s 

everywhere.

[Kaydubya11 580]

I guarantee you Fare will never ever be at Parkhead.  Nor wil nil by mouth or Call it out... These groups were created to go after one club and one club alone. 

[Blue Avenger 22,569]

4 minutes ago, Kaydubya11 said:

I guarantee you Fare will never ever be at Parkhead.  Nor wil nil by mouth or Call it out... These groups were created to go after one club and one club alone. 

I guarantee they will.

Supporting them and joining in the hate fest!

[Weird_Beard 99]

9 hours ago, HuistraHairDo said:

Lefty’s 

everywhere.

No as left as Huistra's Harido but!

[HuistraHairDo 12,597]

34 minutes ago, Weird_Beard said:

No as left as Huistra's Harido but!

Staunch left footed was Peter

[The Dude 20,027]

16 hours ago, GOAT said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4907724.stm

 

 

We werent found guilty of discriminatory singing that time. 

[Copland bear 7,966]

Again someone should inform UEFA that the billy boys is offensive by law not secterian.     To say it's secterian as the media constantly do is just lies.