Sectarian singing lands Rangers in hot water
All football fans understand that well-intended teasing and banter is all part and parcel of the modern game and in many ways it’s a part of the game that the majority would never want to see leave the game but anyone attends a match also realises that some sections of fans at every club can be prone to taking things a little too far and overstepping the mark.
Rangers have been embroiled in a media storm related to how far is too far in this respect, with the Scottish club preparing for a UEFA disciplinary hearing at the end of April that will consider allegations of sectarian singing in the ground of PSV Eindhoven. The singing apparently took place last month during the club’s Europa League game against the Dutch side.
Officials at the club are clearly outraged at the manner in which they’ve been singled out by UEFA for criticism but the fact remains that this isn’t the first time Rangers fans have brought the club into disrepute.
Chief executive Martin Bain may be right in saying that other clubs’ fans sing similar songs and the problem is one they have tried to address time and again in the past, but after punishing the Scottish club with a substantial fine for their fans’ actions during a game against Spanish side Osasuna just four years ago, UEFA are likely to be keen to take a zero tolerance approach to their future antics.
Perhaps UEFA are hoping that by making a scapegoat of Rangers, fans of other clubs throughout Europe and even further afield will sit up and take notice of the fact that discriminatory abuse is unacceptable and not an accepted part of the game as some believe it to be.
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