Just tell them that you were reading a Rangers programme, there's the link to big bad Rangers.I got a paper cut in work today. Hurts like hell. Should I contact the papers? It must be big bad Rangers fault! Clowns.
Received the following response.
Dear Mr,
Thank you for your email.
Firstly, I would refute any suggestion we have deliberately sought to tarnish the name of Rangers or their supporters. We write stories without bias and have no reason to evince malice towards Rangers or any other club for that matter. We would have run this story regardless of the clubs involved, so long as it had a local connection.
Unfortunately there is absolutely no way of verifying the woman’s claims of abuse. We do not, and will never have, access to official sources of information from Ibrox such as CCTV or stewards, and it’s impossible to track down anyone who may have been with the woman at the time of the incident to back her claims up. I’m sure you will be aware that verbal abuse of various kinds happens at football grounds across the country every week – most of it doesn’t go further than the supporters themselves and so we can only rely on anecdotal evidence.
The story was written as a firsthand account of this woman’s experience, and is presented as such. We have no reason to disbelieve what she told us, and given she is a Rangers fan herself, we would find it strange for her to claim she suffered abuse from her own fans without there being some truth to the matter.
We did Rangers to offer the club the chance to comment on this incident, but they failed to respond to us.
I hope that this clarifies the matter.
Received the following response.
Dear Mr,
Thank you for your email.
Firstly, I would refute any suggestion we have deliberately sought to tarnish the name of Rangers or their supporters. We write stories without bias and have no reason to evince malice towards Rangers or any other club for that matter. We would have run this story regardless of the clubs involved, so long as it had a local connection.
Unfortunately there is absolutely no way of verifying the woman’s claims of abuse. We do not, and will never have, access to official sources of information from Ibrox such as CCTV or stewards, and it’s impossible to track down anyone who may have been with the woman at the time of the incident to back her claims up. I’m sure you will be aware that verbal abuse of various kinds happens at football grounds across the country every week – most of it doesn’t go further than the supporters themselves and so we can only rely on anecdotal evidence.
The story was written as a firsthand account of this woman’s experience, and is presented as such. We have no reason to disbelieve what she told us, and given she is a Rangers fan herself, we would find it strange for her to claim she suffered abuse from her own fans without there being some truth to the matter.
We did Rangers to offer the club the chance to comment on this incident, but they failed to respond to us.
I hope that this clarifies the matter.
Received the following response.
Unfortunately there is absolutely no way of verifying the woman’s claims of abuse. We do not, and will never have, access to official sources of information from Ibrox such as CCTV or stewards, and it’s impossible to track down anyone who may have been with the woman at the time of the incident to back her claims up.
I ain't no investigative journalist but it took me 10 seconds to find her Facebook page, which shows she attended St Saviours High School and there is absolutely no reference to Rangers on her page that I can see, only DFC.
Strange that!
I would imagine CCTV cameras recordings from around the area will put this bullshit to bed once viewed.
Sounds like a Digby Brown jobsounds like a load of sh1te to me, why would fans randomly target a mum and daughter, i know it could happen but we just won the game so everyone was in good spirits, and she wants to sell the story and stick that stupid foot out to show us all, cringe !