bob1873
Well-Known Member
What place do these sectarians songs actual have at Ibrox? In any decent country they would have been banned decades ago.
The lawmakers in this country have let both sides of the sectarian divide in west of Scotland away with murder for far too long that now an entitlement mentality exists regarding our party songs. With their action yesterday UEFA have perhaps thrown the gaunlet down to the footballing authorities in Scotland and don't be surprised if they now feel emboldened to start punishing us if we step out of line. We have stuck two fingers up to the authorities with the slow creep over the past couple of season with the banned TBB - singing it tomorrow and the call for punishment will be overwhelming.
We have been warned, it is now serious, the only question is have we listened and understood the message. The answer will be seen tomorrow.
So as a Ranger of a certain vintage I see TBB as a part of our heritage and the songs do not offend me. Equally much of this has been caused by the dignified silence practiced by a succession of Rangers boards. We now see the scum act with complete impunity they face no punishment for throwing objects at players invading the pitch and singing songs about there being no Protestants and in support of the IRA. Two so called wrongs do not make a right but the law isn’t applied equally is it so the club should ask why. Equally some of the stuff that happens in Eastern Europe at games also gets scant publicity and very little sanctions.
As I’ve stated the world has changed to a degree that we have to cease the singing of songs that we know will cause the club trouble but equally the club must speak out at the way we are singled out. We are where we are and we have deal with the here and now but had we as a club spoken out we might have been in a better place.