BEARGER

Seems it’s the Rangers flag the council are upset about. Celtic-daft neighbour hits out at ‘ridiculous’ ban forcing Rangers fan OAPs to take down ‘offensive’ club and Union Jack flags outside home Ben Archibald 31 Jul 2019, 13:48 A CELTIC fan neighbour of two OAPs ordered to ditch Rangers and Union Jack flags outside their sheltered housing pads has blasted the “ridiculous” ban. We told yesterday how Duncan Adams, 74, and Joe Stirling, 71, were told to pull down the banners by council bosses as they could “cause offence”. 2 Celtic fan Kenny Paterson has backed his Rangers-supporting neighbours after they were told to remove their flagsCredit: Les Gallagher - The Sun Glasgow And Hoops diehard Kenny Paterson, 75, today rallied round the pair in Troon, Ayrshire, as he called on the decision to be reversed. The bus driver - who lives two doors down from Duncan - said: “I’m a Celtic fan and don’t find it offensive at all. Let them fly their flags. “It doesn’t bother anyone around here. The decision is totally out of order in my opinion. “It’s just over the top. Who would be offended by a Rangers fan? I just think it’s wrong.” 2 The flags fly side by side at the pals' homes in Troon, but the council have ordered the pair to take them downCredit: Les Gallagher - The Sun Glasgow Duncan said last night: “We both really appreciate his support. A lot of people round here seem to be supporting us.” We told yesterday how the great-grandad of four put his Bears banner up before his heroes beat Gibraltar side St Joseph’s 4-0 on July 9. Days earlier Joe — who has displayed Scotland flags in his window for five years — attached a Union Jack to a bracket. But the grandad of three said a council warden ordered him to “take them all down because they might offend folk”. Joe was also told to take down a Saltire and Lion Rampant. And a letter warned the Gers-daft pals they risked “possible inciting of antisocial behaviour”. Duncan, who lives with Border Terrier Max, said: “It’s ridiculous they won’t let me put up a small flag outside my house. “My wife died last year so all I have is Rangers and my dog.” And Joe added: “We’re living here until we pass away effectively. Are you telling me we can’t even fly a couple of flags? It’s completely over the top.” South Ayrshire Council said: “It was brought to our attention that a football club flag was displayed on council-owned property. This is discouraged.”

Scotsman now running the story, hope they’re just a bit behind the rest. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/rangers-target-close-to-joining-ibrox-side-has-told-inner-circle-move-is-imminent-1-4974382?utm_campaign=The Scotsman - Daily RSS&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=75213324&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8tZYIxXW6khTP5lqWvxQoZ8xXHASL1PztWdiyPu1o9xiA0QfJisXI51ihacVa6A9z3a3TST7Z6ySy4zA8ojjRCb2qfkg&_hsmi=75213324 Martin Skrtel has told close friends a move to Rangers is in the pipeline, according to reports in Turkey. The 34-year-old's agent is understood to have held talks with the Ibrox side over a potential move, despite the Light Blues rubbishing the link last month. Could Steven Gerrard add further players to his squad? Speaking earlier in July, the former Liverpool defender confirmed there had been dialogue between his representatives and the club. Speaking to Slovakian media outlets, Skrtel said: "My agent had interviews with Basaksehir, Fenerbahce, Parma, Olympiacos and Glasgow Rangers. "But I can't say anything more for now." Turkish publication Fotomac - whose chief editor yesterday revealed that Rangers hadn't given up on tempting Skrtel to Scotland - claims the Slovakian international is "close" to joining his former Anfield colleague Steven Gerrard in Glasgow. Skrtel had been linked with a return to Turkish Super Lig side Fenerbahce, with whom he spent three years, but it is understood the club's sporting director Damien Comolli baulked at the veteran's wage demands.

31 July 19 Rangers vs Sports Direct: Club won't wear Hummel next year as judge 'kills' deal Mark Hendry @mhendry92 Multimedia Reporter Rangers will not be allowed to wear Hummel kits next year after a judge ruling 'killed' the deal, it has been reported today. An injunction was imposed on Gers preventing them from selling or wearing Hummel for season 2020/21. We recently told how Rangers lost their latest in a long line of court battles with Sports Direct over replica kit. But it has been speculated today that Lionel Persey QC outlined the injunction which stops the Light Blues' Hummel deal from next season. In his ruling, the Scottish Sun quote the report as saying: "It is ordered that: Rangers shall not perform the Elite/Hummel Agreement. "Rangers shall not assist Elite or Hummel to perform the Elite/Hummel Agreement. "And Rangers shall inform Elite and Hummel that it will not perform the Elite/Hummel Agreement." Rangers have been approached for comment. More follows.

Allegedly there are BBC Licence Fee Resistance groups on Facebook.

They have reduced the size of pitch for this coming season.

Turkish newspaper saying that Skrtel is a possibility, why would need him?

Update on BBC Scotland Dispute Dear Member, Club 1872 would like to bring members and supporters up to date with our correspondence with BBC Scotland regarding their coverage of Rangers Football Club. Supporters will be aware that BBC Scotland still refuses to cover Rangers in the same manner as other Scottish clubs due to a long running dispute over the biased reporting of Chris McLaughlin. That dispute continues and it is our opinion that a culture is now well established within BBC Scotland that Rangers are fair game for false and malicious reporting. BBC Scotland remains the only major media platform in Scotland not to report at all on Rangers’ new diversity and inclusion campaign, Everyone Anyone. Before this season has even begun in earnest we have seen two examples of inaccurate reporting about Rangers which have had to be corrected by BBC Scotland. The BBC Scotland position is that these are honest mistakes - incompetent rather than malicious - despite the frequency with which they occur. Club 1872 has submitted twelve separate complaints to BBC Scotland over the past few months. All of these have been escalated through three stages of their internal complaints process and a number have now been passed to OfCom where they currently sit. Complaints regarding the frequent, biased, false reporting of BBC Scotland employees on social media cannot unfortunately be referred to OfCom and have been whitewashed by BBC Scotland. It has become clear during this process that BBC Scotland routinely denies the basis for any complaints regarding their coverage of Rangers and it appears that their complaints process is designed to be as difficult as possible for members of the public to navigate. Different reference numbers are regularly assigned to the same complaint to make it difficult to track and generic responses are routinely used for complaints which have no relation to each other. One of the central issues with BBC Scotland reporting is their stated duty of impartiality which has gone missing where Rangers are concerned. It is here that we have seen the most disturbing comments from BBC Scotland in response to our complaints. Below are direct quotes from their correspondence: “There is no requirement for a BBC reporter or presenter to post about a particular event or development, or to treat similar stories in the same way.” “There is no requirement in the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines which states a presenter…has to give equivalent coverage or treatment to similar or related stories.” “The decision of what news stories and events to report is a matter of legitimate editorial discretion for editors and programme-makers. They are entitled to use their judgement to decide which stories to cover and the manner in which they are covered. There is no requirement which states a particular event or development has to be reported by a broadcaster, or that similar or related issues or events have to be given equivalent coverage or treatment.” We believe it is important that supporters are given this information because it is now clear that BBC Scotland does not consider it has a duty to be impartial but that it can report in any way it sees fit. It is also clear that the tone and content of reporting is totally reliant upon a group of editors, presenters and journalists who can scarcely disguise their dislike of our club and support. BBC headquarters are aware of the ongoing dispute with BBC Scotland but to date, their intervention has not improved matters. BBC Scotland are strongly resisting any attempts to address their biased coverage of our club. Senior production staff at BBC Scotland, including their Head of Corporate Affairs, Ian Small, have been presented with evidence that BBC Scotland are regularly using a contributor who has used social media platforms to publish sectarian comments and hate speech towards Rangers supporters. BBC Scotland regularly presents this contributor as a neutral commentator on a number of news and current affairs programmes, despite senior staff being aware of the history mentioned above. This is just one indicator of the scale of the cultural issues within Pacific Quay. We will continue to submit complaints regarding biased and dishonest coverage of our club and support, and we would encourage individual supporters to do the same despite the difficulties involved. At some point, BBC Scotland will have to address these systemic issues and start to address their refusal to provide licence payers in Scotland with the service to which they are entitled. Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company Club 1872

Why must they bring alcohol into a ground? Couple of hours without a drink should not be a bother unless they’re alcoholics. Never needed a drink to watch Rangers, although sometimes afterwards ☹️

There’s no problem in taking food into the ground, only thing that’s asked (at Broomie anyway) is “ any cans or bottles lads?” Even at that my grandson takes in small bottles of juice.

Club 1872 Statement on Sports Direct Litigation 29 July, 2019 Club 1872 was, in common with all Rangers supporters, concerned to see reports of the outcome of the latest court case involving the club and Sports Direct. Clearly it is not a positive situation to be on the wrong end of such decisions and of particular concern were tabloid headlines regarding the possibility of Rangers having to pay “millions” in damages following the latest ruling. It is always our wish to be able to communicate in detail with supporters but on this topic we must be mindful of the club’s position which is restricted by confidentiality provisions, court decisions and the ongoing nature of these proceedings. This means that they simply cannot discuss this issue in detail with Club 1872 or indeed anyone else. We have asked Rangers to give Club 1872 and the supporters what reassurance they can and they have reiterated their statement on the club website. It is the club’s position that the judgement is not as reported and that the damages cap of £1m has not been removed. As supporters will see from the release of the new away kit, there is no restriction on supporters buying this season’s kit and the purchase of those kits continues to benefit the club. This is a complex and far reaching legal dispute and there are a number of aspects of it still be to decided by the court. We feel the same frustration as all supporters when there are setbacks in that fight but the goal remains the same. We would remind supporters that Mike Ashley and Sports Direct were and remain a malign influence on Rangers Football Club. Club 1872 purchased a large portion of Mr Ashley’s shares in 2017, partly to remove one aspect of that toxic influence. We look forward to the day when he and Sports Direct no longer have any dealings with our club. We are fully supportive of the Rangers board’s efforts to stand up to Mr Ashley’s attempt to bully the club into submission. Mr Ashley’s approach on this matter continues to make no commercial sense – given the position of the vast majority of the Rangers support towards Sports Direct – and appears to be purely vindictive. We would urge individual supporters who are frustrated with these ongoing court battles to consider what action they can take to remove support for any and all parts of Mr Ashley’s business empire, and encourage others to do the same. We would also take this opportunity to express our sympathy with Newcastle fans who find their own club suffering under Mr Ashley’s ownership. We have made approaches to a number of their supporters’ groups to discuss ways in which we can work together to challenge Mr Ashley and Sports Direct in what we believe is a matter of shared interest. We appreciate that supporters want more detail and more reassurance regarding this ongoing fight with Mr Ashley and we are sorry not to be in a position to provide it, but we remain up for the fight and hope that supporters will continue to show the same determination which saw Mr Ashley and his lieutenants kicked out of our club in 2015. Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company

Why are multiple team changes not announced? If it’s 1 off and 1 on it's announced but not for more than that

Same again today. Asked Steward why, “ we have been told to look at all tickets, even though you may be a ST holder”.

Due to technical difficulties with online. Copland Rear for pay at the gate.

Sat in back row during one of the Parma games, absolutely stifling.

Did anyone else have their ticket checked a second time last night? All tickets in our part of the Broomloan were checked again after reaching the stand, not to show you to your seat. Never seen that before.

He’s a journalist that writes for The Herald (maybe others?). I don’t buy these papers so don’t know much about him, did a wee Google search and the only thing of interest was a spat he had with Phill 3 names.

All I did was post an article by a journalist just like others on here have done on many occasions. Obviously due to my political viewpoint you wish to make it something it ain’t. I will continue to post articles about our club unless told to stop from Frankie.

Eh? I posted an article by a “journalist” all the words are his, not mine.

Never heard this at any game, therefore cannot explain where Cameron gets its from.

Absolutely not.

I have not given a penny to any club that conspired against us and never will.

Everyone Anyone Welcomed By Government Previo Article Thursday, 25 July 2019, 12:00 by Rangers Football Club 15 RANGERS Managing Director Stewart Robertson was delighted to welcome Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, to Ibrox Stadium just days after the club launched its Everyone Anyone initiative. The campaign, which will bring together people from all backgrounds and cultures, has been widely welcomed since its launch at the beginning of this week and during a visit to Ibrox in midweek Mr Yousaf praised the club’s ‘proactive action.’ Mr Yousaf said: “Discrimination and prejudice have no place in society or football. Everyone should be able to enjoy our national sport, regardless of their background. “There have been long-standing issues in Scottish football and I have emphasised that society as a whole, including those who love our national game, needs to step up. Rangers, in collaboration with the Rangers Charity Foundation, is committed to making Ibrox a home for all regardless of their age, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and health. As part of this new strategy a series of events aimed at promoting positive behaviour through championing diversity, tolerance and understanding will be rolled out over the next year as Rangers reaches out to all. Mr Robertson added: “This project has been a long time in the making but we believe we have the correct strategy and Rangers will be a club open to everyone and anyone. “I believe he was impressed and his support is appreciated because this is an important step which should mean Rangers will play an active, significant and leading role in the local and wider communities.”

42k tickets sold as at 1100hrs today.

Following an increase in the number of incidents of unacceptable conduct within Scottish football last season, Aberdeen FC has today announced its plans for the coming season, designed to ensure the Pittodrie matchday experience is one that can be undergone in as safe and enjoyable environment as possible for all supporters. As a consequence of the review, undertaken in conjunction with Police Scotland and the Sports Ground Advisory Working Group, the South Stand segregation area currently used in lower category games will now be in place during all categories of games. A total of 1,662 tickets will subsequently be available in the away section. A segregation banner will be utilised in the middle of section R and will be stewarded and policed accordingly. This ensures that at all games there is an enhanced area between the two sets of supporters.