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St Johnstone face an uphill struggle to reach the Europa League third qualifying round after a 2-0 defeat by Eskisehirspor in Turkey. The Turkish side took the lead through a deflected Alper Potuk drive shortly before half-time. A second deflected goal from Veysel Sari put the home side firmly in the driving seat. However, a positive second-half display from the Saints will give them some hope for the return leg on 26 July. The Perth side, minus the injured duo of captain Dave Mackay and new striker Gregory Tade, struggled with unusually high temperatures in Anatolia. After only a minute the Turks carved out a chance when a cross from the right was volleyed just wide of the post by Patrick Malecki. However, despite that early scare, and Eskisehirspor dominating possession, Saints limited the home side to shots from distance throughout the early period of the match. The Eskisehirspor players claimed for a penalty as the ball appeared to strike the arm of Fraser Wright, but the referee was unmoved. Malecki was active on the left wing for the hosts and Saints were fortunate former Celtic player Diomansy Kamara could not connect properly with a fizzing far-post cross from the Pole. Saints manager Steve Lomas had clearly opted for a conservative formation, with only Sean Higgins up front, and a weak Jamie Adams header was the sum total of the visitors' attacking intent in the first half. The thin blue line of the St Johnstone defence was breached five minutes before the break when Alper's shot was deflected past the stretching Alan Mannus into the bottom left-hand corner of the net. Saints opened the second half with more attacking intent, and Liam Craig tested goalkeeper Ruud Boffin with a long-range free-kick, but it was a comfortable save for the Belgian. Goalscorer Alper then spurned a great chance with Saints temporarily down to 10 men after Wright took a knock in the visiting box. The forward raced past the challenge of two Saints defenders but Mannus blocked his low shot from close range. Shortly after, however, Veysel raced in from the right wing, and his low effort from a tight angle was deflected past Mannus by the unfortunate Wright. The visiting defence lost some cohesion after the loss of the second goal and Mannus had to look smart to save another close range effort from former Dortmund defender Dede. Lomas changed his system as the game reached its closing stages and the visitors searched for a way into the tie. New signing Nigel Hasselbaink replaced the largely ineffective striker Higgins and fellow forward Steven May came on for midfielder Jamie Adams. And stand-in captain Murray Davidson almost handed Saints a last-minute lifeline when he dribbled into the home six-yard box, but his ball across the face of goal was taken off the toe of May by a defender. The second-half display will have given Saints fans encouragement, but the two-goal deficit could prove challenging to overturn. Eskisehirspor: Boffin, Angelo, Dede, Cetin, Potuk, Zengin (Nuhiu 84), Malecki (Eser 78), Gucer, Sari, Karadeniz (Tello 69), Kamara. Subs Not Used: Erdogan, Bahtiyaroglu, Guven, Kara. Goals: Potuk 41, Sari 64. St Johnstone: Mannus, Callum Davidson, Wright, McCracken, Miller, Cregg (Moon 85), Millar, Murray Davidson, Craig, Adams (May 78), Higgins (Hasselbaink 69).Subs Not Used: Tuffey, Anderson, Robertson, Scobbie. Referee: Ante Vucemilovic (Croatia) Att: 13,000 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18893718 If that was Rangers I'm sure the report would have been quite different!

Nope,I'm not buying that, do you really think the Regan would not issue a license to play in the 3rd division?, I'm sure the SFL would even take up that fight. How much more punishments are we to accept?, I'm really getting ready to finish with football right now.

Sorry Pete, that is an illegal sanction that isn't in the SFA rules,as was proved in court, if it was then I would accept it

Aye,how much money does Ally have to do that?,if he gets enough to rapidly sign decent players then we might just be ok,however I would have still told Regan to fuck off. CG is playing a very dangerous game here, I hope he has cash to invest because he will not get much season ticket money with this agreement!

As far as CG is concerned he needs the license, at all cost, to start rebuilding,but I would have told Regan to fuck off

It just says what der berliner has posted

I was just about to post this, this is a fucking disgrace if true!

I just hope to fuck CG isn't just going to accept Regans' sanctions!, we as a club need to start defending ourselves

I keep repeating the fact that Rangers,CG,RST should be all over this like a rash!

'Orange Day' Scottish Cup Final 2000 - Rangers 4 - Aberdeen 0

Maybe we have made the right move,the SFL is the place to be while the SPL goes tits up!:devil: Now all the SPL clubs will be asking to join the SFL?

FFS, the man must be absolutely broken by this, I can't even imagine how him and his family are feeling. RIP. I'll never forget the look of delight on Claudios' face this night [video=youtube;hq4DFkMI-kU]

I don't follow this mate?, he is only asking questions that we are all asking except he is actually doing something about it,I would however like to know who is pulling his strings!

Lifted from FF: Regan and the SFA's Corruption exposed? The principal case by Regan and the SFA against Rangers bringing the game into disrepute centred on the evidence and questioning of Rangers Financial Controller, Ken Olverman. Indeed in a classic way selected parts of his evidence was leaked to the media in order to undermine his credibility and indeed his integrity. It was a shameful way for any governing body to act. The infamous independent Former High Court Judge who presided over the 'Independent Tribunal' (this the man who could find no evidence of Catholic favouritism in Monklands Council - John Reid's constituency) has been used to demonstrate the independence of the Tribunal. Rangers defence which was disregarded was that the fault lay solely with Craig Whyte's governance which led to both John Greig and John McLelland resigning from the Board. Whyte demanded the Financial Controller report only to him. If the Rangers case was accepted it would show another failure by Regan in his responsibility as Chief Executive of the SFA. This would be on to of his incompetent handling of the fit and proper person test. I am advised from within Ibrox that Ken Olverman had some misgivings about Whyte's instructions and form of governance. Of such concern were these to him that he consulted his professional body. He was advised that unless he had clear evidence of wrongdoing he should follow his employer's (Whyte) instructions. Whyte, of course, covered his tracks so well it would take a team of forensic accountants to unravel his dealings. Ken Olverman followed the advice he was given by his professional body. In so doing he acted correctly andwith integrity. Why this did not emerge in the Hearing or subsequent Appeal I do not know. If this is shown independently to be the truth- and it would be fairly simple for a member of the intrepid Scottish media to check with Mr Olverman and his professional body - it would totally undermine the case against Rangers and expose the findings and Appeal result as a sham and miscarriage of justice in that evidence was used selectively. It would also expose the corruption at the heart of the SFA and demonstrate that body as being unfit to have any integrity or authority when it comes to determining any Appeal against the removal of titles and trophies. I cannot name the source but am personally willing to swear a legal affidavit confirming I was advised about Mr Olverman seeking the advice of his professional body. This may explain Regan's desperation for Rangers to give up present and future rights to have recourse to the law to remedy injustice at the hands of the SFA. It may be the RFF or a Shareholder's Group would be willing to return to the Courts to protect the good name of our famous Club and initiate proceedings against the SFA and or Regan.

Well,it can be argued that we will sell out Ibrox,nearly!,after all that has happened to our club,every fan knows we need the cash to grow again, it is the only way and quickest way for us to return to the SPL

Aye,and there is way too much bad feeling just now,you're right it won't be pretty and I really hope we can avoid the BHEASTS

Agreed and I'm sure we will see something along that line,we are a big carrot for the SFL and they will want to fight for that reason alone,money talks

I wouldn't know how to mate!,just take what you need

Only if Rangers bend over and take it up the arse

Feel free to add to the list mate

Jul 19 2012 By Hugh Keevins Probe into Rangers title wins to be carried out by independent commission AN independent commission will decide which titles Rangers will lose over the dual contracts system that gave them an unfair advantage over opponents. The SPL’s legal team has spent months gathering evidence and they will turn it over to an independent body on August 10 to prosecute the Ibrox club. RecordSport understands the process is expected to take weeks andwill have a wide-ranging remit. They have to decide whether medals are to be withheld or new ones offered to Celtic by way of compensation for when they were runners up. An insider said: “It could be that all of Rangers official records will be ordered to change so that the years when titles have been taken from them are removed.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2012/07/19/probe-into-rangers-title-wins-to-be-carried-out-by-independent-commission-86908-23910039/ It seems as though this is already decided!

I posted this in TLB thread,wrongly!,it belongs in here. Remember the David Murray article in the record regarding dual contracts?,I know I know,but!: Sir David Murray denies any use of 'dual contracts' during his time at Ibrox DAVID Murray yesterday poured scorn on accusations Rangers handed out double contracts to players to cover up untaxed payments. He was speaking out for the first time since handing the Ibrox club over to Craig Whyte and admitted it was a “huge mistake”. Murray apologised for letting Whyte get his hands on the club he’d fronted for most of the 23 years he was owner and admitted the decision will probably haunt him for years to come. He said: “I’ll regret this for the rest of my life but I know Rangers will survive because of the fans. This club will prosper again.” As for reports Rangers used double contracts to conceal payments to players – the stories were based on information supplied by former Ibrox director Hugh Adam – Murray dismissed them as fantasy. According to Mike McGill, one of the former chairman’s right-hand men at the Murray Group, Adam had resigned as a director towards the end of 2000, a year before the EBT scheme was introduced. Murray doesn’t see how Adam could have known anything about contracts but McGill said: “The club used an old offshore EBT scheme in 1999 with three players. “That scheme is the subject of the small tax case. The Revenue provided some information to us in early 2011 and we conceded (the £2.8m) based on that information and provided for payment in the club accounts. Whyte did not pay it. “The other scheme was started in 2001 and the larger scheme involves a payment into an offshore trust. But there is no contractual entitlement on the part of the players. That is key to the defence and key to the allegations made by the SFA.” Murray added: “Hugh didn’t know. He wanted to buy Rangers at the time I had the club. He did a great job in running the pools but he became a bit anti-me. “I’ve looked through every year to check my facts and there were no double contracts. Categorically, there were no dual contracts.” When asked if he now regrets the use of EBT schemes McGill said: “We’ve probably said more than we should have on EBTs. “The tribunal judges are about to make a decision and I do not want to be seen to be influencing either way but what I would say is this: We went through 10 AGMs. We signed off accounts by Grant Thornton and the remuneration trust was always mentioned in the account. It was never hidden.” Murray felt he had to give his version because of the pressure and criticism building around him as administrators struggle to keep Rangers going. Also, whether or not he likes it, he must accept responsibility for his part in the club’s downfall. He says he does and added: “I’ve been at crossroads in my life before and I passed through them.” It was a poignant statement because it was 36 years ago to the day yesterday that he lost both legs in a car crash so he isn’t easily unnerved although he does wish he’d never sold to Whyte. He said: “Again, I apologise and if I could turn the clock back, of course I would. “You know when it really hit home for me? I care about the club passionately or I wouldn’t have done it as long but the day he (Whyte) sold the Arsenal shares? “There are bits that belong to the history of a club. I said to Mike, ‘Does he realise what he’s actually done?’ That was a raw nerve, to have done that premeditated. Any sympathy he may have had just gone out the window then.” When asked what he’d say if he met Whyte again, Murray said: “I don’t think we want to go there – I don’t expect many of us will see him again.” Yet shouldn’t alarm bells have been clanging sooner, when Alastair Johnston, the chairman at the time of the takeover, was saying Whyte was not the right person to own the club? No one, he insists, provided evidence to substantiate the rumours. He also said he couldn’t take Paul Murray’s late bid because it didn’t tick enough boxes. He said: “I understand Paul was keen to get the club and I have nothing but respect for him. He wants only the best for the club. “But Paul was not able at that time to give us an offer that was satisfactory for many, many reasons. He wanted debt left in and the tax case put to one side. “Looking at the offer document that went out to shareholders, to buy the club, to invest, in theory Whyte’s was the right deal to do. “Looking back it wasn’t and I can only apologise so many times. I wish I’d never done the deal with Craig Whyte.” It has always been suggested the club’s bankers, Lloyds, who are also the Murray Group’s bank, put the squeeze on Murray to offload Rangers to Whyte but Murray said: “No. The bank wanted their money back, of course, and I’d made it clear I wanted out of Rangers. “We were going into recession and people weren’t queueing up to buy football clubs. But if we’d known of the Ticketus thing we would not have done the deal.” But surely Murray’s own due diligence should have been more thorough? “That’s easy to say now but we did the necessary,” he said, before McGill stepped in again adding: “We had a number of characters who came forward to try to buy the club. That included one fraudulently procured proof-of-funds letter from a reputable bank. It included other parties who claimed to have funds but did not. “What Craig Whyte had that the others did not was the backing of a reputable legal firm. The fact he was clearing money into their clients’ account and the fact they confirmed they had sufficient funds to do the transaction that was being negotiated, goes a long way to being positive confirmation.” Now, of course, the fans know Whyte was not a fit and proper person to own their club and there are many who believe Rangers would be better off in liquidation. They reckon it would be cheaper and easier to deal with creditors but Murray doesn’t agree. Re-emerging as a newco isn’t what he’d like to see and he said: “That’s not in the best interests of the game or Rangers. A CVA would be preferable. “But Scottish football isn’t seen as a great investment. If you’re not a Rangers fan you want to kick Rangers – and I understand that. “But without Rangers the game would be much worse off.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/footbal...6908-23787536/

Remember the David Murray article in the record regarding dual contracts?,I know I know,but!: Sir David Murray denies any use of 'dual contracts' during his time at Ibrox DAVID Murray yesterday poured scorn on accusations Rangers handed out double contracts to players to cover up untaxed payments. He was speaking out for the first time since handing the Ibrox club over to Craig Whyte and admitted it was a “huge mistake”. Murray apologised for letting Whyte get his hands on the club he’d fronted for most of the 23 years he was owner and admitted the decision will probably haunt him for years to come. He said: “I’ll regret this for the rest of my life but I know Rangers will survive because of the fans. This club will prosper again.” As for reports Rangers used double contracts to conceal payments to players – the stories were based on information supplied by former Ibrox director Hugh Adam – Murray dismissed them as fantasy. According to Mike McGill, one of the former chairman’s right-hand men at the Murray Group, Adam had resigned as a director towards the end of 2000, a year before the EBT scheme was introduced. Murray doesn’t see how Adam could have known anything about contracts but McGill said: “The club used an old offshore EBT scheme in 1999 with three players. “That scheme is the subject of the small tax case. The Revenue provided some information to us in early 2011 and we conceded (the £2.8m) based on that information and provided for payment in the club accounts. Whyte did not pay it. “The other scheme was started in 2001 and the larger scheme involves a payment into an offshore trust. But there is no contractual entitlement on the part of the players. That is key to the defence and key to the allegations made by the SFA.” Murray added: “Hugh didn’t know. He wanted to buy Rangers at the time I had the club. He did a great job in running the pools but he became a bit anti-me. “I’ve looked through every year to check my facts and there were no double contracts. Categorically, there were no dual contracts.” When asked if he now regrets the use of EBT schemes McGill said: “We’ve probably said more than we should have on EBTs. “The tribunal judges are about to make a decision and I do not want to be seen to be influencing either way but what I would say is this: We went through 10 AGMs. We signed off accounts by Grant Thornton and the remuneration trust was always mentioned in the account. It was never hidden.” Murray felt he had to give his version because of the pressure and criticism building around him as administrators struggle to keep Rangers going. Also, whether or not he likes it, he must accept responsibility for his part in the club’s downfall. He says he does and added: “I’ve been at crossroads in my life before and I passed through them.” It was a poignant statement because it was 36 years ago to the day yesterday that he lost both legs in a car crash so he isn’t easily unnerved although he does wish he’d never sold to Whyte. He said: “Again, I apologise and if I could turn the clock back, of course I would. “You know when it really hit home for me? I care about the club passionately or I wouldn’t have done it as long but the day he (Whyte) sold the Arsenal shares? “There are bits that belong to the history of a club. I said to Mike, ‘Does he realise what he’s actually done?’ That was a raw nerve, to have done that premeditated. Any sympathy he may have had just gone out the window then.” When asked what he’d say if he met Whyte again, Murray said: “I don’t think we want to go there – I don’t expect many of us will see him again.” Yet shouldn’t alarm bells have been clanging sooner, when Alastair Johnston, the chairman at the time of the takeover, was saying Whyte was not the right person to own the club? No one, he insists, provided evidence to substantiate the rumours. He also said he couldn’t take Paul Murray’s late bid because it didn’t tick enough boxes. He said: “I understand Paul was keen to get the club and I have nothing but respect for him. He wants only the best for the club. “But Paul was not able at that time to give us an offer that was satisfactory for many, many reasons. He wanted debt left in and the tax case put to one side. “Looking at the offer document that went out to shareholders, to buy the club, to invest, in theory Whyte’s was the right deal to do. “Looking back it wasn’t and I can only apologise so many times. I wish I’d never done the deal with Craig Whyte.” It has always been suggested the club’s bankers, Lloyds, who are also the Murray Group’s bank, put the squeeze on Murray to offload Rangers to Whyte but Murray said: “No. The bank wanted their money back, of course, and I’d made it clear I wanted out of Rangers. “We were going into recession and people weren’t queueing up to buy football clubs. But if we’d known of the Ticketus thing we would not have done the deal.” But surely Murray’s own due diligence should have been more thorough? “That’s easy to say now but we did the necessary,” he said, before McGill stepped in again adding: “We had a number of characters who came forward to try to buy the club. That included one fraudulently procured proof-of-funds letter from a reputable bank. It included other parties who claimed to have funds but did not. “What Craig Whyte had that the others did not was the backing of a reputable legal firm. The fact he was clearing money into their clients’ account and the fact they confirmed they had sufficient funds to do the transaction that was being negotiated, goes a long way to being positive confirmation.” Now, of course, the fans know Whyte was not a fit and proper person to own their club and there are many who believe Rangers would be better off in liquidation. They reckon it would be cheaper and easier to deal with creditors but Murray doesn’t agree. Re-emerging as a newco isn’t what he’d like to see and he said: “That’s not in the best interests of the game or Rangers. A CVA would be preferable. “But Scottish football isn’t seen as a great investment. If you’re not a Rangers fan you want to kick Rangers – and I understand that. “But without Rangers the game would be much worse off.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2012/03/14/rangers-in-crisis-sir-david-murray-denies-any-use-of-dual-contracts-during-his-time-at-ibrox-86908-23787536/

A Republican flute band at a Testimonial v Ipswich in the early 80s Pure class!! Grafitti appearing, the day after the Innniskilling atrocity in 1987, near Parjhead saying " Inniskilling..ha, ha" Their refusal by managers and staff to wear poppies during Remembrance time in November. Abuse of British Army troops by various Celtic supporters on motorways Celtic fans wearing balaclavas at Celtic Park in honour of 'Ireland's Heroes' In addition to the general thuggery, the following instances of thieving (from their own I may add) have all happened in the last year -Buckie drinking Shellik strip wearing neds stealing strips from Jinky's graveside -A Shellik barman arrested over theft from Jinky's tribute slap bang outside Shellik Park -Another Shellik employee arrested over theft of players' strips and the attempted re-set in the Vogue Bar in Rutherglan - A Shellik minded poster ripping off her fellow fans by missapropriating charity funds collected for Jinky's Motor-neurone charity Didn't the scummy bassas not also desecrate Davie Coopers memorial statue and also the memorial for the Ibrox Disaster outside Ibrox? Celtic Park closed during WW2 because the proto TGFITW were chanting pro Germany and Nazi slogans This article from the PDF file thats going about says it all really, there was a cover up from the top down at Celtic Park: Cover Up Celtic 's former board were part of an astonishing cover-up over abuse allegations against Frank Cairney. They agreed a shameful deal that allowed the boys' club boss to avoid a police probe. Today FOUR former Celtic Boys' Club officials break their silence about the scandal on a trip to America. The Record can reveal: Cairney was told police wouldn't be called if he quit the club immediately. Celtic chairman Jack McGinn allowed Cairney's written resignation to say it was for `business reasons'. The boy's parents were also sworn to secrecy. But now we can reveal the truth behind the pact struck with Cairney at an airport cafe in Boston five years ago. Former boys' club chairman Jim McNally, who was on the trip, said: "Any cover-up was not at our level. "The other officials and myself have come forward because we have acted in good faith throughout. "It has been painful and taken a great toll on all of our lives. But we want the truth to come out and we're prepared to stand up and be counted." They all knew. McNeil stated in court, under oath, that it was an open secret inside the piggery. So as if it wasn't bad enough that Stein knew what was happening and never informed the authorities, only going as far as throwing Torbett out the door, everyone else inside the club knew too, and once again did nothing. To think, there must've been people inside the club - officials, coaching staff and even players - who will have been dealing with Torbett in some form or another, all the while knowing what he was doing to young boys, and STILL they did nothing. For me there should've been dozens of people at celtic charged as accessories to his crimes as they knew what was going on and never informed the police Some club eh? * Formed to ensure religious separation among the poor immigrant population. * Its longest serving manager hinting the death of his goalkeeper wasn't an accident, when even the keeper's family had acknowledged it was. * Threatened with closure during WW2 for their fans open support of Nazi Germany. * Open support for terrorism and child murderers, both from the fans AND the people running the club * Allowing a republican folk band to film a pro IRA music video INSIDE the piggery, with full access to all areas including the pitch itself * The sectarian murders of Rangers fans, shown in official police figures to be more frequent than their celtic counterparts, covered up by a complicit mhedia * The riots of their fans at home and all over Europe (including having a passenger jet DIVERTED) and having the most fans arrested at any one European tie. * The cover up of 2 players caught on video taking part in a provofest at a celtic function, with at least one of them clearly chanting 'Sinn Fein' and 'IRA'. * The club, through an officially recognised, approved and funded fans group, hiring a convicted IRA terrorist to paint the Jock Stein banner. * The worst case of racist abuse ever seen at a sporting event on Mark Walters' debut at the piggery on 2nd January 1988. * A photographer for the club's official publication caught with hundreds of child porn photographs in his locker at the piggery. * The many cases of Referees and other match officials (and their families) attacked, threatened and abused by celtic fans because of decisions given against their team. * Their past captain caught on live tv shouting sectarian obscenities to Rangers fans and officials. * Their then manager witnessed shouting the same sectarian obscenities to Rangers fans that same day. * One of their former players (who also played for us) having to decline an invitation to take part for both sides (a half each) in a charity match because of fears for his safety due to threats from celtic fans. * And, of course, the systematic sex abuse of children in their care and (what was worse imho) the systematic cover up of said sex abuse over a period of decades.

Worlds Shame A riot during and after the OF league match on Ne'erday 1902. (Guess who won?) The part played by Maley's comments regards the 1909 'Hampden Riot' final and the majority of his players malingering on the pitch at the end of the replay. Maley trying to sell star man McGrory behind his back AFTER a trip to Varoukasville in the 1920s. Maley refusing to pay McGrory as much as the other players in a fit of spite thereafter. Maley's poison at the Thomson/English FAI in October 1931. The cesspit being shut down after a 'riot' by their fans at Ibrox in September 1941 (partly because of their pro Irish sentiment and Ireland being a pro Nazi state at the time) The yahoos blaming the ref (what's new?) for yet another OF defeat in June 1946 and a crazed yahoo running onto the park with a bottle trying to 'glass' the unfortunate official. A 'bottle party' at Ibrox on Ne'erday 1949 A 'bottle party' at Ibrox after the Cox/Tully incident later that year. A 'bottle party' at the cesspit on Ne'erday 1952 and the SFA very nearly grew a backbone (at Hibs' behest) in taking them on. I did say, very nearly, and shamefully our own Chairman Baillie Wilson helped them out. They wrecked Middlesborough at the end of the 50s' (1959 I think) after a seven goal drubbing. Telling 'Ba Face' he had to leave the cesspit on account of his religion circa the same period. Two men (Paddy Crerand and Mike Jackson) sent off in a five-a-sides match circa 61/62. The Ibrox riot of 1962 after St Mirren 'gubbed' them in the Scottish Cup semi final. Even old man Robert (the bigot) Kelly had no option but to concede the tie. TGFITW displays of May 15th 1963 and October 24th 1964, both at Hampden, when the hoopy hordes flocked out in their tens of thousands rather than support their team. A riot down in Liverpool in 1966 after they were put out of the ECWC. To this day they still tell lies about a disallowed goal that was nothing of the sort. They got lucky for awhile. Ba Face admitting on a TV documentary in 1972 that Kelly told hm to leave the cesspit for managerial reasons on account of his religion. McBungle holding up 8 digits to the sellik end after the Centenary Cup final defeat. The worst losers in the world at your service. Booing and jeering the minute's silence for Bobby McKean in March 1978. Wanting to make Ba Face a Pools Agent, in spite of all he had achieved for them ON ACCOUNT OF HIS RELIGION in the same year. Telling 'King Kenny' he was an orange bastard at a testimonial for ba face, also in the same year. Rioting in Burnley in 1978 after an Anglo-Scottish Cup defeat. Even McBungle is quoted as calling them 'scum' afterwards. Causing the 1980 Hampden Riot because they are the worst winners in sport. The captain from seven years previously is now the captain. Is this a coincidence? Filling the cesspit with songs of glee because of the death of a Protestant Minister, Robert Bradford, in November 1981. Allowing a Provie Band to play at a friendly down in Ipswich in 1982. 1984 - Nah, it's more like animal farm against Rapid Vienna and the provie band are allowed to promote their hatred and bile once again at Old Trafford. 1986 - English captains of Rangers and family are fair game for the craicskaters in restaurants. 1987 - Ex Celtic manager goes to a Clydebank car park. The rest is history. Battering an ex hero's old man. Punters being stopped from attending an Old Firm game at the cesspit because of their hatred, aforementioned ex hero sent numerous death threats from the self styled GFITW and all for signing for Rangers, in 1989. Whistling and jeering all through the minute's silence for the 20th anniversary of the Ibrox Disaster. Death threats to a high profile member of one of the 'Families'. (The rest till they are gone is fecking funny) Being banned from an OF game because of wanton, deliberate and persistent scummery. Mangement trying to defend and justify said wanton, deliberate and persistent scummery. Hugh Dallas - March 1997 Malky MacKay, Di Cannio, unfettered hatred; say no more. Hugh Dallas - May 1999 Coins, pie queue divers, smashed windows; say no more. Proviefest in Royston on the weekend of April 6/7th 2001. Players goading Rangers fans outside Ibrox after a match in the same month. Fan mocking 9/11 A wreath laid by the Rangers party to New York vandalised by yahoos And so it goes on. It shouldn't need me to bring you up to date with the goings on of the last five years. It simply remains for me to say that Celtic FC were, are and always will be the biggest single sporting and social CANCER in Scottish society. And in the early 60's a Labour MP,Hugh Delargy called for the liquidation of Celtic football club after numerous people were slashed with broken bottles by Yahoos in town for a match at Dens Park. Jock Stein jumping into the crowd to stop IRA chants in the early 70s Gordon Strachan attacked twice by Celtic fans Missiles thrown on the park v Rapid Vienna Two Rapid Vienna players attacked at the replay at Old Trafford Celtic Park closed by UEFA the following year A cover up of systematic child abuse carried out with the tacit knowledge of Celtic FC Rioting at Burnley and the game held up in 1978 Celtic fans encroaching on the pitch at Hampden in 1980 and thus instigating the Hamped Riot Singing and chanting of spport of IRA atrocities in English cities devasted by IRA bombing campaigns The worst display of racist abuse ever seen in a British football stadium in January 1988 when Mark Walters was showered with hundreds of bananas and subjected to monkey noises by thousands of fans Marring the minutes silence im memory of the Ibrox Disaster by making disgusting and anti protestant chants Injuring Hugh Dallas with missiles in May 1999 At least three fans invading the pich v Rangers in May 1999 Hugh Dallas's house windows smashed after game in May 1999 Drug dealer supporters shooting each other in Amsterdam Marring a minutes silence for the Queen Mother Marring a minutes silence for 9/11 Desecrating a plaque left by Rangers FC at Ground Zero Making disgusting plane gestures, in the wake of 9/11, to Claudio Reyna A commercial flight diverted by the pilot and RAF fighters scrambled to escort the plane down, due to misbehaving fans Rioting at Vigo airport Rioting and ticket forging at Blackburn Stabbing fellow fans in Seville Stabbing fellow fans at Firhill A fan invading the pitch v Manchester United in 2006. The Greatest Fans In The World? Don't make me feckin' laugh.... not to mention the mockery of the minutes silence for the victims of enniskillen tossing cs gas cannisters at hibs fans at easter rd stabbings in amsterdam diverted planes 60mullion in suvul! they truly are scum of the highest order!