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Prepared for the onslaught but I don't find the 'Orange Bastards' chant remotely offensive. My great grandfather was high up in an Orange Lodge and I come from very staunch Ulster and Scottish blood. To me we should just allow fans to sing whatever the fuck they want. The atmosphere in UK games is terrible enough without sanitising it further. You look at the crazy atmospheres that get generated in Italy, Argentina, Turkey, Germany, Holland etc and you just get depressed... I say let fans sing whatever the fuck they want as long as it is not entirely inappropriate like 71 chants or pro IRA. We don't want to be left with family stands and jester hats. Lets get the 'ultra' back into football.

We are under investigation from glasgows finest as to armed forces day daily record page seven the police report is now complete amazing the speed of the investigation when you think that the same police are dragging their heels into those who wronged our club .

by Glenn Gibbons Undecided Rangers shareholders who have been paying close attention to the hustings so far are likely to approach the power struggle at the Ibrox club’s forthcoming annual meeting with a deep yearning for a sudden declaration of candidature by a third party. The two factions presently on the ballot paper must seem to the non-aligned about as attractive as rutting wart-hogs. On one hand, a sitting board of directors whose imaginative response to the threat of usurpation appears to have been limited to the hiring of a PR company with a reputation for smearing opponents through liberal use of all available media outlets, from the club’s own to the social networks of the worldwide web. On the other, a band of would-be revolutionaries whose nominated “leader”, Jim McColl, is a billionaire who has stated that he has no intention in the near future of investing any money in Rangers or playing so much as a minor role in the governance of the company. For voters at the AGM, the election is likely to represent an invitation to choose the less harmful of the two. With the big event still at least a month off, there will be a bone-chilling number of opportunities for further demonstrations from both sides of the kind of infantile, risible and, in certain instances, sordid attempts at points-scoring that have been witnessed in recent times. For example, Paul Murray, the poster boy of the group agitating for reform of the board, including the removal of what may be called the office bearers – chief executive Craig Mather and finance director Brian Stockbridge, as well as director Bryan Smart – this week made a call for “transparency” from the directors by demanding the release of the identities of the people behind two companies who have invested in Rangers, Blue Pitch Holdings and Margarita Holdings. As a shareholder himself, Murray will be perfectly aware of his right to obtain this information simply by asking for it. He may then go public with it, although it is impossible to fathom why the names of those behind the holding companies should be of any import. Murray’s attempted capture of the headlines was sufficiently pathetic to reinforce the impression – formed over the past three years – that his principal credential as a prospective saviour of an ailing institution is that he is a genuine, lifelong fan. Even so, the general weakness of his profile did not prevent the voice of one red-top from declaring his endorsement of Murray and his simultaneous condemnation of the PR company, Media House, and its busiest representative, Jack Irvine. The latter, himself a former tabloid editor, was roasted for his readiness to blacken the names of his employers’ opponents with some lacerating postings on Twitter. This reprehension of Media House was a startling renunciation of the paper’s previous accommodating policy towards the company. This willing collusion obtained in the days when MH’s primary objectives were the scandalous portrayal of the Celtic managing director, Fergus McCann, as some kind of villainous incompetent and the absurd promotion of David Murray, the Rangers owner, as an entrepreneurial and financial genius. That they could have been proved by subsequent events to have been so grotesquely and blatantly mischievous in their persecution of McCann and their miscasting of Murray would, of course, be a matter of complete indifference, as long as their fees were paid. It will be recalled, however, that their propaganda campaign was so successful that Celtic supporters actually booed McCann as he unfurled the league championship flag on the opening day of the 1998-99 season, an ineradicable testament to their shameful gullibility. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/rangers-fans-torn-between-rebel-and-light-blue-sea-1-3116658

http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index...gers-complaint The BBC Trust is not investigating football pundit Jim Spence over comments made about Rangers despite newspaper reports claiming a probe is underway, Newsnet Scotland can reveal. On 16 September, a report in the Herald by senior reporter Martin Williams stated that "BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee" was investigating hundreds of complaints made after BBC pundit Jim Spence made reference to "old club" Rangers during a broadcast. However, Newsnet Scotland has learned that no such investigation is underway by the Trust and that the Herald was made aware of the inaccuracy but has failed to correct the article. A spokeswoman for the BBC Trust said: "None of the complaints regarding Sportsound have reached Stage 3 of the complaints procedure and it is therefore not possible for the Editorial Standards Committee to investigate these complaints. "I don't know why the article has not been corrected but the Herald has certainly been made aware of it." The BBC Trust's rebuttal of the story came on 17 September, the day after the Herald article was published, but the article has still not been updated. Mr Williams, the story's author, admitted to Newsnet Scotland that he had received an email from the Trust informing him the story was incorrect but "did not realise they wanted a clarification". "The BBC is investigating, just not the body I intimated," he said. Complaints against the BBC can be escalated to the Trust only if the BBC's own internal complaints process has been exhausted. The final stage of that internal process is carried out by the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit. Jim Spence became the centre of controversy after making the comments – a bone of contention for Rangers fans who insist the current Rangers is the same club and that only the club's 'holding company' was liquidated - earlier this month and the broadcast prompted more than 400 complaints. During a discussion on the BBC's Sportsound, Mr Spence said: "John McClelland who was the chairman of the old club, some people will tell you the club, well, the club that died, possibly coming back in terms of the new chairman." The popular pundit then became victim to "vile" abuse and harassment by email, text and social media and was rumoured to be close to taking voluntary redundancy over the incident. The story prompted other journalists to come forward with their stories about being intimidated by Rangers fans after covering the club's financial collapse. The NUJ strongly backed Mr Spence and revealed that following the escalation, BBC Scotland planned to challenge a ruling made by the BBC Trust in June that upheld two complaints claiming that the broadcaster had breached accuracy guidelines when using the terms "old club" and "new club" to describe Rangers. The BBC Trust's stance has caused much debate in Scottish football - and beyond, Guardian media blogger Roy Greenslade has called on the BBC Trust to accept it has made a mistake - and reports that the Trust itself had rapidly launched an investigation into Mr Spence's conduct raised eyebrows. A spokesman for BBC Scotland, which had initially apologised in response to complaints about Mr Spence's comments, explained that complainants had the option of referring the complaint to London if unhappy with BBC Scotland's handling of complaints. "Audience members who are not satisfied with the response they have received from BBC Scotland after making a complaint can go to the editorial complaints unit in London," he said. "If they do not accept the response from the editorial complaints unit they can then go to the Trust. BBC Scotland does not pass complaints to the Trust." When liquidated in June of last year, Rangers FC owed tens of millions to 276 creditors. Charles Green's Sevco Scotland Limited acquired the assets of the club and the company was renamed as The Rangers Football Club Ltd. The new entity entered Scottish football in the lowest tier Third Division.

I was wondering if any Gersnetters knew the name of Jum Spence's 'zine? He founded and Edited it for several years and his current designation at BBC Scotland is as a direct result of this particular publication. It was a case of BBC Scotland wanting to be seen to embrace the new media. I would like to peruse a copy/copies to how Jum referred to Rangers and Rangers supporters? Further, as Editor; what content was approved?

Charlotte Fakeovers ‏@CharlotteFakes 3 Sep Despite the 5 way agreement published earlier, the SPFL are considering transferring the 250k fine from oldco to newco. https://twitter.com/CharlotteFakes

Surprised there isn't a thread on this already. The flag at the weekend with Lee Rigby's family in attendance was fantastic, and on the This Morning show his dad has praised Rangers and our support for being 'incredible' with them. This is why our football club is special.