Well what do you know ... RST in shock pro-Rangers statement

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The RST finally says something worthwhile ..... has there been another night of the long knives and real Rangers supporters have taken over.... Copied from post on VB

 

 

The Board of the Rangers Supporters’ Trust offers unequivocal backing for Martin Bain, the Rangers Chief Executive, in his attempt to bring some sanity and balance to hysterical nonsense around the Scottish Cup tie on 2 March at Celtic Park.

 

We also have serious concerns about Neil Ginger-toothed Bigot’s actions in the first half of this game* and cannot understand why no action was taken against Ginger-toothed Bigot either by match officials or the SFA for i) leaving his own technical area; ii) for intruding on the Rangers technical area, or; iii) for deliberate provocation. If the alleged contact between Diouf and the Celtic physiotherapist was such an issue for Mr Ginger-toothed Bigot, why did he not raise this with the 4th official standing about four feet away from him?

 

We consider that the management team at Celtic FC are out of control and in our view this is evidenced by Mr Ginger-toothed Bigot’s previous behaviour at Tannadice and at Tynecastle, for which he received a four match ban. What we consider to be premeditated provocation and incitement of Rangers players and staff was continued last Wednesday evening in the tunnel in Celtic Park after the half time whistle in scenes captured on Sky television.

 

We are also in possession of documentary evidence from Strathclyde Police Chief Superintendent Andrew Bates, referring to Neil Ginger-toothed Bigot’s provocative gestures towards the West Enclosure and Main Stand during the game at Ibrox on 6 February, stating that:

 

“The alleged conduct of the Celtic manager, Neil Ginger-toothed Bigot, was noted by my ground commander and highlighted to the match referee at half time and at the conclusion of the match. In my view as match commander it was entirely appropriate for the match referee to include the circumstances of the alleged incident to the Scottish Football Association for their consideration as part of this match report.”

 

If the referee and the SFA had acted on this, perhaps the Celtic management team would have behaved more responsibly?

 

This incident was immediately followed by an alleged incident between the Celtic manager and El Hadji Diouf, Steven Naismith and Vladimir Weiss in the tunnel after half time, an incident which had a direct bearing on what happened on 2 March. We are now asking Rangers to reveal precisely what took place and why this had such a major effect on subsequent events.

 

All the incidents cited above are at the very least cause for concern and we therefore call on the SFA to conduct a meaningful and thorough investigation into these issues as soon as practicable.

 

Stephen Smith

Chairman, Rangers Supporters' Trust

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....... but RST Chairman Stephen Smith duly makes an arse of himself when confronted by QC McBride on Tagio Scotland. Simply not up to the job unfortunately. All he has achieved is to present sellick's top QC with a public platform to parade his sellick good/rangers bad proposition. Fuck sake, is there no one who can combine the personal ambition of the RST with even a modicum of ability?

[Zappa 0]

http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?26559-Strathclyde-Police-Reported-Lennon-to-match-officials-at-Ibrox-last-month Edited March 7, 2011 by Zappa

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The above link is to a post by Frankie that includes the real statement.

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....... but RST Chairman Stephen Smith duly makes an arse of himself when confronted by QC McBride on Tagio Scotland. Simply not up to the job unfortunately. All he has achieved is to present sellick's top QC with a public platform to parade his sellick good/rangers bad proposition. Fuck sake, is there no one who can combine the personal ambition of the RST with even a modicum of ability?

 

Stop distorting things mainefyer. He wasn't 'confronted' by McBride. He was on after Stephen had finished his call.

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Does Stephen Smith post comments on Leggoland?

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Does Stephen Smith post comments on Leggoland?

 

I'm not sure.

[ian1964 10,409]

Hers's a link to the interview for anybody that missed it,like me!!

 

 

http://www.4shared.com/audio/t3-C1tR1/sportsound_7-3.html

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Stop distorting things mainefyer. He wasn't 'confronted' by McBride. He was on after Stephen had finished his call.

 

Oh here we go, Mr Pedantic finally makes an appearance. Can we agree that Bearwood Bear's views were confronted by McBride? And that the outcome was exactly as I described it? Not really such a distortion after all then.

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Oh here we go, Mr Pedantic finally makes an appearance. Can we agree that Bearwood Bear's views were confronted by McBride? And that the outcome was exactly as I described it? Not really such a distortion after all then.

 

No I don't think they were confronted or answered at all, in fact he ignored all the points made and went down the 'poor wee Neil' route, rather predictably. It's a pity the interviewer didn't ask him any pertinent questions.