Rangers Fans Working Group statement

[Bluedell 5,376]

Firstly, the RFWG would like to go on record in thanking the supporters for their excellent backing of the team not only in the last couple of weeks but during the entire season. We have been heavily praised for our behaviour by the clubâ??s security team, the Match Commander, FoCUS, and at meetings of the JAG at the Scottish Parliament. We are the most proactive supporters in Scotland when it comes to dealing with supporter behaviour, and we should be rightly proud of our achievements in this area.

 

These have also been very difficult times for all Rangers supporters and it was inevitable that there would be a lot of raw emotion at our first match since going into administration, a match that we managed to sell out completely even though the 10 point penalty basically wrote off our chances of retaining the SPL title for a 4th consecutive season. We discussed this with the club security and Match commander last Friday before the match and we were all happy that the match passed generally without incident, which given the circumstances was again a credit to the Rangers supporters.

 

The atmosphere was electric at the recent match against Kilmarnock, and the capacity crowd backed the team both before and throughout the match in great spirits, despite the way the result fell for us. Given the above, it has come as some surprise to hear that we are to be investigated by the SPL for offensive chanting at that match for one or two minor incidents out of the entire match. Even more amazingly given that the SPL have chosen not to investigate other clubs, Celtic especially, for their deeply offensive and sectarian chanting and singing. We can happily provide the SPL with a list of their offensive singing and chanting over recent weeks and asking why there has been no further investigations against that club, given they were warned earlier this season for the very same thing.

 

We have therefore written to Neil Doncaster at the SPL to ask for a meeting to discuss the recent events, as all we have asked for from the outset is a level playing field where every club is treated equally, and we as Rangers fans are having difficulty seeing the equality in recent events.

 

Whilst saying all this, we do not condone the small number of isolated incidents of offensive chanting at our match last weekend, and we are sure that our supporters will ensure that no repeat of such incidents take place at our upcoming matches.

[Ergatrude 0]

Let's see if Doncaster has a spine afterall, my gut feeling is no he doesn't.

[Zappa 0]

The SPL supposedly plan to investigate the recent coin throwing by Celtic fans (expect wan guy to be blamed again), although I haven't seen any mention of them investigating their clearly offensive singing and chants all season.

Edited February 24, 2012 by Zappa

[Ergatrude 0]

I'd like to start some sort of over the top campaign about this until the SFA back down, like Lemon done.. but like Bluebear (I think) said yesterday we have more important things to spend our time on at the minute.

[BlueMazza 0]

I think that's a really good statement (and I have been one to condemn the offensive chants). Lets see what happens and hope for some equality.

[GovanAllan 0]

Get in there guys this is more like it go after them full guns blazing.

 

I know Bluebear said we have more important things to worry about at the moment but the fans can't run the club at the moment that's for the admin team, we can however get tore in on this front it's all part of a bigger picture of where the club finds itself at the moment. Just as Murray lead us to the brink financially he did sweet FA to back the fans.

 

This whole mess hasn't just stirred the fans on a financial level, it's stirred us as fans to stand together and fight for ourselves against this onslaught of bigotry from the east and the media towards us the fans long may it continue. WATP