simplythebest 0 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Rangers chief executive Charles Green revealed that he intends to hand out life bans not only to supporters found guilty of singing sectarian songs but also to any fans in the immediate vicinity who fail to either silence or shop the offenders. Green adopted the hardline stance on the day that Rangers announced to the Stock Exchange their results for the second half of 2012, during which they posted losses of £7 million. They also revalued Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park at £40 million and the “intangibles” – the goodwill and history – at £19 million. Liquidators BDO will have noted that Green’s consortium paid administrators Duff & Phelps only £5.5 million for those assets last year. Manager Ally McCoist claimed at the weekend that Rangers could not become a global brand until they managed to get rid of the bigots who had attached themselves to the club and Green concurs. “Sectarianism, or any form of race or religious discrimination, is not acceptable in any way shape or form, not in the work place, not in a football stadium,” he said. “I know Rangers have made great strides, but my position is very clear on it: anybody who is identified will be banned for life. There will be no appeals and nobody will be let off. Related Articles Rangers post £7m losses 04 Mar 2013 McCoist aiming for second tier as Rangers win 03 Mar 2013 McCoist: I was ready to quit 01 Mar 2013 Rangers will not be stripped of titles 28 Feb 2013 How Rangers lost but still won 28 Feb 2013 Green's no surrender policy 'vindicated' 28 Feb 2013 “What I also said at the meeting [with supporters] is that if you’re stood next to the man [and] you are not seen to be policing that, ie putting your hand up and saying, ‘Arrest my best mate because of his sectarian chanting’ I’m going to ban you as well. I feel so strongly about it. “This is something that we can stamp out, something that we can deal with and it has not place in society and definitely not in Charles Green’s Rangers. “We’ve had a fantastic year, we’ve made lots of friends and for it to be spoiled by a mindless few is ridiculous.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9908159/Charles-Green-vows-to-ban-Rangers-bigots-for-life.html Already plenty of outrage about this elsewhere and the usual stuff about Charles Green 'bullshit' etc. But for me the fans at Berwick put the club in this position where there has to be very strong words and threats. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,348 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) If he's talking about the meeting with supporters on Saturday, he made no mention of supporters getting banned for not policing it themselves. Hmm. It is also the most stupid thing he has said since arriving at Rangers. You can't ban innocent people. Did the person hear it? Were they sure that the offending line was definitely sung? Green himself admitted that he often doesn't know what the fans are singing so how can he ban people for something that he can't do himself? This is a massive own goal. Edited March 5, 2013 by Bluedell 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Good luck with that one Charlie. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutch Dave Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Good stuff from Charles. Hopefully the threats are enough to silence the vocal minority. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Green can kiss my hairy arse if he thinks he's banning me for not grassing on somebody, the man needs to learn to shut his mouth once in a while. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,164 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 CG really needs to know when to shut up. Someone on the board has to have a word. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 My fear is he promises investors etc. things in private which will come back and haunt us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,263 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I have no sympathy whatsoever for people who put their own views and opinion into a football ground and endanger the future of our club. I for one do not take his words literally, IMHO it is a rallying cry to those who stood idly by the idiots who couldn't help but belt out TBB and FTP at Berwick and some other places. I for one am all for rooting out this by ourselves, rather than have the police or some (agenda-driven) authority do it for us. That said, Berwick's ground wasn't large, the police was there and filming all the people. How difficult can it be to check out the individuals, give them a final warning or ban them sine die? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Different Country, different police force, different laws. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,429 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 How is he going to implement this?,stupid statement. It's about time some of our fans have a word with themselves about singing outlawed songs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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