Rangers set to be punished for sectarian singing
Every football fan in the country realises that banter and well-intended teasing is a main feature of the modern game, and in one respect it’s a part of the sport most people would never want to see eradicated. However, anyone who has attended a football game in Europe over the past twenty years or so will also be well aware that some fans at almost every club on the continent can be guilty of taking things a bit too far and overstepping the mark.
Rangers have found themselves caught up in a fairly controversial storm in this respect, with the Scottish club now set to face a UEFA disciplinary hearing at the end of the month over allegations of sectarian singing in the ground of PSV Eindhoven. The singing apparently took place during the club’s Europa League game against the Dutch side in March of this year.
Club officials clearly aren’t happy at the way in which they’ve been singled out for criticism from UEFA but, to be fair, this isn’t the first time Rangers fans have brought the club into disrepute.
Chief executive Martin Bain may be right in saying that other clubs’ fans sing similar songs and the problem is one they have tried to address time and again in the past, but after punishing the Scottish club with a substantial fine for their fans’ actions during a game against Spanish side Osasuna just four years ago, UEFA are likely to be keen to take a zero tolerance approach to their future antics.
Perhaps UEFA are hoping that by making a scapegoat of Rangers, fans of other clubs throughout Europe and even further afield will sit up and take notice of the fact that discriminatory abuse is unacceptable and not an accepted part of the game as some believe it to be.
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