In consequence of the troubles in Villarreal caused by Rangers supporters and the sanctions of the UEFA the Rangers Club banned any form ofthe Song "Billy Boys" from Ibrox:

Joint Supporter/Club Statement

AT the request of a cross-section of Rangers Supporters, a meeting was held last night with Chairman, David Murray and Chief Executive, Martin Bain to discuss what the fans can collectively do to assist the Club in their ongoing efforts to silence the Sectarian minority who continue to damage the Club's reputation.

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UEFA have issued the Club with certain directives in order to combat sectarianism more efficiently.Firstly the Club has been 'ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters'.Secondly 'to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public'.


Finally 'to make a public address announcement at every official fixture, be it international or domestic, stating that any sectarian chanting and any form of 'Billy Boys' songs is strictly prohibited.'



More:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 064472.stm

http://www.rangerssupporterstrust.co.uk ... 90606.html

http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/scottish/billyboy.htm


A fiend from Glasgow, we've met in Hamburg and Glasgow wrote:


Rangers are having problems just now as UEFA were talking about closing some areas of Ibrox because Rangers fans have been singing Sectarian songs and causing problems in Champions League (They threw bottles at Villareal team bus). Rangers are accussed of Sectarianism so now the Glasgow city council wish to ban anything political from Celtic park! It is crazy Rangers cause trouble in Europe and so it is used as an excuse to stop any politics at Celtic! On the final day of the season there was lots of political stuff at Celtic. It will be interesting to see what happens next season.

a comment of a Rengers supporter

... MORE THAN A CLUB - OKAY FOR BARCELONA BUT NOT FOR US?
Barcelona’s motto proclaims that they consider themselves to be a cultural and political icon for the Catalans. So to do Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad for the Basques. You never hear the press criticise the extreme-left politics of Germanys St Pauli. Instead all these clubs are lauded for their political and cultural aspects ...

"Up tae yer knees in Finian blood" ... is a cultural aspect???
Against racism and facism is extreme-left???

Bolton - Rangers frindly behind closed doors. Manchester police call off a preseason friendly:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/foot ... _page.html