pete 2,499 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 SPFL will investigate Rangers for sectarian chanting during clash with Raith Rovers 22:41, 20 February 2015 By Gary Ralston THE SPFL match delegate made reference to the Rangers support in his report at Starks Park. VIEW GALLERY RANGERS face an SPFL probe after sectarian singing marred their victory over Raith Rovers at Stark’s Park. The Ibrox club have been reported by match delegate Tom Purdie after a section of the travelling support indulged in “sustained” sectarian singing during their 2-1 victory. Pundit Stan Collymore took Rangers fans to task this week and he was the subject of their ire during the game as Kenny McDowall’s side avoided four defeats in a row for the first time in 30 years. However, it was the chorus of controversy, including renditions of the Billy Boys, from a section of the support labelled the “FTP brigade” by former chairman Sir David Murray that have been mentioned in the report and not the jibes directed at the ex-Liverpool striker. On the pitch, goals from Andy Murdoch and Kris Boyd handed Rovers their first defeat of 2015 as Rangers avenged their Scottish Cup loss to go above Hibs and into second in the table. Euan McLean: Stan Collymore bigot row - it was the right thing to say, but the wrong man to say it First team coach Gordon Durie said: “I think 2-1 flattered them, given how much control we had. We should have killed them off. “The boys have been battered all over the place – but they showed great spirit tonight. “A lot of people have been questioning their spirit but last week, and again tonight, they showed they’re going to go out there and give it a shot. “Listen, everyone is due criticism sometimes. We just take it game by game. Last week we got a good performance against Hibs without the result. We got both tonight. “We made it hard for ourselves with losing the goal late on, but the main thing is we got the three points. “When you lose three games at Rangers, it’s never easy and nobody knows that better than the players and staff. Rangers hadn’t lost four on the bounce for a long, long time. “The players were told to expect a tough, tough game because we’d seen what Raith could do at Ibrox in the cup. But they went out there and got the job done. We showed what we’re about tonight.” Durie praised Murdoch, 20, for scoring his first goal for the club, a stunning strike from 25 yards, before Boyd added the second with his first league goal in four months. Durie said: “I had Andy in the under-20s and he scored a few like that. He’s in the team on merit. “His whole performance was fantastic, his work rate and his energy in particular. He’s a confident lad, he was captain of the 20s and he knows he’s here because he’s good enough. “Boydy scored a real Boydy goal, didn’t he? I hope he kicks on from there, because he’s important to the team.” Raith threw themselves a lifeline late on when Ryan Conroy sent a looping shot over Lee Robinson, who kept his place ahead of Steve Simonsen, but it was to no avail. Boss Grant Murray said: “The result is disappointing because of the unbeaten record we’ve built up. The challenge now is to build again.” 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Hmmmm!,wonder why nobody was interested when we played the BHEASTS? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Swift response from the offended. We are the 'bad guys' - again. Ban the use of the word H** and sort it out properly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Christ almighty, that didnt take long. Its so demoralising that we cant go one day without just positives. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Any time things look up for us, we can rely on the Moron Loyal to spoil it. Hats off, yet again. Edited February 19, 2017 by andy steel 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I think we should be able to sing what we like though there's two issues. 1. We shouldn't sing any songs that risk sanctions for the club. 2. The world was watching us tonight and our fans have made us look like morons. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 We don't need this, why do we kick ourselves. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 In scotland the Charlie hebdo cartoonists would be in the jail. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Any time things look up for us, we can rely on the Moron Loyal to spoil it. Fucking hats off, yet again. With respect mate, no good you joining the 'Bad Rangers Bandwagon' without questioning why it wasn't brought up by our main stream media at the recent pushed 'first old firm game for three years' shite paper talk in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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