‘No accident’ ‘Absolutely deliberate’ ‘They are steeped in it’ Fans react as Sevco endorse The Famine Song
In a highly predictable move Sevco have made a play straight for the orange pound as they launch their fourth strip of the season.
Clear lies highlighted against the background of The Famine Song have been combined without any condemnation from media outlets.
‘I wanna go home’ by the Beach Boys was adapted by Rangers fans in the early years of this century to celebrate the deaths of over one million Irish people. It was endorsed by James Traynor in the pages of the Daily Record before being judged as racist by a Scottish Court.
It is only heard occasionally inside Scottish football grounds but is a favourite of Sevco fans as they travel by coach to watch the club formed by Charles Green in 2012.
At the end of August there was outrage from hipster politicians on Twitter when fans were given a police escort along Argyle Street as they chanted The famine is over, why don’t you go home’.
Last month Glasgow hosted 36 Anti-Catholic hate marches on the same day, clearly the condemnation from politicians has snow flaked away with normal service resumed and the endorsement of The Famine Song by the Ibrox hierarchy.
I don’t normally comment on other teams but this cannot be ignored. I do not care if Rangers FC think they are 150 years old but I do care about them publicly pandering to the racists in their support by including the tune of a known racist song in this clip. This is no accident. https://t.co/nVoKuV5UUt
— Jeanette Findlay (@JeanFind) October 15, 2021
That is my point
— Jeanette Findlay (@JeanFind) October 15, 2021
My that was fast feels like only ten years ? nice touch the sectarian tune they love in the background ?
— john welsh (@welshyhcsc) October 15, 2021
Absolutely deliberate.
— Ronnie O’Connor? (@__lippylipez__) October 15, 2021
They play to the gallery every single time they can.
— Graham Lowrie (@LowrieGraham) October 15, 2021
It’s almost as if they are now deliberately going out their way to encourage the racists.
— Glasgow Bargain Centre (@GBC88110427) October 15, 2021
No one will be surprised. They are steeped in it
— Danny Myles (@danielmyles88) October 15, 2021
They never learn.
They don’t want to learn
The club encourages it. https://t.co/ocvGfjzRs7— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) October 14, 2021
Unbelievable- “our city…. we were here before everyone else” while the “famine song” tune plays. Shameless.
— John Kelly (@JohnKellyEdin) October 14, 2021
@GrahamSpiers everyone, anyone…..
— Conte de Lombardy (@hollowbhoy) October 14, 2021