Seven years after a fall-out over reporting supporters being ejected from Easter Road for singing ‘sectarian songs’ BBC Scotland has backed down, apologised and restored full relations with the Ibrox Tribute Act.Â
The Mark Warburton Revolution was just getting underway when Chris McLaughlin reported on the incidents during a League Cup tie.Â
McLaughlin was informed that he wouldn’t be given media facilities, BBC Scotland refused to be dictated to by one club and a farcical stand off began.Â
With radio commentaries from a studio watching ‘Rangers TV’ to sharing quotes from other broadcasters and publishers BBC Scotland went out of their way to provide favourable Ibrox coverage through the horrors of Pedro Caixinha, Graeme Murty and Warbo as Celtic won 12 successive domestic trophies.Â
Statement: BBC and Rangers FC pic.twitter.com/RncPoxAHOI
— BBC Scotland Comms (@BBCScotComms) July 20, 2022
The Kenny McIntyre effect. A few handshakes and all is OK. What a huge miss Richard Gordon will be.
— Schrodinger’s Cat (@trebletrebleye1) July 20, 2022
One particular lowpoint for the state broadcaster came in June 2020 when DUP MP Gregory Campbell joined Richard Gordon and Tom English on Radio Scotland’s Sportsound show to bleat about the terrible treatment that the tribute act received from the football authorities.Â
Now licence payers can look forward to full on coverage led by Kenny Macintyre, Tom English, Jane Lewis and Steven Thompson backed up by expert analysis from Kenny Miller, Richard Foster, Mark Hately, Neil McCann and Charlie Adam. Michael Stewart’s appearances are likely to become less frequent with Bobby Madden becoming a regular special guest.Â
Rangers are my team, never hidden that. Be strange to have someone working on Sportsound that didn’t support a team.
As for Kris Boyd. I know at times he is a wind up merchant, but he talks up our game. Would he be in the Sky studio tonight if he wasn’t such a big personality?
— Kenny Macintyre (@kennymacsport) January 31, 2022
300,000 people cancel BBC licence in one year!
Lol we didn’t expect anything less this country is full of SHITEBAGS.
Don’t turn on , don’t tune in , drop out
Oh and don’t expect any change under the SNP or Independence as they will still show allegiance to the Queen.
The SNP are tories without money.
As I have said before BBC billy boys club
The BBC is just continuing its general, downward spiral.
Won’t be missed. 🙂
Sycophants and hypocrites. We all know what their agenda is.
Another reason for not watching TV.
Next season a Deadco Fiesta all season long with the BBC! With a star appearance by Bobby Madd’un to complete the bill! But much better is to watch UCL football with the … Champions (of Scotland)! Glasgow Celtic!!
So the bbc grovels back to sevco therefore they must agree with the bile their fans sing what an absolute crime for what is a so called British broadcasting company.
The headline says ” BBC back on message” they’ve never been off message. All things Ibrox and Sevco are wonderful. Now it’ll be on steroids. Defund the BBC now.