Club 1872 has issued an incredible attack on BBC Scotland claiming that there is an inherent bias against the club founded by Charles Green in 2012!
That will be the broadcaster that gets Kenny Macintyre, Steven Thompson, Jane Lewis, Tom English, Alasdair Lamont, Kenny Miller, Neil McCann, Rory Loy, Chris Burke, Derek Ferguson and Mark Hately to front up their coverage of Scottish football.
For objectivity and balance in the summer of 2020 Radio Scotland drafted in Gregory Campbell of the DUP to back up the claims that everyone in Scottish football was conspiring against the Tribute Act.
A grovelling apology from BBC Scotland this morning set the scene for even more friendly coverage of matters at Ibrox in the new season but according to Club 1872 the apology wasn’t strong enough!
Club 1872 notes today’s announcement by BBC Scotland that they have reached agreement with Rangers to resume coverage for the 2022/23 season, following a period where they refused to adequately cover Rangers games.
Whilst cautiously welcoming this development, we note that BBC Scotland has not in fact acknowledged the inherent bias in much of their coverage of the club over the past decade. They have chosen instead to restate the apologies they have already made – the majority of which had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, out of their senior management following detailed complaints from Club 1872 and hundreds of individual Rangers supporters.
This climb down by BBC Scotland is a victory for all those supporters, and we thank those supporters for their considerable time and effort, but it does not address the core problem. Without a wholesale change in the culture at BBC Scotland, which does not appear to have taken place, it remains to be seen whether they are able to ensure pundits like Michael Stewart adhere to BBC editorial standards despite multiple breaches involving Rangers in the past.
In the meantime, we are pleased that supporters will once again have access to the coverage that their licence fee pays for. The quality and fairness of that coverage will now be the focus over the coming months.
True blue Macintyre will front up Radio Scotland’s coverage of the new season with EBT Thommo the face of Sportscene.
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
If football was played on paper, the Huns would never lose a game. Ceart go Leor!
Biggest cheats in Scottish football rfc 1872 now liquidated 2012 and newco The ranjurs 2012 has took over were deadco has left off cheats of scotland oldco newco scum clubs facts dont lie but huns do forever dead RIP DEADCO RFC 1872…..HAIL HAIL TO THE CELTIC FAMILY.
When do wangers fk as in wangers footy klub pay back all their bills throughout their short existence—
Just wondering as it’s a lot of Lunny..!