After sharing their chants of hatred including The Billy Boys with a European audience on Thursday night in was back to domestic territory yesterday for Ibrox fans.
The usual songs of hatred aimed directly at Catholics and Irish people were in full flow at Easter Road during their Scottish Cup tie with Hibs when Martin Boyle went down with a serious head injury at the edge of the penalty box in front of the away support.
Doctors from both clubs attended the Hibs forward who hadn’t moved, Viaplay Sport refused to replay the incident such was their level of concern.
Midway through the seven minute stoppage a new chant of hatred was heard from the away support. It was loud and clear, it wasn’t from a minority, certainly not a tiny minority, on televisions throughout the country it sounded like at least 80% of the away fans were hoping to celebrate the death of Boyle.
On commentary Rory Hamilton provided small talk with the background chant booming around the stadium, Hamilton never offered any apology to viewers that may have been offended. At Half-time Emma Dodds made no reference to the vile song that had been broadcast for the best part of two minutes.
Have said it for a while now, any club playing Rangers and having to endure the racist and sectarian chanting, should be taking their players off the park.
Martin Boyle was getting treatment for a serious injury and supporters are chanting ‘to die a f*nian bastard’. https://t.co/AfthvJUIRv pic.twitter.com/K2coF8G0GB— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) March 11, 2024
The away tickets were allocated to the most loyal of bears, most of them were probably in Lisbon on Thursday night.
Season Ticket holders earn MyGers points for going to away matches, purchasing items from the club, pouring money into the funds.
After the match and so far today there has been no comment on the chants. The box-ticking campaign groups such as Show Racism The Red Card have been on mute, no Ibrox fan group has expressed any concern, criticism or apology.
Ian Maxwell, CEO of the SFA has said nothing, SFA President Rod Petrie was probably at the match and had nothing to say.
Scottish Gas has taken on sponsorship of the Scottish Cup, it says plenty about that company that they wish to be associated with the poison that greeted a serious injury to Boyle who was sent straight to hospital while thousands were wishing for the grimmest of news to emerge.
BBC Scotland provided live radio coverage and TV highlight of the match and made no mention of the chanting. In 2015 Chris McLaughlin reported on fans being ejected from Easter Road for sectarian singing, that coverage led to a seven year fall out with the state broadcaster now fully on message.e.
While Martin Boyle was being carried off with what looked like a serious head injury the entire away end sang Die ya Fenian bastard. Confirmed for me the hun away support are utter vermin.
— Kevin Williamson (@williamsonkev) March 10, 2024
Why can’t the game be stopped like it is for VAR decisions because of racist and disgusting chanting ? Use the stadium PA system to let the bigots know that the game shall not resume until the poisonous dirge singing stops ? Do this every game where there is a need to and I’ll bet the singing stops ..sooner rather than later . Everyone will know the score as these stadium speakers are very loud and to the exact point .Put the word out that the game shall be stopped each time that there is sectarian songs sung . There can be no excuses whatsoever !
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was passed by MSPs in March 2021 comes into force next month. There is probably a clause inserted which excludes the club from Ibrox…
… disability, race, religion and sexual orientation are all covered.
Orange marches, anyone?
The media ARE Scotlands shame .
Everyone / Anyone ??….. As long as you don’t have Catholic or Irish connections that is…What a hate filled mob of scum this Club has.
Just shows the hold sevco have over Scottish football and our compliant media.
Under our Tory board this will continue.
I have complained to sfa and Scottish first minister before yesterdays hibs game by e mail about sectarianism answer no reply from both
Better chance of a rocking horse doing a shite than getting them to acknowledge what sevco get up to.
But make it about Jews or Muslims then people are fighting over themselves to get it out there,but sectarianism it’s only a bit of banter.
The media and radio and TV stations are worse than the sevco klan klub themselves are as they continuing to remain silent on the sectarian singing and chanting going on and coming through their airwaves.
Please forgive the language but I use it to make my point, die ya paki bastard, die ya black bastard, die ya chinky bastard.
Anyone of those sung by scottish football fans would hv the media, pundits, nil by mouth and the spl apoplectic with rage…..so…whats the difference?
Editor: Try saying Good Girl at the end of an interview and wait for the fall out.
If hibs remain silent then that would be a bigger disgrace.
You think it’s bad now, wait until they win the treble. Look out George Square.
Thanks Dermot and Peter (and all the other arse holes running our club). Hope your O** F*** is worth it.
“Scotland’s Shame”. Yes!
And we know how they all act the way they do?
It is because they have taken an oath, that if the Catholics ever gain the power and rule the country, then they will never accept Catholic Laws.
And so they are swworn to fight against it!
And that is what makes them so despotic.
They believe that they are above the law and if you don’t like it then they will fight you for it!
That is what they have sworn to. Never to accept Catholic supremacy!
That is what defines them and because of that, that is what you get with them!